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lorelei9 · 14/10/2015 20:11

who's watching?

I'm sad that we won't have Nick this time. And I hope Baggsy gets a tribute of some sort.

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BugritAndTidyup · 22/10/2015 13:57

A few thoughts on the last episode:

1.) that farmer was ace. Genuine bullshit. The juicy stuff. Make him the apprentice.
2.) £5.80 for a kilo of mussels? You're taking the piss, love.
3.) why on earth didn't they just google the lace?
4.) I thought I liked Vana but she is AWFUL. 'Pen.' 'No, my name's Natalie.' And when she sticks her hand up in front of the blonde woman's mouth to stop her talking. Oh. My. Fucking. God.
5.) did the boys not learn anything from last year's paper skeleton? (Ok, they got away with it)
6.) ooh Vana got a bit snippy with Suralan, didn't she, 'I also speak French.'

Vana should have gone. Everything came back to her.

Germgirl · 22/10/2015 14:01

Totally agree with Flash Harry. Although there's also a soupçon on Mickey Pearce.

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emotionsecho · 22/10/2015 14:03

I don't think they are allowed to Google/use the internet Bugrit, thought I heard them say so on a previous series.

A pp makes a good point about having to set up the shots, etc., explains a lot but I'm now annoyed by it!

Pandora97 · 22/10/2015 14:05

Bugrit I don't think they were allowed to use google. That would have made it far too easy! Grin I think the whole point was to show that they could source items using their initiative and research and then organise where to get them.

emotionsecho · 22/10/2015 14:08

Yes Joseph is definitely an amalgam of Flash Harry and Mickey PearceGrin, he actually sounds like them too!

SheHasAWildHeart · 22/10/2015 14:11

Tbh none of them used any negotiation skills that were impressive.
David Brent got 30p off the cheese that the guy was selling for more than advertised anyway.
One guy said 'oh come on I'm begging you here'
Selina claimed that her parents and dog had died.
Elle had pure desperation in her eyes.

Moln · 22/10/2015 14:11

Joseph is awful. Really awful, and deluded to boot. Isn't he the one who has Hugh Heffman as his idol?

I think at this stage it's safe to assume they can't google, because if they can they are daft!!!

I think with the 'anatomical skeleton' debacle that it was only not acceptable because suralun hadn't considered it as being an option and he was pissed off as hell that one of the candidate had thought more 'outside the box' than he had and so had outwitted him. With the boat I think he'd considered the toy boat and option so it was ok. It's interesting though that the size of the toy boat wasn't discussed.

I noted one of the women had ballet pumps on. Makes a refreshing change!!

BugritAndTidyup · 22/10/2015 14:14

Yeah, just realised that looking back over the thread. It makes sense although does anyone remember last year's task where they had to get some rare musk or something and they found some bloke selling it out of a dodgy looking estate? How on earth did they find that supplier without using the Internet?

Also, I can't believe no one else on this thread mentioned the skeleton. Wink

BugritAndTidyup · 22/10/2015 14:22

I thing Charleine came off quite well. She was sneaky yet charming with the woman in the boat shop and stuck up for herself well.

The men all seem re meld together except for Spiv Moustache Man and Fishcake Speccer Brett. And lovely useless Dan, but he's gone. The rest of them... I don't know, there's irritating Richard and um... Some blond bloke who thinks he can speak French.

And seriously, am I the only person who's outraged at charging £5.80 for mussels? Are they grown on ropes woven from unicorn hair or what?

thunderbird69 · 22/10/2015 14:38

Do they only have 1 phone between them too? I never understand why they just sit in the car, one on the phone and the others sitting there doing nothing - why aren't they all calling suppliers?

And I also assume that they are not allowed to split up, it always looks odd to have 4 or 5 people all crowding some shop owner (who are usually quite amused by the whole thing).

emotionsecho · 22/10/2015 14:48

thunderbird I'm with you on the only one phone, going to places mob handed, must be the rules but it is totally ridiculous - the shop keepers see them coming, much like on Bargain Hunt, and must rub their hands with glee!

emotionsecho · 22/10/2015 14:54

I thought it was very funny when the men were doing the cheese negotiation, the shopkeeper put the price up and then reduced it to the price advertised and one of them was desperately trying to point that fact out to Richard and he just stood there looking savage. Even better was the barbed comment in the boardroom about negotiating a 20c reduction in price, Richard looked even more savage!

JoelyB · 22/10/2015 15:07

But ALL Joseph did was go on about Richard. He's not that bad. He won them the task last week!
Joseph was like a dog peeing on a lamppost, marking his territory!
And who is that god awful fat ugly one who keeps on and ON about being sexy?

SheHasAWildHeart · 22/10/2015 15:09

Yeah they're only allowed one phone. Eventhough that's not how real business works, it makes for more interesting telly.

I used to work in a library and cheered when Ella said "ring a library". We'd forever get people ringing and asking stuff like that. We'd even look for shops/suppliers cos we had giant trade directories.

etttvatre · 22/10/2015 15:14

Moln The toy boat was 62" (157 cm) and it needed to be 1.5 meters long. It wasn't discussed but they clearly did fit the spec.

eddiemairswife · 22/10/2015 15:23

Jenny says she was fired because people think she is too beautiful to be taken seriously!!!

SheHasAWildHeart · 22/10/2015 15:30

The eagle-eyed viewers on DS have compared what was shown in the folders with the boat he bought and it did meet the spec.

Someone mentioned that Sir/Lord Alan kicks out the people based on personality earlier on and those he knows he simply won't be able to work with. Jenny's excuse making personality and extremely immature words got her fired rather than her performance in the task. Elle stood up for herself better and he said that he liked that. Even when Jenny was sat on the sofa after being fired she was still going on about the manure! And her words in the taxi were laughable. I don't think she was responsible for the failure of the task but I can see why she was fired.

squoosh · 22/10/2015 15:32

He adores a cheeky chappie (ugh). Even the cheeky chappies with one feeble brain cell make it to the final weeks.

eddiemairswife · 22/10/2015 15:44

I sometimes wonder if the success or failure of the tasks doesn't matter, and Lord Sugar decides who to fire on how well the candidates do in the boardroom.

Peregrina · 22/10/2015 16:03

Also, I can't believe no one else on this thread mentioned the skeleton.

I did. I don't think I was the first either.
I wasn't going to watch this series, but it sucks you in some how. Each time I think 'what a bunch of t*ssers'.

Redcrayons · 22/10/2015 16:04

I think he also takes into account how good the business plan is.

Peregrina · 22/10/2015 16:08

I couldn't work out what her business was when she was talking about it on Your Fired.

LineyReborn · 22/10/2015 16:30

Natalie, the one with the short blonde hair, is seared onto my brain following her Week 1 pitch, which was truly the worst presentation of a concept that I have ever, ever heard from a grown adult.

LineyReborn · 22/10/2015 16:31

Ever.

GinandJag · 22/10/2015 16:43

So which female is the front runner (looking out for my former pupil)?

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