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Probably the view is blocked by the horse's ass, AKA Boob.

I think Boob is incredibly financially unsophisticated, which matches how incredibly unsophisticated he is in all other aspects of life so I guess it makes sense. And whether or not you can buy a house with cash depends very much on where you live (for me, it's the San Francisco Bay Area and though we are pretty well off, it would make zero financial sense for us to put everything into buying a house with cash). Boob, of course, thinks he is the epitome of smarts in all things and thus qualified to advise Jill and Derrickdillard. He is wrong about begin the epitome of smarts in anything.

Of course they swim in their crazy modesty swimsuits and jeans. What's the point of being modest if you can't call attention to yourself all the time about it?

Other more avid Ina viewers can correct me if I am wrong on this, but I always thought the "whale pants" referred to an article of clothing worn by one of her guests which looked something like this Mousie, I believe you are correct. When we talked about Whale Pants on the old TwoP boards, it was in reference to a man who wore almost those very pants on an old episode.

I was wondering the same things, BradandJanet (love your username--I used to play Columbia). My husband used to live in Paris and when they finally showed where the guy's office was on a map, he said he was not sure it would be so easy to get public transit to go that far out. But yes, I did not get why it was not possible for the layabout photographer princess to hop on the metro to get into the city. They made a point of mentioning the proximity of metro stops for all the suburban properties they looked at, didn't they? Having a car in Paris is more a liability than anything, is my understanding and experience.

But the sexism is right there in the first few words. He makes an object of her (beautiful blonde thoroughbred) in the first few minutes he's known her, at least the first few minutes as far as viewers know. This is sexism 101--objectifying someone like that, and it would not matter if it were a woman doing it to a man or the reverse, as here. It's textbook objectification no matter who does it to whom.

I cannot stand Nadia G. The thing I enjoyed about round 1 of this tourney was the chefs refrained from trash-talking each other and just cooked (there was some gentle teasing but that was it). Nadia G is insufferable and I wanted her to go home in the first round. She is not cool, she is mouthy and awful and I wanted her off my TV as soon as humanly possible.

She was horrible. I didn't see what he got out of the deal, either. And whining about the lack of magnetic refrigerator, microwave, and presence of great bathtubs? Ack ack ack. She got on my last nerve. And seriously, a therapist who has a lifelong fear of bathtubs because of a spider? I agree--no taking her seriously as a therapist. Such an immature nitwit.

I just watched it today and I liked all the ballpark chefs, too. It was a pleasant surprise.

Hear, hear. I can't stand Jillian Michaels and her sanctimonious crap, will never watch Biggest Loser, and hated this stupid crossover drama bullshit episode. More dresses, less manufactured drama!

I do give Aarti credit for playing for a postpartum depression charity and admitting that she has suffered from it. That said, I wanted Susan Feniger to win because she is clearly superior to all the others in this round. Oh well.

I'm with you on having zero inclination to spend time around kids, Bastet. In fact, I once started to invite my in-laws for Christmas before realizing that would put several small children in my house. It baffles me, as well, why Ina features children in her show when she shows so little interest in or understanding of them. I wonder if it is because FN has those asinine weekends on cooking with kids and they force her into the format? Just makes no sense to me.

Sorry to be pedantic but this is driving me a bit nuts. What the Duggars do, even though they can't stand to say the word, is a party to reveal the sex of the baby, not the gender.

I got a really bad visual here involving Bob and MEchelle's sweet fellowship...

Wow. Sometimes the editing on this show really works for me. Watching last night's show in Wales and when the whiner husband complained about not having enough light in the master and how it "really dictates my mood," they caught a shot (or edited one it--don't care) of his wife giving him a total side-eye. Her expression was exactly what I was thinking. Thing I don't get is why people are willing to provide the material to be edited this way. Of course, in special snowflake husband in Wales' case, I think he is just a total pill.

Just popping in among kindred spirits to lament how much I really miss Semi-Ho around Halloween. And Christmas, for that matter. Here's hoping for FN reruns!

Okay, help me with that picture, please. Left to right it goes Anna, Jinger, Jana, Jill, Jessa, ???, and Hannie? And good grief, those dresses are horrendous, even setting aside the Birkenstock vibe of many of the shoes. Wait, is Joyless Anna in there, looking totally unlike herself?

I just watched as much of this as I could stand. Paula is a clueless, classless embarrassment. Awful. Just awful. Please, Gordon, I know you discovered her, but let her 15 minutes end and do not EVER have her on my pleasant show again.

And how sad would it be if this whole family cult of having eight zillion kids and controlling every aspect of every. single. one's. life was a reaction to female sexual desire that a certain weak-willed idiot was unable to deal with? (Insert either MEchelle or Boob as the weak-willed idiot in question.)

MEchelle's original dress had leg-o-mutton sleeves, didn't it? That monstrosity she ended up with for the vow removal (TM random howler) was dreadful.

Serious piece on Quiverfull by Vyckie Garrison of No Longer Quivering that mentions the Duggars numerous times: http://www.alternet.org/belief/how-playing-good-christian-housewife-almost-killed-me?paging=off&current_page=1#bookmark Pretty terrifying stuff and makes me feel even worse for the girls, especially.

I have been with my husband for 21 years (married for 12) and I can say with confidence that there are men who actually do prefer no makeup. I used to wear some but I found he looked at me funny when I did and since I work in the pharma industry where I cannot go into a manufacturing facility with makeup or nail polish on, I am my own natural self now, 100% of the time. And so is he, so I don't see that he would actually have an argument, anyway.

I did love Anna saying the candy bar was not hers because she would have already eaten it. I think Anna may still have potential for breaking away from the Kool-Aid at least a little bit.

Good god, what a bunch of grifter assholes. And your "courting" adult children have "purposed" (my iPad knows that is not a word) to never be alone in a room together? (My husband of twelve years--partner of 21--and I lived together and owned property and cars together before getting married 9 years in.) The Duggars have so little self-control that try do not trust any unmarried people to be alone in a room without ripping their clothes off and going at it? That is not self control. It's spectacular immaturity. With each season I despise these sanctimonious idiots more.

I know this is not exactly the right place but I don't see a thread for it. Watching The Jennie Garth Project and I am just struck by how much prettier and more natural she looks than Tori. Plastic surgery may not be your friend...