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1 hour ago, mojoween said:
I am fully on board that Ken's gameplay has been less than stellar for a Survivor contestant. I mean, he got lucky early on that Jessica turned on her alliance or Ken would possibly be gone by now.
However...I am incredibly shallow. I never turned on Burton even when he was an ass. If I hitch my wagon to the hot guy, I am staying with it come hell or high water. I will root for him to win every challenge and get nervous at every TC.
And now you know more about me as a viewer than you ever knew you didn't want.
I don't know any more than I would ever want to know. I am interested in who you are and why you think we would care. In general, we are a fairly inquisitive bunch. I hope you will give us a chance. You just might be surprised. After all, if we are interested in most of this scum, why do you think we would not be interested in you? I think we would be. I think you should give us a shot! We just might surprise you after all!
1 hour ago, Rachel RSL said:But she wasn't voted out. She simply chose the wrong rock.
Any one could choose the wrong rock.You can always mistake our interest for genuine sincerety. Just give us a shot? We may surprise you. After all, if we chose the wrong rock, we could easily choose something else.
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6 minutes ago, Rachel RSL said:
But she wasn't voted out. She simply chose the wrong rock.
Yes, OK. Quite right. Thanks for pointing that out. I gues that I just got caught up in the emotion and my brain turned off. I still feel bad for Jessica. Even though she is a criminal prosecution lawyer and the only thing I hate worse than lawyers are criminal lawyers. And the only thing I hate worse than criminal lawyers are criminal prosecution lawyers. I guess my brain just turned completely off.
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8 minutes ago, Rachel RSL said:
Who behaved badly towards her? The rocks? Because her tribemates were all very nice to her.
IMO, voting her out was behaving badly towards her. You may not agree. If you don't agree, I will understand. But it sure is impossible for me to explain why. For some reason, this seems to be a very extreme case of bad behavior. I may not know exactly why. But I sure do know that it was a very painful incident. Painful for Jessica, that is. Those tears were real tears. Real painful tears.
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13 minutes ago, Rachel RSL said:Quote
I guess people are saying that because SHE went home. But, of course, she couldn't know that.
OMG, if that's the "logic" all I can do is facepalm. Good grief.
I think people are saying that about Jessica and not the others because she was the only one who was even considering flipping but she let herself get talked out of it. And, of course, it came back to bite her in the ass. So when she started sobbing, sure you felt for her but, at the same time, it was her own fault. (And, yes, I'm fairly confident we'd be saying the same thing if any of the others had thought about flipping then decided not to.)
It's very strange. But I never really cared for Jessica very much all season. But as soon as I saw how the vote went against her and how she cried those tears, for some reason, I felt really bad and I wanted to console her and hug her. I'm sorry they did that to you Jessica. They behaved badly towards you! I'm so sorry! I felt like crying!
Maybe you could sneak up on one of them while they sleep and give them a tattoo against their will. That would definitely give them a lesson they would never forget! Lousy Bastards!
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14 hours ago, ghoulina said:
WHY do people keep telling??? I get that they think it buys them some trust/leverage, but it almost never works out. The only person on that island I'd tell is Ken. Not because I'd want a chance to stare into his soulful eyes, but because I 100% think he's the only out there you could trust to never tell.
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Why do people keep telling? Allow me to make a guess?
It's exciting to have a secret and share a secret. Even if you know that sharing that secret may well cause you great harm, it is still exciting and it makes one feel powerful to have that info and then share that info.
I understand the emotion behind your post. You want to know why people continue to be so foolish. Even when they know that opening their mouths will likely cause them great harm .... they do it anyway.
Perhaps the lesson is that people value sharing info with others above and beyond causing themselves great harm.
What is the lesson? I'm not sure but perhaps it just might be that people can be such dumbass jerks? Maybe. Maybe not. I can't really say for sure. However, if the day should ever come when someone will push a button and launch a whole bunch of nuclear missles and destroy all the life on this planet, my guess will be the cause will be some kind of misunderstanding or quarrel or some kind of hatred between two people belonging to opposite genders. IOW, it will be a fight between a man and a woman. That is just my guess. I don't know which gender it will be who pushes the button. But I'm pretty sure that it will be a serious fight between a man and a woman that starts things going KA-BLOOHIE! I hope not. But I sure would have to guess that is what will do it. Either that. Or a fight about oil or some other source of energy. It's just my guess.
To understand fully, I would guess that you really need to examine people of your same gender. It's hard enough to understand the inner workings of people of your same gender. Trying to understand people of the opposite gender is ... well ... sigh ... just forget about it! That is just too difficult. Especially if you are a (BLANK) and you are trying to understand the mental machinations of the (BLANK) gender. (fill in the blanks yourself).
I removed the actual gender names because no matter which gender I posted is more difficult to understand, I just knew that I would have to suffer the slings and arrows of massive Shakespearian torment. I may be strong. But IMHO, no one is that strong!
I do not intend to sling any offense at anyone. It's freaking impossible. But I don't intend to do that because ... I can't stand up to the kind of abuse I would receive if I did intend to sling some abuse at all the people belonging to one of the genders. Sorry. That is just too much to withstand. It's just impossible. Sorry.
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2 minutes ago, truthaboutluv said:
That's a different Caleb. The poster is referring to Caleb who was engaged to Colton and as pointed out, competed on the original Blood v. Water season.
Oh. Thanks ever so much for clarifying that. I just found pictures of Caleb and his new gf. She is extremely beautiful. I wish him all happiness.
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56 minutes ago, Stinamaia said:
And Caleb from blood vs water. One of my favorite guys ever. Such a good guy. So sad he died.
Caleb died? Are you kidding? I hope you are joking.
Caleb was on a season of Big Brother and he was a great guy. I was hoping to see him back on Survivor again.
Please say it ain't so that he died. Please?
Here is a link to Wikipedia that makes it look like he is still alive:
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3 hours ago, Lingo said:
Well, first of all, there are no rules being made on the spot. These have been the rules since at least Season 10, I wanna say (I remember the rules being discussed on air since one tribal almost came to a rock draw but didn't), maybe even since Season 5. (Season 4 had the first rock draw, but that was at F4 which they don't do anymore.) It's the same rules, although a lot of people aren't aware of them or forget them since it comes up onscreen so rarely.
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I may be mistaken. But I'm fairly certain these rules were originally made on the spot.
In all likelihood, Probst might have halted the filming and met with TPTB and made those rules off camera. But since then, these rules were presented as if they had always been in place. But do you really believe all these cases were anticipated and rules written before Season One ever began? That may be true. But I strongly doubt it. Can we ever know the truth?
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28 minutes ago, piequinn35 said:
If I was one of the 8, I would just flip my vote, I really don't care about Hannah if I am a gen-exer.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Hannah's a banana!
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Upon reflection on all of Jessica's tears, it seems to me there just had to be a better way to settle that matter. If that situation ever arises again, I will propose one solution and maybe some of you can propose a better solution?
There were 10 people left. Two of them were tied. If I was one of the other eight, I would propose saying something like this to the rest of them: "Am I correct in saying that every one of us doesn't really have a preference for which of those two gets voted out as compared to one of us getting voted out? If so, let me propose this solution:"
I will take myself out of the running to decide which of the two goes home. I will pick up a rock and face one direction. The rest of you will go behind my back so I can't see you and stand in some random place. Then, I will throw the rock in the air so that it lands behind me so I can't see where it lands. The person closest to the landing place will then choose which of the two gets voted out. If that is objectionable because it may cause hard feelings by the person who gets voted out and the person who decides, then another way to do this is that all seven of the remaining people can huddle up so the two who got votes can't see what goes on and then, the person standing nearest the rock can just tap someone and that person will decide and they will point in the direction of one of the two people.
That may be a little too complicated. But my point is there must be an easy way for the 8 people to choose who will go home in such a way that the person who gets voted out will not know who made the decision. Can anyone here think of a simpler method?
The key is that surely the 8 people would prefer one of the two to get voted out instead of one of the eight! IMHO, that is only fair since those two people are the ones who got the most votes. Why should anyone else get voted out? Especially if they never got any votes?
Does that seem like a reasonable way to proceed? It may be a little too complicated. But surely someone can think of a simpler way to do it? Maybe someone could just carry some stones to each TC where all of them are one color and one is a different color and then, those stones could be used to decide who will get voted out? Or maybe they could carry 8 straws and one of them could be a short straw?
It's just so bizarre and absurd that someone who got no votes should be the person voted out. That's ridiculous and if that is "according to the Rules of Survivor", then it wouldn't surprise me at all because I have a very low opinion of Probst and his intelligence and his making up rules on the spot. IMO, he often makes silly decisions. Just my opinion.
There just has to be a better way. Probst really did influence the competition and the vote in several ways. He kept telling some people they had to do certain things. I thought it was unfair. I think Probst has way too much influence on who get voted out. I think he is ridiculous. Or ... maybe just dickless! I must say that I am just terribly unhappy with Probst. I really and truly despise the jerk! Whadda jerk!!
I apologize for being so wordy. But there just has to be a better way to decide than for some poor innocent to get voted out given they never did anything to deserve it. And Probst? Holy Shit! Please tell me. How do his "rules" fit in to this wonderful game and its strategy "Outwit, Outlast and Outplay". Probst keeps telling us just how fabulous and fantastic the game of Survivor is. Well ... how fabulous can it be if the winner is, in part, selected by some purely random event? That smells like complete bullshit to me!
What a bunch of shit! I'm truly sorry. I have nothing but contempt for Probst. AFAIC, he is just full of shit! A dickless shit bag - full of shit! Completely full of shit! What an asshole c*********!!!
I'm sorry for using that kind of language. But, for some reason, I just can't help myself for the way I feel. I never did like Jessica very much. But surely, she did not deserve to get voted out like that. She did not deserve to get treated like that. Dspecially since she did not get a single vote.
I believe in America. I believe America is better than that. Much better! Much much better!!! No one deserves to be treated like that in America! Fucking Probst! What a jerk! What a fucking jerk!! I like Survivor and so far, I especially like this season. Honest. I truly do. But ... I have had just about had enough of this Probst and I have had just about had enough of this season. What a bunch of fucking bullshit!
I am really and truly pissed right off! Probst? If you are reading this, please go away and fuck yourself. You stupid fucking jagoff!
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2 hours ago, Dewey Decimate said:
Ha! I totally laughed at Jay's closing the door after him and thought it was pretty darn cute. He deserved that win.
Wow, Bret and Zeke did not come across well at the second tribal. I don't "hate" them as I have the truly despicable alumni of this show, but not exactly classy. Love how everyone is really playing. (Or in Sunday's case, thinks they're playing.)
For all y'all who thought they'd miss Tayls' entertainment factor - he still brings it from the jury box. Kudos to the giant bug that attached itself to him.
Have Ken's eyes always been that blue? Holy crap, that man just gets hotter and hotter. Maybe not the sharpest tool in the shed (was he on both lose-from-ahead puzzle teams?), but come 'round here, Ken, and I'll provide you with all the coconuts for chopping that your heart could desire.
Hilarious sandworm comp. I wonder if somersaulting would be allowed? So much blurring of asses, my first concern was, "oh god, is Will of age?" Great job by the creative comp creators.
I'm really trying to accept Hanna's neuroses and "quirks", but for fuck's sake, the first rule you should know going into Survivor is when someone approaches you for an alliance, your answer is simply YES. "Are we good?" "Absofuckinglutely." "You do think David's the biggest threat, right?" "Hell yes." "You won't tell anyone about this, right?" "Of course not!"
Though I do have some players I'm rooting for more than others, this season is one of the best. Funny what minimal mactor and gimmick casting will do. (The generational split pretty much still draws from the same pool as a normal season.) It's a very good sign that this is the first season since the earliest ones that actually makes me think "hmm, maybe I could consider applying..."
When I saw the first episode, I groaned and thought this was a really stupid gimmick. But after thinking about it, it actually might make sense why this season has been so entertaining. If TPTB stumbled onto some gimmick that actually works, I think they should run with it in future seasons. This has been one of the very best seasons ever.
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3 minutes ago, pamplemousse said:
Sure, Sunday and Brett (and Will) are playing. They're playing the goat game, they hitch themselves to a player who tries to mastermind the game and gleefully let themselves get dragged along for the ride until they can't ride it out anymore. That's like the definition of playing the goat game and unless they've never watched a single episode of Survivor before, the goat gets to the end and never wins because it's gameplay that no one respects. We've already been through how many iterations of this with Sunday and Brett? First Paul, then Chris, now Zeke, and they would've glommed on to David too had Zeke gone home tonight but they were just stupid and cowardly enough -- like goats always are -- to insist on keeping Zeke in the game even though there is no way in frosty Hell frozen over that they will ever win over him because they're too chickenshit to make real moves and battle their way to the end on their own merits having earned enough respect from the jury, however grudging, to win at FTC. They still want to get dragged along by Zeke and used as his pawns. So, yes, they are eminently hateable for how they are playing because they're playing a proven loser's game if we're talking about winning the ultimate prize of a million dollars. Or, IDK, maybe they are playing just to win consolation money, in which case, I'm irritated that they're going to continue to pollute this season until the very end.
I truly do wish there was a way that people who play the goat game could be identified and be sent packing without any money and sent home on a tramp steamer with absolutely no amenities. No air conditioning. Terrible food. And especially no grapefruit.
Why no grapefruit? Because in French, "pamplemousse" means grapefruit and I think this poster deserves to be recognized. Pamplemoussse deserves some kind of reward for identifying all those goat gamers.
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4 hours ago, truthaboutluv said:
Wow, Hannah sucks at this game.
Isn't it bizarre that at some point, the more someone sucks at this game, they actually may win the game?
I don't understand how that works. But the crazier Hannah acts, the more people want to keep her around.
I just wish she was gone. What a revolting personality. What kind of psychological disorder is it when someone just can't ever shut up? The more she feels threatened, the more she needs to resort to her "blabber mouth" defense. I don't understand it at all.
Oh .... if only it were legal to cut her tongue out of her mouth! I'd line up for days if I could ever get the chance.
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10 minutes ago, KimberStormer said:
You guys are kind of making me want to watch.
Though it does also sound like the rest of the season, wild and surprising because everyone is dumb, not because anyone is playing awesome.
Not dumb so much as crazed with paranoia and OCD and Neuroses and other related psychological defects.
Maybe that is the secret to the great casting this season? Just pick a bunch of people who are under psychological care by a psychiatrist or a psychologist?
People who don't need to be hospitalized or even medicated. They can function OK at work or in school. They are just generally known for being "weird type" characters.
There was a very famous criminal case where someone was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder and spent 23 years in prison. Why? Because the investigating police called him a, "weird type guy". That was all it took to send him to prison for 23 years. It took a very long time to get him out. I think his name was David Milgaard. But I could easily be mistaken. It was a very long time ago.
It was a monstrous outrage! It changed my opinion of the police forever.
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I'm smiling because I see a huge transition among everyone here. So many of us seem to have changed from liking one or more contestant to hating so many.
I really am sick of Hannah and want her gone ASAP. She just won't shut up and I can't help but feel that if she wouldn't have kept talking during the moments when people were trying to decide what to do, she might well have been gone. Ever since she badgered Adam & Zeke that night, I've really despised her and want her gone. This season was going so well. It was so interesting. So many tactics involved. Then as soon as Hannah feels threatened, she asks people, "Do you trust me? If you do then vote for X." What a bunch of crap. So sad that people actually believe this stupidity and decide to do what Hannah tells them.
I wish I could scream in her ear with 1,000 decibels, "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
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On 2016-11-21 at 9:07 AM, waving feather said:
I am not sure what kind of personal issues went down between them that got her so pissed off, but her downfall in the game is all her doing. Same as Taylor, if she doesn't want to be targeted, she can choose not to have a showmance. I rolled my eyes when she said during one of her confessionals that no one cares except *cough Michaela* that she and Taylor are making out. That's the kind of thinking that would end one's game. When people are continuously finding reasons to target anyone else but them, it's not a smart move to do anything extra.
Seems to me that neither of these people put much importance on the First prize and they really did not put much emphasis on winning or losing in terms of the money. But once someone else put some importance on it, then it became like two siblings where one of them wanted something just because the other one had one and they were just envious. I see them behaving like two pre-school toddlers. They might say, "Jane has one therefore I want one. If Jane can have one, why can't I have one? Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! (crying like a baby). They both sound like bratty little cry babies. I just wonder if there might ever be enough time for them to grow up enough to realize just what is going on.
But, whatever the truth ... I just have no more time for these two banana brains. F 'em!
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You may be correct - of course.
But, I just can't imagine they would think they could successfully "scare" him or "force" him into succumbing to their will. Then again, perhaps they might let Father Bennet live and then try to convince him that God had abandoned him (or there is no God) and then offer him the opportunity to join forces with them to give God some payback. I suppose that might be a possibility. But I would bet that Father Bennet would just be too smart to fall for that foolish ruse.
If I was Father Bennet (fat chance, huh?), I would think these people were trying to take advantage of me and use me to give God some nasty retribution and I would hope that I wouldn't fall for that. But, who knows? I'm just speculating about an imaginary scenario. Father Bennet would be living in a real (well, as real as TV can get) extortion scenario. More than anything, my heart goes out to Father Bennet and I would hope he would make a choice that would please God. But who can speculate on what might please God in any given situation. After all, ours is not to reason why. Ours is just to honor and obey the word of God. (I hope).
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On 2016-11-18 at 11:06 PM, pezgirl7 said:
Wow, that end was a shocker! I really thought they had vanquished the demon, but it must be super strong. I feel really bad for Angela. The demon screwed up her childhood, and now she'll have to live with killing her mother, assuming she survies the demon. I thought the end was going to turn out to be a dream sequence, and I suppose it could still be, but I doubt it is.
Marcus and Tomas saying the prayers together while being all passionate and intense was bad ass! And kinda hot, I'm not gonna lie. :) I liked the scene of them in the bar, too. I'm guessing we haven't seen the last of them working together. Does anyone know what Marcus said in Latin? Something about Tomas being a brother?
Poor Father Bennet! I just knew that Cardinal, or whatever he was, was a baddie. I wonder if he's possessed too?
I was so very happy to see how Father Bennet was being given a very large chunk of the acting in this show. I began to take his participation for granted and then ... all of a sudden ... KA-BAM! the door was slammed right in my face!
I don't know whether I should feel angry by this development or whether I should feel proud of the people who produce this show for stepping out on a limb in the way they did. I suppose, when it comes to Father Bennet's death, I am just left feeling disappointed and confused. I surely do hope that the producers of this show will attempt to reconcile North American TV with the current state of race relations. In the meantime my guess is that we will just be left to fend for ourselves. I don't know whether to cry or to be happy about that. So sad, so very sad. Is there anything that we can do to help the producers make the transition in a smoother way? (Isn't it interesting how close the spelling of "smother" is to "smoother"?) Is there anyone we can write? Is there anyone to whom we can protest? I must admit that Father Bennet's death truly did snatch the wind right out of my sails. Holy Shit!
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On 2016-09-02 at 3:46 AM, bluepiano said:
Preston Sturges night on TCM. Sheer, unadulterated joy.
I'd like to say a (very) few words about Preston Sturges.
One of my all-time favorite movies is "The Lady Eve" (1941). It starred Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda. I guess it should be called a comedy. But it can also be called a Love Story. It's one of my all-time favorites. But it's also one of my all-time favorite love stories. It is just Great! Great! Great! It was directed by Preston Sturges and it's very typical of his style for a wacky screwball comedy love story". However, it is so much more than just a comedy love story.
Another film, somewhat similar to The Lady Eve is Gambit (2012) starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. It is usually rated kind of low which just takes my breath away because IMHO, it should be rated along the lines of a "Wonderful Wonderful Comedy Love Story".
If you look up this film in the IMDB data base, it is rated only 5.7. The average film is rated 7.0. A film rated at 6.0 is considered kind of lousy. IMHO, this film deserves a rating of 8.0 or higher. 5.7 is just ridiculous. I sincerely hope some of you might try to watch this film. I'd love to hear your opinions. I really think this film is so much better than 5.7. What a crap rating!!!
Stanley Tucci is also in this movie. IMO he is extremely under-rated. He is really and truly great. In this film as well as so many others. I sincerely hope you get the chance someday to take a look at this film. If you like love stories and/or comedies, I think you will be very happy to invest some time to watch this one. I predict you will love it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
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On 2016-09-13 at 8:12 PM, MissT said:
I think Robert Duvall is up there. He's an excellent actor. Remember he played Boo in To Kill A Mockingbird.
I do like Tom Hanks. I remember him starting out with Bosom Buddies.
But I could also include Robert Redford.
I'd like to say a few words about Robert Duvall. One of my favorite movies he made is "Tango Assasination" (2002). It wasn't necessariyl a fabulous movie. But the reason I liked it so much was because it co-stars his wife (who is from South America) and I got the romantic notion somehow that they both love to dance the Tango and that he met her on a trip to South America and they fell in love and married and made this movie as a love story to each other. I have no idea how much truth there is in that. But they sure gave off that "love" vibration in this movie and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I am about the same age as RD and I was so very happy to see that he found his love at his advanced age. It made me think that there just may be some hope for me after all. Also .... this lady is an incredible knockout and an incredible dancer too.
My favorite RD movie is probably "Tender Mercies" (1983). Again, it may not have been his very finest work. But it must be close. I love this movie because it made me feel just what it's like to meet that perfect somebody and fall in love and marry - no matter how old you are.
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Oh Gosh. I never would have imagined that. But I'm very happy because Frontline has produced some of the very finest documentaries ever. I will never forget the one about Bernie Madoff.
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Thank you to Popples & Bastet.
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Oh Gosh! I wish this thread was a little more flexible so as to include other kinds of celebrities - such as singers or bands or other such things.
Maybe I can use this post to ask the thread starter if it would be all right to include those kinds of celebs. In the meantime, perhpas I can show you an example of what I mean:
Mariah Carey shows off her eye-popping curves in a skintight leather mini-dress for dinner date at Mr. Chow
I cannot stand this kind of thing. Mariah Carey is a singer. Why do some people consider this to be important news when some web news site posts pictures of her in some skimpy outfits.
I would not want to say that I can't stand Mariah Carey. But I can't stand when people waste my time with this kind of bullshit. I don't care what she looks like every few minutes. Oh please, just go away! Won't you? Go away! Please go away?
So ... WTH? Oh, please! just go away! This story is not news and it's not even interesting. It just gives me a headache. A big headache. Oh please? Won't you just go away. Please?
So, tell me pls? Am I being too sensitive? Am I just being too Am I being
Pls note that under most circumstances, people just would not find any problem with this ... ummm .... story? Or whatever it is.
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From "I am Ali" (2014) (my favorite movie about Muhammed Ali), he said words to the effect,
"George Forman's hands can't hit what his eyes can't see."
Ali's revolutionary approach to boxing was that defense was more important than offense. He was the first boxer to understand that and he won almost all his fights by ducking and weaving. Very few of his opponents ever landed a solid punch to his head. They would tire themselves out by punching and missing.
Then, when they were too tired to put up much of an offense or a defense any more, Ali would just have his way with them.
A fabulous documentary. What a boxer! What a human being!
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S33.E10: Million Dollar Gamble
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Marvelous? Oh, yes indeed! Now, just tell us how to make them bow. If you can do that, I will go along with almost anything! Bravo! Bravo!