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I admit to only partially paying attention, but didn't that get said (it may not have been about Lee, I admit)-- something about him not being "familiar" with "certain demographics" or something like that? Which I at first took as a class thing, but a bit later realized they were talking about race

Iggy is a *&^%-stirrer

I thought she had a "i'm going to throw up" look on her face when she said his name

on the other hand, one of the (forgettable) guys she sent home deserved it for saying "disingenuine"

I truly hate the pink walls they did. I think that is a very specific taste.

How on earth does a house get left in that condition? (Turkey on the counter, I'm talking to you) I mean, I get that a renter can skip out in the middle of the night, but wouldn't the owner at least check it out? That the water hadn't been left running, or the stove left on? And I personally think that marble in a kitchen is stupid. It's high maintenance. And yes, the tile work in the shower was hideous. And the ever-present niche didn't even have the rectangular tiles centered. He was lazy so he started with a whole tile then added a cut tile to the right. And since they aren't staggered, it's ridiculously obvious. Fire the guy!

if it's the right hand side walking uphill, that's the place :) And I've often thought that some constraints on meals has a way of focusing the mind and causing *more* creativity. At least I feel that way when cooking for family and friends. It can get you out of ruts.

one of my favorite places on earth, but funny enough the ONE place in Italy (I've been on longish vacations there three times) where I ever had a bad meal! I ordered fried calamari and it was greasy and underdone. Oh well.

when does the next season start?

And he also said something like "people hire me as a chef because they like my food" (as he stirring more onions into the soup). Newsflash: they hired the boat, they did not hire you specifically. Your job is to provide food that *they* want, not whatever the hell you feel like cooking. For breakfast I would certainly expect at the least, cooked to order eggs any way I want them. And if you can't make shrimp creole (or whatever it was) taste good without onions, then MAKE SOMETHING ELSE!

That whole thing with Eric confused me. I was only half paying attention but thought that the two guys who mentioned Eric to Raven were more saying that they didn't think he was a good match for Rachel, not that he was "wrong reasons." So it's like a game of telephone that got mangled. Though I agree that Eric seems too young and insecure to be a good match. (I'm too lazy to look up how old he actually is.) Also, I really *hated* that Rachel kept calling her friends "my girls." They are not your girls. They are your friends. Your buds.

That whole take-your-shirt-off-and-grind-the-ladies-in-the audience thing. All I could think of is that my dear husband of 27 years would not in a zillion years do such a stunt. And would not have done it when I met him, when he was 28. He would just plain refuse. So Rachel is only going to accept a guy that will demean himself this way? She seems better than that. Most of the women I know who are married to good, decent, loyal men, would also say that their dear husbands would not do that stunt. So I'm not sure she's really truly after good-husband material.

I am behind (was on vacation) but was SO impressed with how she handled that. I was expecting her to go all dopey eyes and give-him-another-chance.

I'm confused-- they talked about a $12k tip, but also $200/person. Given that there were not 50 guests, what math is this? Or was some tip part of the "producer provided payment" and they were arguing about an extra, and somehow thought we wouldn't notice the math doesn't work?

I only became aware of the term fairly recently, but I did notice it among a few of the men last week (I don't learn their names for weeks, so can't tell you who did it)

It's more or less ending every sentence as if it's a question. Raising the tone and drawing it out at the end. "And I went to the beeaaCH(?) and then I ate dinnEEER(?)"

they were Catholic. Many Protestants to this day do not trust Catholics as "true" Christians. And vice-versa of course.

Naw he's a fitness trainer as shown in his film intro. Please don't take those catch phrases seriously. And it was "aspiring drummer" because he came in with the marching band.

Not that explains anything, but one of the ambulance guys said something like "keep him alive- the boss (or whatever word he used) wants to question him." I agree, it's kind of a weak justification. I guess they might want to know who helped them, but that's a lot of effort to go through.

Well Padme Amidala managed it with Anakin :)

I don't believe it. They must have forced her to say that too. Besides the ridiculous shaking head, he was RUDE, with that bullhorn. Obnoxious.

yeah, 27 years for me, and tons of my friends from that "epoch."

wow that is really "inside baseball" for those who *really* pay attention

I just spent 10 minutes untangling my earbuds which had gotten mangled in my purse. I *cannot* imagine how to begin to untangle a hugely heavy chain like that! I hated the manspaining Bobby was doing about "that's dangerous" "you're going to hurt yourself" to the CAPTAIN for God's sake. I had some young fellow-student colleagues at a summer job when I was about 20 and they were doing that when I was checking something in my car's engine (that I was well familiar with). Drove me bonkers.

My thought is that making her keep him is a way to drum up righteous indignation among the "nice guys" (with good reason). Gives them a chance to show some emotion.