S08.E17: David & Benji & Erica LIVE CHAT

[LizzyB]

2 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

His stomach is flat but he still has waves on his sides

"waves" LOL

[Pepper Mostly]

1 minute ago, Chicklet said:

Benji and his wife hate each other , don't they?

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, just poisoning your.....I mean, drinking a cup of coffee" 

So awkward. 

[mellowjoi]

2 minutes ago, dreadfulLeigh said:

I know RNY isn’t done as much anymore (at least on this show) but at what point would you consider a more restrictive wls for someone who has failed 2 major ones already?

I don’t know anything that is restrictive enough to stop Erica from eating.  

[DropTheSoap]

Well there's a shocker. Erica's not doing well.

[Armchair Critic]

Right now Jimmy is wiping his brow because he dodged that bullet

[aliya]

So now Erica fell, more sympathy, more reason not to work on herself. (I know, I'm a terrible person)

[Guest]

"Owww! Mah Jimmy!"

[ams1001]

2 minutes ago, Snarkastikate said:

Can't they go in their own if they feel they need more therapy?   David  must have insurance, he has a job.  The dirty lowdown creep is looking for some easy settlement cash.   Biker Babe must need more tats. 

I wonder if the lawsuit is the real reason Benji and David stopped talking...

[mmecorday]

Damn, I thought for a minute we were going to get an "Ow, mah laig!" moment.

[Chicklet]

Now Erica has Munchausens. She's so much fun.

[Wollstonecraft]

 Shove her in that machine!

[dreadfulLeigh]

That tech’s face when dr now asked if it was a weight thing 😂 He’s like, don’t make me say it 🤐

[7EasyPayments]

Erica is a bona fide mess.

Scary.............

[CrazyInAlabama]

Jimmy wasn't on the original episode, she reconnected with him during the WATN she had a couple of years ago.   

Erica's too big to fit in the CAT scan machine?    She must have fallen running for the Burger King delivery at the door.   Probably polished all of her order off before the ambulance arrived.  

With Erica, after stomach stapling, then gastric sleeve failed, then gastric bypass was the only thing they could do.    Personally, I think Dr. Now should have waved bye-bye to her, holding a Whopper in his hand.   

I do like that Progressive commercial, especially when she's talking to the car. 

I love that we've had Noom, whatever other diet program, and now a talking exercise mirror on this show.   

Edited April 23, 2020 by CrazyInAlabama

[LizzyB]

4 minutes ago, Suzywriter said:

Yell whine yell whine insult insult insult insult yell whine

Sweat, inappropriately co-opt the local accent, leer

[MrsClaus]

Let's face it.  Erica is just slowly killing herself any way she can.

[Gbb]

1 minute ago, Giant Misfit said:

"Owww! Mah Jimmy!"

You win the night!!🤣

[Pepper Mostly]

2 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

I think Erica lives for the drama.

Oh yeah. She's like a fifteen year old girl. And if there's no drama in the offing, she'll make some. 

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

Damn, I thought for a minute we were going to get an "Ow, mah laig!" moment.

Right? I was sitting here going "say it! say it!". 

I need a life. 

[DropTheSoap]

Just now, CrazyInAlabama said:

Erica's too big to fit in the CAT scan machine?    She must have fallen running for the Burger King delivery at the door.   Probably polished all of her order off before the ambulance arrived.  

And did her make-up. You never now what the EMTs are going to look like.

[Scratches19]

Good lord. I just got up to get more wheat thins and by the time I got back, Erica fell in the shower, landed face first on a bag of Whoppers and blew out her new gastric sleeve, (faster than Jimmy left). 

Edited April 23, 2020 by Scratches19

[ams1001]

2 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, just poisoning your.....I mean, drinking a cup of coffee" 

So awkward. 

That was such a weird conversation.

[sainte-chapelle]

How many voicemails has Erica left a Jimmy "I am in therapy....I need surgery....I fell...come see me."

[Suzywriter]

3 minutes ago, LizzyB said:

Sweat, inappropriately co-opt the local accent, leer

Leer! 

Best word ever!

[Kid]

3 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

I think Erica lives for the drama.

And attention seeking.

[Gbb]

The middle woman in the Hefty commercial makes me laugh ever time. “Give me... the bag?”

[Chicklet]

Oh my god I have a day off tomorrow I'm so happy I don't even care that Erica sucks. 

She needs a shrink and some heavy duty medications. OR a swift kick to the head but that's just so hard to write as a prescription.

[Minivanessa]

1 minute ago, MrsClaus said:

Let's face it.  Erica is just slowly killing herself any way she can.

I think you're right. 

[sainte-chapelle]

1 minute ago, ams1001 said:

That was such a weird conversation.

I am guessing it was staged...

so much awkward

[babyhouseman]

1 minute ago, Scratches19 said:

Good lord. I just got up to get more wheat thins and Erica feel in the shower, landed face first on a bag of Whoppers and blew out her new gastric sleeve, (faster than Jimmy left). 

Every time someone leaves the room here, something bad happens.

[Armchair Critic]

Just now, sainte-chapelle said:

How many voicemails has Erica left a Jimmy "I am in therapy....I need surgery....I fell...come see me."

Oh you know she did, I can hear her "Just thought I would let you know I am in the hospital and in a lot of pain in case you wondered about me".

[LizzyB]

Just now, Suzywriter said:

Leer! 

Best word ever!

Aw, shucks, thanks.  I do love words!

[Caoimhe]

1 minute ago, sainte-chapelle said:

How many voicemails has Erica left a Jimmy "I am in therapy....I need surgery....I fell...come see me."

I’m sure he changed his number after the first one!

[CringeWatcher]

57 minutes ago, sainte-chapelle said:

Not snarking, honest question. How is online teaching going? Why so many emails? My MIL was a teacher but retired before the digital age.

I teach AP Lang and English III. Our dept of Ed, in all its wisdom, put out a statement saying that 4th nine weeks cannot lower a student’s grade. This was after my district gave out hundreds of chrome books. All of my students got one. Meanwhile the district has us using a horrible canned curriculum for non AP core classes. The kids who know to do it can easily google the answers. So when I get an email from a kid who already had a good grade for the 3rd 9 weeks but is genuinely trying to do the work, I tend to help...by unlocking the next test in a can.

AP classes are a whole ‘nother animal. I have to reformulate my lessons for digital delivery. It takes me 2-3 hours to get each lesson prepped and posted. They changed the test format so it should be easier to earn a qualifying score, but because I can’t technically count off for anything they don’t do, a lot of them just aren’t doing anything, and that royally pisses me off. 
 My principal still doesn’t understand that I’m working with two different curriculums, but he’s half senile (not trying to be funny). 
meanwhile, elective class teachers are supposed to call a few students every day and check on them.  Gee, that’s a totally fair and reasonable balance of duties.

but I agree with what was said earlier, if anyone had actually planned for this, myself included, it wouldn’t be this chaotic. 
thanks for letting me vent. 
 

[mmecorday]

"Hi, Jimmy. It's Erica. I am sitting here in my empty apartment looking at my vacant shelves because I got rid of all my precious dog figurines all for you, Jimmy. I would do anything for you, Jimmy. I went to the therapist and talked about you, Jimmy. I love you, Jimmy,"

[Twopper]

7 minutes ago, PA SweetPea said:

Same here! Love your name, i used to live on twop back in the day. Mostly on the semi homemade with sandra lee board lol

Thanks.  it has been a long journey since the TWOP boards closed.

I can't believe I am excited to see his skin surgery and her revision.  Finally!!!   I would think with all the super obese people they would have a cat scan big enough by now.   I hate cat scans;  they make me feel so claustrophobic. 

[Armchair Critic]

Was that her nipple? 😮

[Miracle Maxie]

I guess the reason for so few surgeries this season is that they blew their budget for them with this episode. 

[ams1001]

3 minutes ago, sainte-chapelle said:

I am guessing it was staged...

so much awkward

Thespians, they are not.

[7EasyPayments]

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

"Hi, Jimmy. It's Erica. I am sitting here in my empty apartment looking at my vacant shelves because I got rid of all my precious dog figurines all for you, Jimmy. I would do anything for you, Jimmy. I went to the therapist and talked about you, Jimmy. I love you, Jimmy,"

I ate 50 Whoppers, and dedicated every one of them to you ------MY JIMMY !!

[dreadfulLeigh]

Don’t be so fucking dramatic, Erica. 🙄

[Guest]

Yeah, she called Dr Now ... right after her call to Jimmy went straight to voicemail.

[dreadfulLeigh]

She’s only been in Houston for what, like a month?? Wtf lady

[sainte-chapelle]

2 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

"Hi, Jimmy. It's Erica. I am sitting here in my empty apartment looking at my vacant shelves because I got rid of all my precious dog figurines all for you, Jimmy. I would do anything for you, Jimmy. I went to the therapist and talked about you, Jimmy. I love you, Jimmy,"

Wasn't she at one point looking at a picture of them she printed on a coffe coaster ?

[ams1001]

OMG GET OVER JIMMY!

[Armchair Critic]

She's another one with a car spoiler across her rear end.

Oh boy she is going to prove it to Jimmy. Good luck with that.

 

[LizzyB]

2 minutes ago, CringeWatcher said:

I teach AP Lang and English III. Our dept of Ed, in all its wisdom, put out a statement saying that 4th nine weeks cannot lower a student’s grade. This was after my district gave out hundreds of chrome books. All of my students got one. Meanwhile the district has us using a horrible canned curriculum for non AP core classes. The kids who know to do it can easily google the answers. So when I get an email from a kid who already had a good grade for the 3rd 9 weeks but is genuinely trying to do the work, I tend to help...by unlocking the next test in a can.

AP classes are a whole ‘nother animal. I have to reformulate my lessons for digital delivery. It takes me 2-3 hours to get each lesson prepped and posted. They changed the test format so it should be easier to earn a qualifying score, but because I can’t technically count off for anything they don’t do, a lot of them just aren’t doing anything, and that royally pisses me off. 
 My principal still doesn’t understand that I’m working with two different curriculums, but he’s half senile (not trying to be funny). 
meanwhile, elective class teachers are supposed to call a few students every day and check on them.  Gee, that’s a totally fair and reasonable balance of duties.

but I agree with what was said earlier, if anyone had actually planned for this, myself included, it wouldn’t be this chaotic. 
thanks for letting me vent. 
 

I hear you, and for what it's worth, I take 6-feet-apart walks with my neighbor who is in the same situation with the canned curriculum, work equity issues, and admins who--at best--don't understand.  I listen to her, and I'll listen to you, and I thank you for your work.  Truly.

[Caoimhe]

Poor Molly!  I hope Erica gets her place back quickly.  I don’t see a “target weight” happening for her, and I can’t believe she is STILL delusional enough to think she’ll have Jimmy back again.

[dreadfulLeigh]

Yeah, because doing —JESUS FUCKING CHRIST LEAVE JIMMY ALONE HE DOESNT WANT YOU BACK!!!

[aliya]

4 minutes ago, Chicklet said:

She needs a shrink and some heavy duty medications. 

I've been in lock down for quite a while now. I don't drink. Some heavy duty medications would just about hit the spot right now.

[Chicklet]

She's moving back without somewhere to live and what? She's going to stalk Jimmy now. I can see it.

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