Season 12: Live Chat

[sainte-chapelle]

Just now, ams1001 said:

Please don't let there be any rabbits...

He already ate them

[MsVixen]

Charlie is crossing his legs at the ankles like some British Grande Dame.....

[babyhouseman]

He's excited to meet Dr. Now. I know Dr. Now is excited too.  

[ams1001]

An hour in and we're finally getting ready to leave for Houston for the first time.

[AnnaBaptist]

A&E is starting a series on April 22 at 9 pm called "Quarter Ton Teen". It is produced by Younan Nowzaradan. Maybe they are closing out this show and focusing on this new one instead.

[mmecorday]

"Little People, Big World" is still on? Why? 

[ams1001]

Just now, babyhouseman said:

He's excited to meet Dr. Now. I know Dr. Now is excited too.  

Doc will be very impressed by his upper body strength.

[EtheltoTillie]

He’s going to fly?  Maybe remove three other passengers. 

[Chicklet]

Wait, he had a mattress and a box spring in a previous scene and now just a mattress. Hmm

[Suzywriter]

1 minute ago, ams1001 said:

Please don't let there be any rabbits...

Brilliant!

[Auntie Anxiety]

Charles decides he needs to go to Houston to show Dr. Now that he can lose 500 pounds without his help.

[LizzyB]

6 minutes ago, Auntie Anxiety said:

Charles doesn’t think he really needs Dr. Now. I’m sure he’ll be successful on his journey.

This comment is so dry this ain't Of Mice and Men, it's The Grapes of Wrath. Up here in the comments section, anyway!  Also, this episode is so boring I might prefer re-reading The Grapes of Wrath, which is saying somethin!

[Pepper Mostly]

2 minutes ago, EtheltoTillie said:

America’s Test Kitchen gave them a high rating!

America's Test Kitchen? I find their recipes too fiddly and lacking in seasoning. So I side eye their recommendations on principle. 

[ams1001]

Just now, mmecorday said:

"Little People, Big World" is still on? Why? 

My question is why was it on in the first place?

(I recently got a facebook memory from some years ago where I asked "how many shows about little people does one network need?")

[Trashytvjunkie]

Maybe they can weigh him at the airport where they weight the luggage

[sainte-chapelle]

I am wait for an “ow my leg”

[Suzywriter]

Just now, mmecorday said:

"Little People, Big World" is still on? Why? 

To fill in for missing Poundticipant epiisodes.

[MsVixen]

As a baby boomer, I take real offense at how bad he makes that tie dyed tee shirt look! 

[babyhouseman]

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

"Little People, Big World" is still on? Why? 

It's got to be ending. All the children are leaving. It will be just the parents and their partners. 

[Suzywriter]

1 minute ago, LizzyB said:

This comment is so dry this ain't Of Mice and Men, it's The Grapes of Wrath. Up here in the comments section, anyway!  Also, this episode is so boring I might prefer re-reading The Grapes of Wrath, which is saying somethin!

Don't get sucked in by Grapes! They are evil!

[mmecorday]

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I am wait for an “ow my leg”

We had an "Oh, my leg's asleep." Close enough? 

[Red Bridey]

They didn't tell him he needed to buy two seats? That's impossible! 

[Hellga]

3 minutes ago, sainte-chapelle said:

He already ate them

Rabbits are delicious, though.

I wonder how they are going to stuff him through the airplane door and into the seat!

[aliya]

I lived in Seattle for 5 years. Absolutely loved it (this was before everything went to hell in a handbasket there). I loved seeing the mountains just riding the city bus or on campus. I loved the trees and the overcast sky. This guy has a wonderful environment all around him and he can't even take advantage of it.

Drumheller Fountain on UWashington campus, with Mt Rainier in distance.  I used to have dreams about the mountain becoming a volcano. Too many movies, I guess. And the fact that we were each supplied with a volcano safety kit at our desks in the doctoral office.

[sainte-chapelle]

If he stuck to the diet he would have lost over 100 pounds by now 

[EtheltoTillie]

He actually said arent the seats on planes really small?  

[babyhouseman]

1 minute ago, Suzywriter said:

Don't get sucked in by Grapes! They are evil!

No wonder they're evil. They're full of wrath.

[Pepper Mostly]

3 minutes ago, EtheltoTillie said:

FWIW I was really skinny when I smoked.  I smoked while doing anything. No need to find the time. 

Oh, I lost a lot of weight when I started smoking. And I gained a lot when I quit. Now that I'm retired I do smoke a little. (I always said I would once I retired). But nowadays you have to go outside and make a little occasion of it. No more sitting at your desk at work, smoking like a fiend, or between courses at a restaurant, or at the bar, drink in one hand, smoke in the other! 

[Auntie Anxiety]

Oh dear. How’d you like to see Charles barreling toward you in the aisle. 

[Hellga]

How many seat belt extenders did it take to strap him in?  

[EtheltoTillie]

Oh he is taking up two seats. 

[sainte-chapelle]

1 minute ago, Hellga said:

Rabbits are delicious, though.

I wonder how they are going to stuff him through the airplane door and into the seat!

My first childhood pet was a rabbit so I can’t eat them

[sempervivum]

Did I miss where he lost enough weight for Dr. Now to approve him coming to Houston for surgery? WHY is he doing this?

[Hellga]

Of course he smuggled a cheeseburger onto the plane.  The one we have been shown and how many we haven't been shown?  

[Pepper Mostly]

5 minutes ago, mmecorday said:

"Little People, Big World" is still on? Why? 

No one knows. 

[EtheltoTillie]

1 minute ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Oh, I lost a lot of weight when I started smoking. And I gained a lot when I quit. Now that I'm retired I do smoke a little. (I always said I would once I retired). But nowadays you have to go outside and make a little occasion of it. No more sitting at your desk at work, smoking like a fiend, or between courses at a restaurant, or at the bar, drink in one hand, smoke in the other! 

We smoked in college classes, in the movies, on airplanes!

[LizzyB]

2 minutes ago, aliya said:

I lived in Seattle for 5 years. Absolutely loved it (this was before everything went to hell in a handbasket there). I loved seeing the mountains just riding the city bus or on campus. I loved the trees and the overcast sky. This guy has a wonderful environment all around him and he can't even take advantage of it.

Drumheller Fountain on UWashington campus, with Mt Rainier in distance.  I used to have dreams about the mountain becoming a volcano. Too many movies, I guess. And the fact that we were each supplied with a volcano safety kit at our desks in the doctoral office.

What's in a "volcano safety kit?"

[sainte-chapelle]

Sir…you can ask for a low cal meal on a plane. I have never gotten a cheeseburger on a plane

Edited April 18, 2024 by sainte-chapelle

[katycat74]

Diaper? I was wondering about that!

[CSunshine76]

He wore a diaper on the flight?! He could have kept that to himself. 🤢🤢

[EtheltoTillie]

He has to get out of his diaper. O my lord. What are the other people smelling?  

[babyhouseman]

1 minute ago, Hellga said:

Of course he smuggled a cheeseburger onto the plane.

He said that was on the plane. No healthy options.

[Chicklet]

Yes his addict behavior changed, certainly. And yes he will prove it to Dr. Now. I think he might be doomed to disappointment.

[Auntie Anxiety]

Charles can prove to Dr. Now that he has what it takes. Except for the very few times that he “cheated” and ate a cheeseburger or six.

[Pepper Mostly]

5 minutes ago, sainte-chapelle said:

I am wait for an “ow my leg”

I think "my knees are on fire" counts as an "ow my leg" for those of you playing along at home. 

[MsVixen]

If he doesn't have an appointment with Dr. Now, I hope Dr. Now says "Who the hell are you and why are you here?"

[Red Bridey]

This guy is so unpleasant, I just hope he fails. Ugh, and my phone is losing its juice. I'll have to charge it and switch to my laptop. Be back soon!

[Chicklet]

1 minute ago, LizzyB said:

What's in a "volcano safety kit?"

Might that be like when I was a kid and we had air raid drills and hid under wooden desks to protect us from radiation when a nuclear bomb went off. Even as a kid I thought that was stupid.

[babyhouseman]

Abigail in that movie doesn't look too happy.

[Pepper Mostly]

1 minute ago, EtheltoTillie said:

We smoked in college classes, in the movies, on airplanes!

Yup, I smoked behind the bar when I was a bartender. My son is utterly amazed that we all smoked EVERYWHERE. When I first went to college everyone smoked in class, to show how cool and insouciant they were.