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Princess Griff
10-05-2011, 21:20
That's right it everyone's favourite short-arse lahndan tahhn businessman Lord Sugar and the most public interview process this year!
The line up might well appear like a bunch of egotistical pinstripes but business-minded or not I'm sure we'll be given some comedy gold quotes!
Behind these glasses lies a core of pure steel ;D
How many times will we hear the term 'business acumen'? :p
I know quite a few organisations/companies that are running sweepstakes: does anyone have any sweepstakes or similar on this year?
EDIT: Oops! This was posted by Jingo who didn't check whose account he was logged onto Boat Drinks with! ;D
I. Love. The Apprentice.
It is my anger management for the year!
Canny wait to see it all :D
volospian
10-05-2011, 21:27
Jeebus, what a bunch of planks. :(
Oooops! My bad posting on the Lady PG account!
This years has begun! I know it's easy to be the armchair manager but I'm already facepalming and grimacing!
One guy looks like a cross between a muskateer and the McKenzie Crook pirate!
Already very facepalmed.
BB x
Oooh is it on tonight!?!
Heh.. I never know what's on as don't have TV! Will catch this on iplayer though! :D
It's on now - so hit up iPlayer after five past ten tonight and avoid the thread until then for spoilers! :)
Justsomebloke
10-05-2011, 21:44
I'm watching & can't believe some of these people actually deserve a chance, Major Facepalm here. :confused:
Great result after episode 1!
After denouncing accountancy so passionately, and now failing this years apprentice so spectacularly I can't see him being snapped up by many big companies now! :p
GET OUT!
Justsomebloke
10-05-2011, 21:59
What a Nobba though, Did he really say "I am the Youngest & I know I am the shortest" :huh: + :shocked: + ;D
Quality TV though. :cool:
Princess Griff
10-05-2011, 22:09
I vote Tom Pellereau! Mostly because he juggles oranges, has a pointy chin and I have him in the office sweepstake! :D
EDIT: Don't worry this is the real me now!! :p
What a Nobba though, Did he really say "I'm the youngest and I know I'm the shortest"...
I think he was trying to build up a relationship with Lord Sugar - has anyone else noticed that he has a massive cushion thing on his chair so not to look like a short arse next to Mr Burns and Lady Business!
If this was called 'Who Wants To Be A Massive Douchebag?' I'd probably watch it. Unfortunately it still purports to be about business and finance and so I shun it. It has also ruined Prokofiev's 'Dance of the Knights' for a generation.
Additionally, Alan Sugar is a major ballbag propped up on a shirt collar like an egg in an eggcup.
It has also ruined Prokofiev's 'Dance of the Knights' for a generation.
This isn't the theme tune any more :)
I never associated this music to the apprentice, but decided it was Darth Vader's back up music.
Matthew INSISTS that Alan Sugar wrote that piece of music. Don't you dear?
He's too short to reach the conductor's podium! The baton would look like a javelin in his miniscule grasp - like Jeremy Beadle holding a biro!
...or his willy. I heard it was tiny, but on the other hand, it looks massive.
WHEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Y!! ;D
This prog is epic. When I say epic, I mean great in making me laugh at people who are deluded about how great they actually are.
Ah Belmit cover your ears = it seems the first episode was an exception for the different title music! Dance has returned!
Haha Desmo! Indeed some of these people are so deluded - Susan Ma seems to be a spoilt little cow, incredibly immature and a terrible communicator.
The guy who left was clearly a nobody with a bad attitude.
The girls team leader is all attitude and no substance - coming from a psychology background, suprise suprise :p
These early episodes are hard to get a grasp on the people's true abilities (if any), and the programme is of course sensationalised, but the Irish Guy, The Inventor (Tom!) and the first episode's female team leader seem to have something about them :)
yeah she seemed to be trying to sell World Peace rather than a crappy iphone App.
Get ready for some more comedy gold! :D
volospian
19-05-2011, 08:22
What was going on last night?? That optician guy couldn't organise a bun fight in a brothel! The guy who looks like Walker, the spiv from Dads Army, just seemed to ride roughshod over the rest of his "team" and the ones left with the optician bloke just seemed to wander around in a daze. I'm suprised they even managed 6 items. And then, when he was sacked for being utterly incompetant, he was still in such a daze that he thought he had done a good job and that Lord Sugar had sacked the wrong guy. FFS, man up and admit you were out of your depth. Honestly, he should have gone to specsavers!
Mind you, rushing off to the most expensive shops in London to buy stuff wasn't necessarily a good game plan from the other team either. It astounds me, sometimes, the lack of knowledge these people have. Camomile tea, so they go to the "rare tea shop"?? FFS, you can get camomile tea at Tescos, it hardly warrants a trip to a specialist importer. Oh, and if you're after a bargain top hat, don't shop at the sort of place the King of Tonga shops at. They're not used to peasants asking for money off!
I did laugh at how dumbstruck they were at the prices of tophats in some of the most reputable sellers in London; with smartphones there is almost no excuse to not be able to find numerous sellers within a certain area and have an understanding of price.
Also what was the chinese (?) girl doing begging for a penny off? What was the point? Such a daft cow.
Quote of the show for me was from the scruffy tramp millionaire himself:
Less of the chitchat - I know you're from Belgium and that's where the waffles come from...
:D
the spiv from Dads Army
Spiv, a massively underused word.
volospian
20-05-2011, 08:42
Also what was the chinese (?) girl doing begging for a penny off? What was the point? Such a daft cow.
I know, WTF was the point? Even the guy selling the hat seemed utterly bemused by such a pointless act.
And then she was saying "We would appreciate that more than you could imagine"..."thank you so much from the bottom of my heart".
:facepalm:
TinkerBell
20-05-2011, 13:28
Lol! I really didn't see the point in asking for a penny off and 900 pounds for the tea!! I don't even drink tea but even I can tell that is wayy to much.
isn't the point that they had to get discounted items? So even a penny off counts as a discount. Pointless, but still to the letter.
I was more embarrassed by the 'The UBER amount I have is £20. No? How about £30. Still no? £40? No? You sure? I was hoping we could do it all for £50?"
Bloke jumps in with £80 and it's a deal. Don't say all you have is £20 if you then go up. People don't appreciate being lied to or taken for idiots. Be respectful and ask, beg, do whatever you have to, but don't take the p*ss.
And Jesus, how charmed are we by the Irish/Scouse accents?
Yeah the Irish Lilt was doing wonders for Jim - shame the Scouse Twang did nothing for Mr Fired. I do think the show was deliberately edited to highlight how many times he said 'calm down' ;D
It did though, he got the material (think) for way less than the others paid!
volospian
21-05-2011, 18:49
isn't the point that they had to get discounted items? So even a penny off counts as a discount. Pointless, but still to the letter.
Well, not specifically, they just had to spend the least, so getting 1p off a hat that costs £350 makes no difference if the others pay "full price" somewhere where the hat is only listed at £250. It'ns not only haggling, but the ability to find the cheaper places to purchase from in the first place.
It's like the tea, they bargained her down from over £900 to about £420 or whatever. The other team got less percentage discount, but as they had picked aplace selling it considerably cheaper anyway, they still paid a lot less.
I still think it said 'discounted' items somewhere. And we've seen people pulled apart for buying without any discount in the boardroom before.
I didn't say it made sense to me, and I understand how the task works on terms of 'if it has a cheaper price then the discount may be less but you pay less overall' - it's basic economics, however they wanted 'a discount' no matter how small.
Let's face it, if they have gone cheap it would have been 'this is the Savoy, you're supposed to buy the best' anyway, whichever option they choose they'd be ripped apart.
TinkerBell
25-05-2011, 21:10
Well well well. Looks like they are in my neck of the woods today :D
Princess Griff
01-06-2011, 22:03
OOOhooohooooohhhhhhh Double Elimination!!!! Didnt see that coming!!!
Both who went were noblets and did deserve to go though...
...at least my blokes still in it - Come on Tom Pellaroooroooorooooo!!!!!
After the clip last week (wanting to send a message back) I said that'd happen to some of the guys at work :D
Should have kept Ellie and made her PM of one team then put the Jedi as head of the other next week imho. Then fired the losing PM.
volospian
02-06-2011, 07:49
Glad the spiv has gone, he can get back to selling fake silk stockings out of a suitcase now....
Not enjoying this series at all and can't even be bothered to watch it now. If I catch it then fine but I'm not going out of my way to make sure I see it. Having said that, I always like to watch the after show thing on BBC2 because it's funny :D
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