The new Celebrity Big Brother house - Wow!

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Kitten

I doubt it will be the last you know, it'll end up on FIVE or sky. It's just the last on C4, so end of an era. I think the house suits the people who will inevitably end up on it. Sluts and jailbirds I suspect.

Bit of a sweeping generalisation there, don't you think?

[Kitten]

yup! Bet I'm not wrong either (purely the 'celebrity' one I'm referring to!)

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

Bit of a sweeping generalisation there, don't you think?

Originally Posted by Kitten

yup! Bet I'm not wrong either

Include the gays, lesbians, bisexuals-who-aren't-really-and-are-just-saying-it-to-be-cool, lunatics and annoying knobbers and that about covers the whole BB cast.

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Kitten

yup! Bet I'm not wrong either (purely the 'celebrity' one I'm referring to!)

I think that the celeb reality shows in general tend to attract celebs/ex-celebs with either waning or completely dead careers.....who are looking to re-ignite their profiles again. Obviously there are exceptions to this rule where people like Katie Price go on the show for different reasons.
However, I'll throw an example at you and you can tell me where he fits into the sluts/jailbirds catagory.

Dirk Benedict.

Didn't have a book/movie/album to promote.
Came across as a really nice guy.
Nothing to gain from the show, other than the fee of course.

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Include the gays, lesbians, bisexuals-who-aren't-really-and-are-just-saying-it-to-be-cool, lunatics and annoying knobbers and that about covers the whole BB cast.

Sadly, you're right.
For the last 7 or 8 years the show has been dominated by people from the above groups. BUT, "normals" do slip through from time to time and this is my point. When people imply that they're all jelly heads they're showing how blinkered they are.....especially as these are the same people who proudly proclaim that they never watch it. That reminds me, I must pop down to the library and comment on all of their books based on what their covers look like.

At least you (and rightly so) slipped in the words "that about".

[Kitten]

Did you note the 'I suspect' at the end of my sentence? Therefore distinguishing it from fact - or do you prefer to ignore that bit?

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

Sadly, you're right.
For the last 7 or 8 years the show has been dominated by people from the above groups. BUT, "normals" do slip through from time to time and this is my point. When people imply that they're all jelly heads they're showing how blinkered they are.....especially as these are the same people who proudly proclaim that they never watch it.

Sweeping generalisation much?

Oh and Dirk Benedict spoke quite a bit about the books he wrote and then having raised his profile brought another one out later that year. Would he have had interest had his profile not been raised? Who knows!

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Kitten

Did you note the 'I suspect' at the end of my sentence? Therefore distinguishing it from fact - or do you prefer to ignore that bit?

After that you said you "bet you're not wrong", changing the implication of the sentence from a declared assumption to a statement

[Kitten]

no, I'm still saying ' I bet'. Doesn't make it fact. I could be a complete loon for all you know, I could bet that black was white if I so wished - so 'I bet I'm right' doesn't really mean anything in that context. (oh and in speech marks, use 'I'm' not 'you're' or I don't think you need the quotations)

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Kitten

no, I'm still saying ' I bet'. Doesn't make it fact. I could be a complete loon for all you know, so 'I bet I'm right' doesn't really mean anything in that context. (oh and in speech marks, use 'I'm' not 'you're' or you don't need the quotations

The jury is still out on that one

[Kitten]

I know