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Big Brother: Revenge of the Sixth.

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15:16 / 11.06.05

He didn't make them directly to Kemal, but waited until he'd left the room. Kemal had said about how something was confusing him, which brought on a "you're telling me you're fucking confused - you're walking around with your dick in a pair of women's fucking pants" rant.

15:26 / 11.06.05

Box task = wicked.

16:24 / 11.06.05

Agreed B, that is genius. I particularly like the condoms in the survival kits - pretty obviously they're going to be needing those, especially the girls; 'I've been in here for ten minutes and I'm bored now...'

00:24 / 12.06.05

"Two lovely, genuine people have gone. I know what's going to happen. All that'll be left in this house are the sheep."

I know that everybody reckoned it was Mary, but Craig's starting to show definite signs of being this year's Barbelith entry.

Essential Dazzler

12:42 / 12.06.05

Box task is over.

The final three, Derek Roberto, and Anthony hatched a cunning plan to all emerge simultaneously and force Big Brother into giving all of them the prize. CheekyChappyGeezerArsehole foiled the plan by holding down Anthony's box

19:37 / 12.06.05

Hahaha. Huuuuuuuge head.

20:33 / 12.06.05

Yeah, that was very, very funny.

HUUUUUUGE head!

20:36 / 12.06.05

Craig's head is so big, it has its own weather system. Hehe.

20:50 / 12.06.05

There you go, Minge. Definitely warming to Maxwell.

22:01 / 12.06.05

It's all starting to seem a bit dispiriting now, isn't it ? I mean ok, I'd still like to kill all of this year's contestants, but not as much as usual - A listless bullet from the broken cabana would be all I could manage this year, whereas in the past, in an ideal world, there'd have been a whole series of ghastly things befalling the housemates about every 5 minutes.

Am I mellowing with age, or is the franchise a bit jiggered, or neither, or both ?

Whisky Priestess

22:01 / 12.06.05

Some beautiful BB6 WTF:

Makosi: I am definitely not a lesbian

(2 minutes later)

Makosi: I don't understand those people who say they are definitely not lesbians. It's like, how can you say you don't like chicken if you've never tasted chicken?

(Makosi admits to having snogged girls but not gone the whole way)

22:25 / 12.06.05

Craig keeps telling people, most recently Roberto, "If I were you I'd just engorge myself". Heh heh ,well it's easy enough to wangle some innuendo out of that, I'll bet he would.

yawn - thing's buddy

09:57 / 13.06.05

craig's my fave.

It's good that he just resorts to: "You are a prick." or "You're a faggot."

I stand by the 'viewer' theory and, like 2001's black monoliths and supersmooth foetus, see his victory this year as an evolutionary jump for the BB format.

his victory, and his alone, would be unique.

I just hope he can keep up the 'zero information' aspect of his existence within the house.

I loved his comment re "You can never win with people like Roberto playing . . ."

I find maxwell’s contributions to be tedious, the pre-meditated coupling with saskia utterly dull, and his looks makes me a little queezy.

Thought Derek’s intial comment on entering his box to be most revealing : “I like it here in my box already!” or summat.

sss-how he liveds his whole life - boxed off, hermetically sealed and placed within a decorous hierarchy.

makosi - still yum but now utterly dull.

science - does he always talk like that? Even when he’s happy? well done for firstin’ de unboxin’ tho.

toilet brush - science extracting the fucker would have pure ‘showered’ robbie wi jobbie!!!

20:29 / 14.06.05

I ain't dun nuffink!

20:36 / 14.06.05

"People can ignore me... or say what they like about me, I don't care"

Except for when they walk off when you're halfway through saying something, obviously, Craig. That makes you snivel.

20:39 / 14.06.05

He wants compassion! Compassion this, motherfucker!

20:41 / 14.06.05

The thing is, the snivelling little bastard's lucky not to have been nominated himself this week. Why is that? Do the other just not see him as a threat, or something?

20:45 / 14.06.05

Oh dear, Craig's really not good at honest confrontation (as opposed to in-the-other-room backbiting), is he? Derek and Roberto are able to brazen things out, but Craig seems absolutely shocked at being caught out - but seamlessly converts this into outrage at the other people who are clearly to blame.

Ahhh, the ol' "I want to leave now"...

20:47 / 14.06.05

The thing is, the snivelling little bastard's lucky not to have been nominated himself this week. Why is that? Do the other just not see him as a threat, or something?

Well, he's been quite good at bitching about selective people to selective people, and hasn't yet been caught out in a major way. Until now.

20:48 / 14.06.05

Snivelboy to Saskia: Why are you angry with me for just standing there?

Saskia: Because you're a bitch.

You go, girl!

Regrettable Juvenilia

20:50 / 14.06.05

I have to say, contrary to my expectations, this lot are so hideous - and so openly, relentless hostile to each other - that I can't really watch it anymore.

Craig: a spiteful little shit.
Anthony: a fool.
Vanessa: a bore.
Maxwell: a bigotted bore.
Derek: a bitchy bore.
Roberto: an idiot, with many issues and problems.
Science: an obnoxious imbecile.
Makosi: a simpleton.
Sam: an individual lacking in appeal to the extreme.
Saskia: an established racist, a pity since otherwise she's less awful than many of the rest.
Kemal: might be okay eventually, I suppose.

I give up...

21:09 / 14.06.05

Well, he's been quite good at bitching about selective people to selective people, and hasn't yet been caught out in a major way. Until now.

But even then it's only Saskia who appears to have noticed - Maxwell was very careful to make sure that he pointed out exactly who he thinks the wankers are and not to include Craig amongst them.

21:59 / 14.06.05

But even then it's only Saskia who appears to have noticed - Maxwell was very careful to make sure that he pointed out exactly who he thinks the wankers are and not to include Craig amongst them.

Certainly it's only Saskia who's we've seen openly objecting to Craig's onscreen behaviour. I suspect Maxwell wasn't being "very careful" so much as reacting to the two individuals who were most obviously proposing nominating Saskia; Craig, by comparison, was simply adding his agreement and giving the pot a stir with the "yeah, they think they're invincible" comment - which was aimed at the cheering-recipients more generally.

I agree that this year's bunch are a lot harder to like, partly because they're so fragmented, and there's a lot less fun (or, at least, a lot less fun that doesn't rely primarily on scapegoating individuals). I don't really understand the criticism of Makosi that she's a "simpleton", though...

23:46 / 14.06.05

On the hourly slot ,which I avoid watching, the editing team plays the more explosive arguments and antics. I find the BBLive coverage ends up giving a more charitable and likeable image of all of the contestants. Except Science who fails to interact properly with anyone really talking at them rather than with them.
Is it awful to say how much Derek reminds me of Toad of Toadhall?
Sam still seems a bit conversationally stunted adding nothing but addendums like "yeah" and laughing.(although apart from that when not under constant attack she seems quite sweet).

Tryphena Absent

02:25 / 15.06.05

I'm finding myself losing interest more and more as time goes on. Last year I was hooked, this year with a live feed I rarely keep the TV on to watch it. There's just no one in the house who I can identify with at all, last year that didn't matter because the conflict was real, when they fought it felt like a battle between people who really had personality differences, who disliked each other on a level that wasn't contrived. Their arguments were about their own identies and the way that those identities were pitted against each other. This year the arguments seem much shallower, focused on bread and cooking and incredibly petty in comparison. I'm desperate to see people who communicate with each other because when that fight occurred last year and when Jason was wandering around in his own hazy way it felt like real crisis and the dislike was real. No one in this house really wants to vote anyone out they just seem to make things up about each other (Craig, Roberto and Derek being the obvious examples) and those created lies are the elements they want to vote out. It's irritating and pointless and it makes me want to switch my TV off.

Tryphena Absent

02:30 / 15.06.05

I mean, I actually want Jason and the Jungle Cats back and they really irritated me but damn, that was good viewing. When you're simply annoyed by nomination scandal you know there's a problem.

06:39 / 15.06.05

I know what you mean; there's a definite lull at the moment. Elements that would normally interest me - Craig's oblique sexuality, say - are leaving me cold, possibly because there's no actual development. As you say, we're not getting much insight into the identities themselves.

It's interesting enough for me to stay with it, though, on the basis that it might improve as the groups get smaller.

09:50 / 15.06.05

I'm not sure I've got the stamina to stick this one out to the bitter end. They don't seem to realise that, even if you don't like anyone else in the house, it's in everyone's best interests to pass the tasks. This year lacks even the pretense of working together even though you may hate everyone else's guts. It's so draining to watch these idiots fail at the simplest things.

How hard is it to keep a hat on?

Got to say though I was laughing with glee at Craig's surly face whilst they were singing their pirate song last night. That boy can pout for England. It's almost impressive how he turns any situation into another chance to whine about how no-one likes him. Some severe issues, that one.

Regarding Sam. Is it possible that the dislike being shown to her by the other housemates is something to do with her weird self-concious body language and habit of laughing at the end of every sentence? She really doesn't seem all that bad from what I've seen apart from that.

yawn - thing's buddy

10:36 / 15.06.05

would say Makosi is actually very clever.

craig's still my fave.

in fact last night consolidated it.

think he was unfairly penalised.

10:45 / 15.06.05

I honestly have no idea how anyone could like Craig. Are you sure you're not just enjoying being contrary?

Go on, admit it. I double dare ya.

10:52 / 15.06.05

Makosi's definitely got more going on in her head than the majority of the housemates. She does seem to be dealing with life in there the best, not dropping into any particular faction but flitting between them all. Keeping everyone sweet too. She'll be one of the last out, if she doesn't win.

I don't think Craig was unfairly penalised, he could have walked away from that conversation or pointed out that they weren't supposed to talk about nominations. He did neither and, in fact, seemed to be agreeing that there were people in who needed to be nominated to teach them a lesson.

But I can't stand the little cypher, I'd be penalising him on the basis of his pseudo-personality alone. So that could be biasing me a little.

It was a fair point he came out with though that Vanessa had done the exact same thing last week and got hugs all round. Guess it's alright to target the Sam-droid but not Off-The-Hook.

Off-the-hook...what does that even mean?

11:58 / 15.06.05

Craig said a brilliant thing, one time. About a week ago.

I normally find the impetus gets up around week 4-5, am unsurprised at the ennui here.

yawn - thing's buddy

12:08 / 15.06.05

honestly - i do like craig.

he's got a lovely smile.

and i think he's funny.

his dough-faced mouthwash garble during the pirate singalong was great.

also he did say he enjoyed 'destroying' people - which was hilarious.

and seriously, I find maxwell and "giant haystack's sister" (AKA saskia according to Charlie Brooker) to be odious.

I like watching: craig, roberto, makosi.

finally, craig is like the Salon crossed with Little Britain.

sufficient?

12:14 / 15.06.05

But when you say you like him you don't mean to actually have as a mate do you? You mean he's entertaining.

I hope you mean he's entertaining.

Thing is, whether you find him entertaining or not doesn't change the fact that he's clearly an idiot child with issues.

12:15 / 15.06.05

Yeah, it was his tale of Anthony (surely the world's least entertaining Geordie/Mackem/worreva) being gay that made me laugh.

What'd you do if your best mate got into bed with you?

Anthony: I'd put them in a headlock.

Going back a bit, I think Johnny from BB3 was a bit of a viewer surrogate too, though.

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