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The new series of The Apperntice starts tonight on BBC1 @ 9pm. Who will be watching it? I certainly will be.

Its by far one of the best shows on TV. IMHO. :D

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Never seen it before, but might give it a go

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I'll be watching it.

I wonder if there'll be anyone local on this year, and who'll be this year's super bitch Katie?

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Woops...............wrong thread.:D

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Theres a lad from Bolton. Thats the nearest to us. Hope he's not a pillock!! He's called Alex Wotherspoon.

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Give it a go Emzy its a fantastic programme!!

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If I don't watch I will be taping it, got to agree it is great!!!

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Yep me too, one of best programs on TV in last few years

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Excellent start as always. What the hell was that lad who got fired going on about class/education divides. Thought he looked an idiot from the start.

Well although the lad from Bolton was in the last 3, he didn't make a complete prat of himself.

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It's such great television.

So many egos, and hardly an ounce of common sense between them.

Raef should have gone tonight, but I fear he'll be one of those pantomime villains the producer's will keep in until nearer the end to increase the ratings, and the viewer's blood pressure.

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I completely agree, does he not remind you of Syed from 2 years ago??

What I couldn't understand is both the teams were roughly an hour away from Islington. Why couldn't they have sat down with the prices and the picture book on the way there and sorted all of them out in the car?? Thats what i'd have done so that by the time i'd got there i'd only have to get all the fish out, identify them and mark the prices.

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I wonder if thats why they have took torchwood off bb2 and moved it to friday?

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Yes it is. Much to my annoyance!!!! They didn't want 2 of their biggest shows to clash.

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Well they didn't really have the means to label the fish while in the car ;)

But you're right, the prices could have been marked up and sorted in the car. It's not rocket science I don't know how he managed to get them wrong.

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Nicholas was going on about how hes well educated, into art & culture etc... Yet he didn't realise that at £4.90 EACH was way way to cheap for a Lobster!

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Stuff the car, I'd have been in the back of the van with the fish, marking up the prices on route. Plus I'd have kept half the team in Notting Hill, flogging the fish to the trendy resaurants there, rather than all the team wasting an hour travelling to Islington's rather grim street market.

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Alan Sugar's face was a picture, when Dripolas was banging on about how cultured he was, and couldn't lower himself talk about football.:D

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Well agree about common sense and egos Rindi, no doubt they'll make great M.Ps.

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Not the cleverest thing to say to a massive football fan and ex - owner of a football club!! I want the other one to go next that Raefe, he was annoying aswell and also worryingly looked as though he had full eye make up on!

Another thing I noticed was that when the girls were moving into the house, the narrator said "this is the sort of lifestyle the winner can get used to" Erm somehow I don't think £100,000 a year would pay for that sort of house. Obviously it didn't say were it was but if it was somewhere like Notting Hill or Kensington they'd have no chance, its probably worth about £5 million + I don't really know London at all, so i'm sure Rindy could correct me if i'm wrong!

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That made me laugh as well. The 'six figure salary' would probably just about secure them a mortgage on my old one bedroom flat in Tootin' sarf Lahndan.:D

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Now that we have lots of different TV listings available, why can at least one of them not show which TV advertisements will be shown? They are certainly far more interesting than this old 'Apprentice' rubbish.

There are those who go out into the world, become cut throat businessmen and make the wealth of this country; the rest are wastrels who sit around all day scratching their bum and wait for this nonsense to show up on the telly.

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The same criticism could be levelled at those that spend their weekends huffin' and puffin' on the football terraces, rather than actually playing it.;)

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Well IMHO Sir Alan was totally wrong last night. Claire should have been fired by a mile!!!

Why must he insist on keeping these trashy, nasty lying women in?? It was the same when Jenny should have been fired! Now Claire's going to be the project manager next week, and we're going to have to put up with her! Grr!!:mad:

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Totally agree lets just hope her team make a mess of it. Can you imagine what she will be like if she wins?:(

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If these are supposed to be the top sixteen, I'd hate to think how bad the other 20,000 applicants must have been.

A little drinks party in a brewery springs to mind.

Simon seemed a nice guy, and he was a grafter, but his ability to manage his team was woefully lacking.

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Apparently the BBC (or the producers) have an influence over who is fired and of course they'll want to keep the 'characters' in the game. People who are confrontational, or who encourage some kind of reaction from the audience, are the ones that keep people tuning in. Remember, this isn't real life, it's an entertainment show. :)

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Disagree. Some large personalities have already been fired.

This time, as usually happens, the mice people keep their heads down, and don't appear on Sir Alan's radar, until later in the series.

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That maybe the case, but it is true that the BBC have a say in who is fired and as they're in the entertainment business, it's got to be a factor in who stays and who goes.

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Anybody watch it last night??? They are getting worse at the tasks they are set.

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Of course, funniest night of the week, watching these nasty nutters.

Both teams were equally bad. Send a 'green' greeting card, lecturing the recipient about the disappearing rainforests...er, ok, and having a single's day (whoops, hope the comma's in the right place :D) the day before Valentine's day, when card shops are already heaving.

The right person was fired, although that thick, nasty cow Jessica was lucky not to be taken in to the boardroom.

What range of greeting cards would you have tried to market?

I'd have gone with a range of 'Appology' cards saying sorry. I haven't seen a generic range of cards in the shops like this, they are usually for one occasion, such as sorry you're leaving/unwell etc. Thus I think they would have a broad appeal, and could be sold all year round, not just at a particular time of year, which would hopefully appeal to the companies that were being pitched to.

You could have a range just appologising, in which you could write what you were sorry for.

Sorry I got drunk at your dinner party.

I'm sorry I crashed the car.

I'm so sorry you are rubbish, and I had to fire you.:D

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The Sorry card is a good idea, as you say the market is saturated with cards. But the whole concept of a "Save Our Planet Week" was beyond my comprehension. In fact they both were because as Sir Alan said who is going to send a single's card?? Please note my apotrophe is in the right place(just rang the Daily Telegraph to check)

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I actually think the singles day could have worked, but at a more 'dead' time of year in the card industry ie Summer Months.

Along with Rindi's Sorry cards, could go Thank You ones as well, but again with a more generic range. we all get flowers or chocolates to thank someone for doing something, but the card range could be increased (thank you for being my mum/son/father/daughter, Thank you for being a friend etc etc etc)

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I think I've already seen large ranges of 'thanks' cards in the shops.:confused:

Still not convinced about having a single's day to sell cards. There's nothing stopping singles sending Valentine's cards, after all you are supposed to send them anonymously, and their original intention was to send a message of love for those it had so far alluded.

Still, you're the project leader so it's your decission... I'll just slag you off in the boardroom if we don't win.:D

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I honestly don't know what sort of cards i'd do.

He was right to fire Kevin, i mean i was literally cringing when he was pitching to Clintons. It was so bad!! I think they were a bit mean to Sara at the end. There was definately 3 people more responsible for loosing the task: Kevin, and the wicked witches Claire & Jenny. One of them should have stepped up to help with the pitch. They were too busy bigging themselves up and when it came to the crunch and they could see that they were in trouble they did nothing to help. But I suppose that was to let Kevin take the fall for them. And they wouldn't have had much responsibility.

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can i write the greetings.....

thanks for the night out

thanks for going out with me
for coming to the ladies when i needed a wee,
For pointing out guys that had nice bums
and laughing at the ones who were dressed by their mums

thanks for the drinks and for the kebab
thanks for stopping me ringing my dad (and my ex, and my friends, and the guy i fancy)
thanks for holding back my hair
if it wasnt for you i would still be there

thanks for pouring me into the cab
for paying the cleaning fee when i lost my kebab
thanks for getting me home and in bed
if it wasnt for you know knows where i'd be led

For remembering the name of the guy i woke up with
stopped me from feeling like a right div
thanks for the coffee to clear my head and
not lecturing when i went back to bed

this card is for you and i hope its alright, how do you fancy doing it again tonight?

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They Dont make em like emamum makes em!! Thats the sort of thing I meant...

Bagsy having Rindi and Em on my team, Am emailing Sir Alan now lol x

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Don't forget me......a card with that poem is just the kinda thing i would send a mate so im on your team :D


*but i would buy them in advance......no walking round cards shops when im hung over n feeling like :ooh:*

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Surprised Rindi hasnt commented yet, he's probs printing and selling them while we discuss 'em lmao x

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Anybody watch it tonight? These are supposed to be intelligent people and they don't know what Kosher means.

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It's frightening just how dim some of them are!

Anyway, a double whammy tonight, with two of my least favourite people being given the boot.:)

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RESULT :D

Glad to see the back of both of them to be honest...loved the way alan sugar caught jenny out big time.. great viewing tonight and love the BBC2 You're fired too... never thought I would agree so much with Vanessa Feltz :p

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Agreed they were a couple of *******, now just need to watch the BBC2 programme:p

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Taped it by the way just off to watch it now:eek:

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Oh it's good tonight, the panel certainly don't hold back telling them what they think of them.

I won't spoil it further...enjoy.:)

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Enjoyed it but don't think for one minute their inflated egos will take one bit of notice:confused: