Dexter the con - man.

[jet]

Dexter has been caught out as a con man, which is no surprise really. It is as clear as day that Dexter wanted to take the money and run. I was able to see and assimilate all the numbers on the board quickly and I wasn't even in the room. They each had plenty of time to choose.
As each HM came into the room one by one, the amount they had chosen disappeared from the board. Sam chose 100k - it was blacked out. The twins would have seen the 100k was gone and they chose 96 something K. Which means they also were trying for the money if the 2 to come after them went higher. The amount they took was then blanked out. With me so far?

Dexter came next and although there was still 99k left, and 4 or 5 other amounts in the 90k range, he chose 88k. Now, if he had really wanted to stay, why didn't he chose the highest number still available? He said he didn't see the 99k, which of course he waffled around, but what about the other numbers in the 90k range? Didn't he see ANY of them?
Then he changes his story and says he thought someone would take a £1. Immediately you can see he regrets digging an even deeper hole for himself.

When the amounts are revealed, he acts as if he is upset. Then when BB says, 'However, Dexter will not receive the money' his eyes dart about in a panic. A few moments pass and he says' thank god'. Why would he say that if he thought he was going to be leaving with nothing? BB hadn't told him he was safe yet. Didn't he say he wanted to stay?

Then comes the relief when he finds out he is safe from eviction and the tears were a genuine reaction to that and not because he had to pick a HM to evict.

[Jemal]

Great post

[joeysteele]

Dexter has been caught out as a con man, which is no surprise really. It is as clear as day that Dexter wanted to take the money and run. I was able to see and assimilate all the numbers on the board quickly and I wasn't even in the room. They each had plenty of time to choose.
As each HM came into the room one by one, the amount they had chosen disappeared from the board. Sam chose 100k - it was blacked out. The twins would have seen the 100k was gone and they chose 96 something K. Which means they also were trying for the money if the 2 to come after them went higher. The amount they took was then blanked out. With me so far?

Dexter came next and although there was still 99k left, and 4 or 5 other amounts in the 90k range, he chose 88k. Now, if he had really wanted to stay, why didn't he chose the highest number still available? He said he didn't see the 99k, which of course he waffled around, but what about the other numbers in the 90k range? Didn't he see ANY of them?
Then he changes his story and says he thought someone would take a £1. Immediately you can see he regrets digging an even deeper hole for himself.

When the amounts are revealed, he acts as if he is upset. Then when BB says, 'However, Dexter will not receive the money' his eyes dart about in a panic. A few moments pass and he says' thank god'. Why would he say that if he thought he was going to be leaving with nothing? BB hadn't told him he was safe yet. Didn't he say he wanted to stay?

Then comes the relief when he finds out he is safe from eviction and the tears were a genuine reaction to that and not because he had to pick a HM to evict.



It is really hard to argue against all that post Jet and for goodness sake if Charlie could find the £99,000 board then it is beyond all belief that Dexter didn't see it.
They were pretty easy boards to see.

That is really where his argument fell flat on his face but prepare yourself for the backlash,good luck.:hugesmile:

[varouca]

what if he picked 95 k and still was the lowest

wud you be saying the same stuff

[varouca]

he took a gamble

and won !!!!

Simple as...

rest of them are jealous his in the final !!!!

[Kizzy]

He knew he had the least amount he gambled... because he's a gambler... and he knew for a fact they would all go higher deffo!

[lippyzippy]

what if he picked 95 k and still was the lowest

wud you be saying the same stuff

this Is simple. pick the highest number to ensure you stay. if hed picked the highest he WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE STAYED. but he didn't because hes a liar

[JTM45]

what if he picked 95 k and still was the lowest

wud you be saying the same stuff

He could have picked the £100,000 (if it had still been there!) and the haters would still find a way to demonize him.
They want a boring dullard like Sam to win so it kind of explains why they hate entertaining people!:bored:

[lippyzippy]

He could have picked the £100,000 (if it had still been there!) and the haters would still find a way to demonize him.
They want a boring dullard like Sam to win so it kind of explains why they hate entertaining people!:bored:

rubbish SAM HAD ALREADY TAKEN THE £100,000

[Kaitel]

Dexter couldn't win, if he had stuck with the unknown unspoken plan, which he never agreed to in the first place, then Charlie would be out and his haters would say why did you not give her a chance of picking higher when you knew she wanted to stay. He went in talking about 4's and 8's saying he was gonna choose either 4400 or 8800, that's why he picked 8800. He had no way of knowing for certain what everyone else would pick. Sam grabbed the 100k with no thoughts of the others safety, that's more selfish IMO.
Sam was just annoyed Dexter was safe and Callum's brainwash kicked in to overdrive again, and the twins were just hypocrites cause they didn't choose the next highest either anyway.

[jet]

what if he picked 95 k and still was the lowest

wud you be saying the same stuff

There were clearly many amounts in the 90k range. All he had to do was look for 100k - gone. 99k - not gone. 98k - not gone, 96plus k gone (the twins pick) etc. It's that easy. The rest knew how to do it, and Dexter isn't stupid.
He gave 3 different explanations as to why he didn't pick 99k - 1st to Charlie, 2nd to Sam and 3rd to Charlie again.

[jet]

Dexter couldn't win, if he had stuck with the unknown unspoken plan, which he never agreed to in the first place, then Charlie would be out and his haters would say why did you not give her a chance of picking higher when you knew she wanted to stay. He went in talking about 4's and 8's saying he was gonna choose either 4400 or 8800, that's why he picked 8800. He had no way of knowing for certain what everyone else would pick. Sam grabbed the 100k with no thoughts of the others safety, that's more selfish IMO.
Sam was just annoyed Dexter was safe and Callum's brainwash kicked in to overdrive again, and the twins were just hypocrites cause they didn't choose the next highest either anyway.

The highest number left on the board would tell him. It's not rocket science.

[Kizzy]

He could see what everyone else had picked?..... the 96k and 100k were missing all other amounts were there....

[Kaitel]

He was only deciding between 4400 and 8800, he went higher cause he didn't wanna leave, but if it was him at least that would be worth it and he would have saved Charlie from going. Where's the crime in that? He didn't ask for this twist, agree to any plan, know what the others would do for sure or choose the order they went in. Why should he be forced to make Charlie go, and she would have taken even more than he did in her attempt to stay, so don't see the issue.

[sway]

I'd rather watch a conman than have bitter boring Sam on my TV screen. Sleeping through the entire show WTF ! why is sam still there ?

[lippyzippy]

I'd rather watch a conman than have bitter boring Sam on my TV screen. Sleeping through the entire show WTF ! why is sam still there ?

if you prefer conmen who lie and steal then good luck to you, I prefer honest people like sam who totally expose liars stand up to them and defeat them, now that's entertainment.

[Tozzie]

Dexter couldn't win, if he had stuck with the unknown unspoken plan, which he never agreed to in the first place, then Charlie would be out and his haters would say why did you not give her a chance of picking higher when you knew she wanted to stay. He went in talking about 4's and 8's saying he was gonna choose either 4400 or 8800, that's why he picked 8800. He had no way of knowing for certain what everyone else would pick. Sam grabbed the 100k with no thoughts of the others safety, that's more selfish IMO.
Sam was just annoyed Dexter was safe and Callum's brainwash kicked in to overdrive again, and the twins were just hypocrites cause they didn't choose the next highest either anyway.

I agree with this, as usual Dexter would have been damned if he did, damned if he didn't, its always been the same the whole way through the show so why should tonight have been any different.

[sway]

if you prefer conmen who lie and steal then good luck to you, I prefer honest people like sam who totally expose liars stand up to them and defeat them, now that's entertainment.

Sam is worse than a conman. He's bitter, jealous and a bottom feeder.

At least conmen try to WIN THE SHOW ! whereas all Sam is doing, is trying to BULLY DEXTER ... out of pure jealousy for winning the Money task.


SAM IS A BULLY
GET THAT IN YOUR HEAD. DEXTER IS A MILLION TIMES NICER THAN SAM.

[Kizzy]

He was only deciding between 4400 and 8800, he went higher cause he didn't wanna leave, but if it was him at least that would be worth it and he would have saved Charlie from going. Where's the crime in that? He didn't ask for this twist, agree to any plan, know what the others would do for sure or choose the order they went in. Why should he be forced to make Charlie go, and she would have taken even more than he did in her attempt to stay, so don't see the issue.

He KNEW what sam and twins had taken... his only gamble was on guessing Charlie would go higher than £88'800

[Kaitel]

They should have sent him in first then, and the rest could see what he took, but no Sam made sure he was first once he heard the rules to get what he wanted. It's Sam's own fault for giving Dexter the power. Dexter has earned the full 100k anyway so 8800 of it for having to walk seems fair to me, and Sam would have had a better chance of winning the show which is all he claims to care about.

[Kaitel]

88'000

[Tom4784]

He played them all and Sam's destroyed his chances by falling for the bait and blowing up like an idiot for no reason.

Dexter's played a great game and deserves to win more than anyone else in the house.

[Kizzy]

They should have sent him in first then, and the rest could see what he took, but no Sam made sure he was first once he heard the rules to get what he wanted. It's Sam's own fault for giving Dexter the power. Dexter has earned the full 100k anyway so 8800 of it for having to walk seems fair to me, and Sam would have had a better chance of winning the show which is all he claims to care about.

Obv he didn't click that.... dexter did he was desperate to go last.

[Antibinary]

As said before on here, again, Dexter wasn't lying. When he said he looked at the board to make a decision, and everyone said 'why didn't you choose 99,000 then' he clearly stated all he saw (as in all that was important to him in his eyes) was 4s and 8s. He scoured the board for those numbers. Not any others. It's possible to miss certain numbers when you're not actually looking for them...

And before anyone says that's a convenient lie, he was looking at 4s and 8s because it's his hardwired gambling mentality to go for superstition and lucky numbers. Hence going for 88,800, 8 is considered to be lucky to the Chinese. People are so determined to hate Dexter they just jump to unsubstantiated conjecture. As another comment had said before, you'd have to be a gambler to understand.

[jet]

Obv he didn't click that.... dexter did he was desperate to go last.

He really was, because then he could see what the others had taken and he could be assured of taking the lowest amount.
Sam was at a disadvantage going first obviously. It's as clear as day.

[Antibinary]

He really was, because then he could see what the others had taken and he could be assured of taking the lowest amount.
Sam was at a disadvantage going first obviously. It's as clear as day.

The numbers were random. He had no idea what the others had taken.

[jet]

As said before on here, again, Dexter wasn't lying. When he said he looked at the board to make a decision, and everyone said 'why didn't you choose 99,000 then' he clearly stated all he saw (as in all that was important to him in his eyes) was 4s and 8s. He scoured the board for those numbers. Not any others. It's possible to miss certain numbers when you're not actually looking for them...

And before anyone says that's a convenient lie, he was looking at 4s and 8s because it's his hardwired gambling mentality to go for superstition and lucky numbers. Hence going for 88,800, 8 is considered to be lucky to the Chinese. People are so determined to hate Dexter they just jump to unsubstantiated conjecture. As another comment had said before, you'd have to be a gambler to understand.

Are you really serious? :joker:

[Antibinary]

Are you really serious? :joker:

Makes a lot more sense that your spurious hatespeech.
He's an ex-gambler. He said he was going for those numbers. He went for those numbers. I don't see how you can't see this when it was presented to you.

[jet]

The numbers were random. He had no idea what the others had taken.

He did. The amounts taken were gone. Again, he just had to look for the highest amount (100k) and go for the next highest amount NOT taken - 99k.

[jet]

Makes a lot more sense that your spurious hatespeech.
He's an ex-gambler. He said he was going for those numbers. He went for those numbers. I don't see how you can't see this when it was presented to you.

It makes no sense that he would do that. None.
I don't hate Dexter. He's a contestant in a gameshow and my hobby is commenting on what I see in that gameshow.

[Antibinary]

He did. The amounts taken were gone. Again, he just had to look for the highest amount (100k) and go for the next highest amount NOT taken - 99k.

It makes no sense that he would do that. None.
I don't hate Dexter. He's a contestant in a gameshow and my hobby is commenting on what I see in that gameshow.

Those two amounts could have been anything. 100k I grant you would have been likely to have been there and subsequently taken, but he couldn't be 100% sure. He wasn't in there before to see the numbers before they were blanked out to him.

BUT that's not the point. He suspected a twist and in the knowledge of that, chose what he considered his lucky number out of a pool of lucky numbers - consisting of 4s and 8s - and hoped that by choosing something superstitiously lucky he would end up in a good spot. It paid off. He's a clever man and he must have realised that since this is Secrets and Lies, that there's a chance this task was bogus, and again, with that knowledge, relied on luck to see him through. That's the point. Be as nihilist as you want, but that's what he said, didn't lie about, and has been consistent about.

[Kizzy]

I saw lots of 4's... £ 4'000, 14'000, £44'000...... he didn't like them 4's?

[Kaitel]

Is it unfeasible that in a series of Secrets and Lies, that the BB team would go in and add/remove certain amounts from the board to confuse the pickers between each person? No, it's very likely in fact, so all this talk about see what has been taken means nothing. Just because they didn't, doesn't mean it wasn't possible and in Dexter's mind.

[Antibinary]

I saw lots of 4's... £ 4'000, 14'000, £44'000...... he didn't like them 4's?

Your point is?

[jet]

Those two amounts could have been anything. 100k I grant you would have been likely to have been there and subsequently taken, but he couldn't be 100% sure. He wasn't in there before to see the numbers before they were blanked out to him.

BUT that's not the point. He suspected a twist and in the knowledge of that, chose what he considered his lucky number out of a pool of lucky numbers - consisting of 4s and 8s - and hoped that by choosing something superstitiously lucky he would end up in a good spot. It paid off. He's a clever man and he must have realised that since this is Secrets and Lies, that there's a chance this task was bogus, and again, with that knowledge, relied on luck to see him through. That's the point. Be as nihilist as you want, but that's what he said, didn't lie about, and has been consistent about.

It doesn't matter what numbers were blanked out, the highest was still 99k and there were still other 90k numbers on the board.
And what he said was that he didn't see the 99k. In fact, he gave 3 different explanations, one after the other. I'm sure we'll get a video and you can refresh your memory. Then he ended by saying he thought someone would be selfless enough to take £1 and go - not him of course - when everyone said they didn't WANT to go. He's a con man, pure and simple. :joker:

[Tozzie]

I saw lots of 4's... £ 4'000, 14'000, £44'000...... he didn't like them 4's?

I found myself looking for the 8's because someone posted on here today that he took the 8s, I didn't see anything but the ruddy 8s. remind me not to look at TiBB until after I've watched BB first in future LOL

[jet]

Is it unfeasible that in a series of Secrets and Lies, that the BB team would go in and add/remove certain amounts from the board to confuse the pickers between each person? No, it's very likely in fact, so all this talk about see what has been taken means nothing. Just because they didn't, doesn't mean it wasn't possible and in Dexter's mind.

*sigh* even if they did, which they didn't - what has that got to do with Dexter not picking the highest available number?
Oh yes, he didn't see it! He didn't see all the other numbers in the 90ks either. :rolleyes:

[Antibinary]

It doesn't matter what numbers were blanked out, the highest was still 99k and there were still other 90k numbers on the board.
And what he said was that he didn't see the 99k. In fact, he gave 3 different explanations, one after the other. I'm sure we'll get a video and you can refresh your memory. Then he ended by saying he thought someone would be selfless enough to take £1 and go - not him of course - when everyone said they didn't WANT to go. He's a con man, pure and simple. :joker:

I saw all the videos so don't worry about me.

Yeah, he didn't see the 99k as an option. To him, it was irrelevant. It was never in his plan. Just because he mentioned the £1 thing doesn't undo his argument. All that does is bolden it. It's another variable. And with all these variables there is going to be little logic in deciphering exactly what BB is planning. So what else can he do but go on gut instinct? I.e. Pick his lucky numbers and hope for the best. He also admitted to not being selfless enough to go for the pound, if you were watching, and fair play to him for admitting it.

I would however have thought someone would have called BB's bluff on the solitary, lone £1 floating in a sea of 5-figure numbers and realised Big Brother wouldn't be callous enough to actually boot you out for choosing a quid. If anyone was pragmatic they'd realise picking the £1 would call the bluff, keep them in, and have the public think of them as selfless and worthy of winning for their charity. But anyway.

[Kizzy]

Your point is?

My point is if he likes 4's or 8's or whatever why did he not pick a low amount containing these numbers?

Knowing many gamblers fondness for those numbers being considered very lucky and the show being sponsored by supercasino......something fishy, very fishy.

[jet]

It is really hard to argue against all that post Jet and for goodness sake if Charlie could find the £99,000 board then it is beyond all belief that Dexter didn't see it.
They were pretty easy boards to see.

That is really where his argument fell flat on his face but prepare yourself for the backlash,good luck.:hugesmile:

Yeah why do I bother? :hugesmile: People just won't see what they don't want to see.
Goodnight Joey and everyone. :hugesmile:

[Withano]

This is a very detailed post about exactly what happened. The twins aren't innocent either though.

I think everybody knows this is exactly what happened, its only Dexter fans that have either misunderstood the concept or are still in denial about the whole thing.

[Antibinary]

My point is if he likes 4's or 8's or whatever why did he not pick a low amount containing these numbers?

Knowing many gamblers fondness for those numbers being considered very lucky and the show being sponsored by supercasino......something fishy, very fishy.

He just picked out of instinct. What can I say? Why didn't he pick 'x' amount? Because he didn't feel like it, because it didn't leap out at him as the number to bet on. I can't speak for his mind completely, especially if he ran up the debts he said, but it's just like picking lucky numbers at the lottery. You don't say 'why didn't you pick this number instead?' To them do you, because they obviously picked what came to mind best at the time.

[Antibinary]

Yeah why do I bother? :hugesmile: People just won't see what they don't want to see.
Goodnight Joey and everyone. :hugesmile:

It's possible he saw it. But even if he did, he didn't SEE it, as something to pick.
If you go in looking for 4s and 8s it seems a bit silly to actively hunt out something with 9s in.

[CaPPa]

He chose it because it is considered to be a lucky number to the Chinese. Therefore it was the highest available number that contained 8s.

It would have seemed strange to me but my wife predicted that he'd pick that amount due to it being lucky, so I believe it.

[Withano]

Makes a lot more sense that your spurious hatespeech.
He's an ex-gambler. He said he was going for those numbers. He went for those numbers. I don't see how you can't see this when it was presented to you.

Even an ex gambler will know the difference between absolute certainty (pick the highest number, Charlie HAS to choose lower) and a slim probability of lucky numbers.

[Withano]

He chose it because it is considered to be a lucky number to the Chinese. Therefore it was the highest available number that contained 8s.

It would have seemed strange to me but my wife predicted that he'd pick that amount due to it being lucky, so I believe it.

Thats a cover up and its ridiculous people bought it. He had the choice of absolute certainty of staying vs lucky numbers. How stupid do you think he is?

[Antibinary]

Thats a cover up and its ridiculous people bought it. He had the choice of absolute certainty of staying vs lucky numbers. How stupid do you think he is?

Again, as he isn't stupid he'd likely have sussed that something was amiss. Hence picking a lucky number because there's no real logic to it. If he picked a safe number he'd still be up for eviction, pick a low number and you might be evicted. With those odds, you'd want to be lucky.

[AEC]

I agree with this, as usual Dexter would have been damned if he did, damned if he didn't, its always been the same the whole way through the show so why should tonight have been any different.

I'D LIKE DEXTER TO WIN BIG BROTHER!

Dexter did say at the end of the latest show:"You can't do right for doing wrong in this house".

1.No one has mentioned,at least in the posts that I have read and seen,that when Dexter was trying to choose what amount of money to go for,he said ALOUD that wanted to pick an amount that represented good luck and increased his chances of staying in the house - hence he picked £88,800.

2.And since Dexter is partly of Chinese descent,he chose £88,800 for the following reasons:-
WIKIPEDIA:-In Chinese culture[edit source]

Further information: numbers in Chinese culture

Number 88 symbolizes fortune and good luck in Chinese culture, since the word 8 sounds similar to the word Fā (发, which implies 发财, or wealth, in Mandarin or Cantonese). The number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number in Chinese culture, and prices in Chinese supermarkets often contain many 8s. The shape of the Chinese character for 8 (八) implies that a person will have a great, wide future as the character starts narrow and gets wider toward the bottom. The Chinese government has been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars.

__________________________________________________ _______________

2.With respect,Sam,although he is probably a nice guy more or less,is also crude at times and is currently behaving like a pillock towards Dexter,because he is jealous to death of Dexter being in the final.Plus the fact that he was fed anti-Dexter propaganda by that other pillock,his best friend in the BB house,Callum! Again,Callum is also probably a nice guy,but he was being overly-nice in Big Brother and came across as a creep.

3.The twins,Jack and Joe,are also jealous to death of Dexter,because Dexter is clever,smart,charismatic - and he's in the Big Brother final!.......provided that Big Brother doesn't change the plan with another twist and/or lie.......
Dexter did say in the latest programme that he is not 100% sure IF HE IS IN the Big Brother Final! Whats more,Jack and Joe asked Big Brother twice would they actually be getting the amount of money that they picked.

4.I've said it before,and I'll say it again,Dexter is a bit of a conman,but he is also a likeable rogue and probably a decent guy at heart,who is trying to better himself - people like Robin Hood,Ronnie Biggs,etc,are thought of as heroes and likeable rogues.It must be stressed that Dexter is not a criminal,he just using Big Brother to further his life for the better,he's a game player - many other housemates are too - all is fair in love and war,and Big Brother is a game show as well as a social experiment.And Sam probably is also a game player,who wants to win Big Brother and the £100,000 prize money!

5.Dexter has been the most interesting housemate in the Big Brother house,and he deserves to win the Big Brother show-programme!:hugesmile::dance::hugesmile::hugesmile:

AEC.

[brianna_jones]

Dexter has been caught out as a con man, which is no surprise really. It is as clear as day that Dexter wanted to take the money and run. I was able to see and assimilate all the numbers on the board quickly and I wasn't even in the room. They each had plenty of time to choose.
As each HM came into the room one by one, the amount they had chosen disappeared from the board. Sam chose 100k - it was blacked out. The twins would have seen the 100k was gone and they chose 96 something K. Which means they also were trying for the money if the 2 to come after them went higher. The amount they took was then blanked out. With me so far?

Dexter came next and although there was still 99k left, and 4 or 5 other amounts in the 90k range, he chose 88k. Now, if he had really wanted to stay, why didn't he chose the highest number still available? He said he didn't see the 99k, which of course he waffled around, but what about the other numbers in the 90k range? Didn't he see ANY of them?
Then he changes his story and says he thought someone would take a £1. Immediately you can see he regrets digging an even deeper hole for himself.

When the amounts are revealed, he acts as if he is upset. Then when BB says, 'However, Dexter will not receive the money' his eyes dart about in a panic. A few moments pass and he says' thank god'. Why would he say that if he thought he was going to be leaving with nothing? BB hadn't told him he was safe yet. Didn't he say he wanted to stay?

Then comes the relief when he finds out he is safe from eviction and the tears were a genuine reaction to that and not because he had to pick a HM to evict.

Well said! My hope now is being exposed as the sniveling lying nasty "scrotum" (as Iris astutely pointed out) will prevent him from winning.

[Antibinary]

I'D LIKE DEXTER TO WIN BIG BROTHER!

Dexter did say at the end of the latest show:"You can't do right for doing wrong in this house".

1.No one has mentioned,at least in the posts that I have read and seen,that when Dexter was trying to choose what amount of money to go for,he said aloud that wanted to pick an amount that represented good luck and increased his chances of staying in the house - hence he picked £88,800.

AEC.

You must have missed my protests saying exactly this on this page and the last :P

[Kaitel]

If he made sure he was staying he knew it would be at the expense of Charlie going, who he obviously has a crush on, and she'd feel betrayed that way then. But he didn't wanna go either, so he went high while still giving room in the hopes maybe each board had been different or whatever. They claim not to care about the money so why they get so upset if he had it anyway? They left Dexter with a tough choice, get evicted or force Charlie out for an even higher amount of the prize fund, so he just picked a number he had in his mind already.

[sampvt]

I cant believe that I am reading this drivel. Dexter was faced with an offer he couldn't refuse and he took it. He was clever enough to work it all out and therein lies the rub. The problem is that the fool was caught with his pants down when it backfired and he did what he has done all his life, he tried to lie his way out of it. I didn't see the 99k, was his first lie, I thought someone would take the £1 was his second then what followed was a confusing account of lucky number crap about 4,s and 8,s.

The trouble is that the small man syndrome has been with him for so long, he feels compelled to lie or cheat in everything he does. His persona is despicable and it does not matter whether he wins, looses or draws, he will never be successful in life and a vote to secure his win is a vote to promote deception for someone who has played a good game but more importantly has played the public and that is just simply wrong. IMO

[smudgie]

I cant believe that I am reading this drivel. Dexter was faced with an offer he couldn't refuse and he took it. He was clever enough to work it all out and therein lies the rub. The problem is that the fool was caught with his pants down when it backfired and he did what he has done all his life, he tried to lie his way out of it. I didn't see the 99k, was his first lie, I thought someone would take the £1 was his second then what followed was a confusing account of lucky number crap about 4,s and 8,s.

The trouble is that the small man syndrome has been with him for so long, he feels compelled to lie or cheat in everything he does. His persona is despicable and it does not matter whether he wins, looses or draws, he will never be successful in life and a vote to secure his win is a vote to promote deception for someone who has played a good game but more importantly has played the public and that is just simply wrong. IMO


we know he lied, the housemates know he lied....and Dexter himself knows he lied.
Don't need endless amounts of diatribe to convince ourselves. We are the lucky ones.:hugesmile:

[Vicky.]

Even an ex gambler will know the difference between absolute certainty (pick the highest number, Charlie HAS to choose lower) and a slim probability of lucky numbers.

Not absolute certainty though is it. The housemates didnt know they all had the same board..could have been changed. Also they all thought there was a twist to what BB said. They were right.

Nothing was certain.

[Beso]

Not absolute certainty though is it. The housemates didnt know they all had the same board..could have been changed. Also they all thought there was a twist to what BB said. They were right.

Nothing was certain.

I think it's safe to assume that they went in one after the other leaving no time for the boards to be changed.

[sampvt]

Why didn't BB simply ask them to WRITE DOWN THE AMOUNT instead of asking them to remove the card. That way we would have seen the true answers. BB messed it up now they got what they wanted, controversy. Had someone have chosen 15k they would be out the door and the others left to fight it out, UNLESS IT WAS DEXTER WHO THEY NEED IN THE FINAL FOR PERSONAL FINACIAL GAIN ON THE VOTES.. The choosing of 88k made them change their minds once again showing they haven't got a clue how to run a show.

[Vicky.]

Why didn't BB simply ask them to WRITE DOWN THE AMOUNT instead of asking them to remove the card. That way we would have seen the true answers. BB messed it up now they got what they wanted, controversy. Had someone have chosen 15k they would be out the door and the others left to fight it out, UNLESS IT WAS DEXTER WHO THEY NEED IN THE FINAL FOR PERSONAL FINACIAL GAIN ON THE VOTES.. The choosing of 88k made them change their minds once again showing they haven't got a clue how to run a show.
Yes. I don't think it should have been made so public too. A private DR chat about it would have sufficed. Then it being made public after that. Would have seen the 'real' answers then I think ;)

[Antibinary]

I cant believe that I am reading this drivel. Dexter was faced with an offer he couldn't refuse and he took it. He was clever enough to work it all out and therein lies the rub. The problem is that the fool was caught with his pants down when it backfired and he did what he has done all his life, he tried to lie his way out of it. I didn't see the 99k, was his first lie, I thought someone would take the £1 was his second then what followed was a confusing account of lucky number crap about 4,s and 8,s.

The trouble is that the small man syndrome has been with him for so long, he feels compelled to lie or cheat in everything he does. His persona is despicable and it does not matter whether he wins, looses or draws, he will never be successful in life and a vote to secure his win is a vote to promote deception for someone who has played a good game but more importantly has played the public and that is just simply wrong. IMO

Except the only thing he mentioned as a strategy in the price room was 4s and 8s. Again if you weren't looking for other numbers other than 4s and 8s then it is feasible you wouldn't see other numbers as an option as they wouldn't enter into it. I think mentioning the £1 thing was mostly calling the other housemates out as being just as greedy if not more so, than him.

[Vanessa]

Dexter to win? ;)

[Jimrod]

Dexter would be a pretty terrible gambler if he based his strategies on "4's and 8's", it's all bull - he absolutely saw all the numbers on that board and everyone here knows it.

[Kate!]

Dexter to win? ;)

No.

[johnx]

Im backing Dexter on this-88 grand was a high amount.If he'd have chosen 40-like he was mulling over-then he wouldnt have had much credibility. Sam is acting like a sanctimonious pillock over this.If he's not worried about the money why does he care about someone trying to trouser some of it?

Why didnt Charlie pick crafty 5 or 10 grand.Shes going anyway and no one would have begruded her a nice little parting gift.Would have saved her for tonight as it turned out.

[jet]

we know he lied, the housemates know he lied....and Dexter himself knows he lied.
Don't need endless amounts of diatribe to convince ourselves. We are the lucky ones.:hugesmile:

Very very WELL SAID. I do feel very lucky indeed to be on the side of common sense :hugesmile:
That's why I'm not bothering to post about it any more. :sleep:

[Winkie Expand]

Great thread, jet!

[Issac]

Darth Vader & the DarkSide has always been the best!

[kate2013]

I enjoyed watching it. If Dexter really wanted the money he'd have gone for a lower amount, why not 50,000? He still took a risk, but Dex is a gambler he would of enjoyed it. Fairplay Id rather walk out the house with 88,000 than stay for the final. Id have 88,000 and like Liam in previous year who would be the most remembered?
So why did Charlie care about going last if it hadnt crossed her mind? If she only cared about staying in wouldnt she choose third so she could pick the third highest? She rock, paper scissored to go fourth when she was in there she was saying Dexter would chose the third highest so by wanting fourth she thought she'd have the lowest. Charlie and the Twins are con men to by that rule, their just more sneaky.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Dexter has been caught out as a con man, which is no surprise really. It is as clear as day that Dexter wanted to take the money and run. I was able to see and assimilate all the numbers on the board quickly and I wasn't even in the room. They each had plenty of time to choose.
As each HM came into the room one by one, the amount they had chosen disappeared from the board. Sam chose 100k - it was blacked out. The twins would have seen the 100k was gone and they chose 96 something K. Which means they also were trying for the money if the 2 to come after them went higher. The amount they took was then blanked out. With me so far?

Dexter came next and although there was still 99k left, and 4 or 5 other amounts in the 90k range, he chose 88k. Now, if he had really wanted to stay, why didn't he chose the highest number still available? He said he didn't see the 99k, which of course he waffled around, but what about the other numbers in the 90k range? Didn't he see ANY of them?
Then he changes his story and says he thought someone would take a £1. Immediately you can see he regrets digging an even deeper hole for himself.

When the amounts are revealed, he acts as if he is upset. Then when BB says, 'However, Dexter will not receive the money' his eyes dart about in a panic. A few moments pass and he says' thank god'. Why would he say that if he thought he was going to be leaving with nothing? BB hadn't told him he was safe yet. Didn't he say he wanted to stay?

Then comes the relief when he finds out he is safe from eviction and the tears were a genuine reaction to that and not because he had to pick a HM to evict.

As soon as heard what the twist was basically about I knew he would do something sly & underhand.

Great post btw jet

[boomoo]

There were clearly many amounts in the 90k range. All he had to do was look for 100k - gone. 99k - not gone. 98k - not gone, 96plus k gone (the twins pick) etc. It's that easy. The rest knew how to do it, and Dexter isn't stupid.
He gave 3 different explanations as to why he didn't pick 99k - 1st to Charlie, 2nd to Sam and 3rd to Charlie again.

He has said he gambles. He gambled here and there is not much difference between winning £100K and being given £88K. Remember we heard about his panic when he thought Hazel had been given the money. BB did not show us that diary room convo. I wonder why?

He wants the money and if people want to vote for him to gamble the money away then that is their choice. He claims he would have given some of the money to Sam's causes. When has a housemate who said that ever kept their promise apart from Craig.

[boomoo]

Im backing Dexter on this-88 grand was a high amount.If he'd have chosen 40-like he was mulling over-then he wouldnt have had much credibility. Sam is acting like a sanctimonious pillock over this.If he's not worried about the money why does he care about someone trying to trouser some of it?

Why didnt Charlie pick crafty 5 or 10 grand.Shes going anyway and no one would have begruded her a nice little parting gift.Would have saved her for tonight as it turned out.

If anyone other than Dexter had chosen the lowest figure BB would have changed their plan.
They knew that forums on here were asking fans of Gina to vote Dexter out so he could have been out today.
This stunt kept him in to the final.
They want Sam out today hence the splash of anti Sam in the Daily Star.
It is just BB playing the viewers and getting their choice of winner this year either Gina or Dexter.

[kate2013]

Maybe Charlie did think she was picking the lowest figure why play rock paper scissors to go last in the room? She said herself she assumed they'd all pick the highest amounts to stay, if that was the case at 99,000 she would of picked the lowest amount.People are missing this. Charlie would have happily left the house with 99,0000 and she knew she'd probably go in the eviction after last weeks audience reaction.. And this was possible there were obscure numbers. Everyones baiting Dexter, but the twins were greedier and tactical and so was Charlie.

[Tozzie]

I'D LIKE DEXTER TO WIN BIG BROTHER!

Dexter did say at the end of the latest show:"You can't do right for doing wrong in this house".

1.No one has mentioned,at least in the posts that I have read and seen,that when Dexter was trying to choose what amount of money to go for,he said ALOUD that wanted to pick an amount that represented good luck and increased his chances of staying in the house - hence he picked £88,800.

2.And since Dexter is partly of Chinese descent,he chose £88,800 for the following reasons:-
WIKIPEDIA:-In Chinese culture[edit source]

Further information: numbers in Chinese culture

Number 88 symbolizes fortune and good luck in Chinese culture, since the word 8 sounds similar to the word Fā (发, which implies 发财, or wealth, in Mandarin or Cantonese). The number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number in Chinese culture, and prices in Chinese supermarkets often contain many 8s. The shape of the Chinese character for 8 (八) implies that a person will have a great, wide future as the character starts narrow and gets wider toward the bottom. The Chinese government has been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars.

__________________________________________________ _______________

2.With respect,Sam,although he is probably a nice guy more or less,is also crude at times and is currently behaving like a pillock towards Dexter,because he is jealous to death of Dexter being in the final.Plus the fact that he was fed anti-Dexter propaganda by that other pillock,his best friend in the BB house,Callum! Again,Callum is also probably a nice guy,but he was being overly-nice in Big Brother and came across as a creep.

3.The twins,Jack and Joe,are also jealous to death of Dexter,because Dexter is clever,smart,charismatic - and he's in the Big Brother final!.......provided that Big Brother doesn't change the plan with another twist and/or lie.......
Dexter did say in the latest programme that he is not 100% sure IF HE IS IN the Big Brother Final! Whats more,Jack and Joe asked Big Brother twice would they actually be getting the amount of money that they picked.

4.I've said it before,and I'll say it again,Dexter is a bit of a conman,but he is also a likeable rogue and probably a decent guy at heart,who is trying to better himself - people like Robin Hood,Ronnie Biggs,etc,are thought of as heroes and likeable rogues.It must be stressed that Dexter is not a criminal,he just using Big Brother to further his life for the better,he's a game player - many other housemates are too - all is fair in love and war,and Big Brother is a game show as well as a social experiment.And Sam probably is also a game player,who wants to win Big Brother and the £100,000 prize money!

5.Dexter has been the most interesting housemate in the Big Brother house,and he deserves to win the Big Brother show-programme!:hugesmile::dance::hugesmile::hugesmile:

AEC.

great post!

[KingPrawn]

this Is simple. pick the highest number to ensure you stay. if hed picked the highest he WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE STAYED. but he didn't because hes a liar

So why didn't the Twins do that then? :conf:

[KingPrawn]

Dexter has been caught out as a con man, which is no surprise really. It is as clear as day that Dexter wanted to take the money and run. I was able to see and assimilate all the numbers on the board quickly and I wasn't even in the room. They each had plenty of time to choose.
As each HM came into the room one by one, the amount they had chosen disappeared from the board. Sam chose 100k - it was blacked out. The twins would have seen the 100k was gone and they chose 96 something K. Which means they also were trying for the money if the 2 to come after them went higher. The amount they took was then blanked out. With me so far?

Dexter came next and although there was still 99k left, and 4 or 5 other amounts in the 90k range, he chose 88k. Now, if he had really wanted to stay, why didn't he chose the highest number still available? He said he didn't see the 99k, which of course he waffled around, but what about the other numbers in the 90k range? Didn't he see ANY of them?
Then he changes his story and says he thought someone would take a £1. Immediately you can see he regrets digging an even deeper hole for himself.

When the amounts are revealed, he acts as if he is upset. Then when BB says, 'However, Dexter will not receive the money' his eyes dart about in a panic. A few moments pass and he says' thank god'. Why would he say that if he thought he was going to be leaving with nothing? BB hadn't told him he was safe yet. Didn't he say he wanted to stay?

Then comes the relief when he finds out he is safe from eviction and the tears were a genuine reaction to that and not because he had to pick a HM to evict.

Load of rubbish!

Why did BB put up the figure of £88,800. Because they knew that the Number 8 has significance for Dexter because that number is seen as being very lucky in Chinese culture.

Maybe you should be asking why the Twins did not pick the £99,000? Why did one of the Twins ask BB in the room whether they would definitely be going home with the money? Why one of the Twins has confirmed that he would like to take the money and run?

[Marmalite]

I'D LIKE DEXTER TO WIN BIG BROTHER!

Dexter did say at the end of the latest show:"You can't do right for doing wrong in this house".

1.No one has mentioned,at least in the posts that I have read and seen,that when Dexter was trying to choose what amount of money to go for,he said ALOUD that wanted to pick an amount that represented good luck and increased his chances of staying in the house - hence he picked £88,800.

2.And since Dexter is partly of Chinese descent,he chose £88,800 for the following reasons:-
WIKIPEDIA:-In Chinese culture[edit source]

Further information: numbers in Chinese culture

Number 88 symbolizes fortune and good luck in Chinese culture, since the word 8 sounds similar to the word Fā (发, which implies 发财, or wealth, in Mandarin or Cantonese). The number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number in Chinese culture, and prices in Chinese supermarkets often contain many 8s. The shape of the Chinese character for 8 (八) implies that a person will have a great, wide future as the character starts narrow and gets wider toward the bottom. The Chinese government has been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars.

__________________________________________________ _______________

2.With respect,Sam,although he is probably a nice guy more or less,is also crude at times and is currently behaving like a pillock towards Dexter,because he is jealous to death of Dexter being in the final.Plus the fact that he was fed anti-Dexter propaganda by that other pillock,his best friend in the BB house,Callum! Again,Callum is also probably a nice guy,but he was being overly-nice in Big Brother and came across as a creep.

3.The twins,Jack and Joe,are also jealous to death of Dexter,because Dexter is clever,smart,charismatic - and he's in the Big Brother final!.......provided that Big Brother doesn't change the plan with another twist and/or lie.......
Dexter did say in the latest programme that he is not 100% sure IF HE IS IN the Big Brother Final! Whats more,Jack and Joe asked Big Brother twice would they actually be getting the amount of money that they picked.

4.I've said it before,and I'll say it again,Dexter is a bit of a conman,but he is also a likeable rogue and probably a decent guy at heart,who is trying to better himself - people like Robin Hood,Ronnie Biggs,etc,are thought of as heroes and likeable rogues.It must be stressed that Dexter is not a criminal,he just using Big Brother to further his life for the better,he's a game player - many other housemates are too - all is fair in love and war,and Big Brother is a game show as well as a social experiment.And Sam probably is also a game player,who wants to win Big Brother and the £100,000 prize money!

5.Dexter has been the most interesting housemate in the Big Brother house,and he deserves to win the Big Brother show-programme!:hugesmile::dance::hugesmile::hugesmile:

AEC.



Dexter is not "partly Chinese".

His biological father was from Singapore. His parents divorced when he was 8 and he was brought up in the UK.

I very much doubt whether he can speak or understand Malay or Chinese (Mandarin) which are two of the languages spoken there.

[Slevin]

i just caught up on the last few eps myself.

Dex was lying his ass off about the 99K not seeing it. i can see why he would lie if it was like BBUS with a twist but not BBUK with the publice voting. if he would of been a boss with some balls he would of just owned up to taking it. i thought he could possibly be considered a legend for BBUK but the last sad weeks and this really takes him off that imo. still one of the best HM of the series but was a gutless wimp. Sam got him shook whenever he they talked about it. even Charlie who i dont like knew it. i do think the twins tried to make off with the money since they could of went for a couple numbers higher and i think they were banking on Charlie & Dexter to take the two above it. no one calls em out but i can see why the focus was on Dex. he got caught and he was pissed and moaned in the DR. each time he tried to defend he came off looking worse and worse.

[Beth.]

It is really hard to argue against all that post Jet and for goodness sake if Charlie could find the £99,000 board then it is beyond all belief that Dexter didn't see it.
They were pretty easy boards to see.

That is really where his argument fell flat on his face but prepare yourself for the backlash,good luck.:hugesmile:

He saw all the boards ,he was shown to be the liar some of us knew he was

[Beth.]

Dexter would be a pretty terrible gambler if he based his strategies on "4's and 8's", it's all bull - he absolutely saw all the numbers on that board and everyone here knows it.

The 4s and 8s were the way he tried to wriggle out of the hole he dug ,but he failed

[Marmalite]

Not absolute certainty though is it. The housemates didnt know they all had the same board..could have been changed. Also they all thought there was a twist to what BB said. They were right.

Nothing was certain.



I think it would be safe to say that they all knew they were selecting from exactly the same board.

1. They had to agree to an order, which made it obvious the first would have first choice of choosing the amount they would be prepared to leave with.

2. They were asked to go to the diary room when it was there turn.

3. There was no way that BB, in the time it took for a HM to choose and get back to their podium, would have been able to put a new board up.

4.There were spaces where amounts were taken by the other HM's.


But I think we shall agree to disagree on this one as I think he tried his luck and hoped to walk out with 88k or thought he would at least get half of it.

[KingPrawn]

I think it would be safe to say that they all knew they were selecting from exactly the same board.

1. They had to agree to an order, which made it obvious the first would have first choice of choosing the amount they would be prepared to leave with.

2. They were asked to go to the diary room when it was there turn.

3. There was no way that BB, in the time it took for a HM to choose and get back to their podium, would have been able to put a new board up.

4.There were spaces where amounts were taken by the other HM's.


But I think we shall agree to disagree on this one as I think he tried his luck and hoped to walk out with 88k or thought he would at least get half of it.

So what did you think of the Twins behaviour during the twist? They did not pick the £99,000 card and they, more than once, asked BB whether they would leave with the money if they picked lowest.

[Issac]

Always new he was a con man everytime he conned himself up for eviction; conned to be the most untrusted housemate; conned the public to think he is the most entertaining housemate and conned Big brother to get him into the final.

[Videostar]

The lowest thing any HM could do is to use disabled children as an emotional blackmail tactic to win 100K , No matter what Dexter or any of the others have said or done to get into that house and while in the house it's nothing compared to Sam's actions.

You lot can call Dexter every insulting name under the sun but he's still not in the low level of behaviour than Sam.

[jet]

So what did you think of the Twins behaviour during the twist? They did not pick the £99,000 card and they, more than once, asked BB whether they would leave with the money if they picked lowest.

I think they were going for the middle ground as they didn't know what Charlie or Dexter would pick - (they still picked quite high) but Joe had been desperate to leave so I'm sure they were hoping they would get it!
If they had got it, I don't think they would have pretended to be devastated though, like Dexter. Or made up one lie after the other about it. That's the difference.

[Antibinary]

Very very WELL SAID. I do feel very lucky indeed to be on the side of common sense :hugesmile:
That's why I'm not bothering to post about it any more. :sleep:

And as well all know, the common sense of the majority doesn't make much sense at all.

Dexter would be a pretty terrible gambler if he based his strategies on "4's and 8's", it's all bull - he absolutely saw all the numbers on that board and everyone here knows it.

He is a terrible gambler, he ran up millions in gambling debts. Just because you're crap at something doesn't mean you don't keep the same mentality. That's why addiction is so dangerous, it locks you in to the same patterns. He's a recovering addict, but still has the same hard wired mentality to betting and luck situations in daily life, hence his approach to the money boards.

People don't like to think critically about the mentalities of people generally, they'd rather play psychiatrist and diagnose them themselves by their own standards, that's the trouble.

[Winkie Expand]

The lowest thing any HM could do is to use disabled children as an emotional blackmail tactic to win 100K , No matter what Dexter or any of the others have said or done to get into that house and while in the house it's nothing compared to Sam's actions.

You lot can call Dexter every insulting name under the sun but he's still not in the low level of behaviour than Sam.

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[AEC]

Dexter is not "partly Chinese".

His biological father was from Singapore. His parents divorced when he was 8 and he was brought up in the UK.

I very much doubt whether he can speak or understand Malay or Chinese (Mandarin) which are two of the languages spoken there.

AEC replies:-

Dexter IS ALMOST CERTAINLY PARTLY of Chinese descent:-

WIKIPEDIA:-

Main article: Race in Singapore

Ethnic composition of resident population (chart)


Ethnic group


Chinese 77.0% 78.3% 77.8% 76.8% 74.1% 74.1% 74.2%
Malays 14.8% 14.4% 14.0% 13.9% 13.4% 13.4% 13.3%
Indians 7.0% 6.3% 7.1% 7.9% 9.2% 9.2% 9.2%
Others 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%

Thus that will almost certainly make Dexter a partly Chinese Singaporean.

He also has got the classic general oriental-Chinese-Japanese looks - he certainly does not look like a European!

Since Singaporeans have been strongly influenced by Chinese culture for
centuries?,Singaporeans also regard the number EIGHT to be lucky:hugesmile::-

WIKIPEDIA again:-

Singapore Airlines reserves flight numbers beginning with the number 8 to routes in China and Korea.
In Singapore, a breeder of rare Dragon fish (Asian Arowana) (which are "lucky fish" and being a rare species, are required to be microchipped), makes sure to use numbers with plenty of eights in their microchip tag numbers, and appears to reserve particular numbers especially rich in eights and sixes (e.g., 702088880006688) for particularly valuable specimens.[3][4]


People who not like Dexter will use any excuse to drag him down,even if that "excuse" is weak or has no substance at all!

Furthermore,it has been suggested on this forum that Dexter might be suffering from Pseudologia Fantastica - but again it's just a shallow excuse to get at Dexter and has no substance at all. Not one of the at least four or five Big Brother Bit On The Side psychologist-body language experts have mentioned Pseudologia Fantastica not only in regard to Dexter,but also in regard to anyone!
Dexter acts like,and is,a normal human being with no mental illness.
At least one anti-Aaron Allard-Morgan person said that Aaron might have been suffering from Asperger Syndrome,or some such mental illness,while he was in the Big Brother house. As this person saw it,it would account for his lack of communication with other housemates - again,any old excuse to bring Aaron down.And,needless to say,this person was wrong!

I'd like to see Dexter win!:hugesmile::dance::hugesmile:

AEC

[KingPrawn]

I think they were going for the middle ground as they didn't know what Charlie or Dexter would pick - (they still picked quite high) but Joe had been desperate to leave so I'm sure they were hoping they would get it!
If they had got it, I don't think they would have pretended to be devastated though, like Dexter. Or made up one lie after the other about it. That's the difference.

Two questions:-

a. Why would they have to go for the middle ground?
b. Why did they jump on Dexter along with Sam?

[Marmalite]

AEC replies:-

Dexter IS ALMOST CERTAINLY PARTLY of Chinese descent:-

WIKIPEDIA:-

Main article: Race in Singapore

Ethnic composition of resident population (chart)


Ethnic group


Chinese 77.0% 78.3% 77.8% 76.8% 74.1% 74.1% 74.2%
Malays 14.8% 14.4% 14.0% 13.9% 13.4% 13.4% 13.3%
Indians 7.0% 6.3% 7.1% 7.9% 9.2% 9.2% 9.2%
Others 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%

Thus that will almost certainly make Dexter a partly Chinese Singaporean.

He also has got the classic general oriental-Chinese-Japanese looks - he certainly does not look like a European!

Since Singaporeans have been strongly influenced by Chinese culture for
centuries?,Singaporeans also regard the number EIGHT to be lucky:hugesmile::-

WIKIPEDIA again:-

Singapore Airlines reserves flight numbers beginning with the number 8 to routes in China and Korea.
In Singapore, a breeder of rare Dragon fish (Asian Arowana) (which are "lucky fish" and being a rare species, are required to be microchipped), makes sure to use numbers with plenty of eights in their microchip tag numbers, and appears to reserve particular numbers especially rich in eights and sixes (e.g., 702088880006688) for particularly valuable specimens.[3][4]


People who not like Dexter will use any excuse to drag him down,even if that "excuse" is weak or has no substance at all!

Furthermore,it has been suggested on this forum that Dexter might be suffering from Pseudologia Fantastica - but again it's just a shallow excuse to get at Dexter and has no substance at all. Not one of the at least four or five Big Brother Bit On The Side psychologist-body language experts have mentioned Pseudologia Fantastica not only in regard to Dexter,but also in regard to anyone!
Dexter acts like,and is,a normal human being with no mental illness.
At least one anti-Aaron Allard-Morgan person said that Aaron might have been suffering from Asperger Syndrome,or some such mental illness,while he was in the Big Brother house. As this person saw it,it would account for his lack of communication with other housemates - again,any old excuse to bring Aaron down.And,needless to say,this person was wrong!

I'd like to see Dexter win!:hugesmile::dance::hugesmile:

AEC



OK... wow that's a lot of copy and pasting.

So you belive he chose the 88k out of all the other numbers, including the highest on the board, due to his partial Chinese heritiage because the number 8 is considered lucky in China.







So, why did he ponder over taking the 44k then? As the number 4 in the Chinese culture is considered unlucky?

.....or was the interest in the 4's coming from his Partly British heritiage?

[AEC]

OK... wow that's a lot of copy and pasting.

So you belive he chose the 88k out of all the other numbers, including the highest on the board, due to his partial Chinese heritiage because the number 8 is considered lucky in China.







So, why did he ponder over taking the 44k then? As the number 4 in the Chinese culture is considered unlucky?

.....or was the interest in the 4's coming from his Partly British heritiage?

7th post.

AEC replies:-

WIKIPEDIA:-

Number 4 (四; accounting 肆; pinyin sì) is considered an unlucky number in Chinese because it is nearly homophonous to the word "death" (死 pinyin sǐ). Due to that, many numbered product lines skip the "4": e.g., Nokia cell phones (there is no series beginning with a 4),[6] Palm[citation needed] PDAs, Canon PowerShot G's series (after G3 goes G5), etc. In East Asia, some buildings do not have a 4th floor.


I think Dexter did actually consider £44,000 - two 4's added together equals eight,BUT,WIKIPEDIA,has said that Chinese people probably feel that more than one eight is more lucky.Hence Dexter chose £88,800 as a lucky charm:hugesmile:

SYNCHRONICITY Spirit! - this post is No.88!

AEC

[jet]

Two questions:-

a. Why would they have to go for the middle ground?
b. Why did they jump on Dexter along with Sam?

A. Because I think they wanted to get the lowest if they could, but they weren't DESPERATE for it. They could have chosen a much lower number, eg, in the 80's like Dexter did, but they opted for a number that might get them the money, and might not, as they had no idea how low Charlie or Dexter would go. If they HAD got it, I think they would have been thrilled though. Joe wanted out of there at that particular time in the series.

B. Because Dexter went for the lowest when there were higher numbers on the board, because he wanted the money. Then instead of admitting it, he waffled about and made different excuses one after the other. This showed he was lying and being dishonest and they didn't like that any more than Sam or Charlie did.