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“I never heard of Boris Johnson.”
Would that be the Boris Johnson who's the Mayor of London, occasional TV presenter, Tory MP, shadow Education Minister, former editor of the Spectator, frequent topic of controversial headline news and all-round media celebrity? Nope, sorry, never heard of him! http://www.boris-johnson.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson :pat: |
to be fair i don't know 8 and 10..
and im supposed to be a grammar student! |
"I don't know what condiments are."
It means salt and pepper! :whistle: |
she was a teacher at my brothers school! :spin2:
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yes but her being modest is all part of the plan
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No sara is not a fake. She is like several on this thread a victim of a terrible educational system which qualifies people who should not be qualified.....
Basic knowledge as described by the OP is imperitive and no one should be in further education until they have it........Sorry to say it once more. State of the nation.... I have noticed on other BB series complete dim wits who can't even boil an egg talking about being at university.......When in fact they should not be allowed withing a thousand miles of a university..... |
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2) Neither did I, actually (I'm 21 lol) 3) Tomatoe CAN be classified as a vegtable (Source: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexper...utother/tomato) 4) Never heard her say that 5) Neither have I, untill I looked it up (Mayor of London woop woop!) I live in a rural village called Petherton and Rachel lives in a rural area called Torfean in wales. I think alot of people wouldn't know who he is IF you didn't live in London - can't really laugh at her for that 6) Darnell did an impression of a seal when she asked, so I'm not really going to comment on this one :wink: 7) Never heard her say that one 8) Of course, but one could easily not know what they are if they are told the object in questions alternate name. For example, if people always said Salt/Pepper which is the common word to use instead of condiments, then that's not really a big deal 9) That's actually not true, she said she didn't know what they meant by "At your peril", meaning she didn't know what they meant by the WAY they said it; the context it was used in; what they were going to do if she continues to washup. She was questioning the exact meaning not the actual word, etc 10) Neither did I really, like Rachel I gathered it was some form of dirty humour but again it's really not a big deal 11) No, she said she thought Mexico was in the Carribbean - and in actual fact some parts of Mexico's coast do overlap in the Caribbean sea :tongue: She has led quite a sheltered life up in the valleys, and when she was acting at the age of 11 she said she didn't really study that much because she was always working. Most of these gaffes are either misconstrued, misinterperated or exaggerated to make her seem more ditzy than she is. I would expect alot of people's focus to wade slightly living in that house for 3 months with little to no sense of mental stimulation and boredom for days and days, not to mention the late nights/early rises for people to watch them - the brain is bound to be strained and a little out of touch. |
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You are just like the best Rachel fan I have ever seen, I could not have put it any better myself. You are completely right about all of them, I guess people are just looking for a reason to dislike Rachel and not actually see the real facts behind them. You sure put em in there place. High five :hugesmile: |
I'm a digital spy member, what do you expect. :dance2:
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I don’t agree with everything you said, Shep, but my compliments on such an extensive answer! However… 1) I think you should re-watch it. She mentions a number of different numbers and gets very confused! She doesn’t mention 365 until someone hands it to her on a plate! 2) With all due respect – and you aren’t the first on here to imply this – but why is whether or not you know something a good mark of how well known something is? You assume that if you don’t know it, it must be really obscure. But this may not be the case. 3) What it actually says is: “…Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit…As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable…” In other words, it’s a fruit but can be eaten like a vegetable and put in a salad, etc. This is not a new idea. After all, this is where the confusion comes from in the first place. Other fruits include cucumbers, aubergines, beans and corn on the cob! “tomato: noun (pl. tomatoes) a glossy red or yellow edible fruit..." ~ Compact Oxford English Dictionary 4) I have compacted it but that was pretty much the gist. It was hilarious because she didn’t get how the Londoners in the house could walk around the West End and never bump into each other! 5) I vehemently dispute this. I know who George Bush is but I don’t live in America. I know who Mugabe is but I don’t live in Zimbabwe. How do I know? Because I watch the news (Boris Johnson has been barely out of it this year and was already a household name before that). Why do I need to know (after all, I don’t live in London either)? Because people being out of touch with what’s going on in the World is dangerous. That makes it easy for people like the tabloids or the BNP to dupe you into believing whatever they want you to. They pray on our ignorance. It's why, for example, so many Americans think we only invaded Northern Ireland in the last few years (it was over 800 years ago) and end up financing the IRA. 7) It was during the ad-hoc capital cities quiz the housemates did. 8) The word “condiments” is widely used in homes, cafés, restaurants and pubs. It’s an everyday word. Sorry, but it is! 9) She did later ask what the word meant, though. 10) See 2 11) Yeah, it was more the fact that she thought it was an island that tickled me rather than its location. It is mostly by the Gulf of Mexico but just touches the Caribbean in the South-East. She has indeed led a sheltered life. My contention isn’t that she is ignorant on such a broad-ranging subjects but that she’s ignorant on such a broad-ranging subjects and training to be a primary school teacher. Some people on here have made the point that you don’t have to have much knowledge to be one but that is patently untrue. It always has been but it’s even more so now in these days of NC levels, standardised testing and Ofsted inspections. :dance2: |
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“You are completely right about all of them.” See above. Sorry to disappoint you! “I guess people are just looking for a reason to dislike Rachel.” Conveniently missed the part in my original post which says “Don't get me wrong - I love Rachel. She's so friendly and so positive and I hope she wins…”, did you, lol? “…and not actually see the real facts behind them.” Again, see above! “You sure put em [sic] in there [sic] place.” Again, sorry to disappoint you! :whistle: |
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I like her too but her childlike enthusiasm ( ie sitting alone talking to her self as she ate dinner the other night) might be masking something deeper. Atleast I hope it is because if that's all there is then ... :shocked: |
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It is a bad thing for a "teacher" to never have heard of Lewis Carroll and/or Alice Through the Looking Glass (Alice in Wonderland). Even Walt Disney knew that!!! lol:whistle: |
whos walt disney?:dog:
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I never ever use the word condiments, never heard of it before I read the first post, just because you know it, and maybe some other people, doesnt mean everyone else does and uses it everyday, why say condiments when you can just say its name and not confuse people who dont know what it means? The other points I suppose your right, but I dont think some of them got into the Highlights and I only watch the highlights so I cant exactly defend Rachel if I've never heard her say the other things. |
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