[CaudleHalbard]

I think Dexter is a great role model!

[JTM45]

Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard

I think Dexter is a great role model!

Me too!
I think Dexter shows people how they too can be interesting.
The starting point is to not stay in bed all day and to actually make an effort to talk to people about something other than your "winkie", unlike Simple Sam!

[Kris]

Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard

I think Dexter is a great role model!

Oh absolutely, he taught me what rodeoing is! I had never heard of it and probably never would have if I hadn't had a great role model like dexter to teach me.

[CaudleHalbard]

Originally Posted by Kris

Oh absolutely, he taught me what rodeoing is! I had never heard of it and probably never would have if I hadn't had a great role model like dexter to teach me.

Well there you are then!

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by CaudleHalbard

Well there you are then!

Dexter is an avomination, yes I just invented a word just for him

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by LikeABoatOnWater

Helen Keller is a role model.
**** off Sam, your time in the house has proved nothing.

That is so desperate its cringeworthy

Probably over 90% of BB viewers have never even heard of Hellen Keller. For crying out loud its like comparing Einstein to Howard Wolowitz. Get a grip.

[Videostar]

Originally Posted by CynicalHermit

Probably over 90% of BB viewers have never even heard of Hellen Keller. For crying out loud its like comparing Einstein to Howard Wolowitz. Get a grip.

Then shame on BB viewers, im sure Sam hasn't even heard of her too.

Loving your "A vote for Sam to win is not a sympathy vote; it's a respect vote" sig.

What is a respect vote then? that's saying we should vote for him because we respect him because of his deafness, that's just as bad as a sympathy vote, and equally a wrong reason to vote for a HM...and im sure in real life Sam or those like him wouldn't want you or anyone else patronising him.

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by Videostar

Then shame on BB viewers, im sure Sam hasn't even heard of her too.

Loving your "A vote for Sam to win is not a sympathy vote; it's a respect vote" sig.

What is a respect vote then? that's saying we should vote for him because we respect him because of his deafness, that's just as bad as a sympathy vote, and equally a wrong reason to vote for a HM...and im sure in real life Sam or those like him wouldn't want you or anyone else patronising him.

No, I am saying he deserves respect for being able to adapt the way that he has. Give me one reason why I should respect any of the others.

[KingOfTheMods]

Originally Posted by CynicalHermit

No, I am saying he deserves respect for being able to adapt the way that he has. Give me one reason why I should respect any of the others.

What has he adapted too exactly? When he's sat at home with his mam n dad he has the same disability so nowt's changed there. So what has he adapted to in a way none of the others have?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Hes just a regular housemate.

Yes he has hearing problems but I don't see that as a characteristic. He has been boring for weeks and only now is he showing he has a personality and even though ive enjoyed him standing up for himself he is a miserable person.

Sam gets away with shouting "Flash your gash for some pie and mash" at the knive throwers in a task but because its Sam its fine.

I think its patronising to him actually for BB not to tell him off for behaviour other housemates would not get away with.

Sam is a product of his society, a typical Welsh Valleys boys boy (actually hes 24 so mans, man).

If he said he wants to be a role model then yeah hes gone the wrong way about it but he may just mean he want people to see that people with certain disabilities can live normal lives to, which in a way does kind of make him a role model but hes opened himself up to more scrutiny by leading with the deaf card.

My behaviour is a million times worse than Sams so....

Then again I wouldn't go in the house and say im going to be a role model for homos and people with epilepsy because then you're expected to act a certain way.

[Im_Juz_ChiLLin]

Sam is not a role model here is a example of his sleazy side,

Sam To Knives Assistant 'Flash Your G**h For Free Pie & Mash'

Wolfy on BB Couch Potatoes talking about Sam last Wednesday. Apparently Sam shouted to the Female knive assistant during Gina's task
'Flash Your Gash For Free Pie & Mash'

Hear it here around the 61:00 mark.

http://www.spreaker.com/user/drdetroit/bbuk_2013_wolfy

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Im_Juz_ChiLLin

Sam is not a role model here is a example of his sleazy side,

Sam To Knives Assistant 'Flash Your G**h For Free Pie & Mash'

Wolfy on BB Couch Potatoes talking about Sam last Wednesday. Apparently Sam shouted to the Female knive assistant during Gina's task
'Flash Your Gash For Free Pie & Mash'

Hear it here around the 61:00 mark.

http://www.spreaker.com/user/drdetroit/bbuk_2013_wolfy

So what if he said that? Here we have the perfect example of wolfy getting irate about nothing as usual, there may have been instances where she made people cringe?

[Im_Juz_ChiLLin]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So what if he said that? Here we have the perfect example of wolfy getting irate about nothing as usual, there may have been instances where she made people cringe?

They came in to do their jobs, if someone said that in the real world when they went to do their jobs it would have been classed as sexual harrassment and the person who said it would have been sacked on the spot....

[aman201]

Who the fcuk is Helen Keller?

[Videostar]

Originally Posted by anon01

Who the fcuk is Helen Keller?

http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967

Someone who really faced difficulties in her life...Sam doesn't know how lucky he is.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Videostar

http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967

Someone who really faced difficulties in her life...Sam doesn't know how lucky he is.

Like I said in a previous post I think he just meant to show the public that even if you have a substantial disability which to be fair he does have then you can still lead a normal life.

Isnt he 80% deaf?

[Videostar]

Originally Posted by daniel-lewis-1985

Like I said in a previous post I think he just meant to show the public that even if you have a substantial disability which to be fair he does have then you can still lead a normal life.

Isnt he 80% deaf?

And he has shown that, genuinely good for him....but he should still be judged the same as other HM's and not given a free pass for his behaviour, or lack of entertainment value.

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Originally Posted by Videostar

And he has shown that, genuinely good for him....but he should still be judged the same as other HM's and not given a free pass for his behaviour, or lack of entertainment value.

But that's not his fault.

He cant help how people treat him.

If anything I think its patronising towards the boy to treat him any different as im sure that's the last thing he wants.

[Livia]

LOL @ this thread.

So in conclusion... Sam isn't as worthy a role model and entertaining a housemate as Helen Keller would have been.

[Videostar]

Originally Posted by Livia

LOL @ this thread.

So in conclusion... Sam isn't as worthy a role model and entertaining a housemate as Helen Keller would have been.

He's not even as worthy a role model as Sophie.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Videostar

He's not even as worthy a role model as Sophie.

In your opinion.

Unless you are deaf or suffer hearing loss, I'd say it's not your call as to who is and who isn't a good role model.

[arista]

[MatthewS]

I'm sure Sam knows who Helen Keller is...

I think most people are aware of her tbh...