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Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
Gerry. He's incredibly lazy, and contributes absolutely nothing to the house. It's pretty rare to actually see him standing up, and those hideous yellow socks have had far more outings than Laura's dressing gown ever did. He bitches constantly with Carole and occasionally Piggy and/or Liam about the younger hm's. Lots of people dislike Chanelle at the moment for being miserable, but Gerry plays a major role in that. He has all the charisma of an undertaker. He engineered Charley's only major argument last week, and regardless of whatever she may be guilty of, she didn't deserve the vile things he said to her. He patronises Brian beyond belief, and the twins too, whenever he gets the opportunity.
He's extremely boring, as Brian has pointed out on numerous occasions. He's also not as clever as he likes to think he is, hence falling for the 'dog eaten by kangaroo' story. He's incredibly selfish and petulant, as we saw during the Kylie task. He's also taken up the cod-psychologist mantle that Jonathan left behind, yet makes an even worse job of it. He fell for everything Charley said when she returned to the house, yet within hours he was telling Chanelle it was all lies. Then on the highlights show earlier, he was quite blatantly lying in a desperate attempt to save himself from eviction. He's running scared because he's convinced that Charley is popular with the audience, and he's hoping to paper over incidents such as last week's argument. Then there's his tedious, droning voice ...
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The man at least has something to contribute to the house, though. Where would the housemates be without his wisdom and insight on such social matters as “The Chiggy saga”, “The Charley Phenomenon” and “Please don’t grab my monkey and lube it up without asking!”. Who else is there in the house to help relax the housemates with highbrow stories of visits to the Uffizi, the Louvre or the Guggenheim, maybe even drawing some analogies along the way of how time in the Big Brother house is similar to how Odysseus spent so much time away from home after the Trojan Wars on a very meagre shopping budget with only the company of his comrades to keep him sane. OK, maybe people do complain about him being boring, but like he said in his argument with Charley “I’d rather be boring than…” followed by something derogatory in reference to her, which leads me onto the fact of who else has had the backbone to actually stand up to Charley and not crumble half-way through the task? Apart from Emily, (who’s unfortunately long gone) the answer is Gerry. Surely that must earn him one or two points?
He can be gullible, that part’s true, but it’s not exactly a crime, is it? If anything it shows that he’s prepared to trust in people, which is something lacking in too many people these days, particularly in the Big Brother house. I’m sure he’ll have learnt his lesson after “fake week”. I think Gerry brings something different to the house, he may not be
the most intelligent person ever but he’s certainly got a thing or two on the others in there, which must count for something, and he’s always eager to have a bit of fun with someone if the opportunity presents itself. Then of course there’s Freddy. If you get rid of Gerry, you get rid of Freddy; along with the twins, the only housemate who can seem to manage a genuine smile, these days, even if he does still smell of lube.
16-07-2007, 02:10 AM
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