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BB13 Big Brother 13 started June 5th 2012 on Channel 5, and was won by Luke A. Discuss here.
BB13 Housemates (tags): Ashleigh, Adam, Arron, Becky, Benedict, Caroline, Chris, Conor, Deana, Lauren, Luke A, Lydia, Luke S, Sara, Scott, Shievonne, Victoria, HM Fan clubs (appreciation posts),

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View Poll Results: Is £840 too much?
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Old 21-06-2012, 04:27 PM #1
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In last nights highlights I heard Marcus say they would get £840 if they pass the shopping task.

Is that too much for one weeks food?
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Thats a retarded amount especially with all the takeaways they get they only used to get £70 in BB2.
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It's a ridiculously high amount. How many of them are there, 15? I'd be demanding tuna steak and beef fillet.
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I could last for a year on that .....
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I'd say yes, however there are 15 of them in there though, so it comes down to £8 a day each,of course the prices they pay seem lower than general retail overall.
Also in addition,they get extra alcohol and takeaways etc; too so I will stick with yes it is.
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As family of four we average 100.00 a week on food shopping, so I would say this is way over the top, presumably they have had to make allowances as Becky is obviously counted as a family of 4.

i hit no by mistake on the poll tho...
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If I was in there I would demand to spend it all on booze.
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Someone should buy £700 worth of bananas.
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Its way to much. Back in the day they had to live off chick peas and porridge and a luxury budget was about a quarter of that i think.
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Its way to much. Back in the day they had to live off chick peas and porridge and a luxury budget was about a quarter of that i think.
Aye, chickpeas'n'porridge w'nobbut tap-water t'wash it down - th'HMs was 'ard in them days.....
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The seemed to have run out of rations very early on this week and were using the chickpeas, and that was on last weeks "luxury" budget, I know they messed up when ordering and spent far too much on biscuits and bread, but there must be some big eaters in there. All those muscles need lots of protein...
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They even used to bake their own bread
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I was talking to a friend today about baking bread, & got me thinking they used to do that on BB, they were the good all days.
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£8 a day to go towards food, booze, tobacco etc, plus bog rolls and other sundries. I don't think that's too much at all.
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£8 a day to go towards food, booze, tobacco etc, plus bog rolls and other sundries. I don't think that's too much at all.
It's WAY too much. They shouldn't be living in luxury. It's a joke.
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It's WAY too much. They shouldn't be living in luxury. It's a joke.
£8 per day is hardly extravagance towards all the things needed. Would you rather they were miserable and have them moaning all day? Mind you, that would not see a change in some people..
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£8 per day is hardly extravagance towards all the things needed. Would you rather they were miserable and have them moaning all day? Mind you, that would not see a change in some people..
C'mon. £8 a day on food, alcohol and cigarettes? You don't think that's extravagant? That's £56 per person per week. That amount could cover two weeks for me!

Their budget should be lowered and they should learn how to prioritise.
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It's a ridiculous amount, even for 15 people. Especially when they get food throughout the week for **** all anyway.
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sounds about right actually you got 14 housemates and then becky so all together thats works out about 19 housemates to feed
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Yeah, I miss the days of growing their own vegetables, taking care of the chickens etc.

THAT was the Big Brother experience. lol
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They need to Fail the task.
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