Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

I told you not to go to any trouble over it

Congrats on and good luck for the 2nd interview pn, sounds promising...

Easier than one's option of posting you the puppy!

It's a blurry pic, but I will get some on macputer at the weekend so I can show him off

Nikkster

silvercar wrote: »

Just watched "jewish mother of the year" with DS1. We were both hysterical. His comment, "If you've modeled yourself on any of them, you have failed." I think that is a compliment!

If anyone can't get enough of Emma Beck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtAzmvl8t8Q

Haven't looked at it yet, will do so a bit later. I bet I can guess which mother it is though :eek:

I was disappointed by the programme, not sure why, but I was hoping for it to be a bit more informative. I had already worked out that if you are making reality TV it is normal to pair people with others/ tasks that are incompatible, to try to get some excitement.

wageslave

PasturesNew wrote: »

Something probably 1000 people have said at hospitals and television studios for the past 40 years.

It takes a LOT to take anybody down.

I don't think it does. It is like those domino things they set up

Entropy.

I am watching the Jewish mother thing. Cake mix and high heels. Pi ke y mothers sans caravans

lostinrates

wageslave wrote: »

I don't think it does. It is like those domino things they set up

Entropy.

I am watching the Jewish mother thing. Cake mix and high heels. Pi ke y mothers sans caravans

I think there are some key differences. Traditionally Jewish people have, for example, placed great emphasis on education, and even in families where roles are similarly gender stereotyped I think girls have more opportunity to educate themselves as to choices, even in tis sort of 'extreme' profile, than was shown on the gypsy programmes?

Spirit_2

I would also like to see the puppy picture please.

Pastures - well done.

I do not like programmes that exploit ethnicity and stereo types as entertainment - they feel like freak shows - I may be wrong about this 'mother' programme as I have not seen it and would not go looking for it.

Terms and conditions - 41 days including BH, a 37.5 hour week - but I gave myself lots of health conditions by working 50-60 hours for 2 decades.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

I would also like to see the puppy picture please.
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That's fine, but I have to email it . I can email it to you if you let me have an email address or you can waits till saturday when I will take new pictures on macputer and have them up.

The real money shot will be in a month, puppy dog next to big dog :rotfl:

wageslave

Lir there's a depressing truth I would rather forget

lostinrates

wageslave wrote: »

Lir there's a depressing truth I would rather forget

I think you should not forget you have made yourself a choice where many it appears from terrible tv coverage did not even know there was one.

SingleSue

lostinrates wrote: »

She did not want anyone to know she was a Jew full stop. She went to great lengths to conceal her ethnicity ( she died at the end of the nineties, googling people was not so common, but it was still documented because she was in a big red book iykwim that didn't say it, but Did mention her marriage and it did say it there that he was.

There were arguments over things like Bar mitzvah and stuff. It created a great deal of family dischord with her in laws. ( who are arcing degrees of religious,from none to Rabbi).

She was however a strange mix of distance parenting and yet controlling.

My great great (I think, I may have too many greats or not enough!) grandparents on my dad's side hid their ethnicity too, changing the family name from Reubens (sp?) to Robins and banning any discussion of their faith once they arrived in this country.

lostinrates

SingleSue wrote: »

My great great (I think, I may have too many greats or not enough!) grandparents on my dad's side hid their ethnicity too, changing the family name from Reubens (sp?) to Robins and banning any discussion of their faith once they arrived in this country.

I love name changes. I cannot share our family ones for obvious reasons, but one of them is very, very funny.

One seems to have a built in Liverpudlian accent (that's where the bearer arrived).