Apprentice 2016 thread

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Doofus

25,832 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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One woman had a kid at fifteen, took herself back to school, and set up a business, which is apparently doing well.
One woman is 25, married with a kid and two retail shops.
One woman is 24, got a grant and set up a small business.
One woman has three kids, had a business which broke, set up another and works to support her children.
The bloke is 29, lives with his mum and dad, and runs his 'multinational' business from his bedroom.

So his mum does his shopping, cooking and washing, and his parents pay for his home and his office. All the women, on the other hand, are grown-ups with families and proper responsibilities.




FourWheelDrift

88,553 posts

285 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Doofus said:
One woman had a kid at fifteen, took herself back to school, and set up a business, which is apparently doing well.
One woman is 25, married with a kid and two retail shops.
One woman is 24, got a grant and set up a small business.
One woman has three kids, had a business which broke, set up another and works to support her children.
The bloke is 29, lives with his mum and dad, and runs his 'multinational' business from his bedroom.

So his mum does his shopping, cooking and washing, and his parents pay for his home and his office. All the women, on the other hand, are grown-ups with families and proper responsibilities.
So who's the more astute then?

Doofus

25,832 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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FourWheelDrift said:
So who's the more astute then?
I don't fking know. But it's not the little boy.

NJK44

1,364 posts

97 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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FourWheelDrift said:
So who's the more astute then?
Frances biggrin

blueg33

35,981 posts

225 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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davek_964 said:
blueg33 said:
I enjoyed the programme last night with a profile of the remaining 5.

Was most impressed with Francis but Grainne has gone up in my estimation too
I turned it off after about 15 mins - thought the narration was a bit over the top. "When Grainne was 15, her world suddenly changed..." because she was pregnant. "When Frances was 13 she suddenly discovered something that changed her life...." because she discovered her dad wasn't her real dad.

I assume if I'd carried on watching, I'd have discovered that "When Jess was 7, her childhood came to a premature end when she discovered Father Christmas isn't real".
I agree on the narration, but it was clear that the girls had a bit more about them than was immediately obvious

Oakey

27,593 posts

217 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Doofus said:
One woman had a kid at fifteen, took herself back to school, and set up a business, which is apparently doing well.
One woman is 25, married with a kid and two retail shops.
One woman is 24, got a grant and set up a small business.
One woman has three kids, had a business which broke, set up another and works to support her children.
The bloke is 29, lives with his mum and dad, and runs his 'multinational' business from his bedroom.

So his mum does his shopping, cooking and washing, and his parents pay for his home and his office. All the women, on the other hand, are grown-ups with families and proper responsibilities.
Isn't Grainsilo running her business from a shed at the bottom of her mum and dad's garden?

Doofus

25,832 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Oakey said:
Isn't Grainsilo running her business from a shed at the bottom of her mum and dad's garden?
But she renovated it. And she hasn't still got a Thomas the Tank Engine duvet cover.

monthefish

20,443 posts

232 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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davek_964 said:
blueg33 said:
I enjoyed the programme last night with a profile of the remaining 5.

Was most impressed with Francis but Grainne has gone up in my estimation too
I turned it off after about 15 mins - thought the narration was a bit over the top. "When Grainne was 15, her world suddenly changed..." because she was pregnant. "When Frances was 13 she suddenly discovered something that changed her life...." because she discovered her dad wasn't her real dad.

I assume if I'd carried on watching, I'd have discovered that "When Jess was 7, her childhood came to a premature end when she discovered Father Christmas isn't real".
Did anyone else spot the photo supposedly of Frances with her Dad when she was about 7? There was a Sky+ remote on the arm of the chair...

FourWheelDrift

88,553 posts

285 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Here we go

castex

4,936 posts

274 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Love that building. It's arresting at street level.

nicanary

9,801 posts

147 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Her business "hem raged" money....laughlaugh

Laurel Green

30,781 posts

233 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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This should be good.

Laurel Green

30,781 posts

233 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Four and a half were unhappy. hehe

castex

4,936 posts

274 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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She looks like she was sick in the lift.

RichB

51,604 posts

285 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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nicanary said:
Her business "hem raged" money....laughlaugh
Well Mr CEO, I had money in the bank but it just dwindled. rofl

FourWheelDrift

88,553 posts

285 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Jessica not knowing she is a director of a business and that someone she thought was isn't.

I think all that air in her head just escaped.

Laurel Green

30,781 posts

233 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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"They're never going to steal the idea" hehe

Doofus

25,832 posts

174 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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"Yeah, but I... Th. Th....."

FourWheelDrift

88,553 posts

285 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Alana talking about her boyfriend (and employee) "he could be replaced".

Vicious.

castex

4,936 posts

274 months

Thursday 15th December 2016
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Claude should be in a Pinter play with Patrick Stewart. Two bald men going at it in a bedsit.