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A nation holds its breath
13-06-2008
Oh.My.God. Ohmygod. I have gone numb after the shock I received when the winner of the Apprentice 2008 was announced last night. After 12 gruelling weeks, I was certainly not expecting that. In fact, I open the question out to the floor – did anyone see that one coming? You sly old dog, Sir A.
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13-06-2008
Oh.My.God. Ohmygod. I have gone numb after the shock I received when the winner of the Apprentice 2008 was announced last night. After 12 gruelling weeks, I was certainly not expecting that. In fact, I open the question out to the floor – did anyone see that one coming? You sly old dog, Sir A.
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Tale telling pterodactyls
5-06-2008
So Week 11 came and went and last night's gruelling interviews with Surallun's cohorts made mincemeat out of our wannabe Apprentices. I love this stage of the process as it's actually what us 'normal' folk go through to get jobs, y'know? And being as they are supposedly the sharpest business minds in Britain, I waited with anticipation for the slaughter to begin. And I wasn't disappointed.
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5-06-2008
So Week 11 came and went and last night's gruelling interviews with Surallun's cohorts made mincemeat out of our wannabe Apprentices. I love this stage of the process as it's actually what us 'normal' folk go through to get jobs, y'know? And being as they are supposedly the sharpest business minds in Britain, I waited with anticipation for the slaughter to begin. And I wasn't disappointed.
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So long Sophocles!
28-05-2008
You have to smile at the self-delusion that sums up this year's candidates. It really is quite something. Yes, Michael has gone. His glimmers of brilliance, as he puts it, so cruelly snuffed out by Surallun’s finger of doom. Was it a surprise? No. Was it three weeks too late? Hell yeah! In fact, last night I got the distinct impression that The Big Man was actually quite embarrassed that he had been seduced by those big old doe eyes, cunningly duped into thinking that Sophocles 'had something about him'. Hmm. What exactly was that 'something'? Nick? Margaret? Anyone?
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28-05-2008
You have to smile at the self-delusion that sums up this year's candidates. It really is quite something. Yes, Michael has gone. His glimmers of brilliance, as he puts it, so cruelly snuffed out by Surallun’s finger of doom. Was it a surprise? No. Was it three weeks too late? Hell yeah! In fact, last night I got the distinct impression that The Big Man was actually quite embarrassed that he had been seduced by those big old doe eyes, cunningly duped into thinking that Sophocles 'had something about him'. Hmm. What exactly was that 'something'? Nick? Margaret? Anyone?
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Lights, camera, action!
22-05-2008
What a sad, sad day. Practically all my favourites have been fired. First it was Simon, then Sara and now Raef. But, as loathed as I am to say it, I'm actually not that surprised Sir Alan gave him the old heave ho. Never have I seen two men that are so far apart. As much as Sir Alan says he wants a good all-rounder, time and time again we see him warming to the cheeky cock-er-ny upstarts. How else can you explain his decision to keep Sophocles? I believe that Sugar felt Raef was simply too posh and in all fairness, probably couldn't understand much of what he said without a dictionary to hand.
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22-05-2008
What a sad, sad day. Practically all my favourites have been fired. First it was Simon, then Sara and now Raef. But, as loathed as I am to say it, I'm actually not that surprised Sir Alan gave him the old heave ho. Never have I seen two men that are so far apart. As much as Sir Alan says he wants a good all-rounder, time and time again we see him warming to the cheeky cock-er-ny upstarts. How else can you explain his decision to keep Sophocles? I believe that Sugar felt Raef was simply too posh and in all fairness, probably couldn't understand much of what he said without a dictionary to hand.
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What a load of dumdums!
15-05-2008
Grrr. I'm so angry at Sir Alan. That man has gone soft in the head, either that or Margaret's been slipping a little something into his flat white. I couldn't believe that snivelling little Sophocles scraped through again while sweet little Sara got the boot. Week eight came and went and I must admit I stifled a yawn at times. As far as entertainment goes, it was pretty uneventful; reminding me that it is, in fact, a business show and, gulp, business can be boring.
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15-05-2008
Grrr. I'm so angry at Sir Alan. That man has gone soft in the head, either that or Margaret's been slipping a little something into his flat white. I couldn't believe that snivelling little Sophocles scraped through again while sweet little Sara got the boot. Week eight came and went and I must admit I stifled a yawn at times. As far as entertainment goes, it was pretty uneventful; reminding me that it is, in fact, a business show and, gulp, business can be boring.
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Two Jens, a Jew and a juicer
8-05-2008
Well the rumours were true. I'd heard that there were to be two firings last night so I was kicking my heels up when Sir Alan started losing his rag, and whooped like Michael did last week when the two evil Jennies got the boot for being vile, nasty and incompetent.
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8-05-2008
Well the rumours were true. I'd heard that there were to be two firings last night so I was kicking my heels up when Sir Alan started losing his rag, and whooped like Michael did last week when the two evil Jennies got the boot for being vile, nasty and incompetent.
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Goodbye to the only gay in the village
1-05-2008
Good God, what a shambles, as Sir A would say. Last night's fiasco had me wringing my hands in despair at the abomination that was the 'greetings card task'. In fact, I am seriously beginning to think that this year's bunch collectively have fewer than the required number of brain cells to operate machinery. The cream of the Britain's best business brains? There are checkout workers in Aldi that can calculate better than Kev.
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1-05-2008
Good God, what a shambles, as Sir A would say. Last night's fiasco had me wringing my hands in despair at the abomination that was the 'greetings card task'. In fact, I am seriously beginning to think that this year's bunch collectively have fewer than the required number of brain cells to operate machinery. The cream of the Britain's best business brains? There are checkout workers in Aldi that can calculate better than Kev.
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Separating the wheat from the chaff
24-04-2008
What a rollercoaster this Apprentice is turning out to be. One week it's bitching and bullying, the next it's the giddy heights of success for the candidates. We have hit the halfway mark now which means the weaker candidates will no longer be able to stay out of the firing line by keeping their heads down or being lucky enough to find themselves on the winning team.
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24-04-2008
What a rollercoaster this Apprentice is turning out to be. One week it's bitching and bullying, the next it's the giddy heights of success for the candidates. We have hit the halfway mark now which means the weaker candidates will no longer be able to stay out of the firing line by keeping their heads down or being lucky enough to find themselves on the winning team.
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And so the skulduggery begins...
17-04-2008
Whilst watching the Apprentice last night, I was struck by just how devious the candidates have become since the first ever series. The guileless bleatings of the original bunch (remember the bumbling mature student Matthew Palmer and toff with a heart James Max?) have progressively been replaced by a horde of scowling megalomaniacs with smiles so snide they could sour milk.
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17-04-2008
Whilst watching the Apprentice last night, I was struck by just how devious the candidates have become since the first ever series. The guileless bleatings of the original bunch (remember the bumbling mature student Matthew Palmer and toff with a heart James Max?) have progressively been replaced by a horde of scowling megalomaniacs with smiles so snide they could sour milk.
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Battle of the sexes rages on as the boys get a battering
10-04-2008
It was an episode of contradictions, assumptions and failed expectations in Wednesday's episode of The Apprentice which saw the girls back on top. Last week's male-bonding, back-slapping and mutual Raef appreciation seemed all but a distant memory as the boys quickly fell apart under the disastrous tutelage of Ian Stringer and his side-kick, Kevin Shaw.
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10-04-2008
It was an episode of contradictions, assumptions and failed expectations in Wednesday's episode of The Apprentice which saw the girls back on top. Last week's male-bonding, back-slapping and mutual Raef appreciation seemed all but a distant memory as the boys quickly fell apart under the disastrous tutelage of Ian Stringer and his side-kick, Kevin Shaw.
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