Random Irritations

[The Squirrel]

You're a billionaire and you think "Ooh that Katie Price is a bit of alright. I wonder if she'll marry me"??

I think he’s actually a “self proclaimed” millionaire.

From which I take he’s a skint Online Beggar (oops I mean Social Media Influencer) who likes or needs to present the illusion of wealth.

 

[irip]

I think he’s actually a “self proclaimed” millionaire.

From which I take he’s a skint Online Beggar (oops I mean Social Media Influencer) who likes or needs to present the illusion of wealth.

They sound well suited then.

 

[irip]

Baby showers!!!
Is it just me that doesn’t understand why the need for them?
Is it just another thing we have picked up from the US?
£500 this morning just for the venue with another £200 to come for the food

 

[The Squirrel]

Baby showers!!!
Is it just me that doesn’t understand why the need for them?
Is it just another thing we have picked up from the US?
£500 this morning just for the venue with another £200 to come for the food

Obviously evolved since my day. Why is there a venue? Isn’t it just sitting on a circle opening some presents? You don’t hire a venue for Christmas morning

 

[irip]

Obviously evolved since my day. Why is there a venue? Isn’t it just sitting on a circle opening some presents? You don’t hire a venue for Christmas morning

I have no idea mate.
Apparently it needs decorating and a cake as well.
On the bright side I’m not allowed to attend

 

[D-S]

Baby showers!!!
Is it just me that doesn’t understand why the need for them?
Is it just another thing we have picked up from the US?
£500 this morning just for the venue with another £200 to come for the food

Just imagine if that £700 was put in an investment instead for the baby and what it could be worth when he/she needs it later in life.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I have no idea mate.
Apparently it needs decorating and a cake as well.
On the bright side I’m not allowed to attend

Why are you paying? Or is that as stupid a question as the need for it in the first place?

 

[irip]

Why are you paying? Or is that as stupid a question as the need for it in the first place?

I didn’t know I was until my wife told me this morning she had paid it.
I’m not on the baby shower WhatsApp group.
I’m on the money grows on trees WhatsApp I think.
It’s more worrying that 2 of my girls are expecting

 

[Voyager EMH]

Faldo lives his life via golf, the marriages are by product.

Price lives her life via social media. The marriages, engagements etc are all part of the 'show', the drama, the way to make money.

They really are not comparable, other than neither of them should bother with marriage again as they are clearly not suited to it.

Price's career was self-publicity from the outset as Jordan. There was little or no pretence that it was anything other than this.
She played the media game in a way that had been paved by Sam Fox, Linda Lusardi et al.
Like those two, she tried her hand at other TV and media appearances based on her earlier work.

So the fact that her talent for making money was a different talent than bashing a ball around some fields, does not make a significant enough difference for me to say there is little or no comparison. Two figures in the public eye with a talent for making money, achieving notoriety/fame and/or acclaim in their respective fields.

Whether playing golf has more kudos than being a photographic model is up to each to have an opinion on.
But to me their similarities are more noticeable than their differences.

I wish them both all the best for their future happiness in their 4th marriages.

 

[irip]

Price's career was self-publicity from the outset as Jordan. There was little or no pretence that it was anything other than this.
She played the media game in a way that had been paved by Sam Fox, Linda Lusardi et al.
Like those two, she tried her hand at other TV and media appearances based on her earlier work.

So the fact that her talent for making money was a different talent than bashing a ball around some fields, does not make a significant enough difference for me to say there is little or no comparison. Two figures in the public eye with a talent for making money, achieving notoriety/fame and/or acclaim in their respective fields.

Whether playing golf has more kudos than being a photographic model is up to each to have an opinion on.
But to me their similarities are more noticeable than their differences.

I wish them both all the best for their future happiness in their 4th marriages.

And their 5th marriages as well

 

[chellie]

Thank goodness neither of mine chose to have baby showers. We wouldn't have paid for them either.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

This could have gone in the tv section but I think this is the right place for it. Nigella Lawson is going to be the new judge on Bake Off . Have they done sessions with her and Paul together? Her and the presenters? I'm not seeing it, I'm really not.

 

[irip]

Thank goodness neither of mine chose to have baby showers. We wouldn't have paid for them either.

I think it’s ridiculous.
Apparently it’s only for the 1st child and we paid for the eldest when she had her first.
I’m sure this is just made up by the girls to get more money out of me.

 

[jim8flog]

Baby showers!!!
Is it just me that doesn’t understand why the need for them?
Is it just another thing we have picked up from the US?
£500 this morning just for the venue with another £200 to come for the food

They never had showers in my day. They got a wash in the kitchen sink.

 

[RichA]

This could have gone in the tv section but I think this is the right place for it. Nigella Lawson is going to be the new judge on Bake Off . Have they done sessions with her and Paul together? Her and the presenters? I'm not seeing it, I'm really not.

Not seen her on TV in years. Really hope she’s become less irritating.

 

[chellie]

This could have gone in the tv section but I think this is the right place for it. Nigella Lawson is going to be the new judge on Bake Off . Have they done sessions with her and Paul together? Her and the presenters? I'm not seeing it, I'm really not.

That is me not watching it then.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Price's career was self-publicity from the outset as Jordan. There was little or no pretence that it was anything other than this.
She played the media game in a way that had been paved by Sam Fox, Linda Lusardi et al.
Like those two, she tried her hand at other TV and media appearances based on her earlier work.

So the fact that her talent for making money was a different talent than bashing a ball around some fields, does not make a significant enough difference for me to say there is little or no comparison. Two figures in the public eye with a talent for making money, achieving notoriety/fame and/or acclaim in their respective fields.

Whether playing golf has more kudos than being a photographic model is up to each to have an opinion on.
But to me their similarities are more noticeable than their differences.

I wish them both all the best for their future happiness in their 4th marriages.

Many judge her on her public image and doings. Apparently she is really nice ‘in person’ and cares deeply for her disabled son. I wish her well…she has a much more complicated life (partly, perhaps largely, of her own doing) but that’s her problem and nothing that should be of any interest, never mind concern, to the rest of us.

 

[nickjdavis]

This could have gone in the tv section but I think this is the right place for it. Nigella Lawson is going to be the new judge on Bake Off . Have they done sessions with her and Paul together? Her and the presenters? I'm not seeing it, I'm really not.

Who cares.

I'm watching.

...and the repeats.

 

[D-S]

Many judge her on her public image and doings. Apparently she is really nice ‘in person’ and cares deeply for her disabled son. I wish her well…she has a much more complicated life (partly, perhaps largely, of her own doing) but that’s her problem and nothing that should be of any interest, never mind concern, to the rest of us.

Well that’s good to know.
I am sure she will do all that she can to be as private as possible and to make certain that we have no opportunity to have any interest or concern about her life and issues going forward.
I, for one, fervently hope this is the case.

 

[KenL]

I don’t see the need for all these vindictive posts about people in the public eye.