YES
top ↑
Where do they find these people for The Apprentice?
1 comments
top ↑
If we gorged on a slice of sugar-sprinked cherry pie every time someone asked that, we'd be sufficiently plump to assuredly enter the World Sumo Championships, and win.
Incredibly, we're now up to the 6th series of The Apprentice and still one of the only individuals showing an iota of talent and business savvy is the shrewd but kindly Nick Hewer, Lord Sugar's right-hand man. As a patron of Hope and Homes For Children, we can't help but feel fuzzy warmth about this talented toffee. We struggle however to extend this balmy conviviality to his female counterpart Karen Bradey, who falls short in the shadows of the much missed Margaret Mountford, despite her commitment to supporting two indispensible and worthy charities, Scope and Birmingham Women's Aid.
As for the actual 'candidates', these are recruited from all walks of life. The one who shows the most early promise is Stella English, an authentic English star. This aspiring 30 year old apprentice left school without qualifications, but since twinkled dazzlingly in a Japanese Bank in London City. With no problem 'whipping the boys into shape' mother-of-two Ms English is definitely the candidate to watch (men-folk we said 'watch', not ogle).
As much as Stella is our supernova, we have to say that food business manager, Melissa Cohen, has clearly exceeded her use-by date. Again 'found' in London, 27 year old Melissa attracted Lord Sugar's attention in the 3rd episode after admitting having 'minced her words'. Although her team scraped a win, the Lord refused to sugar-coat his opinion of Melissa and commented that the team's successes 'could not be attributed to her'. Effervescent? maybe. Apprentice? no. Melissa's been recognised as 'the one who got away', escaping the firing line, for now.
So London is responsible for producing both the creamy and the curdled candidates. What about the remaining bunch?
Manchester's meagre offering is Alex Epstein (26), an unemployed Head of Communications.
Chris Bates (23) is a Surrey based Investment Banker (how apt for this master).
Cheshire-man Christopher Farrell (28) is an Ex-Royal Marine Commando (big respect), who is now employed as a Mortgage Broker (er did we say respect, we spoke too swiftly).
Overseas Property Developer, Jamie Lester (28) is yet another Londoner.
Leicester has lent us Joanna Riley (25), a Cleaning Company Owner.
22 year old Laura Moore is a Business Development Manager from Warwickshire.
Also featuring from the Midlands is Liz Locke (24), another Investment Wanker.
Senior Marketing Manager Paloma Vivanco (29) is also from London, boring.
Sandeesh Samra (26) is a Recruitment Consultant from Nottingham.
Baby of the bunch (21) Stuart Baggs is a Telecoms Entrepreneur from the Isle of Man.
So that's where they found this peerless assortment of candidates...And that's where all but one laudable Apprentice will be faqing off back to.
Incredibly, we're now up to the 6th series of The Apprentice and still one of the only individuals showing an iota of talent and business savvy is the shrewd but kindly Nick Hewer, Lord Sugar's right-hand man. As a patron of Hope and Homes For Children, we can't help but feel fuzzy warmth about this talented toffee. We struggle however to extend this balmy conviviality to his female counterpart Karen Bradey, who falls short in the shadows of the much missed Margaret Mountford, despite her commitment to supporting two indispensible and worthy charities, Scope and Birmingham Women's Aid.
As for the actual 'candidates', these are recruited from all walks of life. The one who shows the most early promise is Stella English, an authentic English star. This aspiring 30 year old apprentice left school without qualifications, but since twinkled dazzlingly in a Japanese Bank in London City. With no problem 'whipping the boys into shape' mother-of-two Ms English is definitely the candidate to watch (men-folk we said 'watch', not ogle).
As much as Stella is our supernova, we have to say that food business manager, Melissa Cohen, has clearly exceeded her use-by date. Again 'found' in London, 27 year old Melissa attracted Lord Sugar's attention in the 3rd episode after admitting having 'minced her words'. Although her team scraped a win, the Lord refused to sugar-coat his opinion of Melissa and commented that the team's successes 'could not be attributed to her'. Effervescent? maybe. Apprentice? no. Melissa's been recognised as 'the one who got away', escaping the firing line, for now.
So London is responsible for producing both the creamy and the curdled candidates. What about the remaining bunch?
Manchester's meagre offering is Alex Epstein (26), an unemployed Head of Communications.
Chris Bates (23) is a Surrey based Investment Banker (how apt for this master).
Cheshire-man Christopher Farrell (28) is an Ex-Royal Marine Commando (big respect), who is now employed as a Mortgage Broker (er did we say respect, we spoke too swiftly).
Overseas Property Developer, Jamie Lester (28) is yet another Londoner.
Leicester has lent us Joanna Riley (25), a Cleaning Company Owner.
22 year old Laura Moore is a Business Development Manager from Warwickshire.
Also featuring from the Midlands is Liz Locke (24), another Investment Wanker.
Senior Marketing Manager Paloma Vivanco (29) is also from London, boring.
Sandeesh Samra (26) is a Recruitment Consultant from Nottingham.
Baby of the bunch (21) Stuart Baggs is a Telecoms Entrepreneur from the Isle of Man.
So that's where they found this peerless assortment of candidates...And that's where all but one laudable Apprentice will be faqing off back to.
top ↑
Left or Right?
0
comments
top ↑
This question confuses even me, so bear with me lol. I was watching a video on YouTube today where the viewer was given the chance to pick between left or right, to save the creator from possible peril.
I discovered after watching this video that both my boyfriend and I decided to pick left. He said to me that given the chance he would always pick left before right. Is there a psychological reason for this or is it just a simple preference or choice?
I discovered after watching this video that both my boyfriend and I decided to pick left. He said to me that given the chance he would always pick left before right. Is there a psychological reason for this or is it just a simple preference or choice?
.
We say this is a conclusion that is based on too small a study, i.e, only two people, and we suspect it would even out with more participants. It's a low level coincidence and does not constitute a pattern.
However, there are those that say the Left-Hand Path equates with malicious Black Magic and the Right-Hand Path with beneficial White Magic.
Perhaps you are both witches who have lots of enemies and so need to be alert to patterns to prevent predators getting you, houses dropping on your heads or avoiding buckets of water being thrown at you. We imagine that during full moons you cavort naked around old gnarly farmyard trees but that's enough detail about your pub quiz nights.
It's not good for you both to choose left, you won't go far in a car or indeed in a pedalo...splosh!
top ↑
Lots of people have farms, in what way is Old MacDonald so special that he gets a song about his farm?
0
comments
We didn't know the answer to this but we weren't going to have a cow about it. So we set off with a moo moo here and a moo moo there to find out the faqs.
In the Fields in Frost and Snows,
Watching late and early;
There I keep my Father's Cows,
There I Milk 'em Yearly:
Booing here, Booing there,
Here a Boo, there a Boo, every where a Boo,
We defy all Care and Strife,
In a Charming Country-Life.
It wasn't until 1917 in a collection called Tommy's Tunes, however, that the version we know and love became known:
Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O.
And on that farm he had a cow, EE-I-EE-I-O.
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O.
As to why Old MacDonald was special? Well we did discover the following...Prepare yourself, it's not pretty.
One is that it was the cover name chosen by Skynet as part of a sinister plot to introduce an insidious corporate marketing strategy. The mission? To make McDonalds cheeseburgers irresistible so that John Connor would get too fat to fight the machines in the future.
They sent a T-888 Terminator back in time to set itself up as a farmer originally from the Isle of Skye, Scotland to introduce the nursery song. It's so obvious, we don't understand why no one else sees it.
A life-long city man, tired of the rat race, decided he was going to give up the city life, move to the country, and become a chicken farmer.
The new farmer said, "Well, I’m not sure whether I’m planting them too deep or too close together."
top ↑
First we tracked down the origins of the song and found that it dates back to an opera in 1719-1720 called Kingdom of the Birds:
In the Fields in Frost and Snows,
Watching late and early;
There I keep my Father's Cows,
There I Milk 'em Yearly:
Booing here, Booing there,
Here a Boo, there a Boo, every where a Boo,
We defy all Care and Strife,
In a Charming Country-Life.
It wasn't until 1917 in a collection called Tommy's Tunes, however, that the version we know and love became known:
Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O.
And on that farm he had a cow, EE-I-EE-I-O.
With a moo moo here and a moo moo there
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O.
As to why Old MacDonald was special? Well we did discover the following...Prepare yourself, it's not pretty.
One is that it was the cover name chosen by Skynet as part of a sinister plot to introduce an insidious corporate marketing strategy. The mission? To make McDonalds cheeseburgers irresistible so that John Connor would get too fat to fight the machines in the future.They sent a T-888 Terminator back in time to set itself up as a farmer originally from the Isle of Skye, Scotland to introduce the nursery song. It's so obvious, we don't understand why no one else sees it.
[Team FAQer: Apologies, the faqer who wrote this has now been forced to take early retirement - no! not that kind. We mean a rest].
Another more likely theory is that Old MacDonald was deemed special because of the following.
Another more likely theory is that Old MacDonald was deemed special because of the following.
A life-long city man, tired of the rat race, decided he was going to give up the city life, move to the country, and become a chicken farmer.He bought a nice, used chicken farm and moved in. As it turned out, his next door neighbour was also a chicken farmer. The neighbour came for a visit one day and said, "Chicken farming isn’t easy. Tell you what. To help you get started, I’ll give you 100 chickens."
The new chicken farmer was thrilled. Two weeks later the neighbour dropped by to see how things were going. The new farmer said, "Not too well. All 100 chickens died." The neighbour said, "Oh, I can’t believe that. I’ve never had any trouble with my chickens. I’ll give you 100 more."
Another two weeks went by and the neighbour stopped by again. The new farmer said, "You’re not going to believe this, but the second 100 chickens died too." Astounded, the neighbour asked, "What went wrong?"
The new farmer said, "Well, I’m not sure whether I’m planting them too deep or too close together."
top ↑
What's the life span of a robin?
2
comments
Now you may think I've seen the same robin visit my garden year after year so it must be quite a few. Sadly, the life of a Superhero sidekick is fraught with danger although there have been individuals that have lived for 12 years.
Holy Little Bird Batman!! Most robins have an average life expectancy of 1¼ to 1½ years, but only about 10-20% of young reach adulthood. Much of that ‘infant mortality’ happens in the nest or shortly after fledging. Birds in captivity can live to much greater ages - even exceeding the longest lived wild birds.
top ↑
Now you may think I've seen the same robin visit my garden year after year so it must be quite a few. Sadly, the life of a Superhero sidekick is fraught with danger although there have been individuals that have lived for 12 years.
Holy Little Bird Batman!! Most robins have an average life expectancy of 1¼ to 1½ years, but only about 10-20% of young reach adulthood. Much of that ‘infant mortality’ happens in the nest or shortly after fledging. Birds in captivity can live to much greater ages - even exceeding the longest lived wild birds.
top ↑