the stig Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) Drives me mad too, but don't you like to be proud of your house? I didn't see the clip last night, but remember how editted this is. She might well have said something much less appalling in context.To be fair, I'm not sure about jealousy, wanting your mates to be jealous of you seems somehow nasty, but would I like them to think "wow, what an amazing place" when they are entertained at my house? Yes, for sure. Just the same as I love to say the same thing every day when I walk through the door. True. I guess the way these people are portrayed is down to what makes good TV, so it's probably good to take it all with a pinch of salt. I do like being proud of my house. Our current house is lovely and i'm very proud to be living in it even though we're renting it from someone else (actually, it's owned by my parents-in-law). I used to spend all of my spare time on my old house (the one i sold). There was a never-ending list of jobs that needed doing, and if we had guests over i used to work even harder to make an impression. Making them jealous: No. Making it look better than when they were last over: Definitely. Edited August 6, 2009 by the stig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 "Dina wants a house that will impress her friends and make them feel jealous..."I hope you end up homeless and bankrupt you shallow, odious waste of oxygen. That's a beautiful piece of vitriol, I take my hat off to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallysold Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 i am going to sound really horrible, but everytime i saw dina's husband, all i could think off was, god you look really ugly. maybe she feels that she cannot make her friends 'jealous' because of her husband, but she can compensate by making them jealous by buying the 'wow factor' (hate this phrase) house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogs Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) i am going to sound really horrible, but everytime i saw dina's husband, all i could think off was, god you look really ugly. maybe she feels that she cannot make her friends 'jealous' because of her husband, but she can compensate by making them jealous by buying the 'wow factor' (hate this phrase) house Don't forget the "dream house" and "curb appeal". The latter just makes me think of American History X though. These little phrases are actually significant though. Once upon a time, people bought a house on a balance of suitability to their needs space-wise and location against what they could afford. Now, at the behest of the propedee industry and especially Krusty et al. its about emotion (excused away with reference to "nesting instincts" which are apparently an evolutionary trait selected in the last 10 years that applies to a lot of people will beyond doing any, er, hatching of their own). The whole set-up of her show and ones like it is quite funny; first they ramp up the idea that purchasing a home is purely about out of control, practically incontinent emoting (...people routinely "fall hopelessly in love" with a piles of bricks at the end of the cul-de-sac apaprently) and then when that reaches a crescendo, "expert" Krusty wades in complaining about the grouting in the bathroom and rights of access to the driveway as the voice of wisdom. Even if they were giving good advice (which they aren't) the whole thing is completely manipulative. And you all already knew that, just had to get it off my chest. Edited August 6, 2009 by Cogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profitofdoom Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) i am going to sound really horrible, but everytime i saw dina's husband, all i could think off was, god you look really ugly. maybe she feels that she cannot make her friends 'jealous' because of her husband, but she can compensate by making them jealous by buying the 'wow factor' (hate this phrase) house Bear in mind she had an **** the size of Bangla Desh.That's A*** not C*** by the way. Edited August 6, 2009 by profitofdoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Bear in mind she had an **** the size of Bangla Desh.That's A*** not C*** by the way. You mean 'Bangla Desh. That's in Asia, not China, by the way"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topliner Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You mean 'Bangla Desh. That's in Asia, not China, by the way"? Takes it up the Bangla Desh perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topliner Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 (edited) I would. You may have a point there DisposableHeroes, See this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...Women-list.html Not for me I'm afraid, be my guest though Krusty secret admirers! Edited August 7, 2009 by topliner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Tonights Location, Location, Location Radio Times: 'Can a dose of the new economic reality from Kirstie and Phil persuade...[these numpties] .. to let their heads rule their hearts?' Are this pair of chancers now seen as guru's of 'the new economic reality?' How was that perspective reflected in last weeks show? These two couldn't administer a dose of ExLax. I thought Krusty always denied there was any new housing reality - it just always goes up, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshmonsta Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 "DON'T MISS THE BOAT!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshmonsta Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Hang on. SHe just siad this is in December 2007! So hardly recent then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflation Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) Their 'budget' flashed up was Dec 2007. This program is so far out of date. I suspected as much when they mentioned L'pooool as city of culture in 2008. I'm switching over to watch 11 other buffoons instead. Edited August 12, 2009 by deflation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 'New series'? People buying in Dec 2007 Phil likes getting 'his wand out' it seems.....pathetic.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshmonsta Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Were they really saying "buy for the long term" in the boom? I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Picky public sector workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moshmonsta Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Why shouldn't they be picky? We all should be picky. Why is the clown showing them somthing unbuilt? They'd be practically buying off-plan in a falling market!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Why shouldn't they be picky?We all should be picky. Why is the clown showing them somthing unbuilt? They'd be practically buying off-plan in a falling market!! Remind me of the Catherine Tate couple. "The dirty bastards..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonriver Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 So Krusty says the couple are ONLY spendng £150,000 more than her first time buyers! £150,0000 is an awful lot of money to some, Krusty. :angry: Especially to waste on a house they are not keen on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonoP Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Anyone care to check whether any of the '2 bed luuuuxrry' flats that those two clueless girls bought are still on th market? And if so, how much less than £198K they are going for....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLegallyBlonde Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 So Krusty says the couple are ONLY spendng £150,000 more than her first time buyers! £150,0000 is an awful lot of money to some, Krusty. :angry: Especially to waste on a house they are not keen on. The fact is they could have kept going past Gayton and found 4 bedroom houses in Pensby within their budget but Phil didn't know that with all his contacts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 thought it summed it up nicely. two silly girls buying a slly done up flat rather than the bigger one... and one of them didn't like it as much. What was that all about and nearly 200k. And not even being bothered about the huge amount of money and the tiny space. FFS And then the mad couple wanting a huge dream home for 350k. I seriously thought they'd be down south with that budget not the blinking wirral. Shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooncat69 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 And then the mad couple wanting a huge dream home for 350k. I seriously thought they'd be down south with that budget not the blinking wirral.Shocking. It's not as cheap as it was. I was surprised how much the gap has closed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) It's interesting to watch Location, Location, Location (currently getting 2.3m viewers) morphing week-by-week into The Phil and Kirstie Show. What actually is this show now? The punters couldn't be more uninteresting. Tonight's were a dull, picky, monosyllabic grey couple; and a pair of giggling young women. The activity the show has at its core - traipsing from house to house looking at them - is dull in the extreme. And what is the presenters role? Find houses that might fit and take the punters round there. Now that the greed/investment element is waning (thank god), it's just people looking at empty houses. I think the producers have finally realised this, and realised that the presenters' relationship alone can keep the show afloat. Thus the increasing number of vaguely 'suggestive', mock combative, affectionate-but-mildly-critical exchanges, when both P&K are on screen, and in voice-over. 'Phil's got trouble in the bedroom' says Kirsty, and Phil tells us he's always willing 'to get his wand out'. Faux contests are mooted - will Kirstie find her couples dream home before Phil succeeds? Will Phil's North London flat 'win out' over Kirstie's Hertforshire semi? Like an old married couple shaking their heads over the antics of their indecisive offspring, they meet to exchange war stories, engage in mock rivalry, and banter a little. Their juvenile remarks about bedrooms and wands are interlarded with 'moments' of relative intimacy, when the exasperating indecision of house hunters reduces (usually Kirstie) to a slightly testy fatigue. Reliable Phil commiserates; a reassuring, almost husbandly physical contact may be made. All over the UK, married women prod their semi-comatose husbands and say " I wish you were a bit more supportive, like that wossname Spencer, even though he's potless now..." Somebody up the C4 heirarchy has decided that P&K can be developed into a marketable double-act, on the Richard and Judy model. We may be watching a test run. A few more gags; up the sexual tension a little, a tad extra of mock-irritation, and an unending flow of puerile banter seems to be the recipe. ' Nigel! Maybe we could use them in another format?.. holiday programme? Own chat show?..Waiter!! Another bottle here.." Incredibly, this discredited pair are still going down well with 2.3 million viewers. That's 600,000 per week more than Beeny.... As Marwood says of dealer Danny in Withnail and I.."Will we never be free?.." God help us all... Edited August 12, 2009 by juvenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game_Over Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Kirstie and Phil have the gall to return with a new series. Those degenerates who fancy her - boxing gloves on during the show, please.... Yeah I'd have to wear boxing gloves in her company So I didn't bruise my knuckles as I repeatedly punched her in the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I don't mind admitting it, but i got quite emotional watching LLL last night. It suddenly dawned on me how crazy the whole situation is, and how we're still an island of wannabe property speculators. This is why I think the crash has a LONG way to go. Even after the last few years, people still have the idea of making loads on rapidly rising house prices. People are still obsessed with this idea, and until people start looking at houses as places to live in rather than investments I can't see prices recovering to their normal mean for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.