Come Dine With Me -general opinions?
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Yes there are. But the wierd ones are the ones that everyone will remember. It isn't the same as other reality shows and it does actually have sane people on it.
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I quite like it but isn't it just Big Brother condensed into 30 (60? I forget) minutes? Certainly better than most of the gubbins that is on TV 
There are plenty of normal people. Some weeks everyone gets along, others they don't. I think they try to partner up opposites, like avid meat eaters with die hard vegans. Although one week a meat eater was converted to veganism
The voting is done by the contestants after each party, scored from 1-10. The person with the highest total wins
The voting is done by the contestants after each party, scored from 1-10. The person with the highest total wins
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My sister rang me up yesterday saying she had an email from ITV asking if she wanted to or knew anyone who wanted to be on the show, im a very keen home cook but dont really think im a dinner party person dont mind cooking for a few mates but complete strangers isnt what id want to cook for.
if you like that kinda thing id go for it it could be a good laugh if you get the right croud
if you like that kinda thing id go for it it could be a good laugh if you get the right croud
one of the better shows of its type. The only problem is you have to be a bit of an ass to get through the selection process if the typical contestants are anything to go by. Typically they put people together who are bound to wind each other up. If you pass the selection process it may be time to take a good look in the mirror!
It's about the only programme that I actively try to make time to watch. Some of the contestants are bitchy and give low scores on purpose but I think the producers aren't tolerating this kind of behaviour any more. Go on it!
They don't ever show them talking about voting I don't think, but it doesn't seem very formal, one time someone gave a good score while drunk on the way home and changed it to a low score the next day after waking up with a hangover.
That would be quite surprising considering it's on channel 4
DO IT.... When they come round put the dildos and gimp suits on the bed, maybe tie up a small child and hide him/her in the cupboard
Love the program especially the back to back episodes at weekends, and the presenter is great with his wit.
Love the program especially the back to back episodes at weekends, and the presenter is great with his wit.
It's hilarious for at least three different reasons:
1. There's always someone who can't cook, or doesn't understand what foods go together.
2. There's always someone who's incredibly picky/allergic to something/vegan etc. so they'll almost never be satisfied.
3. The people who can actually cook almost always try something different or above their difficulty level that they've never done before and balls it up.
If you like watching people fail then it's a fairly awesome program.
You forgot to mention that there's always one person who blatantly gives everyone else artificially low marks in order to increase their own chances of winning, which can be funny in a cringeworthy way when they have to justify giving someone 5 out of 10 when everyone else has given the host 8 or 9 out of 10
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I dont like watching it purely because I cringe at the effort some people put in (or lack of)
I can't think of anything more boring than dinner partys tbh.
So middle class. You know the person next to you is going to talk about something you don't give a toss about but because you want to look good you'll go along with it. The sort of person who talks about salad for 5 hours.
It's not a party in any sense if you ask me.
Make it as informal as possible is my advice, cook, drink, then drink some more, whack some music on when you're all wasted, have a dance. Good times.
So middle class. You know the person next to you is going to talk about something you don't give a toss about but because you want to look good you'll go along with it. The sort of person who talks about salad for 5 hours.
It's not a party in any sense if you ask me.
Make it as informal as possible is my advice, cook, drink, then drink some more, whack some music on when you're all wasted, have a dance. Good times.
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That's a bad thing why?
Clearly you're going to the wrong dinner parties
Why do you have such a need to 'look good'; foregoing having a decent night talking about something interesting so that the other person thinks you care about what they're talking about?
It's boring. Middle class = boring suburban
I don't give a toss how I look to other people.
It's the sort of people who go to dinner parties, boring middle class, mow your lawn because you can look good for your neighbours people.
You can't change my opinion mate, but I watched the show and they're all boring middle classers.
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Do you live in the 1930s? I think the class war is pretty much over and Britain is essentially a middle class nation with a handful of aristos undertandably clinging to the glory days of their past and a handful of scummers, unfathomably clinging to the drudgery and lack of upward mobility of their past . I like good food with friends and good booze does that make me boring? What is not to like about it? I couldn't give a toss about my neighbours and I don't mow the lawn because I slabbed the mofo! Am I middle class, yes I am!