Thursday, 14 February 2013

Live Day 25

From WHATM -
9.38am,  JOSIE: John, I can't wait to do our joke, so funny.

9.47am JOHN: I don't reckon they'll be too hard on Benny.

10.17am, Haha Mario telling John that Josie woke up (at 7.38am) said "half a pint of lager and lime and I'm anyone's" and went back to sleep.

10.28am, Ben describing to the others how he foiled BB's oh-so-cunning plans to dump a full english breakfast on him. He dodged the baked beans, outwitting BB.

BEN: I have my dignity there are lines I will not cross.

JOSIE: What if they asked you to shave your hair? 

BEN: I would walk.....

11.10am, Josie telling Ben she isn't on speaking terms with her mum, never has been

11.17am, John can eat an 18" Subway
11.34am, Josie wonders if Phoebe off Friends really plays the guitar in real life. Discussion turns to favourite friends character. Josie - Ross, Caoimhe - Joey, Ife (I think) - Monica. They do share OCD. Ben - likes Frasier, so does Ife and Josie I think. Ife - likes Karen in Will and Grace. Josie likes Karen and Jack.

11.51am, John & Jose talking about adopting on LF just now. Josie wants to adopt. They're like a married couple with these chats!

12.36pm, Out in the garden with Caoimhe and Shabby they were talking about weddings and whether they had thought about what theirs would be like and Josie said (I think) that even though she had been engaged she hadn't thought about it. Shabby planned to get married to someone too which I didn't know. A posh beautiful girl who was 1/4 Indian

12.38pm, Josie says her brother was brought up in a totally different world to her...he had computer games and all that bought for him. But when he came to visit he was brought right down to the real world
E4 LIVE FEED STARTS
 
The HM's think Ben has been made to do the shopping list by himself. When really at that moment he is sitting in the small task room, flinching as he sips from his water bottle. Shabby is grouching that they've been given clean towels but not bed linens and she wants the shopping list right now. (SC) Corin puts maybe the 14th layer of mascara on her tarantula eyelashes!!  She doesn't think there's any way on Earth they'd just give Ben the shopping list to do. (SC)

Shabby screams through the door 'BEN DON'T FORGET THE TOBACCOOOOOO .. AND THE COFFEE!!' Corin contests that it would be too hard for just one person to do. (SC) She thought the sun would've been out today and that it would be scorching. Dave feels that it would cause huge ramifications in the house if Benny were doing the list alone, as it is pretty impossible to do it individually in one hour. 

Shabs is concerned that Ben will probably only get 2 pouches of tobacco because he doesn't smoke (instead of the 2 each they were going to get) She really doesn't think she can deal with Ben doing the shopping list, particularly as they'd had a discussion about how crap they both are with numbers and maths! 'He's a creative spirit!' 

Mario considers that he could be kept in a room in isolation for the day.
JOHN: Do you wanna do the washing, Jose? Do you wanna do it in the bath or not? Everyone's been doing it in the bath anyway. 

Ife hasn't been having baths because she doesn't want to get a skin condition, so John thinks they may as well just do it in the bath then. DIRTY! Stock footage plays throughout the SC, Ben still has his eyelids scrunched tightly as though he expects ominous music to play for his execution!

Mario makes as though he's going to look up Josie's towel, as she lays out on the grass. John jokes that Josie's 'Minnie mouse ain't looking so mini!' Ife checks if she has anything on underneath her towel. 

JOSIE: Ifester! I'm not gonna sit out here with no pants on!

Ife's had to before as she only has 2 pairs and was waiting for the other to dry. Josie might come out in her dressing gown with nothing on underneath 'just so I can feel a bit naughty!' John's face signals approval with her plans for lack of lingerie!! Caoimhe is always in her towel without wearing knickers. (SC)        
Flash of Ben still sat looking sorry for himself. Dave and Nathan don't think Ben is capable of catering for them all. They guess he'll probably get 2 bags of potatoes and 3 tins of beans (longer SC) 

Hawke is back again, hollering for Ben to stand to attention. Ben gets off his chair. Army Man is going to ask him one simple question, Ben cuts in 'yes?' when Hawke hadn't asked for an answer yet. 'And when I ask you, you are gonna answer simply "yes Sir or no Sir!"  If he answers in the affirmative, they drive on if in the negative - Ben quits, fails and passes the burden on to someone else. (ad break) 
 
During the break, "Ben says he isn't going to continue with the task. Hawke says he's disgusted and disappointed. 

BEN: You don't like me do you?
HAWKE: I have no feelings one way or another.  

Sergeant tells him he is a poor excuse for a man after making that decision and to shut his mouth and just wait. Ben asks him what part of America he's from. No answer. Sergeant tells Ben to stop looking at him, he has no right to look at him. Ben tells him he's looking at him and Ben therefore has the right to look right back. Sergeant tells him that if he keeps it up he'll do something real special to his friend."
Dave is called to the Diary room thinking he'll help Ben with shopping list. Shabs requests £50 of booze (equates to 15 bottles of rosé wine) 12 pouches of 25 gram tobacco and 3 jars of coffee. Hawke and Ben stand and sit in stoney silence respectively for 2 and a half minutes while waiting for Dave to get changed and come from the Diary room. Ben is more concerned about his quiff than his honour. 

Shabby realised last night that she heard nothing when Caoimhe's name was called. Neither did Kiev. 

CAOIMHE: (probably the most true words she's ever uttered) So maybe I'm just totally insignificant.

Shabby doesn't recall Mario or Dave receiving a response the previous week either. Ben and Muscle man remain in taciturnity while Ben awaits his fate. Hawke puts his hand to an ear like BB are communicating with him via an ear piece. 
John, Mario and Ife are in Mario's double bed. John starts to ask 'where's um..' but Ife speaks over him wanting to know why Mario's not angry

JOHN: Why hasn't Davo gone in? 

Mario is still depressed over Sunshine leaving , Josie walks through wearing just a bra on top. Once Mario gets over that he'll start getting angry! John is kicking his legs in the air while Ife says she does miss her (but won't want Sunshine to hurry back!!) but it makes her feel safer, knowing BB are showing things how they actually are. (SC) 

Sunshine had said she was going to pick him for the treat day but he'd rather have her there 'than a stupid treat day!' Josie is sucking her thumb having returned to the wardrobe to find something to wear. Ife doesn't know who she'd pick. (SC) Josie thinks someone is picking her stuff up when she puts it down as she can't find her top. She just had it in her hand, but I didn't spy avec mon petit eye where she misplaced it; she rifles through the drawers.

Ben defends his decision to draft in Dave, because he doesn't want to do press ups push ups under flood lights that he knows he's not going to be terribly good at. This is his reasoning and he knows Hawke doesn't agree but someone much fitter than him could do it for 6 straight hours! Hawke tries not to crack a smile.    

Dave comes in as Ben's replacement, looking the part. Ben is called to the Diary room immediately but before he goes he apologises to Dave and tells him he doesn't have to do it.

BEN: Goodbye Sir, it was a pleasure. You don't need cheering up, do you?

Dave roars with laughter but is then ordered to shut up and start running. Isn't that stick your face in a blender and punch yourself in the stomach marvellous, Dave? 

DAVE: (aghast) Running????

HAWKE: Are you gonna say no? (SC)
Hawke doesn't care and barks for Dave to shut his pie hole and start running! Dave makes excuses about how he wheezes and doesn't have a body for running. 

DAVE: (taking it a lot better than Ben) I've got moobs! I don't run anywhere! I have a job walking a lot of the time, never mind running. 

HAWKE: Comedian, are ya?

DAVE: (back talks) Well I try.. obviously not as good as you but I'll give it a go. 

Hawke promises him the other HM's will suffer if he doesn't try running. He strictly instructs Dave to listen to him carefully, quietly and to not interrupt him as his decision will affect the rest of the HM's. Either Dave does what he's told until he says to stop or the rest of the HM's will suffer as a result. 'What decision are you about to make? Are you going to put your HM's through suffering? Or are you going to do what I tell you to do?'

Dave laughs that he doesn't even run for the bus; Hawke doesn't give a damn. He indicates that Dave is there right now as his buddy Private Ben is too cowardly to complete the exercises. (SC) Ben knew that if he quit Dave was going to have to come in his place and made a conscious decision.

DAVE: I'll run for a little while but I'm a fat boy, I start wheezing. My lungs feel like they're on fire! 

He is such a good sport about it and begins to run on the spot. Hawke tells him it is good and at least he cares a little about his HM's and demands to know what Dave's job is. Dave retorts that it's nothing to do with him and how walking is a hardship 'I spend a lot of time on my couch!' Dave obediently lifts his knees higher as he jogs and increases his speed too. 

Hawke presents Dave with 2 options: he can rest on his front or back. Dave opts for his back but doesn't think it is going to be pleasant especially after Hawke gets him to raise his legs up off the ground and hold them. 

DAVE: (faces the music) I am one fat individual! I don't do these things!

HAWKE: Well you're doing them now and you won't be when I've finished with you. 

Dave chortles so Hawke interprets this as enough resting and decrees more running. This is more exercise than he's done in 3 or 4 years 'I don't even run down the take away!' Hawke didn't ask for any talking and accounts that he'll have more air for running! :D Even when Dave goes down the Indian he take the car :P 
Ben is out and will tell Shabby about it if she comes to the bedroom, so he can take off his 'embarrassing clobber!' Not a trend pimp is our Benjaminge. He doesn't know if those guys will admire him or think he's the most awful human being they've ever known. You know who says stuff like that? A guilty person!! Basically he was called in there and put in the ridiculous army gear which he's now going to get out of. 

SHABBY: Nothing wrong with dog tags, honey! 

He then spins his story about having to sit on his own for about 20 minutes (SC) 'who just screeeeeamed at me! Now I did run on the spot, I did that much for him.' (SC) Admittedly it was only for 5 minutes; Ben makes the point that he's not one of the most sporty individuals making justifications for his behaviour.

The Hollywood corporal had told him he was a poor excuse for a man (SC) Ben had told Hawke that he needed to prove he was a man because he follows orders blindly. Hawke stared at him for about 15 minutes and said unless he did it one of the HM's would have to. John comes from the bedroom to ask what's happening. Ben laughs that Dave has replaced him and chose him knowing that he'd only do it as much as he wants to

John doesn't know what he means, so Ben unfolds that he had a gruelling experience with an American corporal. Shabby says he should have chosen her as she likes the outfit but Ben didn't believe she'd want to exercise for all that time.  
Dave is now doing star jumps with squats but is permitted a rest on his tummy, like he's going to do push ups with his knees off the ground. (SC) He has his head up looking forward 'almost looking like a soldier' as he gasps for breath. Hawke hollers for Dave's butt to come down 'I didn't say get out of the position. Straight spine. Straight spine!' 

Hawke demands that Dave start jumping from side to side, he does so with a smile on his flustered face. Hawke quips 'we ain't disco dancing!'    

DAVE: (finding nothing funny about morbid obesity) You're a horrible man! .. I don't mind mental cruelty, that's alright. It's just this physical stuff! (it's not a great time to be alive for Davo) 

After 30 seconds or so he has to lie on his back to do flutter kicks but is in need of a rest. Hawke coerces him that he is the HM's only hope so he either endures or makes the other HM's suffer. 

John doesn't seem to respect Ben's decision from the look on his face. Ben nasally impersonates Hawke shouting for him to think about what he's saying and the consequences. He was given some time out to think about this and informed if he didn't do the task one of his HM's would have to for him!

Hawke obviously knew Ben would say 'let them do it!' but then embellishes his tale that Hawke went away for 15 minutes and he sat in the dark waiting. Josie cackles that Ben had been told he was a poor excuse for a human being! Ben insolently sassed Hawke that real leaders lead but he follows which he thought was fair enough. 

John interrupts the story scowling that all he's thinking is that they may not get the shopping until someone has completed that task. 

BEN: Well fine, they can kick me out for this if they want to kick me out for this. I'm willing to do almost anything. (Lists off going out and performing to the crowd and to clean)

John thinks this is what BB are waiting for. (SC) Ben is again tickled that he was asked who he was closest to and selected Dave. Under the guise that Dave will only do it as far as he wants to because Dave doesn't follow orders! 

DAVE: You're horrible! Our Lord has mercy for you! 
Kudos to him for giving it a good go but after the screenshot I was subjected to, I feel like I need to de-contaminate! The Corporal consults with his clipboard, Dave cheeks for him to stop writing as it doesn't mean anything. Hawke observes his distinct lack of energy so tells Dave to let him know if he's tired as he has something else for him.

Dave is a little tired so is made to hop up on his feet now. He calls out to the Lord to have mercy on his soul and body! Hawke gives him a demo of cross-country ski move; Dave has a feeling he's a lot better at him than he'll be and wants to be shown again. Hawke hopes he's getting more rest this way 'don't say I'm not looking out for you!' 

Due to Dave's exhaustion he is allowed back on his stomach in the push up position but Dave is sprawled out needing to sleep. This is going to make Hawke sad as Dave's come so far to quit now. Dave requests a rest and feels close to quitting as he's flagging, he appeals to Hawke to help him out with how much more he has to go. 

DAVE: (short of breath) Good old Ben! He's a good boy, he loves me.. he wouldn't put me through all this!    

HAWKE: We're not even close to being done! So push up position. Give me some push ups. 

DAVE: (tries his luck) How many 3? 2? 1? 
Hawke wants one for every HM, Dave thinks they have 11 and has to start counting them out, gasping and gulping. When he reaches 11 he stops but since Hawke thought he was so good he wants him to keep going! Because he counted in his head, he has to do them all over much to Dave's distress as 10 was his previous record and he just beat it. 

HAWKE: (Shows no sympathy) Well beat it again! 

DAVE: (zonked) I like Americans ... I don't like you though - you're horrible!! (Hawke smirks) 

He's in a mighty fine position to be looking out for his HM's if he continues. 

DAVE: (That's what Will Smith would do!) Can I have a kebab break? How about Taco Bell, do you like Taco Bell? Chick-fil-a? (then yields to push ups off his knees, counting them off aloud) 

Hawke thought Dave was going to say all their names; Dave makes out he doesn't know them all as they're horrible to him. He starts over again this time calling the names of his HM's.     
Ladies and Gentlemen the drama queen of Elstree, Ife Kuku goes cuckoo 'who can actually do 8 hours of press ups anyway? No one!' She gets out of bed to find out what is going down (SC) Shabby flips her lid that their reward for passing their task is a punishment. It's not the greatest of rewards, Mario grants her that 'maybe they'll make it up to us by having a massive dinner waiting for us.'

SHABBY: (such perception) They won't. They're horrible!!

It dawns upon Mario that Ben must be the first housemate ever to continually refuse orders from BB. Shabby just doesn't get why Ben's doing this, she really likes him and appreciates what he's saying about boundaries 'but he doesn't want to do anything!' Mario infers to Shabby that he won't be standing by Ben this time and that he can fight his own battle this time. He's not going to get dragged into it.

SHABBY: It looks like he doesn't have to fight a battle cos nobody gives a stuff!

Dave is still being put through his paces and told to thank Mr Ben when he gets the chance. He wearily petitions for a tea break, this is not even dignified with a response. Instead he gets his feet and legs up in a 45 degree angle and hold them in the air while trying to regulate his breathing. Monk rejoices in the glory when Hawke leaves the room, declaring his favourite position to be sleeping! (SC)

DAVE: Good old, Ben. I love him so much! He knew I needed a bit of exercise in the glory! (ad break)
John can see the funny side to this but not when they aren't eating! (SC) Ife has sussed that Ben doesn't want to push himself and is very much happy in his own container which is fine for him but not when it affects the group. 

JOHN: But this is a group house though! You agree Stevo, yeah?  

Dave has returned after earning considerable brownie points to tell the HM's that he was successful but it was horrible. Ife doesn't understand why Ben didn't pick her; Dave is knackered and Nathan calls Ben out on being a coward. 

DAVE: Look at me, I'm leaking all over the floor!

He feeds back that Mike Hawke had labelled Ben a coward, he'd refused to do it and picked Dave in his place as he loved him the most in the house. Dave is applauded as he drops dead from the work out. (SC) He is worthy of his congratulations after kinda kicking ass today! 

Dave describes the army commando and how he was absolutely horrible so had told him so. He takes them through the exercises he had endured without a break or rest. He'd said he was a fat boy who doesn't even run to the takeaway. The HMs are impressed with Dave's efforts in his hardship. (SC)

Ben wants to be Mario's friend again but Mario doesn't want to harm Ben's TV career in America! His huffing and puffing is not a particularly grown up way to deal with the situation :D

BEN: So you're saying that I've upset you to such a degree, that I can never be in the room? Ridiculous. I've only ever said kind things about you. (leaves, SC)

Josie applies cosmetics in the garden, Ben makes allowances for his picking of Dave. (SC) Dave dives into the pool to cool down while Ben expresses how they'd made him sit in the Diary room to listen to Dave being shouted at. Ben had been laughing because he could hear Dave's laughter. Dave tells how he was reminded throughout that he was there because Ben was a coward. 

DAVE: Did you do anything? (he had him running for 5 minutes) That was it? Dude they had me in there that whole time doing horrible, unspeakable things! 

Ben's grave has been dug furiously with his bare-faced lies but deems that Dave should have refused to do it. Corin asks if Dave is buzzing, he feels invigorated! The others thought Dave would have to stay in there for 6-8 hours!! Dave thinks Corin would have been buzzing and fallen in love with the marine-type soldier. 

CORIN: Why because he was fit? Was he good looking?? 

Dave depicts him as an Asian cross-American and Ben transmits that he was tiny and minute! Corin now wishes Ben had chosen her because she would have loved it.    
Nathan is serving up their lunch, John asks If what she put on hers. She tells him to try some of hers before he pours the vinegar on but he thinks it'll be alright. Dave chronicles the extent of his exercise ordeal to Corin, who then wants to go and put her shorts on as it's red hot. John comes out and Ben wraps himself around him 'are you alright, Johnny?' He is but extracts himself as speedily as can be to sit with Dave, Josie and Corin. (SC)

JOHN: I can't believe he picked someone else! 
 
DAVE: He wasn't gonna do it, was he? He's bone idle!

Corin half-heartedly horns in that Ben gives it a go but then gives up. Dave doesn't think Ben's got 'any go in him!' After Josie has seen John's rice she plans to go in and get a small bowl. 
 
JOSIE: Because I don't need to eat so much.. but I do but I'm putting on so much weight!

Corin claims if Dave had carried on his power walks with her it would have been a doddle! John questions how many press ups they'd got Dave to do; he guesses about 50 but also had to do other things. Corin asks the age of the soldier guy; Ben approximates about 35 or something. (SC)
Josie has come into the kitchen to collect her serving but tells Ife and Caoimhe that she's eating for the sake of it. Josie's not hungry but it tastes nice; Caoimhe is starving! Jose feels really bad eating it now as she's not doing anything, so offers out half

IFE: Are you really not hungry Josie? You will be later! All you've had today is porridge. 

JOSIE: Not to the point my stomach's doing knots. I've got a bit of meat on me, I'm alright. 

Ife insists that she'll get weak which Josie is 'but I'm not starving!! We've had porridge!' Whiff believes that was over 7 hours again! Josie spoons over most of her meal into Caoimhe's bowl and then splits a little in Ife's. They don't know the time as the cooker clock is saying 6 when really they think it's about 4 or 5. It is not even 2.30pm at this point. 

IFE: If we have this scenario for one more day, I actually don't think I can stay. (SC) I just know that I don't feel myself. 

Caoimhe construes it as torture and is not herself either. (SC) Ife considers that this is what BB must mean that it gets hard. 
Ben agrees to give Dave a massage in order to repay him. Josie pitches a what if scenario.. what if Ben's not allowed to eat any of the shopping. 

BEN: If I'm not, then I'm not. 

Corin volunteers to get Dave a bowl of pasta but he's okay as he's not a great lover of it. Ben knows his limitations. 

JOHN: Were you more worried about the humiliating factor or just the (SC) You wanted to make Dave look like a total.. 

This beanpole communicates that John is misunderstanding (SC) he chose someone who has the strength of character to stand up to the authorities and who would refuse to do it if he didn't want to. 

JOHN: I would have done it!

Whereas with John he's a very good team player and he knows he would've done the task. John agrees that he would have done anything. Ben imparts that the person he should've chosen is Steve as he'd said he'd have gone in there and told them where to get off! Josie changes the conversation 'it works doesn't it, that pasta and lettuce?' (SC)
CORIN: Was he quite scary the way he was shouting? 

Dave answers that he was but he'd been shouting back 'so he didn't get away with too much!' (SC) Corin hears BB ask for a HM to come to the Diary room. Dave sets the wheels in motion for the shopping list: Mario is going to do the chalking, he takes on the counting (SC) Josie picks up all the empty bowls (SC) Nathan can't believe how much someone looks like his mate now he can proper see his face. 

They'd told Dave that whatever he did when he went in the small task room, not to talk to Ben! (SC) Ife is blurting out her big drama about pressing the Diary room buzzer about 27 hours ago. So yes she did want to go in there to ask why BB haven't answered her. She wants to know if the guy was black by any chance or if he is the one who does the celebrities. 

Ben has seen him on TV before; Nathan bets he knows what bloke it would be. (SC) Ife sulks that Ben hadn't selected her 'you could have put Nathan in it, John in it or me in it!' E4 feed ends, it wasn't exactly an entertaining one.
From WHATM -
 
2.36pm, Shopping black board arrives, unsurprisingly Nathan takes charge and puts 24 packs of tobacco on as first item costing £59!! Josie said she didn't want that much tobacco 4 packets for herself, but he said she may as well have it!! I think Nathan is being really greedy with the tobacco, they should learn to ration their tobacco. What Nathan wants is to chain smoke!!! I hope the non smokers get the equivalent but I bet they don't! Shabby talking to Ife and Josie in the garden about Nathan's control of the kitchen. Shabby said that she never agreed that Nathan should do the cooking all the time. John happy cos he thought he was the only one irritated by Nathan but now he realises he has a bit of a following.

2.44pm, Ife wants bad food cos shes not at home with her parents. They drop the alcohol from the list so the non-smokers can have the same money spent on them as the smokers. Corin says the smokers have 60 quid for tobacco so the non smokers get 60 quid of what they want. Nearly 1/5th of budget just on tobacco!! Josie asking the shopping list gang if they really need all those pizzas.

3pm, Nathan p*ssed off in the garden, lots of sound cuts. Revolt established, he's staying out of it he says. BB delivers extra chalk through the hatch. John asks if they worked out the bacci on the basis of the budget. Dave says no they just decided what they wanted and put it on first leaving the rest for food. They don't look impressed. Mario says that if he takes the list into the DR he will just wipe off the bacci. John gave up his treat money so Josie could get hair dye - cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeee :)

3.06pm,  Good thing Josie has taken over the shopping list as there wasn't any bread, jams, meat, pasta, on it etc. Nathan not taking kindly to Josie doing the shopping list. She asks Nathan about the number of pkts of something. He says why is she asking him, that he's not involved in it. Dave tells Nathan he needs him involved because he'll be doing the cooking. Lots of soundcuts. After 6 mins Nathan returns to order the veg and removes the wraps that Josie wrote down.
3.14pm, John's just there, keeping an eye on his Mrs! Nathan is shooting down all of Josie's suggestions. He doesn't want to do tortilla wraps, and she did. Now she said she's not going to do the meal she wanted to do. Seems Josie's hair dye is definitely now on the shopping list thanks to John! Noticed John giving him a look when he kept shouting down Josie. Something tells me Josie has seen the light a bit with Nathan. I love how Nathan asked Ben what he liked, Ben said cakes. Nathan 'right we've got Jaffa cakes' Ben suggests Madeira cake.

3.26pm, Ew Nathan get off of Josie she is trying to push you off. At least when John sits on her she laughs and giggles and doesn't care. Bedroom and wardrobe out of bounds for essential maintenance. Big Brother has provided the housemates with packed lunches. 

3.34pm, Mario takes shopping list into Diary room. At least Josie thanks the non-smokers for not kicking up a fuss over the amount of tobacco ordered. Steve, Corin, John and Ife sort the bedding and towels. 

4.14pm, Mario sighs this house is starting to get to him. Josie says shes had her bad days, shes stiring the washing in the bath with the end of a broom. They are fed up of Shabby's tantrums.

JOSIE: They could give her a gold bar and she would complain it wasn't shiny enough!

Mario bitches about Shabby's crappy hat! Josie suggests to Mario that having a spin with the washing will cheer him up. 
4.21pm, Josie telling Mario John is a changed man. 

"Josie is really impressed with John not arguing the past couple of days. I think he's making an effort seen as it upsets Jose (even though I don't always think he is always in the wrong). Hopefully this keeps up and they will go from strength to strength. The only person on there now who I think has the ability to push John's buttons is Ben, but I don't think he will do it intentionally as they both appear to be getting on at the moment."(Brit JJJAT)

STEVE: You would've been shot in the war for that Ben!

BEN: I would've been (in an Office) planning the war!

NATHAN: You would've been sending hard working men to their death?

BEN: Yes.

Ife is saying that only Josie and Sunshine would lend her clothes, none of the others would think of lending her their clothes, she adds that she would let them have the clothes off her back! 

4.33pm, John asks Ben if they had punished the whole house if he would still have done it. Ben says no, he would've let them be punished. Ooooooops, John (in the pool) & Ben bickering about Ben's army task. John doesn't think its fair that Dave had to do it instead. Ben is saying he would have let the whole house get punished instead of doing the army stuff for 6-8 hours. John doesn't like that. Josie saying Ben wasn't loyal in what he did. Dave also agreeing that what Ben did was wrong.
Nathan says that Ben sees it as one man's freedom to choose, but they see it as allowing ten people to suffer. Ben wants them to allow him his choice (has deplorable morals) his argument is laughable! John isn't on his own in this bickering with Ben. Nathan & Dave, and kinda Josie all agreeing, although Josie is basically saying fair do's as he did the stand up last night. John is keeping very calm so it doesn't go into an argument, he isn't raising his voice. Steve is tackling Benny boy..'go in there, get that book and read the rules.' 

BEN: I don't think the house can be cleaned. I think it has to be purified by fire.

STEVE: You're starting to sound like a politician Ben....you'rE starting to annoy me now.

4.56pm, Ben has told the house he saw 'we love Ben!' banners. Shabby is saying he is acting the way he is as he thinks the public love him.

"All this male posturing and moralising about taking one for the team, where was this team spirit and determination to suffer the other day when Nathan and Steve both quit their laughing task? Josie made me laugh with the throwaway comment to Ben though of 'I don't know why they're having a go at you when we nearly killed you the other day' referring to when he was taped up on the board." (Aella JJJAT)

Nathan fiddling with his bits as per usual!

JOHN: I can't believe I kept calm through that, I should give myself a pat on the back.
"I have noticed today that John has been almost everywhere Josie is.... not in a "following you" way.... but it seems that he just wants to naturally gravitate to where she is. Awwww" (Conchie JJJAT) 

5.25pm, Called to the sofas, Josie asked John if he was feeling alright. "Why? Do i look unwell?". She just laughed. John and Jose playing with Mario's hair and they held hands for a second <3 behind the gooseberry's back (he'd plonked himself in the middle of them) Jose just put her hand on John's leg as she got up from the sofa there. They just can't resist a little touchy feely! Ife chosen to face You vs HM spinning around challenge.  

I'M NOT A SMELLY MAN, JOSE (James 32 video):

Josie comments that it's so nice when the whole house is in a good mood. Her glum chum says to give it half an hour and someone will have something to rage about, as he stirs the laundry in the bath with his broom. (SC) 

JOSIE: (overjoyed with her lovable scamp) He's been so good, hasn't he?

It worries Mario that it's the calm before the storm. John has no longer fallen from Josie's graces 'no, I think he's a changed man.' Mario is very astute in his musing that maybe it really was Sunshine that got John really angry. Josie must spot John as her baby blues shimmer like sapphires. John can be heard asking if they're doing whites. (SC) Caoimhe checks that she can throw in one white top.   
Josie gets John to pass her his Billie socks (these are an Ozzie brand of 'invisible' socks which we'd call trainer socks) (SC) 'Don't worry, I'll sort it out. I'll sort it out in a minute.' He hands them over to her. 

JOHN: (for the sake of clarity) I wouldn't smell them! I don't know why they get so smelly! I'm not a smelly man.. 

JOSIE: They don't smell! They don't even smell.

JOHN: (sock sniffing in an uncontaminated area) I'm not a smelly man, Jose! That one's clean. 

JOSIE: You should smell mine! (SC)

JOHN: What? (Josie giggles, he goes to push her in the bath)

JOSIE: Don't!! Not in with the washing!  

John puts the army baseball cap on Josie's pumpkin head, which could look cooler :D She asks when they are going to do their joke. 

JOHN: Whenever. You push the Diary room, you let me know!  
Josie agrees to this and lets Caoimhe chuck in her whites. (SC) Jose has never known anyone to get their clothes as dirty and Caoimhe and Shabby, 'what do you do?' (SC) Caoimhe thinks an article of her clothing was used as a cloth in the bathroom so it is really dirty. 

Only John James and Josie could make doing laundry something fun! And the Parton pie himself had the talent to turn any menial task into an opportunity to 'touch up' Josie ;) Couldn't resist a small frisk of her, teasing that he'd push her into the bath water with all their grimy garments! 

Josie had almost parental pride for the way John was conducting himself the past few days. When she herself was probably somewhat accountable for his turnaround in behaviour - he accepted any criticism from her on the chin and tried hard to take it on board. Also whenever he was around her he was generally more of a congenial character because just spending time with her made him mellow and more of a merry man. 
YOU'RE A BITCH, NOT A WHINGER (James 32 video):

As John and Josie rinse and wring out washing under the shower, she complains that the show isn't about a nameless HM. (I'd hazard a guess at Shabby)

JOSIE: Nothing is ever good enough! But obviously.. the thing is there's different forms of moaners. I can't stand moaners! 

JOHN: (there is irony in him moaning about not moaning) I don't think I'm a moaner, people have said.. 

Josie doesn't think John's a moaner but Nate had called him a whinger 'and I'm like no that's the wrong word! I'm not a whinger.'  

JOSIE: You're a b*tch, not a whinger. 

JOHN: (accepts this) Yeah. I'm not a whinger. I haven't whinged about.. I've been starvin' Marvin here and I haven't said a word. Not one word about that shopping chist (lisps then self-corrects) list, I've said. So when he said I was a whinger, I don't whinge. Not once do I believe that I've whinged in here! 
Josie yeah's along with everything he says, they switch sides in the shower. (SC) Josie praises John for not moaning about the tobacco or anything. 

JOHN: No, no I didn't say nothin'. So I was.. 

JOSIE: I'm really proud of you, Jonathan James. Is it Jonathan? 

JOHN: No, John. Yeah I don't know why he called me a whinger. I'm like 'no, that's the incorrect word.' I might talk a lot but I'm not a whinger. 

Josie laughs that Nathan can't say nothing! (SC) John's never seen that before, never in his life and his Dad smoked cigarettes 'and he was never like that, ever!' That's why Josie will never be an addict and feels sorry for people who are. (SC) 

JOHN: And you get in bigger mood swings over that!    
This man who is bereft of tobacco used having no nicotine as the reason he can't be happy, has some nerve calling John a whinger! He was a lacklustre housemate but an above average chain smoking whinging w*nker! At times I was watching and just willing for something big to fall on his head, so he'd stop swearing for some time!! GRUMP!

John hardly walked around like a constipated meerkat, just because he wasn't trying to be cheery constantly when he didn't feel that way. He was happiest around Josie, so maybe the likes of Nathan and Corin just didn't get to see the sunshiney side of John in the house - doesn't mean it wasn't there. Maybe it was a conscious decision on John's part not to share his hilarity and playfulness with those poopie heads!
SOOOOO, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW UP? (James 32 video):

As John and Josie hang their washing outside, he tells her that when he wears denim his friends call him 'Denim Dan!'

JOHN: So I don't like that! They're like 'you can't wear double denim!' 

JOSIE: (pooh poohs) Eurgh no! You can't do that. 

John doesn't and that's why he wore cargos 'Beckham does though!'

JOSIE: Double denim? 

JOHN: Yeah. I've got a photo at home!

JOSIE: (ribbing) Oh God! (she chuckles which sets John off too) Oh my God!

JOHN: He pulls it off, black denim..black though. 

JOSIE: (unapologetic mocking) Sooooo, when are you going to grow up? (SC) I think being in here is gonna teach you a lot, isn't it? 

JOHN: Oh Mum will be loving it! 

BB announces that the house will shortly be out of bounds and for all HM's to go the garden. John sniggers at Ife and mickey takes her sweetly saying 'we're already here, aren't we?' Josie would love a little daughter like Ife!

JOHN: Yeah, I know.  

Those guys made the cutest couple even doing mundane chores about the house. I didn't realise double denim was such a no no - but I was a teen when B*witched (the Irish girl band notorious for their denim attire) made it seem cool!  

Beckham excels at so many things - bending it, having golden balls, baby-making, naturally wearing double denim and the ladies cannot get enough! I myself am not a fan of that floppy-haired footballer but I don't feel that John's idolising of him made him an immature man.
I think Josie was right, that being in BB would teach John a lot. Some of the qualities he may have developed in the house were patience, tolerance and diplomacy. But not only that he picked up some house hold skills which he definitely didn't have before as he said his Mum did everything for him. I feel like he walked into that house as an adolescent but grew up and transformed into a man before our very eyes. And above all, as we learn from Moulin Rouge 'the greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.' <3

Josie was instrumental in John becoming house trained; was he her husband-in-training project? :D That might sound pretty prehistoric but they often made those jokey comments to each other about being/not being husband and wifey material. He may have only done so in order to pass the time and be in Josie's presence but even so, these will one day be invaluable skills to him (if they are not already!) John's mother may have wondered how he became so magnificent around the house.. well she has one woman to thank for that! And she goes by the name of Josie Gibson :)  
YOU WERE THE BEST LOOKING BABY, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS (James 32 video):

Josie loves Ife and repeats that she wants a daughter like her, as they continue hanging their clothes up to dry. 

JOHN: She's so like little and cute.. and not a nasty bone, in her body.

Ife had nasty bones alright, they just hadn't wreaked any havoc yet because Ife kept the bad bones under wraps. Sooooon JJJ see the light! 

JOSIE: Yeah, lovely! Were you a cute baby? 

JOHN: Um.. (SC) 'You were the best looking baby!' That's what she says. 

Josie uses the back of a chair to hang up more of their washing. 

JOSIE: How your Mum was is how my (SC) 

She lies out in the sun, resting her elbows on one of the conveniently strewn chair cushions. The sound cut is lengthy IN length :P John picks up a cushion and then sits with his back against the pool so he is facing Josie. Josie just hates being locked in the house 'that's what I can't stand!' 
JOHN: Yeah, it's alright being out here. 

Josie is about to say, this is when she starts being something but is rudely muted by the sound men. John turns around and hisses like a cat with claws up, thinking that Shabby was going to sit up away from him. But she plonks herself down right beside him. (SC)

Parton's 'pussy' portrayal is purrrrrfect :P as he exhibits his hidden potential as an animal impersonator, his angry cat is both deranged and dynamic! 

JOHN: (giggly) 'Get away from my apples!' (hissing but not in a mutanty way) (SC) 

Josie finds him comical anyways. John wonders how long Ife has to practise (spinning) and predicts 15 minutes. (SC) 

Awwww I bet John and Josie were the most adorable blonde babies and I would have wanted to squish their cheeks (both ends!) And there's a 100% chance that a mini Gibson/Parton would have been the most gorgeous child ever conceived, taking after his/her pretty parents :( If only they'd sealed the deal with a pregnancy :(
6.21pm, Live feed just now - that was odd.... John sat on sofa with both arms out along the back of the sofa, Josie came and sat right next to him, sort of snuggled in a bit - his arm was basically around her, but he didn't move his hand to touch her or stroke her at all, but his other hand he put on mario's shoulder and stroked it. Josie sat up and Nathan came in next to Josie. John flashed a few dagger looks at Nathan when he sat the other side of her

"JJ really doesn't know how to make a move or is too frightened to incase of rejection." (Achtung Babe JJJAT)

6.29pm, They have won a game of spin the bottle, music and drink!! "My concern about this is that it's possibly just a bit too.... much for them. I think before the times out, a little smooch together could potentially be on the cards but I don't think they are going to feel comfortable to go for full on snogging in front of everyone. We need to watch Nathan. He's a randy bugger. Think I just heard John say something like 'there isn't going to be full on snogging is there..." (Brit JJJAT)

6.37pm, "Sounds like Nathan just did something to Josie that she didn't like and she shouted at him then he quickly said 'I was only trying to get past' Oh I'm sure you were Nathan, just get the message! You make her uncomfortable!!" (Lummo JJJAT)
ARE YOU GONNA SLIP A CHEEKY LITTLE TONGUE IN OR NOT? (James 32 video):

Josie and John are flirting their faces off and all giggly in between SC's. 

John copies Josie's coy and coquettish 'stopppp it! Stop itttt!' and proceeds to paw at her, attempting to lift up her dress. Can't blame a guy for trying ;) 
 
JOSIE: (tantalising) Don't. Look at him trying to lift me skirt up, see me drawers! Who'd you think you are?

He giggles and echos her 'who'd you think you are?' while leaning momentarily (suckling at :D) into the buxom bosom of his bosom buddy

JOSIE: (The Zen master of seduction) Oh my God, John James! What are you gonna do if the bottle lands on me? (He what's?) You lucky bugger!!  

JOHN: (now having devilish thoughts) The Mac Daddy swerve?

JOSIE: (having fun with it) Are you gonna slip a cheeky little tongue in or not? 

JOHN: (being quite sweet and shy with her) Noo, I wouldn't do that. (SC) Married or in relationships.. I don't understand. Is it just between me and you? Spinning it. 
Josie expects so and they laugh. Steve proposes playing Spin the mangle, Josie whispers to John that 'they're just doing it to stir things up!'and looks deep in thought when they're not talking.

JOHN: You reckon? Is spin the bottle even based on ..snogging though? (SC) I've never played spin the bottle.. I've heard of it. Last time I saw it was on an episode of The Simpsons. 

JOSIE: (you can't ruin a friendship with some cheeky tongue) Yeah.. if you do sneak a cheeky tongue thing in, don't push it in too far cos you might do some damage! (SC)

Josie turns to Corin and Ife as John has walked off and gets them to 'imagine if you snogged someone' (SC) As both Ife and Corin are in relationships she adapts that it could just be a peck but Ife would find that really awkward. (SC) Ife wants to just spin it as she won; Corin would no way be doing it if she were engaged 'would you?' (to Josie) Josie shakes her head and answers no but would give a small mwah. Corin considers it to be different if you're single, Josie has a hefty yawn. 

CORIN: You could maybe suck someone's big toe or something? 

'Sweetie' Ife indicates that she is SO not that girl and looks positively sickened by the very idea! (SC) Josie sucks her thumb, Ife thinks something would be a bit more tongue-in-cheek.

CORIN: You might want to nibble on someone's ear when you've had a beer!   
John is back by Josie's side asking again what they have won. Ife rattles off music (which John pronounces as 'good') alcohol (John jokes '2 sips of beer, yeah?') and she's sure they said refreshments as well. Ife wants some Red bull, Vault/Bolt or some sort of energizer.

Wanting to initiate physical contact between them, John rests his elbow on Josie's shoulder. His breathing must be heavy as Jose pokes fun at 'Old Darth Vader's back!' and imitates his raspy respirations. This has him smiling with good nature and then whistling (SC) Josie tugs at his barnet, so he stretches his arm over her head to pull back at her hair!! Such children :D 

Josie puts her arms around John wanting to get him back, but he holds onto her hands to prevent it. 

JOHN: (loves that she loves doing that) I thought you said I could pull my.. your hair as hard as I want and it doesn't matter! (She knows but she'd been referring to 'on top!' She scruffles with him) Oh so I can do it, but only certain parts? 

Josie tells Corin they haven't played any of her songs; John bites his nails recklessly. (SC for singing) His back rests against her breasts! There's an old reggae tune Josie had on her list of tunes which she wished she'd changed. John peels himself away from her body to get involved in another conversation about possible new HM's. Another break in sound due to song time and John leaves again.       
Was Josie trying to let John know she was interested in him in this conversation? Some felt that John had been sending her mixed messages and was not being direct with his  feelings in these earlier days. I just think he was being cautious because he didn't want to misread any of Josie's signals and make himself look like a deadset clown, assuming she liked him and then taking the plunge.. only to find out that she'd just been flirting and mucking around. 

At this stage, would we have wanted to see a snog? Especially as it would have been under the spotlight during a game, I think it would have been so awkward for them as neither were into public displays as it was. A first kiss in a new relationship should come about naturally after sharing that special moment, it should be MAGIC.. which is the way it DID work out for John and Josie. I personally, pervy though I may be, would not have wanted to see full on snogging between anybody in BB so I'm glad JJJ did so privately. 

OR would they have liked and enjoyed it and wanted to continue kissing on a regular basis? Thus speeding up things between them at a pace they perhaps were not ready for. Would it have woken them both up to their feelings or to being attracted to each other?  

1 comment:

  1. the spin the bottle conversation is one of my fav's between jjj. her use of 'you lucky bugger' said in her bristol accent sounds so cute & funny. thanks again cheeky xx

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