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The Paul vs Grace thing
supah:
--- Quote from: SoYoung on July 01, 2012, 11:42:51 PM ---As of leg 5 , I won't side with both of them. Both of them became bitchy and I'll watch them on future episodes and see who will be the real bitch.
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Saravannan:
--- Quote from: 123blueandwhite on July 01, 2012, 03:30:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: ryanmissing27 on July 01, 2012, 07:48:01 AM ---Some of my points are a little convoluted, shall we say, bear with me ><
--- Quote from: 123blueandwhite on June 30, 2012, 09:30:42 PM ---I felt Grace was mocking Paul when she was asking for a high-five and a hug.
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I agree, although in this situation I could easily understand how she had no idea she was making it worse. By trying to play it down she's almost trivialising the issue, but in a bad way, in a "let's not properly deal with this" way, in a "I'm going to mess around with you and then try and make you laugh at how stupid I've made you look in front of all of these people" way; she's rubbing his face in it. The most curative thing for Paul to do would have been for him to say "I don't appreciate you treating me like this" and the most curative response from Grace would have been to apologise, stop her actions and leave it at that.
Do you think Grace would have wanted a high 5 and a hug from Paul after her fall? It's a similar scenario, she felt like she had been bullied by him and what she then wanted was to give him a wide berth, not to carry on as if it was all a joke.
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Do you really think Grace would've stopped if Paul said that? Basing on Grace's actions she would've just kept mocking him or teasing him even more.
Why do people think that Paul knocked down the pots intentionally? He just stood there with his backpack on, I doubt he was intentionally standing in the way so he could knock the pots over.
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I do think Grace would've stopped. I'm definitely on Grace's side for now, most teams seem to think that Paul's being over-the-top about the race and it was just a bit of poking fun. I have no idea how Paul could've classified that as bullying.
Do I think Paul *tried* to knock down the pots? No. Do I think Paul knew that he would've knocked over the pots if he didn't move? Yes. I feel as if Paul knew that if he stood there, he would've bumped into the pots if Kym/Donna didn't go around him.
I haven't read any tweets about Grace so I have no idea what's to come, but I think Paul overreacted there plus a bit of editing made everything seem worse. I don't hate Paul for who he is, I think he'd be an amazingly nice person aside from the race, he just needs to be able to admit that he's a normal person too. Paul/Steve haven't been performing well at all apart from the last leg and even then, the U-Turn was useless so I'm not sure if I'd really consider it overcoming a U-Turn AND coming in first.
Best Loser:
So which is more important? Dodging to get out of the way from other teams' carts or keeping your pots on the cart? I think the latter.
APABLD:
On a completely different note to this topic, the ratings are up! Over 1.1 million people watched last night's episode.
http://www.throng.com.au/2012/07/free-to-air-tv-ratings-monday-july-2nd-2012/
supah:
--- Quote from: APAD on July 02, 2012, 06:20:00 PM ---On a completely different note to this topic, the ratings are up! Over 1.1 million people watched last night's episode.
http://www.throng.com.au/2012/07/free-to-air-tv-ratings-monday-july-2nd-2012/
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WOOOOOOOOOO :hoot:
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