Thank you.
My mother's similarly over the moon about it. I've also got out of my 'haven't got her a present' dilemma too - her 'partner' suggested what she'd really like is for me to take her to Tayyabs. I think I can manage that.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:00, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Double ender

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Present of SPICY WIN

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:03, Reply)

That Delhi belly obviously fades from the memory very quickly
I'm starting to wonder if this Tayyabs place is some kind of Restaurant at the End of the Universe semi-mythical wonderland, the amount I hear about it. Or is it just a crackin' curry house?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:05, Reply)

Best food evar

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:05, Reply)

Congratulations on surviving the first show.
www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/series7/leon-doyle.shtml
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:10, Reply)

That show is just fucking wrong
it's even worse because I know a lot of intelligent people that like it and watch it.

and how can you be a "fast food marketing entrepeneur" anyway? that's just a kebab seller.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:11, Reply)

Chili sauce?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:15, Reply)

I love the way it makes 16 very high up executives makes around half of them essenchally unemployable.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:16, Reply)

none of them are "high up executives"
most of them couldn't tie their own shoelaces, Gonz. If they were actually even vaguely any good at anything they wouldn't need to desperately whore themselves on telly for the attentions of a twat of a man who managed to make only the third-best computer on the market when there were only two types available.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:19, Reply)

When I was 13, for my batmiziah, my dad wanted to give me a grasp of politics, so with my batmizah money
I saw him raise the price of Amstrad from 30p to £6... and similar figures with Spurs.

Getting that job/partnership with Sugar means they'll be secure for life.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:29, Reply)

Mate - have you checked where all the past ones ended up?
most of them didn't last long.

And it's quite easy to be secure for life by working hard and being talented. These fuckers just want a shortcut.

At the time Sugar ran amstrad, a one armed monkey with its nuts in a vice would have overseen the company to record share increases because of the explosion in the computer market. People will still buy the shittest of three things if they are the only three things there. Ditto Spurs, because he was involved right at the explosion of finance in football because of Sky money. In both cases he was slightly shrewd but mostly very, very lucky. See also: Martha Lane Fox, Mark Zuckerberg.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:37, Reply)

As usual, I have little of worth to elaborate on Badger's excellent point
However, I met one of the series four finalists some time ago as we both work for the same company, and she said that a good 50% of former contestants have had their professional lives ruined by The Apprentice. Many of them because they were actually utterly incompetent in the first place and demonstrating this on national TV was an unwise career move.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:40, Reply)

Of this I have no doubt.
It's a painfully steep learning curve discovering how out of your depth you can be. Doing this, willingly, in front of a large TV audience? Insane

However - can I be clear about this - however ruined their lives became, they couldn't possibly have deserved it more.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:46, Reply)

I quite agree
I can't think of a clearer example of the directly proportionate relationship between the amount of pride one shows and the size of the subsequent fall. Helene, the aforementioned finalist, was absolutely lovely, lucid, intelligent and capable, but I strongly believe she was the exception rather than the rule.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:50, Reply)

The guy they fired was a fucking idiot
the the leader of the girls team needed slapping.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:11, Reply)

they all need fucking slapping.
and then Sugar needs killing. I really don't get why Apprentice is considered acceptable television. Why is "winning" by being a backstabbing grasping cunt any better or more "highbrow" than winning by shoving a wine bottle up your vajoo or pretending to be a cat?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:14, Reply)

I like this
However, I would contend that The Apprentice is excellent television, as long as you work on the premise that Sugar and his aides are taking the piss and laughing behind their hands at every single one of the self-important twats who believe they're The Future Of British Business (TM)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:19, Reply)

It's all symptomatic of a catastrophic decline in human society
In that the vast majority are only entertained by either cringeworthy suffering or by clinging onto the idea that lack of talent or any inclination to do hard work isn't actually a barrier to success as long as you have THE TELLY. I genuinely, honestly, hate it. It's sickening. (not specifically the apprentice, I mean the whole area)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:22, Reply)

I've tried to think of either a comforting or witty retort to this
and cannot. I must therefore resort to the ostrich approach, and pretend you're not painfully correct.

*switches on TV*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:30, Reply)

Meh
I watch a shitload of CSI. I have no room at all to comment.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:47, Reply)

Hardly the same sort of car crash TV though
It's OK to indulge in the idiot box as long as it's intelligent programming like BSG.

*TV snob fist-bumps*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:51, Reply)

nah, but my labs have half the things that are in their labs
either TV is inaccurate or I want ALL their staff as my postdocs.

LOL science program lying about science SHOCKER.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:54, Reply)

You'll be telling me a parsec is a unit of distance rather than time next

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 10:02, Reply)

He was such a cock "It's all there...." ".... that's what I mean, it's all there." "... my experiance, it's all there".
ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES.

I bet you any money he was pushed to being an accountant as a young lad by his parents or family, hence the issues. There was top-lip-wobbling and exessive blinking, but no tears =(
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:19, Reply)

He was a complete idiot
I think the Northern Irish guy might be one to watch.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:27, Reply)

No-one unattractive or over 30 has ever won The Apprentice
So we're down to 5 or 6 already
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:29, Reply)

That's who I reckon, and maybe the bloke who looks like Garath from The Office.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:30, Reply)

OHMYFUCKINGGOD THIS SHOW MAKES ME SO ANGRY

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Have you seen Series 7: The Contenders?
A cracking film - Reality TV taken to its dystopian extreme.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_7:_The_Contenders
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:18, Reply)

I agree with this post
Despite the poor punctuation
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:21, Reply)

I have no idea what you're talking about *whistles*

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:32, Reply)

Nicely done there

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:33, Reply)

That good eh
We're planning a trip to London to see Wicked at some point so p'raps I'll investigate. How's the range of vegetarian and not especially spicy food?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:16, Reply)

I would be well up for that if there is an open invitation, it's a fantastic show.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:21, Reply)

It may well be, we'd likely be going with a good friend who lives in London anyway
If it turns into one of those "romantic evening" things I may have to raincheck
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Surely you won't have time to go cottaging as well as catching a show?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:24, Reply)

Theatres have toilets

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:26, Reply)

That's cool, I'm good eaither way =)

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:31, Reply)

I think you've missed the point of Tayyabs there pal.

(berk, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:22, Reply)

*curried meat fives*

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:23, Reply)

This is why I was asking
So it's a menu consisting entirely of food forged from molten lava? Cos the missus won't go for that
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:23, Reply)

All the dishes are pretty hot.
Even the yoghurt dip, which always catches the new bugs out.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:28, Reply)

Also, Your missus is Daryl Hall AICMFP

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:29, Reply)

I don't know who that is
Thank you for the advice, Ms Foxtrot will not appreciate an entirely spicy menu. Your comment below made me officelol. Credit where it's due.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:34, Reply)

Hall and Oates you spaz
a reference to "I can't go for that" unless I miss my guess.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:42, Reply)

I used to love Hall and Oates.

( girlinthehole, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:43, Reply)

Still no idea
Is it an old person thing?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:52, Reply)

If only there were some vast compendium of human knowledge at your fingertips
instead of the flabby, dimpled buttocks of your cottaging partner
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 11 May 2011, 10:16, Reply)

Hahaha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 May 2011, 10:18, Reply)

I think you might be missing the point here...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:22, Reply)

Problem: being strict Muzzers, they don't serve gays.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:30, Reply)

I don't see why I'm not invited to family events, I guess if you guys don't consider me 'close family' like I do you, then that would explain it.
/ac
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 11 May 2011, 9:12, Reply)