The Apprentice 2009

I was literally cringing watching it last night.  What was with the food?  Particularly bad was when the blonde woman was describing the hot and cold canapes.  Argh.

I wanted to punch all of them after last night...apart from the Geordie bloke who knew it was all going pear shaped.

Vicky

I really like him so far - I hope he gets to the end.

Shameful performances all round.  I thought the restauranteur woman was terrible but I guess the team that makes the biggest profit is always going to win.  Poor Rocky was out as soon as he made a loss regardless of his performance otherwise.   

Margaret was class as usual though!

Just for fun, I'd love to see an episode where Nick and Margaret were team leaders of the two groups. Would be interesting to see how they'd handle it. So far, no one stands out to me at all. They are all a bit mental and full of themselves, lol.

So far, no one stands out to me at all.

I don't like any of them this year either! They're all a bit wet and there aren't even any colourful characters to spice things up.

I dreamt of Margaret last night. She was wearing a pink negligee.

I find the way they always seem to make it men vs. women to be annoying.  I suppose they think it brings in viewers, but an aspect of being a competent worker is being able to work with members of the opposite sex.

I find the way they always seem to make it men vs. women to be annoying.  I suppose they think it brings in viewers, but an aspect of being a competent worker is being able to work with members of the opposite sex.

They'll mix it up a bit once the numbers start going down.

What's all this about Ben's "scholarship to Sandhurst"?

Sandhurst is the British Army's officer training college.  So far as I'm aware, there's no tuition fees involved.  If the British army decides to adopt you as an officer cadet, they send you to Sandhurst for training.  The cadets are not required to pay for the privilege.

It's like an American saying, "I got a scholarship to West Point"!  I think Ben's full of crap.

Ben deserved to go I think.  Plus I just hate him.  He looks like he has Botox done on his entire face.

They royally messed up on the Sandalwood though.  Durrrrrr.

The look on that team's faces when their observer (Nick?) made them aware they'd spent £600 instead of £5 on the sandalwood!  PRICELESS!  The single funniest moment since The Apprentice began five years ago!

Just spoke to my brother, who's been in the British Army since, oh, about 1983.  No, Brits do not win scholarships to Sandhurst.

Some small foreign countries send their officer cadets to be trained at Sandhurst -- Jamaica, Fiji, and so on -- for which their governments pay the British Army.  But Ireland is not one of those countries.  The Irish military has its own officer-training facilities.

So yup, it looks like Ben's full of crap.  But then again, we already knew that!