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Top Chef New York Bettin' Pool
Mirka and I are trying to start up a Top Chef pool since the show is starting tonight.
Here's how it works:
Everyone involved picks their top 3 contestants and pledges a gift costing less than $20. In our case a cooking utensil or some such thematic thing would be appropriate. At the end, the person (or persons in case of a tie) with the top three that last the longest wins the pool of stuff. So, pledge your item here and pm me your top 3.
Study up here
http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/5/about/index.php
When everyone is in I'll post everyone's top 3. The deadline for entry is just before the show starts in your time zone.
I pledge this OXO Silicon basting brush. They rule, I have one and it's Thanksgivingy.
I gotta study up on my peeps, I'll do that later...
WHO'S IN????
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
Learn.
Or sell it on ebay.
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Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
You don't have to cook, you just have to watch the show. It's brilliant if you just enjoy food.
I don't know what to pledge yet.
Can we do our first three after the first episode once we've seen them in action? Please!
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
You don't have to cook, you just have to watch the show. It's brilliant if you just enjoy food.
I don't know what to pledge yet.
Can we do our first three after the first episode once we've seen them in action? Please!
It would sort of do away with a large part of the idea of gambling, place bets before and everyone is equal. If you want to show your skill as a pro gambler you could find out any info you can via other sources and long as others have the same chance of finding it. Its a sort of unwritten code.
If everyone wants to do it that way, that's fine with me. I'm not a gambler and certainly not a pro.
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
This sounds so so fun, but I don't cook.
Oh, I get it, duh. You mean the pledged stuff is all cooking stuff it won't do you any good. Hmm
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
Im WAY in since I totally have got all the guys at my fire house hooked on this show.
Ill pledge the OXO Good grip tongs 12". I have a piar of these and they are the best tongs I have ( I grill A LOT!)
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=106672
My picks are:
Leah (winner)
Fabio
Stefan
I'm in, I love Top Chef. I pledge $20 worth of stuff from my market (maybe some lobster butter knives, a seafood cutting board, a box of random marinades and spices) that I will put together soon.
Off to research.
EDIT:
Jamie, Stefan and Fabio. Those are my picks.
Jeez, when did these guys become so qualified? I remember the Waffle House grill cook and the nanny. These people are all executive chefs and culinary school teachers. Kinda takes the rags to riches aspect out of it.
But it'll be fun to roast you guys (pun intended) and win all your fancy kitchen stuff (that I'll never use).
I'll put $5 on the fat Italian.
I don't watch this show or am familiar with the cast but the fat Italian has got to win.
"Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven't seen in a long time. It's only a natural feeling." - Haruki Murakami (Kafka On The Shore)
I'm in, I love Top Chef. I pledge $20 worth of stuff from my market (maybe some lobster butter knives, a seafood cutting board, a box of random marinades and spices) that I will put together soon.
Off to research.
EDIT:
Jamie, Stefan and Fabio. Those are my picks.
Jeez, when did these guys become so qualified? I remember the Waffle House grill cook and the nanny. These people are all executive chefs and culinary school teachers. Kinda takes the rags to riches aspect out of it.
But it'll be fun to roast you guys (pun intended) and win all your fancy kitchen stuff (that I'll never use).
You're right, this season seems to have some heavily qualified contestants. Should be an exciting season.
Tomorrow, lets all post why we chose our three.
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
Not sure what I have to donate, but either something cool from my kitchen, or I'll go out and get some cool stuff worth $20. I have a favorite hot sauce, dry rub spice, and maybe an olive oil. We'll see.
My picks (can't believe I didn't pick a girl):
Fabio
Richard (gotta pick a guy if his name is Richard)
Stefan
Off: Leah
Jamie was somebody I ALMOST picked, she's cool. Patrick could surprise.
I'm in!
Hey, Mirka...does anyone get eliminated on the first episode? If not, then I say we can make our picks after the first episode and make the deadline the day of the next episode. That will give more people time to join in too. Also, PM me your picks!!!! That way no one knows who is voting for who and it will lesson the chance of having duplicate picks. I will post the picks after all bets have been placed so that everyone can keep track of everyone else.
I say Tobii needs to learn to cook with her set of cooking stuff if she wins. What's she gonna do when she's a gramma of 27 beautiful little Six babies on Thanksgiving? They'll be like, wtf Gramma Six? No punkin'pie? No golden brown turkey? Fuck you, Gramma. You suck.
I'll tell you what, Tobii. If you play our little game and you win, I'll personally throw in "The Joy of Cooking" cook book. It's the cook book all good 1950's debutante housewives that couldn't boil water got for a wedding present. It tells you how to cook and prepare EVERYTHING.
Ante up, bitches.
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
PM me your picks damnit, and if you really love me, EDIT.
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
Also, what's up Shrump? I missed you. Glad you are hangin out again.
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
Hey, Mirka...does anyone get eliminated on the first episode? If not, then I say we can make our picks after the first episode and make the deadline the day of the next episode. That will give more people time to join in too. Also, PM me your picks!!!! That way no one knows who is voting for who and it will lesson the chance of having duplicate picks. I will post the picks after all bets have been placed so that everyone can keep track of everyone else.
I say Tobii needs to learn to cook with her set of cooking stuff if she wins. What's she gonna do when she's a gramma of 27 beautiful little Six babies on Thanksgiving? They'll be like, wtf Gramma Six? No punkin'pie? No golden brown turkey? Fuck you, Gramma. You suck.
I'll tell you what, Tobii. If you play our little game and you win, I'll personally throw in "The Joy of Cooking" cook book. It's the cook book all good 1950's debutante housewives that couldn't boil water got for a wedding present. It tells you how to cook and prepare EVERYTHING.
Ante up, bitches.
I'll edit, but yeah I think someone goes home the first day. Last season it was that doofus that made an amuse bouche with an apple that was too big to be considered an amuse bouche. I'm pretty sure. Okay, editing!
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
Also, what's up Shrump? I missed you. Glad you are hangin out again.
Why thank you Bess!! I missed you too (the most).
And you're uncanny ability to get me interested in a reality show to the point of watching it faithfully and even placing wagers on it.
Cheers!!
That's not just weird, it's stupid.
I worked 3 seasons on Project Runway, 1 season on Project Greenlight, and one season for Treasure Hunters, all produced by Magical Elves, who also made a documentary called Air Guitar Nation, which was produced by a friend of mine, and several of my friends are featured in it, one of whom is getting ready to shoot a zombie-spoof short film which I am coproducing. Although I didn't work on Top Chef (I took at job at Little People/Big World instead), I did work for a couple weeks on Hell's Kitchen season 3.
EDIT: Oh, and I also shot my short film Marvin's Lament in their production office in downtown LA, which is a bad ass old bank building.
I turned down a job on Top Chef once.
Why don't I believe you? I mean, I don't even know you and I think you're lying.
Very weird of me.
You KNOW him...
So, deadline is 10pm/9 central tonight. I have a few pm picks!
Oh, also, I'm going to pm my own picks to Mirka to keep myself honest.
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
You're stupid. This is the betting pool thread. There's another Top Chef thread where you can brag about turning down a job on one of the most top rated reality shows to work on one about midgets.
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
You're stupid. This is the betting pool thread. There's another Top Chef thread where you can brag about turning down a job on one of the most top rated reality shows to work on one about midgets.
You're stupid if you think I'm going to hunt down a dumb thread to do my dumb bragging about turning down a dumb job on a dumb reality show to work a dumb job on a well received and highly rated documentary show about little people.
Also: midget is to little people as nigger is to african americans.
Wait! You worked on Little People, Big World?!
Did you meet any of the midgets?
Is the dad as annoying as he's portrayed to be?
"Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven't seen in a long time. It's only a natural feeling." - Haruki Murakami (Kafka On The Shore)
You're stupid. This is the betting pool thread. There's another Top Chef thread where you can brag about turning down a job on one of the most top rated reality shows to work on one about midgets.
You're stupid if you think I'm going to hunt down a dumb thread to do my dumb bragging about turning down a dumb job on a dumb reality show to work a dumb job on a well received and highly rated documentary show about little people.
Also: midget is to little people as nigger is to african americans.
Why don't you just start a stupid thread about all your achievements instead of blabbing crap where no one cares? Plus, mister "suddenly PC", midget is like black not nigger.
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
I'm terrified of midgets. Also, I feel guilty about being terrified of midgets. At Disney World once I couldn't take my kid up to Donald Duck because I knew there was a midget in there.
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
Does that make me a stupid nigger midget?
Or just a regular one.
So should I PM my NEW picks to Bess of Mirka?
To bess. She's PMing hers to me because she's a responsible and fair player.
Oh, and someone is definitely eliminated tonight.
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
PC memo update from 2003: Black is again the new African-American, which was the new Black, which was the new Negro, which was the new Colored, which was the new Black, which was the new Boy, which was the new Nigger.
Edit: Sorry, for got this was the betting pool thread.
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I'm just Frank. I don't go by no titles! If I did I'd go by all of the above. Really, I would be considered white on how we keep track of race at work. We basically have three categories: White, Black and Other/Unknown. Also, I am not in.
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I'm just Frank. I don't go by no titles! If I did I'd go by all of the above. Really, I would be considered white on how we keep track of race at work. We basically have three categories: White, Black and Other/Unknown. Also, I am not in.
You're not a fan of Top Chef?? Is your mom?
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
No. My mom is old school and watches VHS tapes of Julia Child and that Cajun dude that used to say, "I GARE-UN-TEE!" Seriously though, no. Chef shows don't do it for me. If I recall the last chef/cooking show my mom used to watch was Yan Can Cook. I remember watching it with her once and giggling at his voice.
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No. My mom is old school and watches VHS tapes of Julia Child and that Cajun dude that used to say, "I GARE-UN-TEE!" Seriously though, no. Chef shows don't do it for me. If I recall the last chef/cooking show my mom used to watch was Yan Can Cook. I remember watching it with her once and giggling at his voice.
Oh man, watch it tonight and see if you get hooked.
I find if I can appreciate the little things then when something big happens it knocks me on my ass. -stonecoyote
No. My mom is old school and watches VHS tapes of Julia Child and that Cajun dude that used to say, "I GARE-UN-TEE!" Seriously though, no. Chef shows don't do it for me. If I recall the last chef/cooking show my mom used to watch was Yan Can Cook. I remember watching it with her once and giggling at his voice.
Oh man, watch it tonight and see if you get hooked.
Yes Frank you MUSt watch! Its addictive like crack from the CIA!
Omg, there is one famous episode of Julia Child where she and James Beard and someone else, I can't remember who..some other famous old school food person–maybe Paul Prudhomme get hammered and start speaking incoherently and they had to shut the show down. I wonder if it's made it to youtube...
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
i'm creeped out by midget hands. i dont mind them being around me, but i dont want their little sasuage fingers anywhere near me. i dont feel bad though. i think its the fingers mainly. i also hate that one wrestler with midget fingers....john cena. i hate him.
also, its usually just regular short people in the disney suits. i know the girl who was in... Mickey i think...
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i'm creeped out by midget hands. i dont mind them being around me, but i dont want their little sasuage fingers anywhere near me. i dont feel bad though. i think its the fingers mainly. i also hate that one wrestler with midget fingers....john cena. i hate him.
also, its usually just regular short people in the disney suits. i know the girl who was in... Mickey i think...
It's totally the hands, man. Also, they are little and quick and I'm all lanky and therefore slow by comparison.
GETTING SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND RUNNING TO YOUR GRAVE SITE SO YOU MAY BE RESURRECTED!
Gordon Blackstone Foreva
...so I guess I'd be willing to accept fascism, as long as I get to wear knee socks.
le Moon
I'd play if'n I had TV. This is one of the few shows I miss, actually.
technically, you dont have to watch to gamble on it...GAMBLE ON IT!!!!
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