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07-07-2006, 07:31 AM
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No 'Wife Swap' For ME...Thanks, Anyway...
Okay...I didn't know if I should tell you guys about this (to be honest, mostly because it would require a lot of typing to tell you about it, and I HATE typing...but, also cuz it seems kinda stupid)...But...I got to thinking about it later, and the more we talked about it here, the funnier the idea became...
So...Here's what happened... Last night we were contacted about doing a show called 'Wife Swap'...Now, I don't really watch much television, so I was told that basically, the wife of one family changes places with the wife of another family, and these two families generally have different lifestyles and each is supposed to 'learn something' from the experience... In the episode they want US to consider, one family would be GOTH (that seemed lame to begin with, why would they consider us to be GOTH?...I still haven't really figured out just what the hell that term really MEANS)...But, we weren't told what kind of people the other family would be (Seri guessed "maybe hillbillies or something"...So, we joked about how THAT would go...lol...We were laughing our asses off) Specifics: They will not put children under the age of 5 on the show...So, it was suggested that I allow a family member (outside of our house) to keep Ash for a week :eek: ...Umm...NO You get paid $20,000....Which everyone here, except me and Dustin, were ready to go for... So...Even though I turned them down, we were laughing about the possible ways the show could have gone, if we had accepted... I could just imagine some 'other mom', sitting here while our friends walked through the door (without knocking) at all hours of the night till morning...And asking, "umm is this 'normal'?"...lol...Among MANY other things... And what if that 'other mom' received a call to go pick up Voltaire, Bella Morte, Dru Cadaver, Hungry Lucy, Trent Reznor, Liquefaction, etcetera, and take them to a show, an after party, out to dinner, or whatever...? Seri said, "What if me and Shane came in at 4am, would she ask us where we were?...Would we tell her, We went out to eat, duh?"...And what would they think about the fact that we sleep in the daytime (for only a few hours) and we are awake all night? What I wasn't clear about was this: Does the family have to adjust to the way the 'new mom' does things?...Or...Does the 'new mom' have to adjust to the way the family does things?...Cuz, I was thinking, MY kids would drive this new mom insane, and I would be taking the 'new kids' out at 2am to hang out with the bands...lol Anyway...We figured in the end, the 'other mom' would probably end up trying to have us all committed or something because we aren't 'normal'....And the 'new kids' would most likely end up wanting to live with US...:D So...I ended up telling them that there is NO way I could be away from my kids for a week... But...Now...I REALLY wanna see this show when it airs......I still wonder what kinda family will be the 'opposite lifestyle family' and what the 'goth family" will be like... I'll tell ya one thing I know for sure...Whatever 'goth family' they choose, will simply be a buncha fakes...I know this because I hang out with a LOT of people that have been called "goths", and my friends would not appreciate being invaded, and paraded for even a few hours, much less a week... Anyway...Since we had such a hilarious time coming up with scenarios for how this show would turn out if WE had accepted....I wanted to see what kinda things YOU guys think would have happened.....Cuz, you guys are funny as hell :)
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The Sugarplum Fairy Family, that's what it would've been...everyone dresses in pink and white, and they always smile and they have a page-a-day calendar with positive, empowering sayings that they all love to read and adopt as wisdoms.
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07-07-2006, 07:42 AM
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But...Seriously...We're all happy here..Doing OUR thing....I just don't like the idea that someone (anyone) might try to tell us that the way WE do things is 'wrong'...Even though it may be a little 'different'...And...How would they think we could benefit from any kind of 'change'?....I really don't think we need to be enlightened...
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Re: No 'Wife Swap' For ME...Thanks, Anyway...
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I like kids and everything, but 20 grand? I would've been out of that house faster than you can season tickets and 2 weeks in Australia.
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That has nothing to do with it... Quote:
That's really what they're looking for, drama.
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07-07-2006, 07:59 AM
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Also, how DOES it work?...Can you answer my question above? "Does the family have to adjust to the way the 'new mom' does things?...Or...Does the 'new mom' have to adjust to the way the family does things?" OH...And...Dustin said that someone at work told him that each family gets to tell the other family what they have to do with the $20,000 :eek:....Have you heard about that?...Is that TRUE?....We certainly weren't told that by the producers...
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07-07-2006, 08:02 AM
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Fundamentalist Christians swap with Goths... Now that would be a show!
I also agree that I would not leave my infant child with any family for any amount of money what so ever period, end of discussion, piss off, take your money and shove it up your jacksie, you corporate num nuts.
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07-07-2006, 08:07 AM
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Damn...I didn't even ask when they were planning to air this 'goth' episode.....I pretty much ended the conversation when I told them I didn't want to do it....Now I have to figure out when this is gonna be on...I wanna see what might have happened to us...lol
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The episode became infamous. The Fundy mom completely flipped out on camera, and now she's famous in certain circles. I never actually watched the show, but I saw enough from the clips to know that it was truly horrifying.
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And...Even if we didn't have Ash at all...I still would have said no...For a lot of other reasons....One of the biggest being, that is WAY too much attention...We do NOT need to be on television...
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