# American Idol 1/17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339 "2006-01-17T14:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/161 "2006-01-19T01:40:39Z")
Speaking of gay cowboys… (oh, weren’t we?) I am just so utterly tired of Cowell and his sniping, and I’m a very cruel person. There’s no humour in it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/162 "2006-01-19T01:41:20Z")
Sorry, you can call me Posty O’Blabbly, but I can’t help myself. Randy has the nicest skin I’ve ever seen on a black man on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/163 "2006-01-19T01:41:21Z")
Cowboy rules! He totally had the voice and mannerisms that indicated he would suck. Shock of shocks, he can actually sing a little. Good for him. Nice to see a set-up that fooled us jaded viewers. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/164 "2006-01-19T01:42:51Z")
I kind of liked Howdy Doody but he’ll probably get eaten alive in Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/165 "2006-01-19T01:42:51Z")
> [@Cat Fight](#): > > I am just so utterly tired of Cowell and his sniping, and I’m a very cruel person. There’s no humour in it anymore. Do you think I could send him a case of Midol c/o Fox? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/166 "2006-01-19T01:46:45Z")
How do these guys get out of their group homes without their staff? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/167 "2006-01-19T01:49:00Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > How do these guys get out of their group homes without their staff? HAW! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/168 "2006-01-19T01:50:09Z")
Did Simon have to dis his invention? He’s brutal this year. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/169 "2006-01-19T01:51:34Z")
I need one of those tablecloth outfits! Plus, I need a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/170 "2006-01-19T01:55:36Z")
My friend just asked me why tablecloth guy’s friends didn’t tell him how bad he sucked. I had to explain to him that checkered suits stuffed with pillows arranged around your sister’s teaset aren’t reliable critics. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/171 "2006-01-19T01:57:46Z")
See, now this Zachary is not as cute as Sweet Young Zachary from yesterday. But I think I might have dated him, way back when. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/172 "2006-01-19T01:58:34Z")
Was that his mom with the day-glo lips? ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/173 "2006-01-19T01:58:40Z")
They did NOT just play The Crying Game. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/174 "2006-01-19T01:58:56Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > But I think I might have dated him, way back when. Clarification: I think I might _actually_ have dated him, not that I would have wanted to. Ooooh … “The Crying Game” … _niiiiiiiiiiiiice!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/175 "2006-01-19T02:00:50Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Do you think I could send him a case of Midol c/o Fox? You jest, but this sounds like the sort of campaign that die hard Idol viewers might just start. Maybe the rejected contestants could pitch in, get a little media attention… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/176 "2006-01-19T02:02:00Z")
Okay, that was a chick. Why did he/she have his eyebrows drawn on? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/177 "2006-01-19T02:03:56Z")
> [@Cat Fight](#): > > You jest, but this sounds like the sort of campaign that die hard Idol viewers might just start. Maybe the rejected contestants could pitch in, get a little media attention… I am seriously willing to run to BJ’s as soon as “Lost” is over to pick some up. Anyone with me? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/178 "2006-01-19T02:04:57Z")
My son said it was a chick too but I saw 5 o’clock shadow. If it was a chick then Simon calling her The Hulks mom, though true, is pretty nasty. I don’t know why if it was a guy it would be not so cruel though. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/179 "2006-01-19T02:07:08Z")
“The Incredible Hulk’s Wife”? I’m sorry, but that one made me laugh. Tablecloth was a lot more entertaining before I realized he was mentally retarded. (No, really. Wasn’t he?) And I’m not so sure about the cowboy, either. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339/180 "2006-01-19T02:37:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > PS, doesn’t he look like Scott Ian? **NOT!** 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-1-17/340339.md?page=10)