# Just to Annoy Gadfly: The Paris Hilton "Simple Life" Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578 "2003-12-02T21:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/101 "2003-12-05T16:52:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\* > By the way, I would have turned on my heels and gone back inside, too, when that boob said, “Huh, is your last name Motel 6?” Like she hadn’t been hearing _that_ lame remark every day of her life since kindergarten. \*\* You’d be surprised. I was once introduced to a gal named Brandy and said “They say you’re a fine girl!” She looked completely startled and said “What?!? Who says that?” Not to say that either joke was funny, mind. The Motel 6 gag was especially groan-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/102 "2003-12-06T02:44:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*I justy love the fact that Paris brought her chihuahua with her—_so_ Jayne Mansfield!! \*\* Say, here’s a thought: Why doesn’t everybody chip in and get Paris a Caddy? (Yes, I know that she can afford to buy herself a fleet of them, but if you don’t get my point, I’m sure **Eve** will be more than happy to explain it to you. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/103 "2003-12-10T03:10:07Z")
Loved it. If Nicole ever needs work, she can definitely make it as a hostess. She knows how to talk to people “I like men who sweat!” yeah baby… ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/104 "2003-12-10T11:41:25Z")
Who the hell is Lisa Douglas? I was surprised - as much as I enjoyed laughing at them last week, they just annoyed me this week. I wanted to slap Nicole at the quilting bee. She was just rude, and trying way too hard to be funny and cool. Maybe it’s because they’re getting jobs that I can identify with. I felt bad for their Sonic coworkers. Guess they got fired from that one, too. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/105 "2003-12-10T12:55:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by singular1 \* > \*\*Who the hell is Lisa Douglas? > \*\* Lisa Douglas is the rich snobby character played by Eva Gabor on _Green Acres_, a goofy sitcom in the late 60s. She married Eddie Albert’s character (named Oliver Douglas) (?) and moved from a penthouse in Manhatten to a hick town called Hooterville. It was sort of a sister show to _Petticoat Junction_. She was a real fish-out-of-water. She would try to milk the cow and feed the chicken in full makeup and a fancy dress and high heels. I’m so ashamed that I know all that. :o ---
**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:** [December 10, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/106 "2003-12-10T13:33:10Z")
I, too, found them beyond annoying in this episode. “Tell your grandsons there’s some skanky ho’s in the neighborhood for the next 6 weeks!” They couldn’t spell “boogers”? What the hell? I turned after the Sonic job-- during the part where Dad was explaining how everybody in town (what, all 816 of them?) was beginning to hate them for letting two such assholes stay with them. Still, what was that lady thinking when she sent them outside in those milkshake things? That they were gonna smile and wave happily? As to the hyper-horniness these two like to display, at first I thought it was goofiness on display for the hicks to be shocked at. But then I saw something on (MTV?, VH1?, E?) called Celeberty Confidential and saw that this is really how girls act at these “parties for jet-setters”. In fact, they may be toning it down for the people down on the farm since I saw no booby baring or snatch showings. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/107 "2003-12-10T14:08:43Z")
I was only able to catch snatches (!) of the show last night, but they really were annoying—and it was so obvious they were being egged on by the producers. _Green Acres_, by the way, was not so much a “sister show” to _Beverly Hillbillies_ and _Petticoat Junction_ as a brilliant, po-mo parody. Completely absurdist and as fresh and funny today as it was then. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/108 "2003-12-10T14:52:10Z")
I was telling my bf that they’d make great strippers. They know how to flatter the men. Other than that, they’re shamefully rude and annoying. Still, I find some of it funny. The Sonic marquee thing was so awful, but I did laugh. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/109 "2003-12-10T14:52:44Z")
- Sonic Burgers must be regretting that decision. There is such a thing as bad publicity. -I nearly fell over in my chair when Nicole recommended making the quilts “edgier.” - Paris Hilton dances like Elaine Bennis. -Nicole Richie is a ho (but she has a likeable quality, unlike Paris) -Come to think of it, being a “ho” **is** her likeable quality. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/110 "2003-12-10T15:05:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*I’m so ashamed that I know all that. :o \*\* On the other hand, I am horrified that I had forgotten it, since I pride myself on my vast knowledge of useless trivia.:o :o :o ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/111 "2003-12-10T15:25:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Say, here’s a thought: Why doesn’t everybody chip in and get Paris a Caddy? (Yes, I know that she can afford to buy herself a fleet of them, but if you don’t get my point, I’m sure **Eve** will be more than happy to explain it to you. 😃 ) \*\* That’s using your head! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/112 "2003-12-10T16:06:11Z")
I’m surprised we have to draw anyone’s attention to the parallels between _Simple Life_ and _Green Acres_. Simple Life uses the Green Acres theme song as its theme music. Anyhooo…these girls are showing something other than mere cluelessness. They don’t have a grasp on the basic concept of Right and Wrong. Particularly Nicole, I think–filling milk bottles with water is illegal, immoral and just plain Wrong. Taking your employer’s money while intentionally screwing up is Wrong. And they don’t get it. Is it the intent that they have a different job each day? Or are they supposed to hang onto a job for five weeks? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/113 "2003-12-10T16:24:24Z")
They annoyed me in this episode as well. And I’m sorry, but these two are not all that hot. It was funny seeing the locals’ reactions to them in the club. I guess it’s a good thing they’re in Arkansas, here in Dallas you see hotter (by the Hollywood definition at least) women at 7-11. _Working_ at 7-11! 😃 Seriously though - I doubt they’d get that much attention around here, except what the entourage of cameras attract. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the same way in Arkansas, actually. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/114 "2003-12-10T16:38:02Z")
Oh, one more…flipping off strangers in passing cars is not just Wrong, it’s borderline psychotic. ---
**Author:** ![MarkofT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MarkofT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkofT)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/115 "2003-12-10T16:43:26Z")
Am I the only one that gets the feeling that Nicole is acting out trying to impress Paris and keep her cool status? ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/116 "2003-12-10T16:44:18Z")
The scene that summed up this entire reality TV endeavor was Paris dancing at the club . . . by herself . . . in front of the gigantic mirror. Perfection. Say what you will about the scripted nature of the show, but BMP has a knack for succinctly nailing a person’s character in filming and editing. Again, Braxton demonstrated how Paris and Nicole are unable to perform even the least challenging household tasks, as he got his four-year-old self up onto a chair and washed the dishes. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/117 "2003-12-10T19:24:07Z")
Paris has 2 different voices. One of them is the snotty, deeper voice she used around the family. The other is the high-pitched, girly voice she used at Sonic. Nicole seems a bit brighter than she is attempting to show us on-screen. ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Fish\_Mouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@Baby\_Fish\_Mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Fish_Mouth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/118 "2003-12-10T19:31:03Z")
It’s not that these girls have no sense of right or wrong. They just don’t fucking _care_. They are in this place for 5 weeks, working jobs that will have no effect on their future and meeting people they will probably never see again in their lives. They’re not on the show to learn something about responsibility, they’re are on _to get attention_. And they’re doing a marvelous job of it. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/119 "2003-12-10T20:49:29Z")
So, Baby Fish Mouth, you’re saying that they’re not amoral – they’re immoral. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Fish\_Mouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@Baby\_Fish\_Mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Fish_Mouth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578/120 "2003-12-10T21:14:48Z")
**jsc1953** , exactly. They know perfectly well that all that b.s. they pulled at Sonic was wrong, but they have no reason to care about the consequences. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-to-annoy-gadfly-the-paris-hilton-simple-life-thread/216578.md?page=7)