# The Apprentice -- 10/27/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232 "2005-10-28T00:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/1 "2005-10-28T00:52:11Z")
Okay – I’m here – I’m planning to watch – I’m not necessarily expecting to be entertained … all systems normal. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/2 "2005-10-28T01:36:08Z")
HOLY. CRAP! That was an ass-kicking. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/3 "2005-10-28T01:44:55Z")
_Down_ 34%? This will be the Best. Boardroom. Evah! ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/4 "2005-10-28T01:57:57Z")
H O L Y C R A P !!! THAT was a boardroom first allright. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/5 "2005-10-28T01:58:08Z")
Holy shit! I missed the first forty minutes. Damn, damn, damn. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/6 "2005-10-28T01:58:13Z")
Damn. That was a bloodbath worthy of the end of GODFATHER. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/7 "2005-10-28T01:58:59Z")
Yep, that was pretty shocking. And satisfying…seeing all four of them crowded into one cab was pretty damn sweet. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/8 "2005-10-28T01:59:09Z")
Best boardroom and best cab ride EVAH. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/9 "2005-10-28T01:59:17Z")
Best. Taxicab. EVER! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/10 "2005-10-28T01:59:43Z")
Though if only allowed one, I’d have gone with Jennifer, if only for the threatening “That’d be a big mistake, Mr. Trump”. This is _not_ a man renowned for his humility and self effacing style. Tune in next week when Donald fires all of the folks on MARTHA’S APPRENTICE. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/11 "2005-10-28T02:00:24Z")
Including Martha! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/12 "2005-10-28T02:01:05Z")
God that was satisfying! I wish I still smoked, so I could lie back and light one up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/13 "2005-10-28T02:01:08Z")
Mark wuz robbed. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/14 "2005-10-28T02:03:55Z")
… and they just sit there in the taxi, not talking or making eye contact. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/15 "2005-10-28T02:03:56Z")
Huh. Didn’t see that coming. So, are all the rest of the contestants going to be back in the suite, just waiting and waiting and waiting for someone, _anyone_ to return from the baordroom?! ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/16 "2005-10-28T02:04:52Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > So, are all the rest of the contestants going to be back in the suite, just waiting and waiting and waiting for someone, _anyone_ to return from the baordroom?! Bwahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/17 "2005-10-28T02:05:02Z")
Oh, yeah~~~poor cabbie, too. Talk about your hostile passengers. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/18 "2005-10-28T02:07:43Z")
So is it safe to say that Josh was a better snarky commentator than he was a manager, James had a bad idea, Jen really should have been fired last week, and Mark was over due from the car task? Totally aside from his absolutely crawling up Josh’s butt at dinner. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/19 "2005-10-28T02:09:31Z")
So – does that explain the discrepancy between the number of candidates we started out with and the number of weeks Donald said the interview would last? Definitely satisfying, but I feel bad for not-Josh and not-Jennifer. Forgot their names already, poor guys. Donald doesn’t like it when people make him look bad, does he? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232/20 "2005-10-28T02:09:51Z")
So where exactly does the cabby take these people when they leave? Even in NYC I can’t imagine that there are available flights leaving for all places at all times, and for four folks private planes would be right out. (I’m thinking the “last year’s winners” segment of _Running Man_.) Trump v. Martha- hmmm. That’d be a showdown. He’d fight hard, but ultimately she’d kick his lily white butt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apprentice-10-27-05/328232.md?page=2)