# The Bachelor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600 "2002-10-23T23:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/1 "2002-10-23T23:41:24Z")
Who _is_ this [hoser](http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/specials/bachelor/index.html) and why are all those women trying to get with him??? :o ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/2 "2002-10-24T06:47:25Z")
Nitwits like that really bolster my self-esteem. If _he_ can get pretty girls interested in him there’s no reason why I can’t! ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/3 "2002-10-24T12:06:17Z")
How _YOU_ doin’, **Silentgoldfish**? 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/4 "2002-10-24T16:09:22Z")
I watched the all show last night for the first time, I had caught some of it last week… Are they psychos?? Geez… He is gonna have some serious stakers after that show is over… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/5 "2002-10-24T21:07:05Z")
I liked the bachelor/bachelorette applications for future editions of the show: questions about restraining orders, arrests, how many serious relationships you’ve been in. Have you ever filed for bankruptcy? One of our esteemed number should fill out the application. You go first. C’mon, I double-_dog_ dare ya! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/6 "2002-10-24T22:28:06Z")
… damn I’m good :). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/7 "2002-10-24T22:35:43Z")
I watched this crap last night. WORSE than American Idol. The most annoying part: “When we come back, [loser] will distribute four roses…” Then they return from commercials, talk for about ten seconds, then say, AGAIN, “When we come back, [loser] will distribute…” BZZZZZT. Sorry, if you were showing the missing reel from **The Magnificent Ambersons** I would not keep watching after getting jerked around like that. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/8 "2002-10-25T14:34:06Z")
Actually, this is the Seond Edition of the show, I think. Most fun was that night that two women said they didn’t want the rose before he started to give them out. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/9 "2002-10-25T20:42:58Z")
\*\* handy, \*\* can you fill in the details on that? I heard about it and was very disappointed to have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/10 "2002-10-26T01:39:54Z")
You know, I really hate admitting in public that I watched it, but here’s the scoop, **Stoid**. At the end of the second ep they were just about to start the rose thingie, when one girl stopped them, got up and told him she wasn’t interested and didn’t think it was fair to the other girls if she did get picked. I think she shook his hand and left the room. Just as they were about to get going again, a second woman got up and did the same thing. His response was actually quite good after they left. He managed to not look too flabbergasted, and said “Well at least that confirms my decision.” I’m not really sure if it’s significant, but the two women who left were the only non-whites in the group. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bachelor/133600/11 "2002-10-26T04:30:38Z")
I dunno, I think Renee Zellweger played her role well – and you gotta admit, the sight of a thousand women thundering down the streets of San Francisco, all clad in traditional wedding dresses, is quite a wonder to behold! … or weren’t you talking about **that** “The Bachelor”?