# Trading Spaces 6/29, Or Ivylass Passes the Baton to Bibliocat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076 "2003-06-29T02:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076/21 "2003-06-30T22:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*I thought the same thing, **jac**. Do Doug and Hilde meet for lunch on the sly and say, “Now, I’m going to paint a room entirely in black and put in an atrocious light fixture that violates building codes. Think you can also paint a room black? Except, don’t call it black. Call it plum gray.” > > Then they laugh evilly and toast each other with 12 year old scotch. \*\* 😃 I can just see that happening. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076/22 "2003-07-01T00:49:23Z")
a bit of insider info. 2 of the designers i work with applied to t.s. one last year, they went with kia, instead of my co worker, big mistake. the other tried out this year. she went to 3 interviews and they called her and said they decided to go with a male instead. i guess they wanted to even up the numbers boys vs girls wise. my thought is the work that they did was too good for t.s. the only one on the show now that has any backround in interior design or arch is vern. adding another would lessen the disaster drama. the rooms the 2 i know would not be black with yolk furniture, or involve camo. wall border. it seems they are going for drama over real design. a real shame given the name of the station they are on is the learning channel. the main thing you learn watching t.s. is what not to do. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076/23 "2003-07-01T04:49:06Z")
> [@](#): > > I yelled at the tv: “YOUR SHIRT! YOUR SHIRT! IT’S A RAG – TAKE IT OFF!” Well thank God I wasn’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076/24 "2003-07-02T13:53:15Z")
**Tragedy of Epic Proportions in the Making!!** I know July is supposed to be my month for starting the threads, but I’m going to be out of town Saturday, and won’t be home till late. If someone else would be kind enough to start the thread for this week, I’ll do the rest of the month. Thanks! Whew. Crisis averted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076/25 "2003-07-02T14:26:26Z")
Somebody on the TwoP board likened Doug’s room to the waiting room in Hell; someone else likened it to a dentist’s waiting room. My reaction to these characterizations was to think of it as a dentist’s waiting room in Hell (where the point is to put cavities _in_, and instead of Muzak—which is bad enough—you get to listen to the amplified shrieks of the current patient). The other two thoughts that popped into my head were the waiting room in **Beetlejuice** and the milk bar in **A Clockwork Orange**. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076/26 "2003-07-02T16:21:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\ ***Tragedy of Epic Proportions in the Making!!** > > I know July is supposed to be my month for starting the threads, but I’m going to be out of town Saturday, and won’t be home till late. > If someone else would be kind enough to start the thread for this week, I’ll do the rest of the month. > Thanks! > > Whew. Crisis averted. > > 😉 \*\* Jeez, **Biblio** , I hand you the baton and you promptly drop it on my foot!! 😃 **Otto** , can you pinch-hit for **Biblio** for this Saturday? If not do we have another volunteer? The only criteria is that you post ASAP after the show ends at 10p on Saturday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trading-spaces-6-29-or-ivylass-passes-the-baton-to-bibliocat/185076.md?page=1)