Okay, so every weekday, at 9am, Deal or no Deal is on the TV. It's a sad aspect of parenting, but something I once groaned at is now a high point of the morning. I'm probably on my second or third cup of coffee by the time it comes on, and maybe that contributes to my excitement. Also, a few hours of infomercials end with Deal or no Deal, so that helps too. If I ever see the guy with the ladders or the man who puts gravel in his frying pans I'm not responsible for my actions.
Anyway.
Neither Emeline or I were huge TV watchers before we left the States. Moving to New Zealand increased our viewing hours, simply because lots of things close early here and Dunedin is a small and simple town.
But when Max came our viewing exploded!
Booooom.
We're captive in our own house really for the first 6-weeks. Max feeds every 4-hours, and spends the time between feeds pooping and crying and looking at things, which is fine because we seem to be biologically programmed to find this a wondrous joy. It is. He pooped this afternoon just after I'd taken the previous diaper off -- and I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Anyway.
So, we've never really watched Deal or no Deal before. This is either the Australian or New Zealand edition. We're not sure. But the contestants seem really really bad. Someone who watches the American edition will have to let us know, but do people often stubbornly refuse deal after deal until they have only two really bad cases to choose from? Do they do that there? Do they? They do it here.
In the past couple of weeks, I've seen people win $2, or $1, or 10c several times. They refuse all offers from the banker until they're left with the one case they selected in the first place. Emeline, Max and I are all shouting, "Take the deal." It's almost like no one's explained the rules to them. Just the other day, this woman had two cases left: the one she'd chosen and the last other one out there.
Two cases: $1 or 10c.
Banker's offer: 75c
She won: 10c.
I laughed as much as when Max pooped on me today.
And then I made another cup of coffee.
Anyway.
Neither Emeline or I were huge TV watchers before we left the States. Moving to New Zealand increased our viewing hours, simply because lots of things close early here and Dunedin is a small and simple town.
But when Max came our viewing exploded!
Booooom.
We're captive in our own house really for the first 6-weeks. Max feeds every 4-hours, and spends the time between feeds pooping and crying and looking at things, which is fine because we seem to be biologically programmed to find this a wondrous joy. It is. He pooped this afternoon just after I'd taken the previous diaper off -- and I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Anyway.
So, we've never really watched Deal or no Deal before. This is either the Australian or New Zealand edition. We're not sure. But the contestants seem really really bad. Someone who watches the American edition will have to let us know, but do people often stubbornly refuse deal after deal until they have only two really bad cases to choose from? Do they do that there? Do they? They do it here.
In the past couple of weeks, I've seen people win $2, or $1, or 10c several times. They refuse all offers from the banker until they're left with the one case they selected in the first place. Emeline, Max and I are all shouting, "Take the deal." It's almost like no one's explained the rules to them. Just the other day, this woman had two cases left: the one she'd chosen and the last other one out there.
Two cases: $1 or 10c.
Banker's offer: 75c
She won: 10c.
I laughed as much as when Max pooped on me today.
And then I made another cup of coffee.
2 comments:
Chris, don't tell me that you've given up on that game show classic "Wipeout"?!?!?!? How could you abandon that gem for "Deal or No Deal"??? I can, however, see how it would be better than the infomercials....
Wipeout isn't on anymore. There was a special Wipeout show on New Year's Day and I was so excited I couldn't control myself, but otherwise, no.
Very sad situation.
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