Toddlers & Tiaras Recap: All That AND a Pack of Crackers!

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   ellemenop
   Posted August 12, 2012 at 2:50 pm

   i think the tags you put up are almost as funny as the recaps themselves!

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   alice
   Posted August 12, 2012 at 3:07 pm

   that sweet honey boo boo child!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it aint easy being a redneck child!!!! still i think suger bear has no teeth,..ok lets all picture suger bear and june nude getting it on…on second……lets scrap that…instead lets picture sadly the other daughters knocked up by 15 and collecting walfare..at lest they’ll know how to extreme couponing and eat road kill. i love this show!!

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   ellemenop
   Posted August 12, 2012 at 3:29 pm

   oh, regarding the flipper, i definitely also wondered specifically how the hell you can make a flipper when there are no teeth to base the mold on or to hold the flipper in place. so, yeah, maybe she meant a 3-month-old flipper that belonged to someone considerable younger than alana, thus a “baby.” maybe?

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   sagittariuskim
   Posted August 12, 2012 at 3:38 pm

   They did show a preview of next week. The only thing I remember from it is that a brother and sister will be featured.

   Alana meant sugar in the tank not fruit. In the south saying a guy is”sweet” or that he has “sugar in his tank” is a way of saying he’s gay.

   I think Destiny’s Olympic routine was suppose to be Rhythmic Gymnastics. I didn’t see anything wrong with her hair. Why is there always a judge who fixates on something?

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   OhSnap
   Posted August 12, 2012 at 5:20 pm

   @Alice: Gag on the visual even thought they are hilarious to watch. Why are the judges so anti-Alanna? She is a pretty child. She needs to shed a few pounds, get a longer fall with less curl, and get a coach.

   I think the hoops are a part of rhythmic gymnastics. She did use the ribbon so I am assuming that is what she was doing.

   And that judge should not really be dissing anyone’s hair. She should update the do. Looks like something from the late eighties/early nineties.

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   MrsMiaWallace
   Posted August 12, 2012 at 5:41 pm

   DearCrabbie – I know you get lots of love but I have to add that your recaps are really f’ing brilliant!
   “Dari (which I’m guessing is spelled X3FT)” – jolted me to the core. You are one magnificent bitch.

   I did enjoy the crazy of this episode but I could not watch the Honey Boo Boo show. I know that because I was trying to eat while watching this episode and June and Alana put me off my food every time they were on camera. I literally had to look away when their home segments aired. Among all the other grotesqueness aired, I have a teeth fixation and those tiny yellow badger teeth snarling from the immense white doughy wasteland of Junes face/neck/throat/chest area make me gag.

   Deseray was a real beauty. The kind of kid who has it together and is smart, lovely, talented and humble. Her dad must be amazing for her to turn out that way and I pray she sneaks away to Harvard because she is so much better than what is being foisted upon her. Free Desi!

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   Penny Ruxpin
   Posted August 13, 2012 at 1:46 am

   So many thoughts…
   Destiny: rhythmic  gymnastics involves hoop, maybe that was the closest approximation they could make?
   I thought destiny was pretty whiny, I’m not sure if that’s just her personality or indicative of being supremely unhappy in pageants…either way it was annoying.

   Alana: Boo Boo’s is an apt name for that family, I’m pretty sure they are Mother Nature’s  version of a scrap pile. A big old bouquet of hygiene and beauty challenged oopsie daisies, if you will. Sadly, not the stupidest family ever profiled.  I had a difficult time watching this family, I do Not think June is as stupid as she plays, gross yes, but as stupid? No. This is a family playing up their silly hillbilly simple folk schtick.  I think June recognized their cringeworthy behavior and decided to try and ‘laugh first’ and loudest. She doesn’t quite get there, but she tries none the less. Alana however, went from being laughably trashy to full on pile of shit. The fame or recognition she has received thus far has turned her into a piglet parody of a failed pagent girl. Whoever fed her the lines she recited (poorly) has no concept of what was even remotely charming about her in the first place. When Alana realized she hadn’t won money and (BEFORE Destiny double crowned) she began to shout that it ‘ain’t fair!’ I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure she complained like a little shit even before the crowning error was recognized. She didn’t practice, acted a fool, and revels in EVERYTHING about herself that is crude and ‘other’ from the pagent world, but it ‘ain’t fair’ that little girls who practiced won. Little shit.
   Deseray: Aside from the fact that her mother fucked up the spelling of a perfectly whorish name, and probably saddled her with a lifetime of hideous genetic facial expressions, Deseray seemed pretty nice. Not at all the homicidal mess I would be were I raised by her fucking cow faced mother.  Diery is the most a noxious type of woman. She doesn’t realize that she isn’t beautiful, clever, smart or even a fraction as cute as she thinks she is, in fact, she plays up her absolute worst personality traits and facial expressions as though they don’t make her seem fucking insane. When she said ‘I love blue!’ and pouted down at her top, I hated her. When she said she would be ‘soooo happy if she picks the blue dress, because that means I won!’ I wanted to hit her in the face with a shovel. When mom screamed that she ‘won’, and her daughter was forced to wince in pain, I wanted to set the shovel on fire, and hit her again.  I can’t count the number of times I vomited in my mouth over her facial expressions and obnoxious voice. Needless to say, it was a lot. This mother is just awful, because she has no clue. She thinks she’s cute. She thinks she’s funny. She thinks that wishing  and trying ‘real hard to be perfect’ will make her life fulfilling, and her husband’s dick to stop crawling back inside of him everytime she takes her clothes off…it’s just not going to happen.

   Lastly, you never, EVER, perform ANY type of gymnastics on a Tile floor. 

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   Penny Ruxpin
   Posted August 13, 2012 at 1:47 am

   *obnoxious, not a noxious.

   I was very upset.

   Sorry for the novella.

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   Pageant-grandma
   Posted August 13, 2012 at 5:52 am

   They definitely do not put flippers on infants, or even small toddlers. After about 3, if the kid has screwy teeth, maybe. Also, besides being gross (I guess you could sanitize it), a used flipper isn’t going to fit (and clearly, it didn’t). Better to not use one at all. Deseray’s mom was a hot mess, but I have to agree with the judges– for all her talk about “perfection”, her hair was, too. Maybe “poodle” is a southern thing. I am gay, and I’ve never heard it. In any case it’s in very poor taste to teach that sort of jargon to a small child. It might be meant in fun, but with the family’s clear lack of decorum, I can see Alana calling some random flamboyant man “fruity” or worse and getting the snot knocked out of her.

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    ANTM Fan
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 6:02 am

    I have to agree with MrsMiaWallace. “Dari (which I’m guessing is spelled X3FT)” had me on the floor.

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 6:38 am

    Ah Crabby, once again, a splendid masterpiece. @PennyRuxpin, I have nothing else to say cause you said it all, good job!

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    Penny Ruxpin
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Good. My job is done here.

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    ZipLock
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 9:45 am

    I think watching Diery (or whatever her weird name is) pouting about the color blue and then screaming, “I won” when her daughter chose the blue was one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. How incredibly immature.

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    Tonya
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 10:14 am

    Crabby,
    You really are an amazing writer! I can count on a good laugh just by looking at the photo captions. I loved the Violin with the deer. So Funny… I read several other recaps and I personally think your the best, No joke ! The others are also good, But Your Like Great!!!! If tvgasm had a award ceremony I think you will win the top award, the Ultimate Grand Supreme Recapper of the world.

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    Tonya
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 10:16 am

    Not violin/ fiddle, Sorry.

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    nelliebelle1197
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 10:35 am

    Alana meant sugar in the tank not fruit. In the south saying a guy is ”sweet” or that he has “sugar in his tank” is a way of saying he’s gay. –

    I am Southern to the core and have never heard those expressions. I looked them up and it still can’t see it’s particularly Southern. I think this family has its own vernacular and any attempt at translation or etymology will just twist you up in knots. This family only lives two hours from me, but I swear it is a different universe! Who dares to recap?

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    Miss America America
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 10:38 am

    One mom stuck glue in her kid’s eye (indirectly). Another mom had her kid doing gymastics on a hard floor. The third mom gave her child roadkill to eat. If I had to have one of these women as a mom, I’d say, “Pass me the Darlene and put some ketchup on her!”

    In other words, Alana’s mom is not the worst mom in the world. In fact, I’d like to have a drink with her!

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    ZipLock
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 11:20 am

    I have two gay sons and have never heard the term “poodle” either. I agree with Pageant Grandma that Alana might get slugged for using those terms casually, but I did like that they didn’t care that he was gay. I think the Southern/hick/white trash stereotype is more to beat up on gays, not call them pet names and bring them along for a mani/pedi.

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    Dear Crabby
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 11:28 am

    @Tonya – thanks for the compliments, but there are a ton of great writers on this site! Glad to hear from you – you know we all want to go drinking with you after one of the pageants!

    And I would agree with some of the comments here (and I was just discussing with Crabby Daddy) that June’s family, although crazy, is a very loving and fun family. Are they are little rough around the edges? Sure, but June’s been on three reality shows (Extreme Couponing, T&T and Honey Boo Boo), so she’s got some smarts somewhere (and I’m hoping she’s saving that money!). Does Pumpkin need a smack upside the head? Yes…but I know I probably acted the same way when I was 12 too…plus, the self-deprecating humor they show makes them one of us. I think they are a solid family and I hope their other show does really well (and better than that hot mess that was Eden’s show).

    @Penny Ruxpin…TOTALLY agree with you on the setting fire to a shovel and hitting Diery with it! That idea was brilliant in so many ways. Save Deseray!

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    Gwen
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 11:41 am

    Too bad Deseray didn’t do the back handpsring on the tile and break a bone. That would have been good TV. Kidding! I have been doing gymnastics for 12 years and am very confident in my back handspring. But I would never (repeat: NEVER) do one on a tile floor. That’s like, asking for a broken wrist.

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    Pat Ledoux
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    Tonya if you see Mr. Todd give him a big smooch from me!

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    Clair
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    DearCrabby, awesome recap, as usual. I hope Desarey’s mom stumbles across it. Oh wait, I don’t think perfect people stumble…

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    BedHeadJen
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    X3FT! Lol, I heart you Crabby!

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    sagittariuskim
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    @nelliebelle1197 I from the South too. And I heard those expressions plenty of times. Maybe it’s just used in certain parts of the south.

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    The hula hoop IS Olympic competition, it’s one of the Rythmetic Gymnastics catagories which include hoop, ribbon, rope, clubs and ball. (The “normal” gymnastics are called Artistic Gymnastics and do not use a prop but involve more tumbling type skills in categories such as vault, floor, uneven bars, balance beam, etc….)

    PS: Rope (which was basically a jump rope) Maybe have been removed from the 2012 Olympics… I’m not sure on that, but I didn’t see it at all this year… but Hoop was quite a popular category.

    http://gymnastics.about.com/od/rhythmicgymnastics/tp/rhythmic-gymnastics-apparatus.htm

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    Chicken Lips
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    I just ate so much watermelon that I can’t even bear the thought of food OR water, and I shook my big full belly and shrieked “Get out of there, Darlene!”

    And then I realized what I said and immediately started on the shame spiral because I long ago vowed that “Where’s my ni-ni!” and “Ni-ni’s a hard workin’ lady” would be the only things I ever repeated from T&T, but I kind of like blaming my oversized tummy on Darlene. Perhaps I’m the northern Honey Boo Boo?

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    bumblebee
    Posted August 13, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    I wish I could re-register and use the screen name X3FT.

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    LoyalViewer
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 6:11 am

    I too was shocked when Deserey’s mom was needling her to do the back handspring on the tile floor – the fact that anyone could have such a lack of common sense and safety was unnerving.

    I totally agree that June knows people are laughing at her and is going along for the ride. I actually kind of like her honesty, especially after years of watching all these fake, narcissistic mothers. However, she is an adult and has the right to make that decision for herself. Alana, however, is a little girl who does not realize that what she does today will be captured on film for all eternity, and one day she will be older and mortified by how she has acted on these shows. I really can’t stand Alana; she is just a gross child. I also find her very unattractive. That one photo of her in the tennis outfit (the close up) reminds me a lot of Eden.

    I don’t understand why the judge was crabbing about the girls’ hair. I actually thought their hair looked pretty nice, not like some of the ridiculous wigs/falls we have seen on the show (remember Danielle’s massive thing from a few weeks ago?)

    It is VERY clear that both Deserey and Destiny’s mom are trying to catch some crown that eluded them when they were teenagers. The pictures of both of them in their “pageant days” is so telling. The small crowns are either participation crowns or preliminary pageants, because even in the 80′s, the real winners got huge crowns (yes, I must confess I did two pageants as a teen, although I quickly got out of it). Also, if you look closely at Destiny’s mom’s photo the writing on the sash has been written on with glitter, not even embroidered.

    I really liked Deserey, but I fear that she’s going to have major issues. I’m sure mom is just as pushy when it comes to school, gymnastics, and everything else the poor child does.

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    LoyalViewer
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Forgot to add… I have to agree that there is no way that flipper was for a three month old, but rather was for a younger child who used it for three months. Can you imagine how ridiculous a flipper would be for an infant? Although we’ve seen some strange things on this show, I think that is just too weird, even for T&T.

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    LoyalViewer
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 6:20 am

    P.S. Forgot to add…Destiny’s routine for Olympic wear was definitely rhythmic gymnastics…she had the hoop, the ribbon, and I think I saw a ball, too.

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    NapaNonnie
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 9:53 am

    DearCrabby I love your recaps. I’m still laughing about “Dari (which I’m guessing is spelled X3FT).” Thanks for putting the time in to watch and recap for us.

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    Penny Ruxpin
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 7:55 pm

    @loyal viewer, if by ‘some crown’ you mean EVERY or ANY crown, I would definitely agree. Deseray’s mom is the embodiment of every loser who grew up with unfulfilled dreams and unrealistic ideas of her potential. At least June knows she’s a lump of coal, Deiry still thinks she’s a diamond in the rough…emphasis on her rough ass face.

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    BedHeadJen
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    I think that I will add ‘take picture with a flipper wearing 3 month old, and hang it over my fireplace’ to my list of shit that I’d like to accomplish.

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    AshleyS
    Posted August 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    I just realized how freakin’ creepy the idea of a three month old with a full set of teeth is.

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    ConfusedinCanada
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 6:39 am

    Ok, from watching this train wreck, I being a Canadian and like most people see people from different states on tv, this suggests to me that everyone South of the Mason-Dixie line are road kill eating, red neck hillbillies, that borrow teeth and think farting on tv is a fun sport.
    While I know that’s not true this show and that Honey boo boo piece of crap sure don’t do much to make Southern Folk look good. Takes back the states to what 1881.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 8:22 am

    @ConfusedinCanada, your people all wear plaid and call bacon ham, righ?. And you’re all lumberjacks who end each sentence with EH, yes?

    That’s about how accurate the depiction of Southerners is on this show.

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    Veruca
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 9:09 am

    Confused— if my only reference of Canada is what I’ve learned from South Park.. I’d assume Canadians have a penchant for farting on TV. Believe it or not, there are many of us Southerners who are highly educated and have NEVER scraped dinner (or breakfast or lunch) from the road.

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    Helena Handbasket
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 9:14 am

    Snarky side note- I believe Renesmee from the Twilight series would probably have a full set of teeth at 3 months…

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    sheesh
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 10:01 am

    When I look at Honey BooBoo I see a highly imaginative child.
    I wouldn’t be surprised if she doesn’t end up in acting/comedy.
    Look at many comedy actors and they were STUPID in their comedy at first (some still are …Larry The Cable Guy).
    Alanna has the spark and freedom to be as nutty as she wants to be.
    Go ahead with your bad self Honey Boo Boo. I hope your spunkiness takes you on a redneck comedy tour someday.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    June can be her opening act.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    i’ll be in the audience!

    and THEN we can all go drinking with tonya, annette, mr. todd, etc. afterwards.

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    ConfusedinCanada
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    I was being sarcastic in my remarks about Southerns. Being Canadian I know we are know to be the friendly people that if you hit us we apologize, drink beer and thanks to that Bob & Doug, appear to say Eh all the time when in reality it’s a very rare occurance. you would like that on a snark site one could be snarky and not get their throat jumpdown

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    crankyguy
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    @ConfusedinCanada, I was listening to the commentary on an SCTV DVD and Dave Thomas was telling the inspiration for Bob & Doug McKenzie. There was some law that shows produced in Canada had to have a certain amount of Canadian content in them, so Bob & Doug was a big “fuck you” to the bureaucrats who were on their ass about the lack of purely Canadian content.

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    ConfusedinCanada
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Crankyguy you are right, the laws up here are so stupid in regards to “pure Canadian content”.

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    Gwen
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    @Canada I was in Canada recently (my dad was born there, we go every year) and we were watching American Olympic coverage on my grandma’s TV (she has satellite) and my Canadian aunt just wanted to watch the commercials because apparently they can’t play them on Canadian TV.

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    timgunnssister
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    @Canada, sorry if it seemed I was jumping on you. Unfortunately, a whole lot of Americans have undoubtedly watched this show and assumed all in the South are just like Alana and Co.

    And I don’t really think all Canadians wear plaid all the time but hey, what’s up with Canadian bacon? It’s something I’ve never really understood. But then, I eat grits, which are a tragically misunderstood food.

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    Juliet
    Posted August 15, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    Hey Dear Crabby! FYI, Bitey aka Bella Noelle from 3 episodes ago makes another guest walk on tonight episode! They show Bella’s clothes on a mirror that is covered up, and say it is Chloe’s clothes.
    Gotta love those TNT edits! No eyebrows show up tonight though, and Bella dares the editors to show her clothes again as another girls, and she will bite their fingers off! Watch Chole’s part, they show Bella clothes, a Orange outfit, blue and pink Babydoll, blue cupcake from last week’s Pageant Olympics that you posted, and a Tiffany outfit I showed you hanging on a dresser with a sheet over the mirror. Dip shit editors!

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    Penny Ruxpin
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 1:32 am

    MYSTERY! Help ME! I really wanted to get your attention…

    While watching a netflix’d T&T – I saw Saliz from a previous episode (universal royalty) listed as ‘Sarah Elizabeth’ during crowning. The episode I watched was from the third season, Saliz was not being followed; it was the awful episode with ‘pagent king’ Zander and his soulless whale mother. You know, the fat ginger(vitis) bitch who couldn’t brush her hair or teeth for a television appearance? Does that ring a bell? Anyhow, when Saliz was featured, I remembered thinking that her mother must have been under heavy duty labor drugs to come up with that shitty of a name. Now it appears as though she didn’t, and Saliz may just be a dumbass attempt at creating a brand. Has anyone seen the episode(s) I’m referencing? I tried looking it up, but felt increasingly awkward reading her mothers press releases. (All joking aside, they read like a wanted ad for her own pedophile stalker) Is Saliz really ‘Sarah Elizabeth’ ? Have I finally watched too much T&T? Is that Saliz being so-Raven? Will I stop watching reruns of soap with my mom during her chemo?! I need answers.

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    Penny Ruxpin
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 1:35 am

    The answer to my last three questions is no. No one could ever watch too much Toddlers and Tiara’s. I love Soap, and it is not very Raven. I just like ending on a mysterious note. Please help answer my Saliz question though. It’s annoying the shit out of me.

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    icegirl
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 2:25 am

    @Penny
    If what you are saying is true and Saliz is only a nickname, then I think it is kind of cute. Sarah Elizabeth is a nice name but very common and unoriginal (that isn’t a bad thing). Being named Sarah Elizabeth, you are less likely to have problems succeeding in the real world than some of those god-awful names out there (I am looking at you Sparkal Queenz, Alycesaundra and Damitri’auna!) Maybe Saliz’s mom wanted to call her daughter something cute and original without compromising on her success.

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    ConfusedinCanada
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 9:38 am

    @ timgunnssister well I don’t get Canadian Bacon either LOL, it’s basically just a pork tenderloin, hammed up  OMG I love plaid LOL, just kidding haven’t worn it since I was a kid and my mom made me.

    You’re right seriously between this episode and that Honey boo boo shit the perception is that people from the Southern States are like that, just as people think Canadians all live in igloos and have dog sleds and if you’re from Calgary then you ride horses and pick your teeth with straw.

    It’s really sad that stereotypes like this are out there this badly. I haven’t watched her show, nor do I intend to. I like to have the image I have in my head of Southerns as people that are as friendly as us Canadians only with a different speaking accent (which I wish I had)

    Grits, I have only heard of and I wouldn’t mind trying but Chittings you can keep

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    crankyguy
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 9:47 am

    @ConfusedinCanada, that SCTV DVD I mentioned before had a sketch with some head cheese lovin’ Canadians in it. Do you have any personal experience with THAT particular delicacy? I have met people in Michigan and Wisconsin who eat it, but I was too scared.

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    Penny Ruxpin
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    @icegirl. Thank you! It was really bothering me; sometimes I can’t tell all the past contestants apart…or their often silly names, like Alexes or Alysc3ndreau^$’s.

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    Dear Crabby
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Re: Saliz, I wonder if Pageant Grandma would know? Maybe we should ask on the current episode minicap or the recap? But I do like the idea that it’s a nickname for Sarah Elizabeth – that’s kind of cute!

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 16, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Canadians (I am one) actually do say “eh” a LOT, they just don’t notice they do it… but when I travel to Europe or something and everyone over there points it out every time you say it, you realise it more. It’s not EVERY sentence of course, but used often in phrases like “I guess you don’t have any more potatos, eh?”

    And I don’t know about the hitting thing, but we do usually apologize if someone else steps on our toes… more like a “sorry for being in your way” type thing though and the person doing the stepping also says sorry…

    The other stuff is just nonsense mostly (even if I am coincidentally wearing plaid today for the first time in ages LOL… but I’m most definitely not a lumberjack, nor have I ever even met one haha!!! Rather I work in a hockey rink, so yeah, no trees to cut down there. )

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    ConfusedinCanada
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 7:31 am

    @OlympicGal, I have never said “eh” but then again I’m in Alberta we’re too busy not stepping in the horse dung that lines the dirt streets from the horse we tie up in front of the saloon LOL, sorry thinking back to the question I was asked about where we tie our horse up when we go into town by someone many years ago.

    @crankguy…headcheese, OMG no way…not pass this girls mouth….they really do boil the heads and then use the “meat” with the broth to set it and eat it.

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 8:10 am

    @ConfusedinCanada Some do and some don’t, I have heard it a lot though in Alberta too, but not everyone does say it in any province. I’m in British Columbia myself and maybe it is more common here. I dunno, I haven’t really noticed if it’s more or less in diff provinces (And I haven’t spent any time in provinces east of Ontario), but yeah, not something everyone does but I do hear it common enough in any province I’ve been to that I can understand why we’ve gotten that reputation even if it’s not something that everyone does. The only person I knew who used it after almost every other sentence would’ve been my grandpa though and he lived in Toronto, so maybe it’s most common there? (Can’t really judge that on one person haha)

    Too funny about the question. There is one guy here that always takes his horse through the drive in at fast food joints, but the fact that it causes enough attention from the rest of us tells ya that it’s not normal HAHA.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 8:42 am

    canadians: try being a peruvian in the united states, especially when you don’t look anything like what americans expect someone from peru to look like. or when there are enough people who have no idea where peru even is (“is it a town in germany?” “it’s in asia, right?” etc.) or that spanish is spoken there (“do they speak peruvian?”), and if you think being asked about the horse is bad, i’ve been asked if it’s true that people shoot each other driving down the street (my answer: “only when they drive cars, which is why most of us prefer to ride our llamas”). i love americans. so many of them have NO freakin’ idea what goes on outside this country. i’ve only lived in miami, l.a., and nyc, and i STILL hear nonesense like that. i think it’s funny, though.

    that being said, my best friend is married to a guy from quebec, and i occasionally tell him to go get a beer and watch some hockey, but only because he knows i’m joking; we make fun of my friend/his wife because whenever she meets a canadian she tells him to go talk to him/does the same thing with me and peruvians (and so does my husband), and we find it hilarious.

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    @ellemenop! Really? I learned a lot about Peru in my Spanish class in school so I thought it obvious you spoke Spanish haha (Then again, like I said, I’m Canadian and I suspect we learn more about other countries here. One of my sponsored girls is Peruvian and I write back and forth with her all the time, so I know it’s Spanish she speaks. I can’t respond in Spanish so the letters are translated to English and back, but I remember enough of my high school Spanish to understand her letters! Proud of myself for that one haha! LOL about your llama response!!! That is great!

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    snowshoecat
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    O CANADAns: Just moved from northern Wisconsin and we get tourists making the circle Lake Superior tour from Canada. They say “eh” quite a bit, especially in the thunder Bay and Sioux areas. Hubbycat’s sister lives in Buffalo and “their” Canadians say it too. It’s a regional thing I suppose. What a silly thing to pick up on and “nationalize” though.

    I remember the Xander and his awful mother all too well. Wish I had paid more attention to Saliz. I do remember the name.

    Just my two cents’ worth of absolutely nothing important.

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    snowshoecat
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    It’s me again. It just occurred to me that Canadians who say “eh” at least once in a while are southern Canadians.

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    Most Canadians (definitely not all) are “Southern” though as most the big cities are South, which is probably why it got nationalized if it’s a Southern thing
    That and the fact that the southern part is nearest the USA border so it’s what they hear when they cross over. You could very well be right about the South thing though as most my Canadian travels (and my home) is in the southern parts of Canada (I’m about an hour off Vancouver) Good catch snowshoecat!

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    @olympicgal, that’s pretty cool; you should go to peru if you ever get a chance! i’ve actually never been to canada, which is really odd considering i could drive there in about 6 hours (i think? maybe it’s 8) and the rest of my family has gone several times, but i hope to make it over someday. american schools definitely suck at teaching geography … err, and, at least compared to the mexican private schools i went to from 2nd-6th grades, really, at everything. we were expected to be fluent in spanish and english AND have a third language (mine was french) as an elective since grade school, while kids here can barely speak english some of the time! we learned basic geography and world history in 3rd grade that they never really covered in the us (and i went to both private and public schools here) even in high school. american education is not that good compared to a lot of countries’, and, sadly, because i moved here permanently at 14, i definitely missed out on a better education. i think what amazes me the most, though, is the general lack of knowledge of what the hell is going on/exists outside the usa … not that everyone is like that here, of COURSE, but it’s so common!

    and isn’t something like 90% of canada’s population in the southern half of the country? (i’m sure i have the number a bit off and am too lazy to open another tab and look it up — thanks, ‘murica! lol)

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 17, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    I would LOVE to go to Peru to visit my Linda. I’ve got another sponsor girl in Bolivia too so I could do a South American tour haha… honestly though, it’s too expensive at the moment.

    I’ve been to the states a few times, but I don’t have a passport at the moment. I only live 30 minutes from the border though haha.

    And yes, it is something like that. It gets too cold up North haha (People live there and there are Northern Cities), but definitely the majority are in the southern parts.

    The language thing at our schools isn’t great either. If I wasn’t so interested in French and Spanish I wouldn’t have learned them. French is mandatory from grade 7-10, but what they teach is ridiculous if you don’t do an advanced or immersion program.

    My grade 7 French consisted of watching two videos about a cartoon pineapple. The only things I learned all year were how to say “I am a pineapple”, “It isn’t possible”, and “It is possible”. Helpful, eh? But I did love languages so I persevered with them through grade 12. I just wish that I’d stayed on top of them after graduating. I know enough French to generally understand it, but not enough to read/write it myself as I forget the tenses and words I need to use unless I’m hearing someone else use them at the time. Same goes with my Spanish though I forget even more of it. It’s a shame as I’d love to be able to write to my sponsor kids in their own language (My Haitian boy speaks French and Creole which is really similar.) But I’m sure if I attempted it, my letters would make no sense whatsoever lol!

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    Zedd
    Posted August 18, 2012 at 9:08 am

    I find in Alberta we say “hey” a lot more than “eh” but it could just be the low brow people I hang out with . I kinda like the Canadian stereotypes – it gives me something to laugh about. Oh and I HATE poutine!

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    OlympicGal
    Posted August 18, 2012 at 10:07 am

    Really, haha, I LOVE poutine, if it’s made right. I only eat out maybe twice a year or so since I cook my own food normally, but if I DO go out I ALWAYS order poutine haha and I make my own too. I don’t say “hey” much, only in greetings or the “Hey what’s that” type way. Actually maybe I say it, but I would use “hey” at the start of a sentence and “eh” at the end, now that I think of it lol.

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    Smoochie
    Posted August 18, 2012 at 7:47 pm

    I do believe that Saliz is the nickname, I believe the mother commented on her episode, and referred to her as Sarah Elizabeth. They actually seem like smart people, she knew how to use paragraphs and talk nicely with the fellow gazmis.

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    ellemenop
    Posted August 19, 2012 at 11:20 am

    @olympicgal — wow, i actually thought french was a mandatory second language in canada, like, all through school. shows how much i know. if it makes you feel any better, i took french from 2nd through 9th grades, but then quit (i was supposed to do AP french in 10th grade — i don’t know if canada uses the AP system, but it’s the one where it counts as college credit if you pass the test at the end of the year) but lost interest … now i seriously know no french at all. i was in france in april and SO lost with the language (and french people really don’t speak english in the riviera, from what i can tell); it was very frustrating.

    that’s so cool that you have all these sponsor kids from different places. i’ve never been to bolivia, but i have an aunt & uncle who moved to la paz for about 4 years and loved it there. i also haven’t been to argentina and have heard great things (i wanted to go there on my honeymoon but hubby was not interested, sadly).

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    hot cawfee
    Posted August 21, 2012 at 8:27 am

    OK– mystery solved– Uncle Lee was helping with “Darlene” and I thought I saw nail polish–and I guess I did!!!!!

    I really love The Family of Honey BooBoo– so accepting of people and life. I thought June was really tame on this show as compared to their TLC show— Still farting tho— I kept hearing the crew laugh

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    dave
    Posted September 13, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    what episode is this???