Well, it's been five days now that I've been putting off writing this recap. Reason why? This episode was really dumb and boring. But now I'm on an airplane that's been delayed for two hours, I've had a few glasses of wine, and I'm ready to do this thing. So for those of you interested, or just really bored cause your boss is making you work during Christmas week, I give you this week's installment of The Real World Sydney!
This is the most you'll be seeing of Isaac today. Enjoy it.
We open with Dumby making coffee. I think the producers have thrown in this banal task as some sort of boring warning. This is about as exciting as this week gets. But then there's coffee making drama. The coffee maker is...broken! And you know what they say in the Real World house - if something's broke, well it's probably Parisa's fault.
And sure enough, Dumby blames Parisa for the broken coffee maker, and then tells us he's pissed off. No, really? Huh. Usually such a fun loving guy, that Dumby. And it's not enough that broken coffee maker blame has been officially assigned to Parisa, but hey, why not throw a little extra critique? Just for fun. The problem is, Parisa drinks four to six cups of coffee per day. And why is this a problem for Dumby? Excellent question. It's unhealthy, he declares.
I've got news for you. So is doing ho's you barely know.
Surprisingly, Ashli takes Parisa's side in the great coffee debate. Or not so surprisingly, considering it's not so much "Parisa's side" as "the opposite of Dumby's side". It turns into the first of about ten stupid, baseless fights that Dumby and Ashli will have in the next twenty seven minutes. Ashli at least recognizes that Dumby's just trying to start a fight, but honey, once you engage, you're in it too. And besides, we all know this fight is soooo not about coffee.
Ash leaves Dumby in the kitchen reading the instructions to the espresso maker - which he continually pronounces, incorrectly, as EX-presso maker. This is why they call us dumb Americans. A little while later, Parisa is off to make one of her four-to-six EX-pressos for the day, and to add insult to Dumby, she offers Ashli one as well. As Marge trots off to prepare caffeine for everyone, Dumby slips over to Ashli to ask her what the hell was last night about?
Since we weren't treated to any fancy night vision, cover throwing shenanigans, and someone over at MTV had a storyline to make up, I'm guessing "last night" refers to the coffee maker incident. It does. Dumby tells Ash that people in the house are capable of standing up for themselves, and they don't need her to do it for them. He also tells her she's the youngest. So? Ash tells us that "he has a bad temper, but that's all he has" and that she can handle him. She tells Dumby that he bitches all the time. It's not bitching, he responds bitchily, it's just that he gets irritated. Well, then, you're irritated all the time, she tells him, laughing. Dumby's smart and clever response is that SHE bitches all the time. Didn't I tell you this was dumb and boring? Moving on.
Maybe you should stop being reactive and try being Proactiv.
Later, KA, Ash, and Parisa (huh?) commiserate in the girls' room, where KA applauds Ashli's argument with Dumby. Yay, stupid fights! Without them, there would be no Real World. Ash says she's embarrassed that she ever liked Dumby in the first place, and Dumby goes to the phone room to complain to Dunbar's Girlfriend Julie that he has no respect for any of the girls in the house...even Ashli! How 'bout telling the other half of that story there, confederate? He says he lost respect for the girls when they started disrespecting him. Oh, so THAT'S what Ashli was doing in bed with him, disrespecting him.
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Comments (11)
McCain photo caption - HILARIOUS! Great recap! Happy holidays
1 of 11 | Posted by chelle | Posted on December 24, 2007 9:17 AM
This episode was so boring that I didn't even notice that there hadn't been a recap yet! I've seen the "sneak peek" of the next episode and it looks cute though so I am hopeful things will get more interesting.... please let things get more interesting. Please.
2 of 11 | Posted by snootchy bootches | Posted on December 24, 2007 11:20 AM
"As the fight progresses, Ashli dangles a thinly veiled threat of mentioning their one night stand in front of the roomies. I love how both she and Dumby are still acting like it's a secret."
I don't think that was what she was threatening to tell them. I think that she was threatening to reveal that Dumby is a one minute man. The guy is bad in bed. Notice how quick he was to shut up? Of course anybody could predict that a misogynist like him would be crap in the sack, but I'm sure he'd like to keep that a secret.
3 of 11 | Posted by dr leo marvin | Posted on December 25, 2007 5:49 AM
Agree with Dr. Marvin... she was threatening something about him in bed, not the fact that they had sex. I thought it was that he had a small dumby.
4 of 11 | Posted by DP Hooker | Posted on December 25, 2007 10:10 AM
Dumby confessional reminded me of another idiot.
Once upon a time HKK was on a jury (I got an automatic A is a really boring college class if I actually showed up to jury duty and wrote a really short paper about it) and the trial was about some redneck who beat his wife. Now it was a pretty unpleasant trial, and the guy was pretty obviously guilty. Anywho, at some point this dumbass took the stand in his own defense. His defense was almost verbatim was Dumby said in his confessional. Complete with the whole "I don't kill spiders thing". So when Dumby said that, I pretty much spit whatever was in my mouth out laughing at the time. We are NOT that dumb Mr. Acne Before Commericals Redneck.
Did Ashli not read the huge long contract that she signed? About how everything that she is doing is going to be filmed and edited to make her look at entertaining as possible? I have to say that she's earned points with me by jumping off the I-hate-Parisa bandwagon. She also seems to be decently smart when not in the vicinity of Dumby.
5 of 11 | Posted by HereKittyKitty | Posted on December 25, 2007 1:32 PM
Funny how Dumby doesn't go off on the guys like he does the girls. If it had been any one of the girls that was sleeping all day instead of doing Contiki team stuff, he would have been railing on her.
6 of 11 | Posted by aholic | Posted on December 25, 2007 6:38 PM
I have no clue how any of them put up with dunbar. The best thing for Ashli to do would have just been to completely ignore him and walk away...which would have just gotten him more riled up. With the way he acts and the things he says I don't think that is an easy thing to do though.
aholic - so right about dunbar! the guys can do whatever they want and say the same things as the girls but he wont say a word...he has serious problems!
7 of 11 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on December 26, 2007 7:41 AM
tst
8 of 11 | Posted by babeblue | Posted on December 26, 2007 10:48 AM
DP - He probably does have a small Dumby, but wouldn't they all know about it already? KellyAnne would've known for sure, and she is a blabbermouth.
9 of 11 | Posted by Dr Leo Marvin | Posted on December 27, 2007 4:35 AM
I am more than convinced that Dunbar is on steroids.
I mean, think about it. The huge muscles. The acne. The uncalled for, weird rage and aggression. If he has a small penis, and if that what Ashli was talking about, then I would not at all be surprised.
P.S. It becomes more and more painful to listen to Cohutta talk every episode. I think he becomes dumber every episode. The cliff jumping sealed the deal.
10 of 11 | Posted by hollabackboy | Posted on December 27, 2007 1:07 PM
Yep, it does seem like roid rage. But funny how he only loses his temper with the women. Maybe he is a roid abuser, a misogynist and a big pussy. Julie sure got herself a real prize with that one.
11 of 11 | Posted by Dr Leo Marvin | Posted on December 27, 2007 11:46 PM