Deal or No Deal
I decided to do a post that has nothing to do with X-mas, or relationships. Something mind numbing..
TV
What would you do?
There is a new show called Deal or No Deal..
It is like millionaire, except it has nothing to do with being smart.. and all to do with how big your brass ones are..
It is lit dramatic, same kind of music, and well.. definite sex appeal.. good looking models with silver cases.
Anyway.. the object of the game is to get the most money.. You pick one case out of 26.. I think.. and hold on to it.. then you have to open the other 25. It is done 5 at a time for a few rounds, then 4, then 3, then 1.. After each round a “banker” offers to buy back your case…you have to decide whether to deal or no deal the amount…the deals get better as you eliminate the lower amounts…or the deals go down as you reveal large amounts of money..
In the premiere show there a second contestant really struck me.. she was a normal working mom.. she was like us a working stiff.. who knows the value of money...with her hubby and her parents at the show….at first it didn’t look good for her.. she started off uncovering really large dollar amounts.. but she persevered. ..she kept going strong until the 125,000 offer mark she and her family were crying and distraught on what to do.. you can tell she was not the normally an adventurer or a risk taker.. her parents wanted her to keep going.. she chose 8 her dad’s lucky number..(how do you get a lucky number?)..anyways her hubby was nervous and wanted her to stop…she didn’t and the next number was high.. and her offer went down by a few grand..to 121,000. ..they were devastated.. but she didn’t give up.
She rejected it even though her husband was obviously not pleased, he supported her.. (I wondered if she ended up with 10 dollars what a LONG drive home that would be!)...she opened up another low number and the "banker" came back with 201,000.. she had 3 cases left one for 10, 5,000 and one for the million.. What would you do?.. My husband and I start screaming at the TV.. Take it.. Take it.. while the studio audience was shouting No Deal, No Deal, No Deal..
This is where the show was cruel.. they let her young daughters call the show and Howie explained to them.. what the mother had won and what she was going for.. 8 was the number of her case.. the next one she would have taken was #25... I said would have because she took the 201,000 and it was a good thing.. it was another low number and the bank would have offered her ½ a mill.. 2 cases left one with 10 one with the million dollars.. They opened her case and inside was a 1 and a 0.. she had the 10 dollars and made the right deal..
I am intrigued by these kind of shows.. Thumbing your hand at fate! Though I abhor reality TV..... at what point do you stop and think how much money your throwing away?.. What that can do for your life?.. and your family?... When do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.. When do you give up your dream and face reality..
This question will have relevance in a later post.
I decided to do a post that has nothing to do with X-mas, or relationships. Something mind numbing..
TV
What would you do?
There is a new show called Deal or No Deal..
It is like millionaire, except it has nothing to do with being smart.. and all to do with how big your brass ones are..
It is lit dramatic, same kind of music, and well.. definite sex appeal.. good looking models with silver cases.
Anyway.. the object of the game is to get the most money.. You pick one case out of 26.. I think.. and hold on to it.. then you have to open the other 25. It is done 5 at a time for a few rounds, then 4, then 3, then 1.. After each round a “banker” offers to buy back your case…you have to decide whether to deal or no deal the amount…the deals get better as you eliminate the lower amounts…or the deals go down as you reveal large amounts of money..
In the premiere show there a second contestant really struck me.. she was a normal working mom.. she was like us a working stiff.. who knows the value of money...with her hubby and her parents at the show….at first it didn’t look good for her.. she started off uncovering really large dollar amounts.. but she persevered. ..she kept going strong until the 125,000 offer mark she and her family were crying and distraught on what to do.. you can tell she was not the normally an adventurer or a risk taker.. her parents wanted her to keep going.. she chose 8 her dad’s lucky number..(how do you get a lucky number?)..anyways her hubby was nervous and wanted her to stop…she didn’t and the next number was high.. and her offer went down by a few grand..to 121,000. ..they were devastated.. but she didn’t give up.
She rejected it even though her husband was obviously not pleased, he supported her.. (I wondered if she ended up with 10 dollars what a LONG drive home that would be!)...she opened up another low number and the "banker" came back with 201,000.. she had 3 cases left one for 10, 5,000 and one for the million.. What would you do?.. My husband and I start screaming at the TV.. Take it.. Take it.. while the studio audience was shouting No Deal, No Deal, No Deal..
This is where the show was cruel.. they let her young daughters call the show and Howie explained to them.. what the mother had won and what she was going for.. 8 was the number of her case.. the next one she would have taken was #25... I said would have because she took the 201,000 and it was a good thing.. it was another low number and the bank would have offered her ½ a mill.. 2 cases left one with 10 one with the million dollars.. They opened her case and inside was a 1 and a 0.. she had the 10 dollars and made the right deal..
I am intrigued by these kind of shows.. Thumbing your hand at fate! Though I abhor reality TV..... at what point do you stop and think how much money your throwing away?.. What that can do for your life?.. and your family?... When do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.. When do you give up your dream and face reality..
This question will have relevance in a later post.
posted by Diayah | 9:05 PM
2 Comments:
I honestly don't know WHAT I would do...I do know that I decided not to watch the show...which really is pretty odd for me, as I watch any and all reality shows..but I figured why when its only a week..but seriously...that's alot of pressure....And I don't think its an easy thing to say, when circumstances change when your actually on the spot....I must say I am looking forward to your next post...very mysterious...lol
have a great day...and get some rest...:)
sean...you are just way to sensible...lol......you sound like my husband...he would totally agree with your way of thinking...and me..I still don't know what I would do...As I think on it...I think I would tend to get greedy and see dollar signs in my mind...which would probably be the stupid way to go...lol...but again, I don't know what I would do until I was in that position...
lol
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