I'm the same Joyron.

Squiggle, I'm not surprised we like the same Hms  - we have good taste, doncha know?

Well, I'm back from the wilds of Herefordshire passing by sTrumpet and charlieDymock - I've only just had my lunch - they don't feed you out there.

Welcome back El Loro, dark deeds have been occurring with backstabbing to a very popular HM

Like the new title!!

I actually think Shabby winning worked out well.  Now Ben, Mario and Dave's fans can all vote Govan OUT!!!

I'll have to start thinking about getting my tea soon, just over 2 hours since lunch!

Squiggle, not following BB means I have to take a wild guess as to which HM has been stabbed in the back, but I have a suspicion that you're referring to Ben having been nominated for eviction by 8 HMs hence your unhappy face, but if I'm right in that Dave has also been nominated I would have thought the public would be more likely to want him out.

And what's the 4CC23 about?

El Loro no its Mario who was really upset when Scabby won the task and put him up for nomination.  The CC refers to Corin, I have managed to squeeze all my 3 favourites into my name now, as they changed the Mario fan club name and now I don't have to include the mole bit

Thanks squiggle. I see you've changed name again in the last few minutes - what's a cribette? I thought it was something to do with babies in cribs. But what do I know - I assumed as I've only seen glimpses of BB that Corin was male (like in the late Corin Redgrave) but she's obviously female if she's a Jordan look-a-like (and who would want to be a Jordan look-a-like )

Yes El Loro Corin is a girl, very very deeply tanned, addicted to sunbeds, with hair tightly pulled back into a ponytail, which is referred to, I believe, as a Croydon facelift.  Her fanclub is named Corin's Cribettes, hence the bit in my name, not easy to try to fit 3 HM's in such a tiny line

Edit, I should add that she is very sweet natured, willing to have a laugh at herself, broad northern accent and chivvies people along if they are lying in bed instead of enjoying the BB experience

Signing out for the night.  Will be here with you all tomorrow (God willing).  I've had major problems with the computer tonight, which hopefully No.1 son has sorted.  Keep your fingers crossed that everything works okay tomorrow. 

This is my last goodnight in the Freddie thread.
See you all tomorrow.

And this is my last emergency bump

Good morning El Loro

Quite a memorable day for the Freddie thread, good morning to you all, I have a little lump in my throat at the thought of this being the last day of meeting up here, I hope we will all continue to meet up in another thread

Good morning Squiggle, I hope so too.

Good morning everyone.   Glad to say computer seems okay this morning.  Long may it last.

Such a sad day for us with the closing of this thread.  I'm sure we will all meet up in the other threads but until BB is over I cannot see that we will be able to have our normal RL chats.

Will be back in good time for our noon meet up.  Are we all going to post something for Figtree at noon to start our little gathering off? 

Good morning Joyron, I'm glad your computer is sorted.
I think the idea is to post messages for Figtree as we draw the thread to a close a midday.

Yes I am up for that, we will all be thinking of Figtree at noon, I hope Marybee will be able to join us as well, shall we all copy and paste our Freddie sigs for the last time too?  Glad your computer is working well Joyron, catch up with you all later.

And I hope so too, because we all want your happy greeting pictures to continue. But where to meet? I'm not trying to twist anybody's arms but you're all welcome in my Bird Sanctuary over in the Lounge (and of course you can chat about BB as well as anything else you want) and there's the little plus in that it's unlikely to need bumping).

I'm confused Squiggle, copy and paste them from where?

Yogi, this is how to copy your sigs

Thank you El loro, I'll pop in to the Bird Sanctuary.(I am a member of the RSPB, you know.)

Thanks El Loro but I don't have a sig on here.

Edit: I see what you mean now.

On your profile there is a place for your sig and that's where I found my Freddie one recently.  Obviously some of us may not have one on here but I just thought it might be nice to have our 'I am supporting Freddie' for the last time.

I don't have a Freddie signature to copy (boo hoo).  I think El Loro's idea of perhaps posting occasionally in the Bird Sanctuary thread about what we are getting up to in RL, as we have been doing here, might be a good idea.  That way we can continue our chit chat without annoying others, whilst carrying on with the HM chat in the individual threads.  As El Loro says that thread probably won't need bumping and we will all be able to find it. 

See you all at 12, if not before.

I didn't have one on this site but I have added one now. I'll copy and paste it later.

Anybody here yet?  Here's to Figtree

_{Freddie Fisher in a league of his own  My Winner BB 2009!    
      Freddie Fanclub Member #45 (Supporting the Freddster!)  
      Proud to have supported the nicest HM in BB 2009!}  
           

Happy Birthday Figtree. I hope we'll see you again. Take care.




.....................................
The parrot has spoken           Freddie Fanclub #106 

Figtree, I am truly sorry you aren't here with us on your birthday but I hope you are having a wonderful day, surrounded by people who love and care for you.
I want to thank you for being such a warm, friendly FM and whenever I hear the phrase "Ticketty boo", I shall think of you.
I hope one day, you will be able to come back and post with us. Until then, sending you lots of love and a big.

To the other Fredsters, a big thank you for always making me feel welcome in here.
I'm sure Freddy would have approved of this thread and its friendly atmosphere.
I hope we will all take up El Loro's kind offer and visit the Bird Sanctuary, and I look forward to posting with everyone in there.
Big and to all of you.

Freddie Fisher, Simply The Best.

Dear Figtree, like all your other Freddie friends, I'm here on your special day to wish you a very happy birthday.  It seems such a long time since we last heard from you.  We all miss you and would love to have you back with us.

May God bless you and keep you safe wherever you may be. 

on your birthday Figtree
thinking about the light and sparkle you brought to the thread
thinking about your smilies that always made us laugh.
thinking about the positive energy you sent out.
i hope youre out there glowing and smiling today.
a lovely lady to have come in contact with.

A fitting tribute, lovely flowers from El Loro and an eloquent post from Yogi, big hugs to you both And now from Han and Joyron too, I have been blessed to have met up with such lovely people in this thread.

well done everyone keep smiling, you are all great

Should we leave it now with an encouragement for Mary when she is about to come in and leave one final post, started and finished by her?  I kid you not I have tears in my eyes, Freddie was a worthy hero, and we, I hope have been worthy fans.  I am just editing now for the final time on my final post in this thread, this I think could easily be Freddie's motto in life, it will do for me too, and for you too I suspect

Good idea, Squiggle, it would be very fitting if Mary made the final post.

What lovely messages.  I sincerely hope Figtree gets to see them some day.

It will be sad to see the end of this thread but I'm sure Freddie will be proud that we kept it going for so long.

I look forward to meeting up with all my lovely friends in the HM threads, and the Bird Santuary for RL chit chat.  Once BB is over perhaps we can meet up in Ben's Buddies and keep that thread going.

If Mary manages to join us it would seem appropriate that she makes the last post and officially close us down.  Love you all. 

happy with that to Figtree and Freddie. xxxx

Awh guys, this is so lovely.

Um okay welll I made this originally as just a little fanclub for people to take numbers from and maybe say hi and bye in but I didn't really expect it to become such a lovely little thread and bring together such a wonderful, kind group of people but I'm so glad it has.

I'm really rubbish at stuff like this, I just can't express what I'd like to say so basically, a happy birthday to Figtree, I hope you're safe and well and as happy as you deserve to be and that you'll find your way back here really soon because you're sorely missed.

And to everyone else, thanks a lot a lot a lot you're all brilliant and I'm so pleased to have made more friends that I can speak to and bump into around the forum. And I loved our continual defense and love of Freddie, even well after he'd left the house. A brilliant guy who only deserved to be supported by the best supporters (ie. us).



And one last time for old time's sake, my favourite picture (bar the one where his eyes are insanely blue but I can't find that right now )



Much love to you all

Spotted this post from Freddie on TIBB, if it is really him.


I'm fascinated by Ben's manner with people, and am enjoying Mario and Ben's dynamic more than any other relationship in the house. While Ben is very tactile, he also gives people a lot of psychological space in conversations. That is a very personable and warming combination, and quite rare for somebody with such a sharp and discerning mind. He reminds me of Siavash in this respect.


People who interact like Ben tend to make certain kinds of friendships. As you're giving people space to be themselves, you can develop a very wide variety of friendships with different people. And feeling like somebody is interested in you for your own sake and vibe is very warming, so friends will tend to feel particularly 'close' to you. You may end up with a lot of friends, even without being a 'group person'. Your friendships will be a collection of 1-1 connections, which is a great way to be sociable and individual at the same time.

And you can still 'hold court' and be individually entertaining too sometimes; Siavash certainly does. Being able to make friends this way is just another arrow in your quiver. It can even be easier to be creative and entertaining when you're bouncing off somebody else.


While in the house, I'd use my analyses of my fellow housemates so inspire me as to how to behave and develop as a person. This is a game that can evidently be played at home too. I'd like to be more like Ben in this respect, and he's inspired me to experiment with a similar approach. I'm 'dominating the conversation' a bit less these days, and have been getting some very positive responses so far.

Are there any of this year's housemates that *you* would like to become more (or less) similar to? If so, do comment.