Dear British Folks:
You know how I love your TV shows. I can’t get over the full frontal on regular TV.
Even your reality shows are so different from ours in America. They are just so civilized. I mean, just look at the “Great British Bake Off.” The competition is with THEMSELVES. “Oh this tart. It’s just not my day” and the like.
But then there is “Four in a Bed.” I saw a side of you people that shocked me to my core.
(Interruption for people who aren’t familiar with the show: Four innkeepers take turns staying at each other’s places then rate them on facilities, breakfast, host attitude, etc. They also pay what they think the stay was worth. There’s a winner at the end.)
In Season 14, Episode 1, Mandi didn’t like that Natalie, who wears the pants in her relationship with Mark (contestants noted this repeatedly), deducted some points for cleanliness because there was a dust layer on the nightstand.
Well. That meant WAR.
When it came time for the stay at Mark and Natalie’s, this lady stood on the nightstand to find cobwebs on top of the four-poster bed. She was on her hands and knees in the bathroom to look close enough to find wee stains in the toilet grout. She deducted points for two hairs on the carpet. A six for cleanliness was a low blow, considering she only gave a two to “Sleeperdorm” that actually had a wee-stained mattress and suspicious drips down the wall.
I’ve never seen a more vicious show in your country.
And I watch plenty of British TV.
Anyway, thanks for making me feel better about our miserable Housewives and whatnot.
Tra!
Beth
Observe and report 
I pretty much watch British TV exclusively. 😀
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It’s so great. Have you seen “Taskmaster?” That’s a favorite of mine.
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Nope! Thanks for the pointer. My all-time favorite is Rake. And then Father Ted.
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Heard of the latter but not the former. Thanks for the tip!
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My pleasure!
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