


They made Ben run everywhere so we'd be amused by his running. Awwww. I liked his sketch. And my own little Bassey anecdote is that I was at Glastonbury the year Shirley was there. It was one of those miserable years (it's been like this every time I've been to Glastonbury! Though Glastonbury itself is really wonderful in any case, even with the muuuuud) where you discover there really are a million different types of mud: the squelchy mud in which your wellies get stuck, the soupy mud in which you wade and have to test the depth, the in between these two mud that's so slippery you have to link arms in groups of 20 and hope that if one falls you won't all topple over with them but instead you'll keep the rest on two feet... and anyway, on the last day, we all headed to see Shirley - not overly expecting much. And I have to say that she was utterly amazing! What a performer! She put on such a show! She was the highlight of the weekend. There can't have been many "fans" in the audience, but she was truly amazing and completely won everyone over

. A proper star.
Back to Benny. Aww, I miss him so much. His little snippet to Josie on the bit about her "You look amazing Josie - like a white rapper" or something - it made me miss him in the house all the more!!!


Oh well, lets hope this thread will hold positive news and times for Ben
And oh Rachel - it annoyed me more when they asked her if she'd missed Ben after he'd gone, because obviously she hadn't! I don't think anything will happen between them myself. I hope Ben doesn't let it happen merely for Rachel's publicity/out of coutesy or something. It's utterly evident that neither of them like the other. I'd say that probably Ben likes Rachel more than she likes him to be fair. But while I think he finds her attractive and nice, it's quite obvious I think that her personality doesn't gel with his so well. Anyway, I'm happy for her that she seems excited about everything going on now.
Where will we get our Ben fix now though? For the first time I don't know when there might be a new Ben moment.
PS I think "Ben the player" was a big thing that lead to his demise... in the house perhaps more than outside it. I don't think Rachel intended this, but her words resulted in it anyway. I don't know how everyone in the house picked it up and ran with it! But there you are......
PPS I nabbed this from the Rachel (BB9) Appreciation thread - apparently 'tis from her facebook:
Quote:
“Hey all,
I met Ben yesterday he was fab
Really lovely and friendly. As mum said the clip should be shown Sunday on BBLB. Also, met Dave's family and they were really nice too and missing him lots.
I'm loving BB this year. I love Corin and hope she wins. She cracks me up and seems really genuine. Felt sorry for her a ...few weeks ago when they were questioning if she was genuine etc. Ben said yesterday she was lovely too and he hopes either her or Dave win.
I hope you're all well and enjoying he show 
Lots of love,
Rach
xxxx”