Thats a ludicrous statement.

Why should he forgive you when it's very likely that you are talking out of your backside?

My favourite part of your argument was the bit when you posted a link to a "source" being a question you asked on Yahoo Answers.

Just from the trailers the spoiler-friendlies have a good idea who the top 5/6 will be. Soo the fact you successfully predicted that Stella was in the top 2 doesn't really mean much. It was pretty obvious, actually, that after Liz went home (and note that you predicted this just before the interviews stage) that it would be Stella vs either Stuart/Chris in the final.

Even if you did have inside knowledge, you could get in to a lot of trouble for posting stuff like this on a public forum where people can read it. Similarly to posting spoilers knowing 'inside information'.

In conclusion, I agree with trollface when he says you bring the antagonistic tones upon yourself. You are actually quite rude, Dave, in the way that you type. It's very condescending and actually quite irritating.

So your 'proof' that I didn't know was that I could have guessed Stella was in the final.

Errr ....OK then ...... so what proof would be acceptable then since any answer given could have just been a guess in your world.

I think the very fact that just days after I revealed she quit, she suddenly has this fantastic new job kind of proves my point.

But you sit in your deluded little world where you think everyone makes stuff up .......

Stop clutching at straws.

A guess is something where you aren't sure but you are willing to take a stab at it. 98% of people who post on an Apprentice forum know fully well that both winner and runner-up work for Sugar, months before the winner is announced.

The fact you didn't actually know who was the second finalist & were simply taking a guess at who were the two most likely people to be in the finals with Stella, who was a pretty obvious decision, says everything about your 'source'.

And, since you're trying to make out as if i'm delusional, yeah. No.

You are actually very rude & quite offensive, suggesting i'm delusional because I won't listen to the witterings of an idiot on a forum? Yeah, of course. I must be deluded.

Did you read anything I just wrote? I clearly stated that the media DO in fact read these forums and are attracted to certain posts, such as your title being 'Would you guys like some gossip?' You would have to be pretty stupid to even think that a person looking for an article to write on The Apprentice would not be attracted to this thread.

The only part of the story that is supported by your argument is that she suddenly gets a new job. I don't know what the money-side of the deals is, but I assume she wouldn't have been given a ridiculous raise? Just shifted from one branch to another. There are also countless other possibilites.

Whether or not people believe you, it is extremely childish and profound to suddenly start calling other people names or becoming rather sly & rude about it. In the world we live in, not everybody is going to agree with you. Not everybody is going to believe you. In this instance, I don't believe your 'gossip' and I know that many others don't. So making out as if I am deluded because I don't believe your witterings is ridiculous.

Who are you to suggest that anything you say MUST be true & can have no errors in it? :yawn:

Thats because if you DID know anything about the 2 finalists working for Lord/Sir Alan Sugar you would know they end up working for 2 different divisions of his companies. (of course now that Ive said it, feel free to claim you knew this all along). And my source although he wouldnt tell me much about the other finalist as they were working in a division he wasnt familiar with did drop the hint 'he' in the conversation and as their were only 2 males left in the competition at that stage ....... well you do the math.

Had to laugh at how you call me rude, immediately followed by the line 'witherings of an idiot'. I would explain irony to you, but fear its a little too much for you take in at once, so might take you over how it works over several posts, rather than bamboozle you.

For someone who is convinced Im a liar you sure seem to put a lot of effort into maintaining this thread. Bless.

But go on keep disbelieving me ...... I mean the fact that 6 months ago I made a post that was spot on. The fact that last week I made a post and then strangely Stella has this brand new job just days later ........ all co-incidences Im sure. I don't know what youre smoking, but whatever it is, is well worth the price.

But you have to laugh at the doubters for continuing to flame you on page three.

Heaven forbid they might actually have to admit you were right and their sanctimonious posts just show them up for being negative trolls eh?

Please do point out, other than when I called him rude & offensive for suggesting i'm delusional for not believing him, where I 'flamed' him.

Heaven forbid a poster may actually think before they post something.

Also, I'm not a troll. By definition, a troll is a person who goes out of their way to stir up a situation and cause controversy and reactions. I just expressed my disbelief for the situation. If anything, it is you two that are being the trolls here.

Plenty of people make stuff up to get attention on the internet. I have no idea whether or not you're telling the truth, but I don't see any reason to just believe you immediately (&, let's face it, a Yahoo Answers question isn't exactly the best source in the world).

So exactly what PROOF would be acceptable to you then?

Oh thats right, none ...... because whatever I say you would still find a way to say I 'guessed' it ....... so either put up or shut up.

Lets hear whats acceptable evidence to you.

In any case, you not believing me isnt one of the problems Im filing away under 'Lifes problems'.

Ive just got to laugh how even within days of the post, the Mirror do a big story on Stellas new job, and Lord Sugar himself posts about how 'No, no everythings fine with Stella' ...... but somehow all of this is pure co-incidence. In the same way I posted 6 months ago that Stella was in the final, which was also right but even that was pure co-incidence.

There is none so blind that WONT see
(Im not sure why I put that in there. It will go over the tops of the very peoples heads it was intended for)

Um, you're being kind of aggressive. I just pointed out that plenty of people do lie on the internet, so it's kind of ridiculous to behave as though anybody cynical is 'deluded'. I don't especially believe you or not-believe you; I just think you're massively overreacting to people questioning you.

Strangely you never actually answered my question .....

All right, then. One kind of PROOF that would be acceptable to me would be Stella herself confirming it; since she hasn't, you don't have any actual proof, so you shouldn't be so outraged when a couple of people don't believe you immediately & unquestioningly (especially since, um, this is the internet and people sometimes make stuff up). I don't know why this is so hard for you to understand.

Hmmm ..... Stella hands in her notice ..... suddenly Lord Alan upon hearing about this, offers her this fantastic new opportunity where she doesnt have to work with the plebs shes been working with. Do you really think shes going to announce in the paper ... Oh yeah Ive been miserable their for a while and quit, but now everythings fine since I dont have to work in that department anymore.

Of course not. Its all going to be glossed over and everyone is happy as larry, and nothing to see here people.

You've completely missed the point anactoria was trying to make.

I understand completely the point she is trying to make. However is it really very reasonable that the only solution to prove the rumour is have the person herself admit it?

The point is ..... if you dont believe me ...... then fine move along ..... I really wont cry a river over some random person who I'll never meet not believing me. However its not just up to me to provide the burden of proof. Its also up to YOU to prove that what Im saying is false.

Just because I havent met your exacting standards isn't my fault ...... I can only work with the information Ive got.

So how about YOU proving that Im wrong and that Stella didnt hand her notice in.

Hmmm? Strange how you can't yet you expect me to provide photographic evidence of it LOL.

I'm not interested in whether you're telling the truth in the slightest, so I'm not going to waste my time trying to prove you wrong. The point is, you shouldn't be so outrageously offended that people don't believe you on the internet when ALL WE HAVE is your word.

Nobody has asked you for photographic evidence.

#1 - you can't prove a negative.
#2 - nobody asked you to provide photos, or indeed any other outright proof.
#3 - all we're saying is that you're overreacting massively, and you should get over people not believing you, because that is what is going to happen when you post gossip - true or not - on the internet. You yourself admitted it's a rumour - well, there are always going to be people who don't believe rumours, so you shouldn't be so ridiculously aggressive when people are cynical.

Well youve managed to keep the thread going for so long over something so trivial .........

Shocker. Why would you even think I was referring to you?

This whole thread is a hilarious read tbh.

But if LS offered her a more interesting position with another of his companies, then in this case it's just a formality that you have to hand in your notice. There's a legal requirement to do that. Maybe that's all there is to it. If LS didn't get on with Stella or vice-versa, I'm sure the two would have parted company then and there..Obviously she seems content enough to carry on working for him, and he's tweeted that rumours of a rift between them was a lie. LS would be taking a very big risk doing that if others who know Stella came back and tweeted that it was true. So I'm satisfied he's not bú11sh1tt1ng, which would have been picked up on by now.

Actually Stella has never had a problem with the big fella. Want to know why? Because she hardly ever saw him! Its a complete myth they work closely once they finish the Apprentice.

Also her issue was with some people around her, and the funny thing is you would definitely have seen these people, but I shan't say more for Im straying into a legal minefield.

post moved to "Where are they now" thread.

What a surprise Aussie-Dave was wrong. :yawn: