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Old 10-11-2016, 17:22
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The candidates are enjoying a well-deserved day of rest and relaxation when the peace is shattered by the shrill ring of the house phone. With only 20 minutes to get ready, it's off with their comfy casuals and into their business suits. Lord Sugar wants to meet them at the View on the 69th floor of the Shard.

Surrounded by panoramic views of the sunset, Lord Sugar reveals that he is sending the candidates out to work the night shift. They have to stay awake, find nine items, negotiate the best possible price and be back at the Shard by 6.00am. The team that spends the least amount of money will win the task.

One team quickly zooms off into the darkening streets of London, confident they will be finished quickly and home for an early night. But the other struggles to get off the starting block as one candidate is too distracted by the impressive views to be helpful.

As the evening draws on, the teams battle with closing times and tired shop owners. Negotiations hit rock bottom when the only discount one team manage is 35 pence off a single item. When language barriers send one team on a wild goose chase it's a mad dash back in time for sunrise.

Dawn breaks and it's a bleary eyed boardroom. But there are no excuses accepted for unlucky candidates who face Lord Sugar's firing line.
Get the popcorn in and settle back for the yearly biggest, inept clusterf**k since Drumpf won the Presidency...
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Old 10-11-2016, 17:30
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Old 10-11-2016, 19:28
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Yay the buying task is usually good fun Wonder what the classic item will be where nobody knows what it is

Hopefully nobody will buy any "kosher" chickens or paper skeletons tonight
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:01
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Yay the buying task is usually good fun Wonder what the classic item will be where nobody knows what it is

Hopefully nobody will buy any "kosher" chickens or paper skeletons tonight
What do you mean 'hopefully they won't..........'? I am hoping they most certainly will!!!
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:03
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What do you mean 'hopefully they won't..........'? I am hoping they most certainly will!!!
Hopefuly for the candidates sake no-one will

For our entertainment on the other hand...
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:45
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What do you mean 'hopefully they won't..........'? I am hoping they most certainly will!!!
Well as they'll be working through the night ther's a good chance we'll all be happy!
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:49
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Get the popcorn in and settle back for the yearly biggest, inept clusterf**k since Drumpf won the Presidency...
Thanks for Thread Genius and looks like we're in for the night shift eh

Evening all, and think the US will be all right after all, as you-know-who is getting help from Obama, which I think is nice The riot mobs can go home now as they don't have to worry
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:52
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Blame Trump!!
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:56
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Hooray some light relief from that election and that referendum.

And the candidates can always be relied on to make a dog's dinner of this task.
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:57
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My favourite task. Bring on the mayhem!
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:58
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My favourite task. Bring on the mayhem!

This is always the best task for me, a superb chance to show supreme levels of idiocy and incompetence
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Old 10-11-2016, 20:59
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Evening all - for once, I'm early, so time to say thank you very much for the thread
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:00
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LS will see them now. lol
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:00
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And it's time for the crash and burn to start.
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:00
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But LS, they don't seem to have brains, so get rid of them all
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:00
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Let the madness begin!
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:01
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Usually a classic task this one.

Still think the paper skeleton was smart thinking though
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:01
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I just caught up with last weeks episode, lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Anyway the only average ones are frances, the 2 taller brunettes and karthik. All the rest are filler. Actually that irish guy with grey hair could be okay.
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:01
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That's good..."you are a loose cannon, you're fired!" LS lit the fuse
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:01
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Fingers crossed for a multiple exit tonight
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:03
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lol she's going to be on top of it...really! lol
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:03
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Usually a classic task this one.

Still think the paper skeleton was smart thinking though
I still think that LS should have let that go lol
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:03
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Usually a classic task this one.

Still think the paper skeleton was smart thinking though
Oh yes, the paper skeleton. Genius.
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:03
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Can't go into business with someone who makes mistakes he says. Like the Amstrad emailer you mean?
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Old 10-11-2016, 21:03
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Still 7 to go in 5 weeks before interviews
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