This. I have had people tell me “If you can’t take a compliment, just say ‘thank you’ and move on. In your case though, it’d probably be best to say ‘Thank you. I needed to hear that’”.

I had a drunk uncle who used to call every male whose name he could not recall “Commodore”. I asked him why once, and he said, “Joey, no one has ever complained about being called ‘Commodore’”.

“I know it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya.”  J. Anchower, Esq.

Anybody notice how bored and fidgety Noel was watching Paul and Prue taste the technicals and show-stoppers? He might have well have checked his watch on camera. He’s usually filled with such weird, childlike joy that his reaction really stood out to me. I wondered if he’d witnessed some interactions that didn’t…

In Nadiya and Ruby, we had two bakers who didn’t know how good they were making it to finals, with one a winner, right? Hoping that happens for Steph.

right. she’s super cute, working class, and telegenic. if she makes it, say, to finals, she’ll be a shoe-in for a cookbook deal and “appearances” with fees.

And a beignet “souffle”? C’mon.  That’s not a thing.  

Completely agree that if Priya’s reason were religion, the audience should have been informed. I’ve been sober nearly 23 yrs. and am keen to pick up on some of the veiled language “we” use, especially at the public level. I have detected none of that in her on-camera....so I don’t think that’s the explanation. She’s…

Can I jump the line and say that Michael is a complete Randy Rainbow impersonator...including the sideways glances?

I am confident you could floss after eating a meal Helena cooked with what she must shed into the mix.

...especially if it has, in fact, been pissed on before they sample it. Who knows what happens off-camera?

You’ll note I used “damp” as I didn’t wish to foist upon you a triggering word. 

I LOL’d at Michael’s moaning that rather than endure the slings and arrows of a baking competition, he was pondering ending it all by throwing himself in the river oft-shown this season. It looks to be ~14" deep. He’d have only succeeded in making himself damp.