Beauty pageants and losers with a bad attitude

[Amity]

Coming into this discussion as a friend of a friend of a friend....

My girlfriend would sometimes bring her girlfriend with her when my girlfriend and me would schedule a day out, shopping or movie or lunch.

I'll call my girlfriend's friend, Bee.

After the fifth or sixth time spending an afternoon or evening with Bee, I finally told my girlfriend if she had Bee in tow, don't bother coming to my house.
I hated like heck to be so rude as I'm usually a nice guy...errr, gal.
But I just couldn't take it anymore!
Everything out of Bee's mouth was "Paj this and Paj that".
Bee has three other kids. Three daughters and a son, total. You would think she was the mother of an only child to hear her talk...and believe me, that woman could talk!!!!

I don't care how many times or ways I tried changing the subject to ask my girlfriend how her kids were doing or how her job was or how her remodel was coming along that Bee would jump right in and the subject would be changed and about her little pricess and the "paj world".

By the second lunch date I knew the names of everyone who was competing at the next "Paj", who was who, who was trash, who was sleeping with who (or is it whom?) to get their child more points, The back stabbing, the threats, the underhanded dealings, OMG, it was a soap opera if you believed everything Bee was talking about...what a shame if this is what the pageant world is really like.

And Gawd forbid someone even mention the word "Picture" or "Photo". In less that 3 seconds flat Bee had out BOTH her mini, purse-sized photo albums. Not of her and her family, just of her and her pageant daughter....pages and pages of photos. Close-ups of not only the crowns but the banners...really really close-up shots of the dang banners!

I asked my girlfriend if she had met any of the other pageant mothers and she had met a couple of them and said they were pretty much the same as Bee.
I asked my girlfriend why she tolerated Bee and she laughed and said because Bee was like stink on chit, really hard to shake loose. LOL

 

[JBean]

I had the very same reaction when I saw the movie last week. The pagent part nearly freaked me out.
But all in all it was a really good, a bit strange, but good movie.
It was one of those that if you see if a second time I am sure there will be things you missed the first time.

did you think the MC of the Little Miss Sunshine Pageant looked like John Mark Karr? I cannot wait to see it again.

 

[JBean]

Coming into this discussion as a friend of a friend of a friend....

My girlfriend would sometimes bring her girlfriend with her when my girlfriend and me would schedule a day out, shopping or movie or lunch.

I'll call my girlfriend's friend, Bee.

After the fifth or sixth time spending an afternoon or evening with Bee, I finally told my girlfriend if she had Bee in tow, don't bother coming to my house.
I hated like heck to be so rude as I'm usually a nice guy...errr, gal.
But I just couldn't take it anymore!
Everything out of Bee's mouth was "Paj this and Paj that".
Bee has three other kids. Three daughters and a son, total. You would think she was the mother of an only child to hear her talk...and believe me, that woman could talk!!!!

I don't care how many times or ways I tried changing the subject to ask my girlfriend how her kids were doing or how her job was or how her remodel was coming along that Bee would jump right in and the subject would be changed and about her little pricess and the "paj world".

By the second lunch date I knew the names of everyone who was competing at the next "Paj", who was who, who was trash, who was sleeping with who (or is it whom?) to get their child more points, The back stabbing, the threats, the underhanded dealings, OMG, it was a soap opera if you believed everything Bee was talking about...what a shame if this is what the pageant world is really like.

And Gawd forbid someone even mention the word "Picture" or "Photo". In less that 3 seconds flat Bee had out BOTH her mini, purse-sized photo albums. Not of her and her family, just of her and her pageant daughter....pages and pages of photos. Close-ups of not only the crowns but the banners...really really close-up shots of the dang banners!

I asked my girlfriend if she had met any of the other pageant mothers and she had met a couple of them and said they were pretty much the same as Bee.
I asked my girlfriend why she tolerated Bee and she laughed and said because Bee was like stink on chit, really hard to shake loose. LOL

This is all really foreign to me, but I bet there are plenty of Bee's in the "paj" circuit.
Not to put anyone out there that participates in it down, it is just a whole new world to me.

 

[kazzbar]

Funny post. made me laff. Any thing where you 'show' something has got to be pretty funny really. Pageants, cat shows, dog shows, car shows all have their nutcases that are totally freaked out. My hubby used to'show'his cars and some of the old guys (other competitors) were just a bunch of rabid dogs. I think the mine is better than yours just sends some people crazy.Ever seen Best In Show?I hate to think what kiddy pageants would be like.

 

[JBean]

Funny post. made me laff. Any thing where you 'show' something has got to be pretty funny really. Pageants, cat shows, dog shows, car shows all have their nutcases that are totally freaked out. My hubby used to'show'his cars and some of the old guys (other competitors) were just a bunch of rabid dogs. I think the mine is better than yours just sends some people crazy.Ever seen Best In Show?I hate to think what kiddy pageants would be like.

Another one of my very favorite movies. LOL!

 

[scandi]

JBean, are you referring to the movie about the dog show - maybe called Best in Show, or something like that. My God it was killer great. I loved that movie, but of course I love to watch dog shows too - Lordy knows why, but it is fascinatin' and all the dogs are so wonderful - well they are all very special indeed~!

Amity, you had me a laughing along as I read your post, and I agree with Bean that you will probably find the classic dyhard like this in any circuit of shows. All shows will have that one or couple of Utter Nuts from Butternut as I call them.
Way out there, but that's OK because they really are a part of the whole scenario!~ You are a good little writer.


Scandi

 

[BirdieBoo]

Funny post. made me laff. Any thing where you 'show' something has got to be pretty funny really. Pageants, cat shows, dog shows, car shows all have their nutcases that are totally freaked out. My hubby used to'show'his cars and some of the old guys (other competitors) were just a bunch of rabid dogs. I think the mine is better than yours just sends some people crazy.Ever seen Best In Show?I hate to think what kiddy pageants would be like.

Oh...and this is a good point, take a moment to think of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, the pregnant woman who was murdered by someone she barely knew (but who knew HER) in the dog show world.

 

[JBean]

JBean, are you referring to the movie about the dog show - maybe called Best in Show, or something like that. My God it was killer great. I loved that movie, but of course I love to watch dog shows too - Lordy knows why, but it is fascinatin' and all the dogs are so wonderful - well they are all very special indeed~!

Amity, you had me a laughing along as I read your post, and I agree with Bean that you will probably find the classic dyhard like this in any circuit of shows. All shows will have that one or couple of Utter Nuts from Butternut as I call them.
Way out there, but that's OK because they really are a part of the whole scenario!~ You are a good little writer.


Scandi

Yes Scandi, I was referring to Best In Show,that and Waiting For Guffman are 2 of my top top ten. Now Little Miss Sunshine is among the top also. You will love it.
I still want to know if anyone else thought of JMK when they showed the pageant MC!

 

[Brefie]

If you all liked Best in Show, then you will love 'A Mighty Wind'.

 

[shdbepaintin]

I still want to know if anyone else thought of JMK when they showed the pageant MC!

I don't remember him so much. But that lady that seemed in charge freaked me out. She was strange. She is a good actress, but I don't remember her name but love to watch her in stuff.