Day 70: Rode-e-oh!
Posted by Simon at August 4, 2005 07:01 PM
Housemates had to put their cowboy and cowgirl practise in to action this afternoon, with three out of four parts of the Rodeo task having to be passed for them to get a luxury food budget for their final week.
But it all went very wrong for the housemates, with Anthony unable to lasso the bulls head until a split second after the alarm went, but not before Craig had made the stupid comment of "You're doing really well" - no he wasn't. He was doing rubbish. He'd not lasso'd the bull. There was no way he was doing well, yet alone really well.
He was followed by the line dancers of Craig, Makosi and Kinga doing a dance which was so sloppy that they can't have ever believed they'd pass it - not a single move was syncronised, despite that being the very key part of what was required.
Sharp-shootin' Eugene and Derek did the group proud however with the shooting range, each taking shot at their own row of bottles and cans, before the group (minus Derek who didn't take part for health reasons) had to ride a Bucking Bronco for a combined two minutes.
Amazingly enough they managed to do that, despite Makosi not being able to stay on for even 10 seconds before falling in to the muck and straw pit which surrounded the bull. She was followed by Kinga, who is so short that she couldn't even make it onto the Bronco, even with considerable help with other housemates who were pushing and pulling, slipping and sliding, and trying every way possible to lift the bundle of loud laughter on to the bull. Unlike Makosi though once she got on she actually stayed on for a while, so it wasn't all to waste. [video]
Ultimately though the group were a bunch of failures, and will have to survive on a basic shopping budget for the final week of the Big Brother experience.