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Furienna · 12-31-2007, 08:42 PM

1: You remembner the episode where Laura wants to buy a car and pretends to be a guy to get a better price? Well, why WOULD a guy get a better price than a girl? It just doesn't make sense. If women make less money than men, shouldn't it the other way around, that girls would get a better price than a guy?

2: You remember the episode where Steve has to learn how to swim to graduate from High School... Well, what stupid rule is that? Is it really common in the US, that you have to pass PE (and learn how to swim) to graduate? I know it's not here in Sweden. What good will knowing how to swim do you in college, or in life in general, unless you're on a swimming team or something?

TVFactFan · 12-31-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Furienna

1: You remembner the episode where Laura wants to buy a car and pretends to be a guy to get a better price? Well, why WOULD a guy get a better price than a girl? It just doesn't make sense. If women make less money than men, shouldn't it the other way around, that girls would get a better price than a guy?

2: You remember the episode where Steve has to learn how to swim to graduate from High School... Well, what stupid rule is that? Is it really common in the US, that you have to pass PE (and learn how to swim) to graduate? I know it's not here in Sweden. What good will knowing how to swim do you in college, or in life in general, unless you're on a swimming team or something?

I can discuss #1 because I don't remember number #2. Laura dressed up as a Guy because Car salesman are more likely to take advantage of a woman instead of a man. It wasn't about her getting a lower price because she walked in as a man.

Furienna · 12-31-2007, 08:51 PM

But the episode was about Laura seeing a guy being able to get a car cheaper than what she could. It was a $400 difference, I believe. It just seems weird...

TVFactFan · 12-31-2007, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Furienna

But the episode was about Laura seeing a guy being able to get a car cheaper than what she could. It was a $400 difference, I believe. It just seems weird...

I think that guy just had Communication skills and Laura just thought it was a Guy thing

Furienna · 12-31-2007, 08:57 PM

That seems to be the only reasonable explaination. I don't remember that guy having better communication skills than Laura though.

TVFactFan · 12-31-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Furienna

That seems to be the only reasonable explaination. I don't remember that guy having better communication skills than Laura though.

Yeah I think the storyline of that episode was laura thinking women are looked at as a EASY SELL when purchasing a car

Furienna · 01-01-2008, 10:49 AM

It's still a storyline, that doesn't make sense to me.

TVFactFan · 01-01-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Furienna

It's still a storyline, that doesn't make sense to me.

Well here is a storyline that doesn't make sense to me from the George Lopez Show. A Female child molester moved into the neighborhood who was good looking and the men didn't see her past as a big deal. Man or Woman, it's still wrong and that stiryline didn't make sense to me. So some shows will have those odd storylines

Furienna · 01-01-2008, 03:13 PM

Yeah, I guess so. I just wanted to see if this storyline made sense or not.

Does anyone have anything to say about Steve having to learn how to swim to graduate High School? That's another storyline, that doesn't make sense to me.

Lorimar Television · 01-01-2008, 05:06 PM

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Well here is a storyline that doesn't make sense to me from the George Lopez Show. A Female child molester moved into the neighborhood who was good looking and the men didn't see her past as a big deal. Man or Woman, it's still wrong and that stiryline didn't make sense to me. So some shows will have those odd storylines

George said that boys "enjoy" it, while girls are helpless. It's just their opinion that boys can take care of themselves better then girls.

TVFactFan · 01-01-2008, 05:08 PM

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George said that boys "enjoy" it, while girls are helpless. It's just their opinion that boys can take care of themselves better then girls.

But like Angie said-"if that was a man who just moved into the neighborhood George nd his crew would have been trying to run him out of the house

Furienna · 10-20-2008, 11:39 AM

I'm bumping this thread, because now I've seen the learning-to-swim-or-you-won't-graduate episode again. Someone on IMDB once said, that the episode probably only existed to give Steve and Carl a reason to get in a pool together. But do you really have to be able to swim to graduate High School over in the US?

Lorimar Television · 10-20-2008, 03:26 PM

No, you don't have to know how to swim to graduate. And I think the point of the first one was that, the guy was firm with woman and thought that they couldn't bargain and are helpless. Wjile men are firm and they WONT buy a car if it's too high. That's just what Im thinking the salesman's opinion was though.

12-31-2007, 08:42 PM	#1
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	Two questions... 1: You remembner the episode where Laura wants to buy a car and pretends to be a guy to get a better price? Well, why WOULD a guy get a better price than a girl? It just doesn't make sense. If women make less money than men, shouldn't it the other way around, that girls would get a better price than a guy? 2: You remember the episode where Steve has to learn how to swim to graduate from High School... Well, what stupid rule is that? Is it really common in the US, that you have to pass PE (and learn how to swim) to graduate? I know it's not here in Sweden. What good will knowing how to swim do you in college, or in life in general, unless you're on a swimming team or something?

12-31-2007, 08:51 PM	#3
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	But the episode was about Laura seeing a guy being able to get a car cheaper than what she could. It was a $400 difference, I believe. It just seems weird...

12-31-2007, 08:57 PM	#5
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	That seems to be the only reasonable explaination. I don't remember that guy having better communication skills than Laura though.

01-01-2008, 10:49 AM	#7
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	It's still a storyline, that doesn't make sense to me.

01-01-2008, 03:13 PM	#9
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	Yeah, I guess so. I just wanted to see if this storyline made sense or not. Does anyone have anything to say about Steve having to learn how to swim to graduate High School? That's another storyline, that doesn't make sense to me.

10-20-2008, 11:39 AM	#12
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	I'm bumping this thread, because now I've seen the learning-to-swim-or-you-won't-graduate episode again. Someone on IMDB once said, that the episode probably only existed to give Steve and Carl a reason to get in a pool together. But do you really have to be able to swim to graduate High School over in the US?

10-20-2008, 03:26 PM	#13
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	No, you don't have to know how to swim to graduate. And I think the point of the first one was that, the guy was firm with woman and thought that they couldn't bargain and are helpless. Wjile men are firm and they WONT buy a car if it's too high. That's just what Im thinking the salesman's opinion was though.