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by **HNutz** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:24 pm

... How come Emma can't tell the difference between plans for a house and plans for a slide?

by **MistaT** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:56 pm

HNutz wrote:... How come Emma can't tell the difference between plans for a house and plans for a slide?

I was wondering the same. If they were blueprints the measurements alone should have tipped her off. But lets give her the benefit of the doubt and say that it was an early sketch and they weren't there. There were still no rooms to speak of... :smt011

This episode was all around bad. The only thing I liked was the genie getting trapped in the mirror.

by **Rockman** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:09 pm

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:
He's the best on that show for sure.

Yes he is the mayonnaise on a turd sandwhich for sure.

by **IvCNuB4** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:28 pm

S.F. Jude Terror wrote:The subject matter of the show is no excuse for lazy storytelling, awful, over-expository dialog writing, and poor (not over the top) acting. Should Rumplestiltskin be fired from the show for good acting, by that logic? Admit you like the show despite it neing crap - I do. Don't make excuses for it.

Wow. He moves to San Fran and now he's a drama expert and stage & screen critic. What's next ? Floral Arranging critiques ?

by **e_galston** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:30 pm

IvCNuB4 wrote:
Wow. He moves to San Fran and now he's a drama expert and stage & screen critic. What's next ? Floral Arranging critiques ?

judging the gayness of the gay posters..

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:30 pm

IvCNuB4 wrote:
Wow. He moves to San Fran and now he's a drama expert and stage & screen critic. What's next ? Floral Arranging critiques ?

Don't be ridiculous. Let's talk about window treatments.

by **outsider** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:20 pm

HNutz wrote:... How come Emma can't tell the difference between plans for a house and plans for a slide?

Beyond that, what kind of town is okay with the mayor spending $50,000 without any kind of council approval?
I've seen public officials resign over misappropriations totaling in the hundreds.

I agree with NewGal - this is fun, escapist TV.

by **Rockman** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:09 am

My cities former mayor spent 20 million dollars on a property appraised at 8 million.

by **HNutz** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:46 am

Rockman wrote:My cities former mayor spent 20 million dollars on a property appraised at 8 million.

Is that why he's the former mayor?

by **Rockman** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:03 am

HNutz wrote:

Is that why he's the former mayor?

He resigned because he claimed to have cancer

by **outsider** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:07 am

Rockman wrote:My cities former mayor spent 20 million dollars on a property appraised at 8 million.

Did he take the funds without any notification or approval? Depending upon the size of a city, there's a general fund from which the mayor or other city officials can spend money without having to solicit bids. For a town the size of Storybrook, $50,000 is a lot to spend without any kind of oversight.

(And yes, I'm failing because I'm expecting real-life bureaucracy in a magical/frozen-in-time fictional town in Maine. :oops:

)

Also, $50,000 couldn't build a house in the woods. Emma should have realized that.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:16 am

outsider wrote:Did he take the funds without any notification or approval? Depending upon the size of a city, there's a general fund from which the mayor or other city officials can spend money without having to solicit bids. For a town the size of Storybrook, $50,000 is a lot to spend without any kind of oversight.

(And yes, I'm failing because I'm expecting real-life bureaucracy in a magical/frozen-in-time fictional town in Maine. )

Also, $50,000 couldn't build a house in the woods. Emma should have realized that.

I said all this stuff, but apparently it's okay because the show is about fairytales.

by **Spidey-Man** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:20 am

It isn't the real world. She set up a world where she has absolute power. Where people don't even remember a time before and where time never passes. She just always was the mayor and will be.

The difference is this outside element she can't control.

and i represent little towns with little mayors who basically do whatever they want as the board rubber stamps every decision they make. So it's not too far off

Even more so if they had the power to kill them from afar :lol:

by **outsider** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:22 am

Spidey-Man wrote:It isn't the real world. She set up a world where she has absolute power. Where people don't even remember a time before and where time never passes. She just always was the mayor and will be.

The difference is this outside element she can't control.

and i represent little towns with little mayors who basically do whatever they want as the board rubber stamps every decision they make. So it's not too far off Even more so if they had the power to kill them from afar

T Hanks for proving the point I was making. :wink: