View Full Version : If I were writing The Office, Jim would choose....
superdave
15 Dec 2006, 09:51 AM
Pick 'em.
Matt in the Hat
15 Dec 2006, 09:59 AM
Jan.
hangthadj
15 Dec 2006, 10:03 AM
I can't see how any self respecting man would pick Pam.
chad
15 Dec 2006, 10:16 AM
Dwight.
bmurphyfl
15 Dec 2006, 10:17 AM
Neither. I'd have Jim get disciplined by Toby/HR for dating people in the office while he is the #2 ranking supervisor. Then have Toby steal Pam from Jim and have Karen move back to CT.
Then Jim is just left with his title and more time to deal with Michael and Dwight.
kopiteinkc
15 Dec 2006, 10:58 AM
If he ends up with either one -- sharks will jump.
superdave
15 Dec 2006, 11:15 AM
If he ends up with either one -- sharks will jump.
In this show, sharks cannot possibly jump based on an office romance. Sharks can only jump by something too absurd happening at D-M.
I'm really tired of people misunderstanding or misusing this phrase, and it's gotten to be a pet peeve of mine. In part because alot of people use it wrongly, and they're doing it because they want to be the first guy on the block to say a show is going downhill. Alot of people, esp. those who misuse the phrase, are like the comic book guy on the Simpsons. They're dorks trying to be cool.
The original "jump the shark" was when Happy Days used the crutch of Fonzie's coolness one too many times as a plot device. It could have been named "gone McCarthy" based on the episode where the sheriff tried to run Fonzie out of town. It could have been named "morking up" based on the episode where Fonzie defeats an alien with his coolness. Etc. "Jumping the shark" was as good a choice as any.
See my point?
Rant over.
JeremyEritrea
15 Dec 2006, 11:22 AM
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In this show, sharks cannot possibly jump based on an office romance. Sharks can only jump by something too absurd happening at D-M.
I'm really tired of people misunderstanding or misusing this phrase, and it's gotten to be a pet peeve of mine. In part because alot of people use it wrongly, and they're doing it because they want to be the first guy on the block to say a show is going downhill. Alot of people, esp. those who misuse the phrase, are like the comic book guy on the Simpsons. They're dorks trying to be cool.
The original "jump the shark" was when Happy Days used the crutch of Fonzie's coolness one too many times as a plot device. It could have been named "gone McCarthy" based on the episode where the sheriff tried to run Fonzie out of town. It could have been named "morking up" based on the episode where Fonzie defeats an alien with his coolness. Etc. "Jumping the shark" was as good a choice as any.
See my point?
Rant over.
Except in the episode in question Fonzie actually did jump a shark.
:D
monster
15 Dec 2006, 12:05 PM
I can't see how any self respecting man would pick Pam.
I must have no respect, but you knew that already. :D
What's wrong with Pam? She's cute. They have a history. She's comfortable.
Sure, Karen is hot and all that, but Jim has shown himself to be the guy who goes for stability and familiarity. That's why he's still at D-M. He didn't look for a job at another company. He stayed in the family so to speak.
For Jim to ultimately end up with Karen wuld be a radical shift from his personality. You can see the connection he has with Pam via the practical jokes.
superdave
15 Dec 2006, 12:31 PM
For Jim to ultimately end up with Karen wuld be a radical shift from his personality.
Or it could be him trying to create a radical shift in his personality.
Me, I think you exaggerate somewhat what Pam and Jim have in common, and understate what Jim and Karen have in common. But I just want to point out that there's a real logic to Jim and Karen ending up together, namely, Jim doing something with some finality to it, in order to cement the New Jim he periodically tries to be.
sch2383
15 Dec 2006, 01:08 PM
Is Jim picking for the rest of his life or the next few months?
superdave
15 Dec 2006, 03:10 PM
For the purposes of this poll, an accepted proposal of marriage counts as "choosing."
monster
15 Dec 2006, 03:56 PM
Is Jim picking for the rest of his life or the next few months?
And a related question, are people picking for what seems normal for the characters or what their fantasy would be if they had the chance at these two women?
ForeverRed
15 Dec 2006, 05:33 PM
I can't see how any self respecting man would pick Pam.
Yup.
I'd be too bitter to go back to someone that rejected me like that.
sch2383
15 Dec 2006, 07:45 PM
Dude, I'd go back to Amy Adams, his girlfriend from Season 2:
http://cdn-channels.netscape.com/gallery/i/a/adams_amy/AmyAdams_Grani_6800396_Max.jpg
Ombak
15 Dec 2006, 07:53 PM
No ménage-a-trois option?
Dolemite
15 Dec 2006, 08:21 PM
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/7880/officewar2zi2.jpg
JeremyEritrea
15 Dec 2006, 08:37 PM
Dude, I'd go back to Amy Adams, his girlfriend from Season 2:
http://cdn-channels.netscape.com/gallery/i/a/adams_amy/AmyAdams_Grani_6800396_Max.jpg
I'll say. She's the hottest actress that's ever been on the show. Then again, I have a thing for redheads. I even married one. :)
That Phat Hat
16 Dec 2006, 06:47 PM
Dude, I'd go back to Amy Adams, his girlfriend from Season 2:
http://cdn-channels.netscape.com/gallery/i/a/adams_amy/AmyAdams_Grani_6800396_Max.jpg
She's hot, but she moved to North Carolina and got knocked up by the guy from The OC.
(aside: you'd think a professional photo agency would do better image correction and clean up the camera flash in her eyes. I could do a better job than that, and I barely know my way around Photoshop)