Wednesday 19 January
John, But Not Forgotton
It might have only been one and a half days since House heavyweight John's departure, but it seems he's still cropping up in conversation. And surprisingly, some of the housemates are missing the old rascal.
Kenzie was full of warmth for the acerbic commentator in a late night Diary Room entry. "I'll miss John, straight up," he told Big Brother, describing how the voluble gent had been something of a mentor to him.
"John pulled me over and [told me to] get on well with everyone, don't drink and don't swear," Kenzie recalled. A case of 'do as I say, not as I do' for Mr McCririck we think?
"I liked John. In his own funny way he was an alright man," Bez told housemates in the kitchen earlier that evening.
But not everyone has been so quick to pull on his or her rose tinted specs.
"I'm glad he's gone," Lisa said firmly. "You could learn a lot from everyone in here, except John," she added.
And Brigitte has told Big Brother that the housemates are much closer now that they don't have to "tiptoe around John".
But though John might have been a nightmare to live with the housemates will miss their main scapegoat next time something unsavoury happens.
Jeremy has been particularly concerned that, with John gone, suspicion will fall on him should a large poo be found in the loo.
"We can't blame it on John now," the notorious toilet bandit told fellow "phantom logger" Kenzie.
On the plus side, there'll be whole lot more diet cola-based soft drinks to go around!
Ch4