# AND THE WINNNER IS: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536 "2000-08-24T02:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536/21 "2000-08-24T16:39:13Z")
I posted this in a different thread before I noticed this one. I think (I hope) it bears repeating. [quote] _I said_ \*\*… what’s with that truck-drivin’ psycho-bitch?? “I’d leave you for the vultures to do with you what they will”??? Jesus H. Sour grapes much? After hearing that little speech, I’ve decided that that woman is a blot on society. She plays a game, and when she doesn’t win, she tells the potential winner in no particular terms, that she wouldn’t mind seeing her dead. Go back to yer friggin’ tapioca farm in Pigshit, Iowa and stay off my TV!! That felt good to get off my chest.\*\* [quote] Thank you for your kind attention. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536/22 "2000-08-24T21:17:00Z")
That was beautiful, Jack. I couldn’t agree more. However, let’s send her back to **Wisconsin** and not Iowa. Signed, boli, an Iowan ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536/23 "2000-08-25T00:20:46Z")
I don’t blame Susan for being mad, but she screwed up royally by pissing of Kelly. I think she should have just shut her mouth off and voted her off. And, of course, Kelly should not have given in so easily when it was tied. She didn’t need to give Susan another reason to NOT vote for her, and had she not booted her off, Susan well may have been touched by the gesture. Or perhaps NOT. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536/24 "2000-08-25T01:31:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pldennison \* > \*\*_Rudy_ seemed to be the only one with any scruples; after Rich fucked him big-time on that pole-holding game, he _still_ kept his word and voted for him. If he or Rich could have gotten immunity from that challenge, they could have kicked Kelly off and made a deal between themselves to split the million. And if they kicked Kelly off, Rudy probably would have won. \*\* Sorry, they can’t do that. According to CBS’s rules: > [@](#): > > **Try to conspire to share the prize.** The million dollars may be won by one and only one individual. Survivors are prohibited from sharing or making any agreement to share all or any portion of the prize. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536/25 "2000-08-25T06:07:28Z")
Please explain to me how Richard ‘screwed’ Rudy by stepping down. Richard had two options: Hey could stay up there and try to win, or he could step down. If he wins, he’s going to vote Rudy off. If Kelly wins, she’s going to vote Rudy off. Rudy’s only chance for survival was to win the contest, and by stepping down Rich gave him the best chance at it. The one way in which Richard screwed Rudy is if he would have voted for Sue, as he promised. That would have made him a real snake, so it was to HIS advantage to step down and hope Kelly would do his dirty work for him. But either way, Rudy was history unless he won. ---
**Author:** ![boli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536/26 "2000-08-25T06:13:54Z")
Rich screwed Rudy in a roundabout way. He knew that between Kelly and Rudy, Kelly would win immunity. He knew that Kelly would vote Rudy off. That was his plan - he had to get Rudy out of there, and he stepped down so Kelly would be the one to do it. He got what he wanted, with a clean conscience to boot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winnner-is/30536.md?page=1)