# Survivor 10/17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641 "2002-10-17T11:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/61 "2002-10-19T15:57:32Z")
[Ted] I don’t know, doesn twine float? [/Ted] What a tool! I think Helen should have killed him on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/62 "2002-10-19T16:03:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by light strand \* > \*\*[Ted] I don’t know, doesn twine float? [/Ted] > > What a tool! I think Helen should have killed him on the spot. \*\* God knows he’d make about two weeks worth of lunches. He’d be more useful as food than as teammate anyway… ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/63 "2002-10-19T16:29:59Z")
It’s possible that they recreated the boat-tying-up should after the fact. It’s no secret that they do that. After all, Ted seemed to be justifying himself at the time, double-checking that the knot was tight. He could’ve been trying to make his idiocy look as benign as possible. StG ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/64 "2002-10-19T16:35:08Z")
How would they have recreated the boat tying up? After they lost it, did the cameraman say, “Oh, here’s a piece of rope. Can you show us exactly how you tied it up?” C’mon. The only things we know for sure that they have “recreated” have been distance shots for challenges. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/65 "2002-10-19T20:13:27Z")
My thought was that the cameraman zoomed in because he noticed that it was a foolish way to “secure” the boat. So he got the shot thinking “Let’s see what happens.” The camera crew wouldn’t have to tell the tribe members “Hey, we think your boat is gonna float away when the tide comes in.” Even if that is exactly what they were expecting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/66 "2002-10-19T21:21:27Z")
Don’t forget that the camera follows their every move. They may zoom in every time somebody does something, but unless it actually turns out to be of any importance, it ends up on the cutting room floor. But when it DOES turn out to be important, they’re golden. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641/67 "2002-10-21T14:22:37Z")
**Smeg** - thanks for the observation. That was one of my faves as well. Nothing personal, tho! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-10-17/132641.md?page=3)