# Survivor--11/18. Slightly more interesting than watching paint dry.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 19, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608 "2004-11-19T04:36:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/1 "2004-11-19T04:36:26Z")
Telling moment–When Ami said something about how she objected to any woman getting voted off before any man…and then backpedaled and said that it was because she was worried that the men would be an immunity threat. Yeah, right.
Okay, that’s all I got.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/2 "2004-11-19T04:41:39Z")
I’m ready to give up on this season. They’re BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!!!
I seriously have nothing specific that I want to mention about tonight’s ep. Nothing.
If Survivor time weren’t our cuddle time on the couch, I would have absolutely no problem just not watching anymore.
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### Author:  [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/3 "2004-11-19T04:41:57Z")
Well, depends on what color the paint is. Really boring season.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/4 "2004-11-19T04:46:55Z")
Okay, I DO have something to mention…
Are they being given food? Because damn if I’ve seen them eat or gather anything but plantains, and I KNOW they’re not living solely on those.
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### Author:  [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/5 "2004-11-19T05:19:02Z")
Yeah, they were given two hams and a couple sides of bacon. I didn’t see them taking advantage of it, though.
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### Author:  [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/6 "2004-11-19T06:41:05Z")
Has anyone else noticed that Eliza bears a striking resemblance to Anne Boleyn, or have I just been reading too much Tudor history?
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### Author:  [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/7 "2004-11-19T07:06:22Z")
> [@Lissa](#):
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> Has anyone else noticed that Eliza bears a striking resemblance to Anne Boleyn, or have I just been reading too much Tudor history?
If Anne Boleyn resembles the Taco Bell™ dog, then yes.
Word on the couch time **Jayjay**. That’s the only thing keeping us watching too.
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### Author:  [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/8 "2004-11-19T10:43:24Z")
i don’t care what happens, as long as Ami gets kicked off soon.
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### Author:  [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/9 "2004-11-19T11:54:58Z")
You know it’s a boring season when you start rooting for the volcano.
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### Author:  [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/10 "2004-11-19T12:00:12Z")
This season is so bad, my kids gave up on it. They were watching a movie upstairs last night when Survivor came on and they didn’t care if they missed it - a movie that we own that they have seen hundreds of times is better than an episode in this seasons Survivor.
That being said - I have really grown to dislike Twila.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/11 "2004-11-19T12:15:30Z")
> [@Slacker](#):
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> If Anne Boleyn resembles the Taco Bell™ dog, then yes.
In night-vision scenes, I keep expecting her to step into the mothership. Huge eyes, no nose, no chin, short and skinny…where’s Richard Dreyfuss?
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/12 "2004-11-19T12:51:55Z")
> [@jayjay](#):
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> Okay, I DO have something to mention…
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> Are they being given food? Because damn if I’ve seen them eat or gather anything but plantains, and I KNOW they’re not living solely on those.
That’s exactly what I want to know, too. Usually around this time we’re at the point of starvation, and they’re starting to look _really_ skinny and haggard, and there’s a lot of complaining about how hungry they are.
Are they really good at fishing? Did the Reward-visitor teach them THAT much about finding food?
They seem to be constantly snacking on plantains and coconuts and other stuff.
The foursome that won the RC last night should have been wolfing that food down, no matter how unappealing it was, not complaining about it.
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### Author:  [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/13 "2004-11-19T13:01:56Z")
> [@DeVena](#):
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> You know it’s a boring season when you start rooting for the volcano.
I’m _so_ stealing this quote. It sums up my feelings for this season perfectly.
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### Author:  [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/14 "2004-11-19T13:51:44Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#):
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> That’s exactly what I want to know, too. Usually around this time we’re at the point of starvation, and they’re starting to look _really_ skinny and haggard, and there’s a lot of complaining about how hungry they are.
Maybe their implants are full of beef jerky.
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/15 "2004-11-19T14:08:01Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#):
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> Maybe their implants are full of beef jerky.
Does beef jerky freeze?
Whoops! Sorry, wrong reality show… 😃
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### Author:  [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/16 "2004-11-19T14:10:01Z")
> [@DeVena](#):
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> You know it’s a boring season when you start rooting for the volcano.
Or the pig!
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### Author:  [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/17 "2004-11-19T14:49:56Z")
Ouch. This is it, huh?
I DID like When Chris (dirty player! :)) talked about going in the ladies “back door.”
HEY! In this season, I got to get my chuckles where I can!
And didn’t you admire the positive attitude that Sarge displayed at TC?
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### Author:  [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/18 "2004-11-19T16:24:39Z")
There was a point last night – when the RC’s were off-site and everyone back at camp was saying “oo I hate Eliza, Eliza’s got to go, yay us” – when I thought “finally…cracks in the alliance, game on…here we go…”. Then when Ami returns it’s like Mom’s Home. Everyone back in line.
:rolleyes:
Wimps. Grow a backbone.
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### Author:  [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/19 "2004-11-19T16:31:40Z")
I’ve definitly watched more interesting paint dry.
But I vote for Ami as the new Boston Rob!
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### Author:  [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-11-18-slightly-more-interesting-than-watching-paint-dry/275608/20 "2004-11-19T16:34:32Z")
This should be a slam dunk now, but the previews show some bad strategy going on…
There is clearly a top 3 (Ami, whatshername, whatshername) and a bottom 4 (dude, 2 old chicks, Eliza). If I were the dude, I’d have said very loudly on the walk back to camp “Ami, do you realize what you’ve done?” just to set up the conflict.
The final four is there for the taking. The top three are not good at challenges, and the bottom four have the remaining strength and endurance. Yet in the previews, it looks like the dude is trying to side with Ami’s group.
Jeff even tried to tell the dude this at the end of tribal council. I don’t think he got it.
You can tell I’m good with names.
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