# Survivor 4/14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311 "2005-04-14T17:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/61 "2005-04-15T20:13:57Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > My love just grows. God. I am a _sucker_ for a shit-eating grin over cookies and milk. The grin is one of his best features. Check out [these](http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2003/04/04-03-03tdc/04-03-03dnews-10.asp) pics from his college paper- ultra cute. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/62 "2005-04-15T20:51:01Z")
From Sampiro’s link: > [@](#): > > Rosenberger and Morgan, with 3,280 votes, beat second place candidates David Davis and Sara Ryan by 926 votes. A record-breaking 9,148 students voted in the USG election. 9148 voted and the first place and second place candidaes only got 3280 and 926? Must have been a lot of different factions. Showing once again, Ian is a consensus choice! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/63 "2005-04-15T20:55:44Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > From Sampiro’s link: > > 9148 voted and the first place and second place candidaes only got 3280 and 926? > > Must have been a lot of different factions. > > Showing once again, Ian is a consensus choice! Good lord, it was a Penn State student government election! There are usually at least 15 “parties” running, and at least 12 of those are running on something like “more chairs in the Paul Robeson Center meeting room” or “Froot Loops available for breakfast in the Commons”… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/64 "2005-04-15T20:57:12Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > No, I meant because cookies aren’t really something I would want to try and eat after having little to no complex sugar for 28 days. I think the pizza, which would probably still upset the tummy, might not be quite as much of a shock to the system. And as we all know, the first rule of Survivor is that ithe longer you hold out, the better the reward. Oh. Well, I’m a bit defensive, aren’t I? :dubious: You make a good point that I had not considered. I myself would have jumped for donuts. And then I would have used those donuts (and my Powers of Awesome) to convince Ian that he needed to take me, right there on the spot, but that’s a whole 'nother issue, innit? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/65 "2005-04-15T20:59:43Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Good lord, it was a Penn State student government election! There are usually at least 15 “parties” running, and at least 12 of those are running on something like “more chairs in the Paul Robeson Center meeting room” or “Froot Loops available for breakfast in the Commons”… Plus, my husband (PSU Eng '93) says a lot of the people who bother to vote (aren’t there like 25K+ undergrads at Penn State?) write in “Homer Simpson” and such. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/66 "2005-04-15T21:11:32Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Oh. Well, I’m a bit defensive, aren’t I? :dubious: You make a good point that I had not considered. I myself would have jumped for donuts. And then I would have used those donuts (and my Powers of Awesome) to convince Ian that he needed to take me, right there on the spot, but that’s a whole 'nother issue, innit? Anyone else think that the donuts would have been a MUCH better reward than the cookies? Not that I like donuts more than cookies, but they are SO filling. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/67 "2005-04-15T21:15:42Z")
If I’d been out there and Jeff offered the donuts, I would have demanded coffee to go with them. Otherwise, I don’t care. I can think of only two things that could pull me out of that challenge (I could stand there for _hours_, I think): an extra-large Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, or a big heaping plate of tortellini alfredo. Or Ian offering sex, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/68 "2005-04-15T21:31:13Z")
I don’t understand why it was so important for Tom to win immunity, except out of pure ego. No way was he going home last night. Tom’s got too much ego, and his little boy’s got too much ego when Tom’s around. This will make me unpopular in this thread I know, but they both can go now. I don’t like the tight little cool guy clique. The Tarzan/Boy thing was cute at first, now it’s nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/69 "2005-04-15T21:41:38Z")
Tom’s not playing the game to lose, or to quit. He’s playing to win, by being physically dominant. Apparently, he hasn’t watched the show since Africa, since that’s the last time that strategy worked… ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/70 "2005-04-15T21:57:36Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Now, that’s odd: I noticed Stephanie’s face was blurred when she first showed up on the Koror beach. I just went back to my Tivo (Dish PVR) and reviewed, and, yes, her face is all blurry right when she walks up towards the hut, immediately after the other Korors notice someone coming toward them. > > However: I Tivo’d through the IC, and Steph’s face seemed completely normal through the whole thing. But I was at 2x, I might have missed what you had seen. Do you recall at what point it blurred? IIRC, She was looking at Coby when he was eating the donut. I thought maybe she said something that would have given away the ending. I thought Coby KNEW he was going. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/71 "2005-04-15T22:00:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Rosenberger and Morgan, with 3,280 votes, beat second place candidates David Davis and Sara Ryan by 926 votes. A record-breaking 9,148 students voted in the USG election. > [@](#): > > 9148 voted and the first place and second place candidaes only got 3280 and 926? They beat the second place candidates by 926 votes. So Rosenberger and Morgan got 3280 votes and Davis and Ryan got 2354 votes for a total of 5634 votes. Other candidates collectively received 3514 votes. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/72 "2005-04-15T22:21:33Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Tom’s not playing the game to lose, or to quit. He’s playing to win, by being physically dominant. > > Apparently, he hasn’t watched the show since Africa, since that’s the last time that strategy worked… This is in part why I said earlier that now, while he has a strong majority alliance, he should let someone else win a challenge or two. I think he should lay low until Janu and Caryn (and preferably Gregg) are gone. Nobody likes an Immunity Monster (right, _Colby_?), but it’s hard to hate a guy who proves he’s human once in a while by slipping up. 'Course, the view is great from these here cheap seats … ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/73 "2005-04-15T22:51:28Z")
After having thought about it, I have to give Coby some credit. He DID, in fact, kick ass in pretty much every challenge he was involved in. Good at the physical stuff, like pushing the redneck off the platform, and good at mental challenges, like the awesome come-from-behind doing the word jumble after swimming to get he pieces. I still think he was one of the most annoying contestants ever, but, I think he was a legitimate threat. Not that he’d outwit or outlast you, but that he’d simply kick your friggin’ ass in the next immunity challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/74 "2005-04-16T03:32:45Z")
Coby was kicking ass in the challenges. But c’mon, he was competing against the Ulongs - everybody was kicking their ass. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/75 "2005-04-16T13:18:26Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > They beat the second place candidates by 926 votes. So Rosenberger and Morgan got 3280 votes and Davis and Ryan got 2354 votes for a total of 5634 votes. Other candidates collectively received 3514 votes. I noticed that I misread that shortly after posting. I was just hoping no one else would… :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/76 "2005-04-16T15:51:43Z")
I did my taxes yesterday. I guess I got so locked into adding and substracting numbers I went on autopilot. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/77 "2005-04-16T16:32:17Z")
If only you’d have gone to H&R Block. (Even Survivor THREADS have to have product placement!) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/78 "2005-04-16T22:24:41Z")
Ugh, now I need some Scope to wash the bad taste of that joke out of my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/79 "2005-04-17T00:24:02Z")
Was it the bad taste of the joke or the bad taste of Pringles? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311/80 "2005-04-17T17:17:00Z")
Can’t wait until they give somebody one of those butt-ugly yellow pickups. “Gee. Great. Thanks!” thought bubble: “Well, there goes my chance at winning, but at least I got a tan and an ugly-as-sin car outta the deal…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-4-14/299311.md?page=5)