Clarification: Tom from this season. NYFD. NOT goat-herder Tom. 
Me too, and same here.
I recognize the references, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how they relate to the write-ups that follow.
I always assumed it was a tradition from an earlier survivor thread from before I joined the board. I’m cracking up over here that so many others have the same head-scratching “huh?” reaction; I thought I was the only one.
However, lest poor watsonil start to get down from this pile-on, I’m a big fan of the writeups, and enjoy reading them. I don’t always have to completely understand a thing to be entertained by it.
How about this for a strategy: Koror plays the immunity challenges as de-facto tribal councils, voting their weakest/most disliked into the inferno, er, challenge, and then vote out anybody who loses. That would be awesome in that it would be cool to see Steph pick off several of the slackers before it gets down to the nitty gritty. The problem with this idea is that I don’t know how they decide who goes in, and so I could easily envision a slacker refusing to participate in the challenge. Then later in the forfeited TC, the slackers could band together and vote out the PTB who initiated such a strategy.
Yeah, I can see how you’d get them mixed up.
Not.
Hey, I get you, Watsonwil! Maybe being a sports fan I can identify with your weekly subjective ratings better than others, but it’s my favorite part of this thread. When I figured out the mohawk reference I laughed so hard tears were streaming down my face!
My only frown is that I disagree with your assessments. I don’t think Tom nor Ian are have the right combination of cold-bloodedness, mental savvy and killer instinct necessary to win this or, as per your weekly ratings, be considered front-runners. Greg, to me, is the real snake. (Coby’s too emotional and that will cost him at some point.)
But I also believe there those competitors who have a certain destiny thing going for them (e.g. Chris from last season) and Stephanie could be one of them. I think somewhere there is an island god of fire patting itself on the back after last night’s TC.
I don’t dislike Tom, but here’s why I don’t like him: the perfect capsulization of him was when he was pumping up Janu, saying something to the effect, “The rest of us are gonna have to watch out for you.” He comes off too much like of a politician. He’s like the Steve Garvey of Survivor: saying and acting in a way that he thinks makes him look good in the eyes of the others, but not smart enough to see that everyone knows it’s B.S. And, you know, he’s not by any stretch an old guy who’s surprsingly kicking ass on the young pups. Prematurely grey, yes. But 41 is hardly old.
Close, digestible proteins can be converted to non-digestible ones. Albumin and yolk is completley digestible, once it’s turned to beak and feathers, that’s the way it stays on the passage through…
Rolleyes back at ya. Taste is taste. I reserve the right to not like someone.
Watsonwil, now that JayJay has turned his Drogan’s Decoder Wheel to the post in question, it makes more sense. My apologies if it bugs you, but I still have a little problem following even with the cipher. I look forward to next week when I shall have a clue or two. 
BTW, I think you’re mostly right in your assessments. Provided, of course, Steph survives somehow.
I am going to expose myself as a Survivor junkie with this, but what the hell.
FORGOT TO FILE A 1040- I guess you couldn’t outwit everyone!
Refers to Richard Hatch’s recent legal troubles and implies that the people in this category are losers and out of it.
EATING BEEF JERKY- You’re still playing, but you’re praying for a tribe scramble!
I don’t know what this refers to.
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WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A MERGE?- ** Middle of the pack players, the lotta ya!
Refers to Shi-Ann, who mistakenly assumed that the two tribes were merging and made some unwise moves that got her promptly voted out. Indicates players who are not incompetent, but unlikely to go far.
HEY! LOOK AT HIS MOHAWK-You might make the merge, but you’re grimacing from the jury row!
Refers to Lex, who got voted out before the final four, and showed up on the jury sporting a mohawk. Indicates players who are competent, but not smart/devious enough to make it to the end.
LOOKING FOR A BIG TOM TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY- Big Tom has spent more combined days on the show than anyone. But he didn’t quite grab the brass ring.
Refers to Big Tom (duh) and his Appalachian accent, who made it far but fell just short of glory. Indicates players that are likely to go far, but lack the strong alliances that are needed in the end game.
**ARE YOU A RAT OR A SNAKE?- ** Reserved for a MAXIMUM of two players. You have to be in the driver’s seat for this spot.
Refers to Susan Hawk’s speech to the final two in season one. Indicates those players that are likely to be the final two.
Thank you for the laugh.
Refers to Jerri’s accusation in Survivor: Outback that Kel had smuggled beef jerky and she had seen him eating it. Tina joined in the accusation and the tribe searched his bags but turned up nothing.
band name!
learn something new everyday…
I respectfully disagree here (although, duh!, since these two are my favorites this season). It is possible to be a “good person” (i.e., not cutthroat) and still do well in the game. Colby Donaldson is a good example of this. Ethan Zohn is another, and he actually won. Even Sandra Diaz-Twine, while not exactly a wide-eyed innocent, was certainly not in the Richard Hatch or Brian Heidik category.
Honestly? I think that how well you do in this game depends, in large part, on who you’re playing with, and what kind if people they think they are. This time, we are left with a group of people for whom the experience of the game, and not necessarily winning or losing, is important (i.e., it’s not the destination, but the journey that counts). If Stephenie doesn’t loosen up a bit, and act like she’s having fun (she might be, but it’s hard to tell, you know?), then even the KITS alliance might turn on her, because she’s harshing their mellow. It sounds weird, even to me, but these are people who will not let a million dollars stand in the way of their having an excellent adventure.
Which I kind of like, actually.
I don’t usually go in for skinny boys either, but there’s something I find just absolutely adorable about that one. It’s totally an individual thing (and he works with dolphins!). He just seems like somebody you’d find really interesting to talk to once the cuddling was over and you’d bandaged his ribs.
:dubious:
It made sense to me.
I don’t dislike the Cleveland Browns, for example, but I certainly don’t like them, either. They are one of the (few) “filler” teams in the NFL I just don’t care about either way.
I’m thinking that Moonchild meant he doesn’t care if Tom gets voted off next week or makes it to the final four.
Brady. He’s a hottie for sure, but Colby still has my vote. Then Brady, then Tom.
FDNY Tom is my guy. Please don’t place him in the same sentence with the other Tom.
After the immunity challenge: Stephenie to BJ - “Boy, we suck at puzzles!”
BJ to Stephenie - “What do you think the individual challenge will be tonight?”
Mr. and Mrs. Beckwall, simultaneously - “Puzzles! Lots and lots of puzzles!”
Yeah, Stephenie is pretty tough. It’s gonna get interesting, real soon. If there is a merge, she’s gonna put those Koror women to shame, IMHO.
My husband said something similar: “Oh, they’re going to make them put together a puzzle, I just know it. Probably a picture of Probst’s face.” That would have been funny, because they’d probably STILL be there.