# Survivor: Palau- 4/28 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540 "2005-04-28T13:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/1 "2005-04-28T13:21:43Z")
I am excited about another week, but a little nervous about when the show will air. [It appears the POTUS is asking for time at 8:30 EST for a Social Security Press Conference.](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050428/pl_nm/bush_newsconference_dc_3) I’m all for accountability in democracy, but let’s do it on Monday night! So DVR/VCR folk beware. If anyone gets an update, post it here. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/2 "2005-04-28T15:55:24Z")
Thanks for the heads-up! I’m going to set the DVR to record from 8:00 to 10:00, and catch the Apprentice rerun on the weekend on MSNBC. I don’t know when that is or I’d share, but I can’t find it on their surprisingly unfriendly site - I just tell the DVR to fetch and it does. But back to OP - I don’t wanna see Steph go, but all the spoilers are pointing to that. The ones that were touting Tom’s downfall tonight have backed off. Bummer! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/3 "2005-04-28T18:20:09Z")
This is going to set the tone for the resst of the season. If the girl alliance holds, look for Steph to be voted off once the guys are gone and as soon as she loses an IC. I guess Jenn holds the swing vote, assuming Gregg/Tom/Ian are tight. No matter what, it’s gonna be good! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/4 "2005-04-28T18:20:35Z")
Imdb’s Daily Studio briefing had this to say about the Bush Press Conference: > [@](#): > > Will Networks Air Bush’s Primetime News Conference? > > President Bush’s decision to hold a news conference at 8:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) throws a monkey wrench into the networks’ machinery as they gear up for the first night of the May sweeps. The news conference would come: halfway through the scheduled one-hour edition of CBS’s Survivor: Palau and would likely run into CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; during NBC’s Will & Grace, which was to have featured guest appearances by Alan Arkin, Debbie Reynolds and Lee Majors – and probably into The Apprentice at 9:00 p.m.; after the first half hour of ABC’s movie, Sweet Home Alabama; and halfway through Fox’s The O.C. By midmorning today, only Fox had committed to airing the news conference live. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/5 "2005-04-28T19:11:24Z")
Heh. An not-shown-on-network-TV-primetime-press-conference. Isn’t that kinda like nobody coming to your birthday party? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/6 "2005-04-28T19:35:51Z")
I’d just like to say that I’m a bit… upset over this. > **[Yappidy yap yappidy yap. And God bless America](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=314235)** > > Son of a bitch. Damn. Just plain damn. Eight-thirty? Eight-fucking-thirty? The last half of Survivor and the first half of the Apprentice? You half-witted bird-brain. Talk about disconnect. Here we are all set to enjoy the best evening of prime... ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/7 "2005-04-28T21:38:27Z")
I rarely go into the Pit, so I was somewhat taken aback with the discussion! It took me a few seconds to realize that Cafe Society HADN’T gone horribly wrong! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/8 "2005-04-28T23:10:27Z")
I don’t know what you guys are complaining about. Bush’s press conference is on at 5:30. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/9 "2005-04-28T23:26:31Z")
Somebody Re-open that West Coast thread for this bastich! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/10 "2005-04-28T23:42:17Z")
As if I needed another reason to hate the President :rolleyes: ::whines:: I want to see Ian and Tom. Yes, I’m four. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/11 "2005-04-29T00:02:53Z")
So, are they joining in progress, or showing later? Bastards! ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/12 "2005-04-29T00:11:33Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > So, are they joining in progress, or showing later? Bastards! Showing later, opposite The Apprentice. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/13 "2005-04-29T00:13:08Z")
I can’t believe they won’t time shift everything so that east coasters can see SURVIVOR. They could repeat it in a few days, but that’s kind of like showing an NBA playoff game 2 days later… ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/14 "2005-04-29T00:29:48Z")
I hope Bush loses the immunity challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/15 "2005-04-29T00:55:31Z")
It’s coming on now! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/16 "2005-04-29T02:03:03Z")
Ian bathing? Best moment of Survivor in 10 seasons. Tribal Council? Not so much. Good run, Steph. ---
**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 29, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/17 "2005-04-29T02:03:14Z")
I just finished watching Survivor in its new time slot. I’ll spoiler this because I don’t know who’s seeing it when. [spoiler]I’m sad to see Stephenie go. She’s the best player on the show this season. I’m sure the producers are equally upset. It would have been a heckuva story to see her come back from the Ulong disaster and win the million. Tom has now completed the transition into a snake. Caryn is an idiot. What kind of promise is it to be guaranteed sixth place when there’s only seven players left? She deserves to be voted out for being too stupid to survive.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/18 "2005-04-29T03:07:21Z")
[spoiler]Some of the people left are just dumb. They had a chance to overthrow the strong alliance. Now what’s going to happen? Nothing…just herd the sheep - exit stage left. I think with Stephanie gone, Tom and Ian could just strengthen their alliance and either one of them will convince the others to vote off the other or they will go to the final two. I’m not really sure that anyone else has a good shot at winning immunities. Way to go Caryn! You’ve assured yourself of… nothing.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/19 "2005-04-29T03:19:21Z")
it always amazes me that some participants figure out that they have the numbers to change the outcome of the game, spot the key person to remove to shatter the alliance, then fail to follow through. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540/20 "2005-04-29T03:54:33Z")
> [@longhair75](#): > > it always amazes me that some participants figure out that they have the numbers to change the outcome of the game, spot the key person to remove to shatter the alliance, then fail to follow through. It’s because they are chickensh\*t and too afraid to rock the boat. They don’t want to be responsible for taking down such a strong competitor and this, IMO, makes them unworthy of the money anyway. You cannot win Survivor by taking no chances…unless you want to count Amber, who at least had the good sense to find the snake and charmed him into winning her the money. So yeah…even that was a chance. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-palau-4-28/301540.md?page=2)