I will give Stacey this much: I would have had a hard time voting her out at TC after that particular IC. She didn’t win Immunity for Upolu, but she did a hell of a lot better than I think Edna or Sophie would have. Her social game was terrible, though.
Did the other tribe get them also?
As was Edna’s.
ETA: BTW, who the hell is named “Edna” in the 21st century?
I don’t know. They certainly didn’t make an issue of it if they did. I can’t think of any reason that they wouldn’t have.
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As was Edna’s.
ETA: BTW, who the hell is named “Edna” in the 21st century?
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But Edna was willing to walk on Coach’s back. Having Coach as an ally can only help at this point.
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The child ain’t right.
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Yeah, I can’t see them voting her out because of her performance in the IC. She’s definitely stronger than those other women.
And the idea that someone would want to hug their tribe members after being voted out is just self-serving silliness.
*Hey, we’re cool, aren’t you?
Hell no, I ain’t. You just voted my ass off the island!*
I’m not saying there is a connection, but I knew a couple in China. They had taken English name of Edna. For some of them, it was close(kind of) to their Chinese name.
Of course, Edna on the show is American, so it is quite possibly(likely) unrelated.
Well, technically she was named that in the 20th century…
They certainly did (receive swimsuits). Attentive viewers will have noticed that Mikayla was tempting the viewers during one of her talking head interview while wearing a whorish bikini. 
If they were alternating bean bags tosses, why did Probst specifically tell them they could only pick up one bean bag at a time?
IME, many first generation and second generation Asians (in USA) name their daughters “old-fashioned” type American names. I know a Miriam, Agnes, Gloria, Bertha for instance. “Edna” fits this trend perfectly.
It wasn’t alternating. The bags almost knocked each other off the targets a couple of times.
Brandon brought us to the brink of his craziness, then ruined it by getting a tiny spark of sanity. I still think the crazy is simmering under the surface, but (at least for now), he’s keeping a lid on it.
Can you imagine how awesome this season would be, if Brandon would let his crazy run free, AND Coach would release the Dragon Slayer?
“Self-Serving Silliness” will be my proposed merged tribe name if I ever get on “Survivor” and make it to the merge. Which would never happen anyway, but even if it did, I bet Probst would veto that tribe name anyway, because he is No Fun.
This is my experience as well. I’m a teacher and while many of my Asian students have traditional Asian names, some do have oddly old-fashioned American names. I’ve known a Betty, Meredith, Ruth Ann, Vivian, Lucille, and Vincent, among others.
Asian immigrant parents aren’t exactly known for being hip to the prevailing American culture.
I still don’t get the hate for Redemption Island this season (they definitely botched it last season with the multi-way “duels”). It hasn’t been used yet, so the effects on the game have yet to be determined. Plus we get to see Christine and Stacey in a duel of withering stares.
My hate isn’t necessarily for the game impact - it’s that it’s boring TV. Watching early boots, who are generally weak physical players as well as being unlikable (at least to their tribes), compete at individual tasks is dull. Add in that they replace the often very competitive and interesting reward challenges and it’s enough to earn my ire.
Not only do we waste time on pointless challenges but we have to hear booted players pontificate on how much they hate their old tribe, etc. Less screen time for the players that are actually in the game is a bad thing, IMO.
Then, to top it all off, it is so gratuitously a way for Probst’s favorite “strong” (read: male) players to get back in the game just in time for an individual immunity run.
Here’s a question: what happens if someone is voted off with an idol? Do they get to keep it on RI and then play it if they get back in the game?
I can see your bet and raise with a recent email quote from my coworker who emigrated from China to upstate NY 10 years ago but just had a child:
“This is my new son, Richard. We expect to call him Dick for his short name.”
I have seen some young Richards out there, but all going by Richard, Rich, Rick, Richie, etc. This is the only known Dick born in the last 40 years!
Are her parents Asian immigrants?
This thread is practically drowning in smug. Consider this: suppose you are moving to China tomorrow and need to pick out Chinese names for your kids. Gotta have it for the paperwork. Needs to be written in Chinese, not English. Can’t change it once it’s submitted.
By a show of hands… how many of you know which Chinese names are “hip” and which are “old fashioned” and which are nonsense syllables and which are either synonymous with genitalia or slang curse words? Off the top of your head, do you even know even a single real name in Chinese?
How many people would choose horrible names at random, or something that coincidentally sounds like the original English name with a horrible meaning in Chinese or perhaps a dated name that happens to match a well-known celebrity or famous author from decades past? Would you even know the real Chinese name for a celebrity like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan or Michelle Yeoh? Assuming you didn’t look it up on the web, that is.
ETA: Richard (aka “Dick”) happened to be the name of a President that visited China.
I’d call my kid Dr. Wu.
Cause you know, hey, doctor!