# Survivor: Tocantins 2/26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594 "2009-02-27T01:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/41 "2009-02-27T18:25:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Huh? šŸ˜•šŸ˜• Iā€™m assuming **jayjay** is referring to Probstā€™s line of questioning after the reward challenge about ā€œsame two people at Exile - does that concern you?ā€ (I think directed at Spencer). Since Brendan was the one that picked Taj it could be taken as ā€œhey, do you think these two are going to be setting up a secret alliance?ā€ (which, in fact, they seem to be). Fortunately, Spencer(?) answered that they were just doing the rational thing by sending the people that had already gone - he assumed Brendan chose Taj for the same reason they picked Brendan. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/42 "2009-02-27T18:33:11Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Iā€™m assuming **jayjay** is referring to Probstā€™s line of questioning after the reward challenge about ā€œsame two people at Exile - does that concern you?ā€ (I think directed at Spencer). Since Brendan was the one that picked Taj it could be taken as ā€œhey, do you think these two are going to be setting up a secret alliance?ā€ (which, in fact, they seem to be). > > Fortunately, Spencer(?) answered that they were just doing the rational thing by sending the people that had already gone - he assumed Brendan chose Taj for the same reason they picked Brendan. They fail to take into account that Brendan is out to shame, cuckold, or embarrass Eddie George! ---
**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/43 "2009-02-27T18:40:22Z")
Knowing a few egominiacal narcissists in my time, I figure the next move on Coachā€™s part is to obsessively discredit Brandon for daring to even seem to be a better leader. That Tyson guy is either a better Fairplay than Fairplay (his act became an annoying shtick pretty quickly) or a complete Psychopath. Looks interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/44 "2009-02-27T18:53:20Z")
What I miss (couldnā€™t find anyway) are those popularity polls they used to have at the CBS website where you could rank the players and compare your ranking to those of the rest of the people ranking them. Do those still exist and I just canā€™t find them? If not, maybe we need one here? ---
**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:** [February 27, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/45 "2009-02-27T19:16:29Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Iā€™m assuming **jayjay** is referring to Probstā€™s line of questioning after the reward challenge about ā€œsame two people at Exile - does that concern you?ā€ (I think directed at Spencer). Since Brendan was the one that picked Taj it could be taken as ā€œhey, do you think these two are going to be setting up a secret alliance?ā€ (which, in fact, they seem to be). > > Fortunately, Spencer(?) answered that they were just doing the rational thing by sending the people that had already gone - he assumed Brendan chose Taj for the same reason they picked Brendan. Got it in one. šŸ™‚ Probst inserts himself a little too much into the contestantsā€™ strategies. If I were Taj or Brendan, Iā€™d be asking for a 1-on-1 with Burnett or whoever the on-location producer other than Probst is. Heā€™s been doing this the last three or four seasons and itā€™s very annoying. Itā€™s almost equivalent to a strategy cock-block. ā€œHey, did you notice that those two went the last time, too? Think maybe theyā€™re conspiring against their tribes? Do ya? Huh? Do ya?ā€ SHUT UP, PROBST! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/46 "2009-02-27T22:31:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Okay, maybe it was a joke ā€“ she was definitely snuggled up to that young man, though. Check out Sandyā€™s extra insider video at [cbs.com](http://cbs.com). She is snuggle bunnies with Spencer. FTR, Spencer is only 6 yrs older than her grandson. ---
**Author:** ![judikium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@judikium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/judikium)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/47 "2009-02-27T23:46:08Z")
Coach is unbearable. Oh well, at least his boot episode will be incredibly amusing (for a few minutes I thought it would be this episodeā€¦but nopeā€¦not yet). Tyson is playing smart as ā€œassistant coachā€ - heā€™ll be the one to take Coach down. Sierra is surprising me. She has finesse. Uneventful episodes so farā€¦Iā€™m hoping for a tribe switch soon to mix things up a bitā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/48 "2009-02-28T03:45:57Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Check out Sandyā€™s extra insider video at [cbs.com](http://cbs.com). She is snuggle bunnies with Spencer. FTR, Spencer is only 6 yrs older than her grandson. Well, she said in the video that she was aiming to be the lovable Gramma of the tribe, which doesnā€™t sound all that weird ā€“ she wants to be likable, which is a respectable strategy. Nevertheless, when I see her explain it in that video, she sounds creepy as hell. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/49 "2009-02-28T14:26:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Probst inserts himself a little too much into the contestantsā€™ strategies. ā€¦ Heā€™s been doing this the last three or four seasons and itā€™s very annoying. > SHUT UP, PROBST! Erā€¦ Heā€™s been doing it since the very first season, when he outed Rich Hatchā€™s alliance. I was pissed about it at the time, but knowing how he actually gets to that point not by having inside info but by probing throughout Tribal Council, I like what he does. Indeed, itā€™s what sets him above every other reality TV host (IMO). ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/50 "2009-02-28T14:29:02Z")
> [@judikium](#): > > Coach is unbearable. Oh well, at least his boot episode will be incredibly amusing I canā€™t wait for his post-show interview. Talking to Candace ([http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article8677.art&page=1](http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article8677.art&page=1)) was hysterical, and I expect Coach to be completely oblivious to his own ego. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594/51 "2009-03-01T00:54:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Got it in one. šŸ™‚ Probst inserts himself a little too much into the contestantsā€™ strategies. If I were Taj or Brendan, Iā€™d be asking for a 1-on-1 with Burnett or whoever the on-location producer other than Probst is. Heā€™s been doing this the last three or four seasons and itā€™s very annoying. Itā€™s almost equivalent to a strategy cock-block. ā€œHey, did you notice that those two went the last time, too? Think maybe theyā€™re conspiring against their tribes? Do ya? Huh? Do ya?ā€ I donā€™t really see how he gave anything away. Having the same two go to exile obviously raises some questions. The most obvious being some sort of collusion or conspiracy. He simply asked what everyone was already wondering. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-tocantins-2-26/487594.md?page=2)