Friday, September 24, 2010

THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THEM, JEFF.  MORE THAN THEY DO IN LOUISIANA: I recognize that I'm a little late on this, but I wanted to offer one thought on this week's Survivor.

There are two ways that a Survivor season can be enjoyable.  One is what we've seen recently, which is brilliant people out-strategizing each other, often by taking advantage of the one dumb person who's out there.  The other is what we saw this week, where a tribe is full of people who have never played poker or understood the wisdom of occasionally keeping one's feelings to oneself, and the prospect of a satisfying self-immolation is always near.  Fienberg spoke with the eliminated contestant yesterday, and hoo boy does this person double-down on the stupid.

4 comments:

  1. Adam C.10:16 AM

    <span>where a tribe is full of people who have never played poker or understood the wisdom of occasionally keeping one's feelings to oneself</span>

    Holly the swim coach (Really?  She's a coach in a competitive sport?) on the older team does her share on this point as well.

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  2. You buried his expensive shoes in the sea?  Don't just confess -- find them and clean them and bring them back!

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  3. Joseph J. Finn10:27 AM

    Wow, this is...seriously, what kind of a game is it where it sounds like Jimmy Johnson is the sane one?

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  4. Adam C.12:42 PM

    I'll put to one side the questionable choices of (a) owning $1600 alligator loafers and (b) bringing them with you to Survivor.  But yeah, when someone admits taking them, filling them with sand and burying them in the ocean, then I think you're within your rights to insist, perhaps strongly, that the culprit go find them.  And then go get her proverbial shinebox.

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