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Sallycat22
Member
08-31-2005
| Friday, April 15, 2011 - 4:02 pm
Csnog.....You nailed it! Amen
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, April 15, 2011 - 4:58 pm
Rosie, LOL that woulda been funny! but Brenda brings up why they couldnt...which I had forgotten LOL
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, April 15, 2011 - 11:31 pm
Yeah, and we used to say the same thing on Russell's season that it was the Russell show...LOL.
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Mimi
Member
04-30-2009
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 6:19 am
I remember a few seasons ago a girl who never seemed to have anything to say. I kept saying she would go far because they were saving her. Well she got voted out without having strung a sentence together. She must have been very boring to have been edited that way (I don't even remember her name) so I don't mind the editing to be Rob or even Phillip-centric if they have the most interesting confessionals.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 8:33 am
I expect the editors would be thankful if anyone except Rob and Phil said anything interesting. Just as we are always saying that they can't show something (bad behavior) that didn't happen, so too can they not show anything interesting that didn't happen!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 8:38 am
Phil for the win...for me this is the most boring season in a long time. I too don't know any of their names and probably couldn't pick them out of a lineup filled with zombies.
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Solitaryphoenix
Member
11-08-2008
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 11:17 am
ITA Csnog - the show's producers and editors determine what -and who- we see. While I'd like to see more of the other contestants, I'm lovin' Rob! I don't think he's going to make it to the end, but he's playing a heck of a game.
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Trini
Member
07-06-2004
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 11:24 am
Phillip is on to Rob, didn't Phil say (to this effect) that Rob may want to take him to F3 because he Rob think he can win over Phil...then we hear Rob say Phi is obedient now..and he Rob will take Phil to F3. Cannot wait for Phil to try and make his move... what is Rob doing to do with Grant, I hope Grant get his mind at work and at least try to make a move.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 2:44 pm
I don't think anyone is saying its Robs fault, or Russells... and it doesn't much matter, its still boring as far as I'm concerned. Rob is playing a hell of a game, theres no question about it. He's only cocky and arrogant in his confessionals as far as I can remember...but I do hope he gets eliminated soon. Doesn't seem fair to have a couple seasoned players with a bunch of newbies....but I'm still watching..LOL
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Muffin
Member
08-29-2007
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 3:10 pm
I realize that Rob has lots of experience being on Survivor, but on the other hand, the other members of the tribe, I am sure, have watched seasons of Survivor. They have seen what works and doesn't work in this game. They could have chosen to play differently, instead they are doing what others have done in the past and be placid and flying under the radar. They have watched Rob before and know a little of how he thinks. They know Rob more than Rob knows them, as far as having the advantage of seeing him play this game. None of them looked for clues to the HII, yet every year they are shown to be hidden at a reward challenge. Why is it only Rob that looks for it. Seasoned player or not, they are had their chances. Just my opinion.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 3:12 pm
Good point muffin!
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 5:10 pm
I agree Muffin. But are they not looking for the clues or are we just not seeing them look for the clues. The tribe seems to be hiding behind Rob and letting him make all the decisions.
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 6:23 pm
mimi, not sure if this is who your thinking of but last season had purple kelly who was non existent except for the episode she quit.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 6:40 pm
Much as I laugh at Phillip, I cannot laugh about his feather. I believe that spirits contacts us with feathers. One time when I was alone I ascended a steep hill and then worried about getting back down. I asked John,a deceased friend of mine, to help me. I glanced down. There was a hawk feather on the ground right in front of me. I picked it up and thanked my friend for being there. I also belive that animals crossing our paths have messages for us. Go ahead and laugh. Philip and I can take it.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 6:44 pm
Whenever I find a penny, I always feel that it was sent from my mom in heaven to let me know that she is watching over me.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 6:53 pm
Philip's headdress reminds me of old pictures/movies of Cleopatra. With the serpent rearing up from her forehead.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 8:13 pm
Dogdoc, The thing with Phillip is it isn't just that one thing. It's cumulative.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 8:44 pm
So it is not enjoyable to watch the Rob team bully the other team, and I like Rob, but now I just FF though the show watching the challenges and TC's. The Zaps need to win an immunity or two, and find an idol to shake it up. Right now it is very predictable so the conversations are not even of interest. But the merge has helped Phil alot, his team won't vote him off and they talk to him and listen to him now, LOL.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 3:34 am
Jimmer, I said the only thing I don't laugh about is the feather.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 11:12 am
How long has it been since a team has successfully stayed together to "pagong" the entire other tribe before turning on themselves? I don't remember one in recent history - all the "low men" on the totem pole seem to jump ship after the merge to upset the numbers, but this season is looking like a classic pagonging.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 11:23 am
Re: The discussion on whether Rob's team should have all eaten burgers while the other team competed for II, and how Rob's plan was to not let them win II so as to demoralize them and not let them light a fire under them..... A very valid point, but I have another scenario that could have worked. First, let's pretend Rob was on top of things, and told his team something like, "we all eat" as they approached the challenge and saw the food sitting there. He's played this game enough times (and watched the other games he's not been on I assume) to know there is usually a challenge like this. So he could have even prepared his team in advance in a "just in case we have a challenge like this" scenario. First, he has to let it be known to those on the other side that no matter which one of them wins II, his team will just take out one of the others. I'm betting if Rob's team had all chosen to sit out and eat, JP would have asked them why they chose to, giving any one of them the opportunity to boast about this strategy, and why it's pointless and meaningless for whoever wins II. You can pretty well bet that Rob wouldn't even need to be the one to boast about it. Phil probably would have been delighted to go on and on about why nobody on his team really needs to compete for II at the time. So now, we have Rob's team all sitting there eating, belching and carrying on about how good the burgers are, while the others are all competing for an II that doesn't really mean a thing. Why even bother to torture yourself in an endurance competition like that, when it doesn't mean a thing anyway? And you're then forced to compete against your own alliance in order to save yourself (and know that someone else on your alliance will be targeted instead). Rob's team would have scored on two big issues. None of them would have tired themselves out in an endurance competition, and they would have been well fed. Even if they didn't have the opportunity pre-challenge to boast about the strategy, they could have still wiped away any sense of accomplishment to the winner of the II by boasting about the strategy on the hike back to camp.
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 3:04 pm
Or the other guys lose fast on purpose, giving Ometepe very LITTLE time to eat, thus negating any benefit (remember, you only eat until the competition is over).

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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 3:12 pm
Good point! But that would mean those guys would need to strategize, something they haven't quite shown they are capable of doing. Not to mention they would also have to come to a quick, collective agreement on who to allow to have II. Something I don't think a few of them would willingly give up.
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Mimi
Member
04-30-2009
| Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 6:00 pm
Oregonguy it wasn't Purple Kelly but I have to agree with you she was pretty dull. I can't remember who it is I am thinking of she was that boring.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, April 18, 2011 - 12:12 am
[Rob telling his tribe to just eat the burgers ...] First, he has to let it be known to those on the other side that no matter which one of them wins II, his team will just take out one of the others. [...] It's tricky -- that kind of gameplay could help you crush your opponents and get to the end, but when those opponents are going to make up a big chunk of the final jury, it's also how you could end up losing the final vote. Especially if (like Rob and Russell) you can't suppress your arrogance.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Monday, April 18, 2011 - 12:27 am
That's true. But then, that's why you take advantage of Phillip and his inability to run amoke with his mouth. Let him take the blame for the rubbing it in the other alliance's face. Though I do have to hand it to some of them. They see other's actions and trace it back to Rob anyway. It takes a bit of evil doing to take advantage of someone else's annoying habits and make it work for you. I did it once when I had been in a car accident and had a broken collarbone. It wasn't an easily visible injury, but the last thing I wanted was for people to jostle me around and bump my shoulder when I returned to work (I worked in a manufacturing plant, and roamed the floor as a trainer). I wanted people to know I had an injured shoulder so they would know to be careful around me. But I also didn't want to tell the car accident story 150 times either. So, the first thing I did when I got back to work was actively seek out and tell the "company gossip" about my car accident and injured shoulder. Within the hour, people were coming up to me and saying, "wow, I heard you were in a car accident!" I couldn't help myself and asked a few of them, "gee, where did you hear that?" 
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Monday, April 18, 2011 - 10:49 am
Phillip is in for a rude awakening, he's just being used, although that whole tribe is, if/when the time comes, they'll elimiate him first. I'm still surprised Grant allowed Rob to snap at him to not eat the fish, or maybe that was the editing. I hope, as someone said above, that the Rob show is his foreshadowing and he'll be gone soon. Perhaps the new twist will be Matt, Dave and Mike are the new tribe that changes things up, why else would they have the three at RI, just to see two go, makes no sense. But then again, this season makes no sense to me. Still hoping Matt will beat Rob in a RI challenge, then go back and win the game.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, April 18, 2011 - 3:53 pm
"Still hoping Matt will beat Rob in a RI challenge, then go back and win the game." I'm down with that. ;)
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 18, 2011 - 7:56 pm
Rob wants to keep Phil til the end now. I think Rob will turn on Grant before Phil
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