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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 3:57 pm
I think Survivor is getting old for me. I'm so tired of seeing people offended for being voted out of the tribe. Ugh. They know only one can win and that all but two will be voted out. And yet, they're still offended. Judd backstabs his original tribe and it's nothing. He gets backstabbed and all hell breaks loose. He just comes across as whiney to me. Anyone who uses scumbag on tv loses all credibility with me. I didn't watch this season very closely; missing most of the later eps. I did watch the reunion and found it interesting to a degree. I think Steph made a good point; that what you saw of her during Palau is real just as much as what you saw of her during Guatamala. She's not perfect; just a flawed human being like the rest of us. Of all the players this year, she was going to be judged the harshest because of how she was perceived before. Anyway...long story short, Survivor is losing it's luster for me.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 4:00 pm
quote:I don't understand how everyone is sure that they weren't THAT hungry at that stage in the taping.. even the people who got the highest number of food rewards still didn't get more than a meal a week and that corn mostly is just passed through the body.
It's every three days (not every week). And it wasn't just corn they were eating when they were at camp. Stephenie ate quite a good meal pretty much every three days. I can survive on that. They were told not to eat the chicken; it was part of the ceremony. Lightning bolts should've shot down from the sky at them. I feel it was extremely disrespectful (not counting the laughing about it later, which just adds insult to injury).
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 4:02 pm
Not to encourage the chicken talk but they did eat a tamale after/during the ceremony.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 4:24 pm
Oh yeah... whether or not the Maya chieftain or whoever was a real Maya or a shill is irrelevant. Part of what happens on Survivor is that we, the viewing audience as well as the contestants, learn a bit about the history and culture of the place. I have no doubt that there is a ceremony that is performed using a chicken, and that there is much symbolism in using said chicken. The same thing goes in India, where cows are sacred animals. You wouldn't go to India, be told that cows are sacred, and why, and then turn right around and eat a cow. And then laugh about it. The end was in sight. They had only a couple more days. They could've waited till they got real food (either by being the next or last to go before the finale.)
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 4:34 pm
A symbol is a symbol...it is what the people choose, Adven...if it is a chicken they are using, it is just as important as a flag or anything is...it is what it represents and calling it just a burnt chicken is not giving these people's ceremony it's proper respect! This is the definition I meant for my "thoughtless" comment, Babyruth: Definitions: 1. inconsiderate: showing a lack of consideration for other people or for consequences
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 4:57 pm
I think I stay out of this arugement.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 5:05 pm
I agree, it was disrespectful. Rafe was stupid. (but I still liked him the best, and I believe he would have given cars to the others had he won) Dani didn't skate. She was an almost impossible situation since she was outnumbered and all her tribe was voted off after the merge. That she somehow managed to keep herself in it until the end, winning two crucial Immunity Challenges doesn't seem like skating to me. I still like Survivor, and I liked this season as well. 
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Finqwik
Member
09-23-2000
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 5:35 pm
Well I was shocked by what they did to the chicken. I had thought it was cute that they had brought along their pet chicken and it looked to be having fun standing by them during the ceremony. I did not expect them to pull the poor things head off. No reason to televise that brutality. 
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 5:56 pm
2 questions. has it been printed anywhere what each survivor said as they voted for winner? and usually, survivor begins after superbowl. will it start later next season?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 6:18 pm
I'm agreeing with Ladytex on all three counts.
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 6:30 pm
We aren't done with the burnt chicken, are we?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 6:38 pm
after they ate the chicken they shoulda edited in a clip of Alicia wagging her finger
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 6:43 pm
I forgot about the tamales they ate at the ceremony. Corn takes longer to digest than most, if not all, foods. And I still say it was disrespectful to eat the chicken.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 7:41 pm
I am agreeing with Karuuna and Native_texan ....and smiling at Adven!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 12, 2005 - 8:19 pm
I didn't see Steph eating a good meal 13 times (that would be every three days out of 39). And I could probably live on it too but I'm not sleeping on the ground being bitten by insects, chopping wood, tending fires, or competing in challenges. Besides if I'm hungry, I'm hungry and no one can legitimately call me on that.. same with Steph or anyone out there. (IMO, of course) Very true about the tamale.. good catch, Rosie! LOL, Pamy! Steph might have eaten Alicia's finger from what I keep reading If they ever had survivor in India they would be told specifically that beef wasn't on the menu, just as they have in other seasons when perfectly yummy beasts are on the do not touch list. Sounds like they didn't put beheaded burnt chicken on the list.. Hindus don't kill those animals. This animal was quite dead. Actually I think the final two had to even respect each other because they did each have a tough road to the final. On the early show Danni and Steph agreed that Steph had very little chance to win. AND Danni readily agreed that she had a big advantage in that competition, due to her height and Steph laughed and said Lydia would have been unable to maintain that position, being so short. Yeah I still like Survivor, but wasn't as involved this time, I guess. Oh and at the beginning of my Early Show recording I got the last half of a sentence from our local LA news and they were saying something about hidden immunity idols in a tone that made me wonder if there will be less WINNING of immunity next time and more surprise immunity to foil the planners?
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 1:51 am
"The same thing goes in India, where cows are sacred animals. You wouldn't go to India, be told that cows are sacred, and why, and then turn right around and eat a cow." So, no burgers in India then. Bummer. As far as corn goes, only the inner part of it is digestable. The husk (covering) is not and just passes right on through.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 4:36 am
Stephanie is "America's Sweetheart." She told us that at the reunion show. She can do what she wants and eat what she wants. ( I just hope I don't have to watch her doing it ever again).
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:02 am
Gee corn actually does digest? I thought it just passed on through! 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:32 am
Yeah, I wanted to barf when she said she was America's Sweetheart! 
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:35 am
me too Julieboo
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:56 am
Jeff was the one who said Steph was America's sweetheart the first season she played. She just repeated that statement when answering his question.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:49 am
She still agreed with Jeff, that, yes, "I guess I am America's sweetheart." Blech!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 8:25 am
Yeah, blech! (<gak> <urk> <hairball>) Actually, I think that's why I liked her less this go-around. I thought she had a bit of an attitude, like she was all that cause she was brought back (even if it was with Bobby Jon!).
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 9:22 am
I think Stephanie thought she should win, just because she was on the loosing tribe the last time. I think she should have been voted out week one
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 9:33 am
I think Stephanie wanted to win and acted accordingly. The woman accepted the offer she was given to be on Survivor a 2nd time and to her good playing won $100,000. Yay for Stephanie!!!!! She is one tough woman and I am so happy that she defied the odds and made it to the end.
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