What Would YOUR Luxury Item Be? (list 5)
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Chiparock

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 06:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Some Survivors bring sensible luxury items, and others make us wonder why such an absurd thing would be their luxury item [skateboard? fuzzy slippers? Huh??!!].

MB asks for a list of 5 potential luxury items, only one of which is chosen by the producers to be the allowed item.

I would bring (in order of preference):
1. HUGE waterproof USA flag (remember Colby's Texas flag used to keep rain off them?);
2. Surfboard, for swimming long distances if necessary;
3. 39 bottles of mosquito repellent;
4. "The Prince" by Machiavelli (a reference guide to outwitting and outplaying);
5. 39 bottles of sunblock.

They would probably LET me bring "The Prince:" if you don't have a game plan before arriving at your Survivor location, it's too late!

Tabbyking

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 08:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
duct tape!

Csnog

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 10:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hairbrush
Toothbrush
Razor
Flag
Bug spray
Paints
Duct tape sounds good also

Thefan

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 11:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
picture of my family
Bar of soap
toothbrush
flag
razor

Turgon

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
this is all well and good but in the survivor rules the luxury item cannot be survival related at all.

Tabbyking

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
well, i don't go anywhere without duct tape...i have a roll in each car, in the motorhome, sometimes in my purse, in the kitchen, in the garage. is duct tape 'survival' related? i mean, for other people?! lol

if so, i guess i would take my daughter's blanket that folds into itself to make a pillow. is that survival related? does comfort equal surviving?

if so, i guess i would take an eye of newt, 2 frog gizzards...oh, those are survival related, too?

well, what isn't survival related? even stephanie's slippers would keep her feet comfy at night, keep the bugs off her feet, cushion her feet from rough terrain, and she could probably wipe with them after going behind a bush and wash them off in the ocean...so are they survival related?

what isn't survival related?!
turgon, what would you bring?
i know brandon brought chapstick for his item and it seems 'survivally' to me...did you see jessie's lips when she didn't have chapstick?!
it might be hard to find something the peckerheads don't consider 'survival' in nature!

Bastable

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Would they let me bring a journal? I know they don't allow writing or pleasure reading on Big Brother--it's the biggest thing that keeps me from even applying. I could never live without reading and writing for three months. I'd love to have my journal during the experience of taping Survivor. (Think of what Entertainment Weekly would pay to print excerpts!)

Chiparock

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 12:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bastable, Jake's luxury item is a journal and pen, and I know other survivors have kept journals (I just don't remember which ones). NOW will you consider applying for Survivor VI??!! Please??!!

Tabbyking

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
but couldn't the journal pages be considered 'survivally', because you could give someone a nasty paper cut, poke their eye out with your writing implement, and slam the book closed on a cricket or something to chow down on?! lol

it wouldn't surprise me if burnett now has a codicil saying you can't sell your journal entries or any summaries of the show because he 'owns' all rights? (not that richard hatch made much money off his book. i think it's down below half-price now if someone even wanted to read it.)

i would have to have something to read or write or bring a scrabble game along. i could never be on big brother because i would go nuts without reading or playing scrabble, and i don't have big enough ta ta's, too. 'and ta ta's, too?'-- sounds like what dorothy said in the 'wizard of oz'...oh, that was, 'and toto, too'.... nevermind ;>)

Chiparock

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 01:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Tabbyking!

I thought of Scrabble, but only 4 can play at one time, and if it's the same 4, others will be suspicious of an alliance, and if any of the tiles get lost it can throw the game off. If the board gets soaked (or washed away with the rest of the camp), it would be useless.

HOWEVER, the tiles could be duct-taped together to construct a raft, good for survival equipment. Therefore, probably it would be disallowed by MB. I wonder how Jed got away with bringing a frisbie, which could be used for holding water or catching fish ....

Tabbyking

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 02:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
chipa, i don't think even the geico gecko could do much with a duct-tape-scrabble-tile raft!! and he's probably a good swimmer.
....how about candyland?! lol we could let more than 4 people play! i mean, it's a little advanced for some of the survival contestants, but we could 'learn 'em'!

Lycanthrope

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In no particular order:

bar of soap
shampoo
Lenny Bruce's "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People"
toothbrush/toothpaste
deck of cards

Car54

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They say MB chooses an item because he wants it to tell us something about the player.

The ones who have kind of snuck something by that I can recall are Colby and his Texas flag, Paschel and his flag, Kimj and her paints (she used them to help win the signal challenge and at the end they painted playing cards to keep themselves occupied, and I think poor ol Peter was pretty cagey..he brought cologne (knowing it was quirky enough to get picked) and it was the fuel that helped the tribe start their fire, oh and of course...Brandon's chapstick...that said a LOT about Brandon, I thought!

Dumbest ones... any article of jewelry, Lex's kids baby shoes, the skateboard, Frank's antlers the General's stupid pointless VooDoo doll.

Tabbyking

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh, car...thanks for the memories! i can still remember all the others' faces when frank started his antler dance routine!!

Car54

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, I think the secret for you is to somehow, in your audition tape show how Duct tape is such a big thing in your life... how you carry it everywhere..it holds your life together...

That way you MIGHT be able to fool them!

Chiparock

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you disguise a roll of duct tape with fake evergreen, holly, pine cones, and red ribbon, you could tell them that it's a CHRISTMAS WREATH made by your kid that you always keep with you for sentimental reasons!

Car54

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, great idea Chiparock..then we could have a thread here about that silly woman who took a Christmas wreath on Survivor. :)

And then in a "Twist" at just the right moment, Tabby would whip off the pine cones, build her duct tape raft and make a fishing line from the christmas ribbon.

Oh, I can see the vidcaps now!

Chiparock

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 05:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, this sounds like an alliance! clap

Tabbyking

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i would wear my hair in a bun and have the duct tape roll around the rubberbanded part at the top...oh wait, i cut my long hair last week! well, it'll grow! meanwhile, the duct tape wreath is sounding like a good idea ;>) then you guys would know it was me!
i do love how everyone gives me a kitty cat for 'tabbyking', when i picked tabbyking for stephen king's wife!! lol but i love cats and have a huge grey tabby named webpee, which is short for his full name of 'drew i can't believe i gave this contest two months of my life webpee' but the vet can't fit it all on one line. if i ever got on a reality show, i would give you all a clue and you'd go holy $hit, that's tabbyking!!

Sia

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 09:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd need a complete dental-care kit: floss, battery-operated toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, Gel-kam, small mirror, baking soda, peroxide, etc.

I'd also ask to be allowed to bring a big feather pillow encased in water-proof pillowcase, sewing kit and projects, journal and pens, novels, hand-held electronic games for entertainment.

You know, I wouldn't make it, because they don't have refrigerated water on the Island. I would not be able to drink room-temperature water.

None of my stuff would be approved by MB!

Wargod

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 09:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunscreen
Big floppy hat
Sunglasses
More sunscreen
and a big bottle of aloa vera for when the sunscreen doesn't work (all the time!)

Car54

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 12:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, and Tabby, if you were really thinking, you would dip your pine cones in wax before you make your "Christmas Wreath". Then you can use them to help start a fire faster.

Yeah...this is gonna happen :)

Aussiedeb

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 02:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Love that duct tape wreath, then if you get someone like Robb from S5 you can just put him up against a tree and tie him up, making sure that you put lots of tape over his mouth lol...

My list:

Toothbrush
Hairbrush/comb
toilet paper
airmail writing paper(its lightweight, could double as toilet paper)
pillow
portapotty

I can't live without some of those things, and the portapotty, I would want one in some horrible place.

Sia

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 04:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Aussiedeb, your list is quite good. I would add a dozen boxes (or more) of baby wipes. That would help tremendously. I can't imagine not being without sanitary bathroom facilities. Guess "Survivor" is really not a possibility for me. Gee, maybe that's why I HATE CAMPING!?!?

Micknrc

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 08:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It's amazing how little my list has changed since the last time we did this thread...lol

Ulysses by James Joyce-- Great for campfire read alouds and act alongs and will last 39 days! (not to mention a source of TP)

Complete Works of Shakespeare see above. Actually, didn't that snobby teacher on Survivor UK version bring "comp. works" and the others resented her and refused to use it for tribal entertainment. And then there was Gerry. Continual Shakespeare quotes pissing off the HGs. It's amazing how threatened people are by what they perceive to be the intellectual cache of shakespeare. Me, even if I'd never heard of the guy, I'd be: "a book? Let's read it! Plays? Fun-- let's try a bit!"

A (large) bottle of Jameson's (irish whiskey) to help win friends and loosen up PITAs (or seduce cops--snerk)

journal/pen

soccer ball

Hermione69

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm going to pick mine based on the assumption that most things survival related will get knocked off, so mine will mainly be revealing personality choices. No skateboards, though!

1. Beach noodle (reminds me of yearly family trips to Nags Head. A beach noodle is a long, colored foam flotation device for those of you who have never seen or heard of one.)
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (one of my favorite books and also has a heck of a lot of pages.)
3. Yahtzee (one of my favorite games.)
4. Drawing utensils and sketch pad (art major in college.)
5. Sign language dictionary (would be fun way to pass time by teaching others, has a lot of pages, and am still learning ASL myself.)

Teatime

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
1. Beach noodle ("fun noodle") is absolutely my first choice too, Hermione. I'm surprised nobody brought one yet. Lightweight. Bright neon color, useful in the signal challenge. Virtually indestructible, so would survive longer than I would! Used for a flotation device in case I have to swim great distances to a food or water source. My noodle would be my pillow and my fishing rod. Slice off chunks for buoys for the fishing net. Tiny pieces are bobbers. I would have my kids draw pictures on it so MB knows how sentimental my noodle is.

2. Bible. Lots to read and would keep me sane.

3. Kerplunk game. I love yahtzee and scrabble too, but Kerplunk has pokey sticks, marbles and that plastic tower\tray thing. Yeah, it's full of holes but maybe something needs straining. LOL

4. Macrame supplies. When applying for Survivor, macrame plant hangers would suddenly become the biggest hobby I have. Nobody would fall for that rope and those beads that look like fishing lures, though!

5. Umbrella. The handle will be filled with chapstick.