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Bcandscott

Tuesday, October 14, 2003 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm thrilled to learn that Rupert is interested in reptiles. I did own a snake (albino california king) that died of old age, and I still have a 5 1/2 foot green iguana and a little Australian Bearded Dragon that is a little over a year old. He's my favorite and is named Sir Samuel Vimes after a character created by my favorite author, Terry Pratchett....so I think RUPERT needs to read some Pratchett. I think he'd really like Disc World novels.

Llkoolaid

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 06:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Had to bump this up, I just love this guy.

Jami

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did y'all see Rupert tonight holding all that weight! Wow,,,he is incredible.
Just have to say it again,,,I love Rupert!!!

Babyruth

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 07:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fun article for Rupert fans:

http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/6/085534-2966-062.html

Surfgirl

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Babyruth for the link..Is a great article!!GOOO RUPERT

Twiggyish

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 08:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gentle giant. His care for the little snake was very much like Hagrid, according to my daughter.

Kaili

Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Definitely- it was very..nice. He and Ryan O should get together and start an animal sanctuary. I'm there...I'll help them!

Misslibra

Friday, October 24, 2003 - 08:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like Rupert a lot. :)

Surfgirl

Friday, October 24, 2003 - 10:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I LOVE RUPERT!! But he is scaring me please all Rupert fans join cyber hands and Pray he looses some of the cockyness that showed up thursday! The "I hate Sean want him off my island and out of my fantasy" could get him in big trouble!He has to remember not his island and not a fantasy:hence reality tv: Rupert needs to remember past Pirates :example.. Black beard.. ego got his last ship sunk to bottom of North Carolina ocean then he was hung!Also Sean ended up saving his skirted butt.. who woulda thunk..lol

Enigma2

Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 04:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Babyruth: Thanks for the link. Good reading.

I don't really like snakes. But found that –becaue of Rupert's care for this one– I was so sad when Balboa died.

Twiggyish: Your daughter is correct and very perceptive: Hagrid and Rupert could be almost twin brothers.

Talon

Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 06:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I believe Rupert said "I want him off my island and out of my adventure.", not fantasy.

Jami

Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We just brought home a cute, adorable kitten. If he is a boy his name is Rupert!

Gidget

Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 08:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awww. How old is your kitten? Be sure to post pics when you can in the Cat thread.

Jami

Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 04:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He/She (the kitten) is about 7 weeks old, and cute as a button,,,just like Rupert. LOL. I will get pictures. I didn't know there was a cat thread. I've only ever visited here and the BB board.

Gidget

Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 06:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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The above link is an experiment Jami. I think it will get you to the cat thread. If not, click on HOME, then click on the picture of the TV on the left, you should get a whole list of topic areas. Click on community and you will find the Cat thread.

Maris

Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 06:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Rupert will go down as one of the best Survivor participants however, I think if I was on his team he woul drive me nuts with his arrogance. As I often say, it may be the editing but........it seems to me that Rupert is beginning to believe his own press and instead of laying low as he did in the beginning he is acting like he is indespensible and all his teammates should be grateful for his presence. This attitude could spell doom for him.

He needs to regroup and go back to being the quiet worker bee. He cant blame people for the failures in his tribe, what has been done has been done. Everyone knows they never should have thrown the first challenge they lost and he needs to keep quiet about it. He also needs to keep his mouth shut at the tribal councils.

Catfat

Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris said:
"---it seems to me that Rupert is beginning to believe his own press"
Have they had access to any of the press reports at this point in the game?
But you are right, he is acting way too proprietary and aggressively vocal. I think he is frustrated, stressed out, and can feel approaching changes that might not be in his best interests. Had he been alone and playing for himself, he would never have been in this predicament. All their bad luck seems to have started with throwing the IC. Since things have happened they way they have, he needs to quit complaining and get on with the job.
This big, powerful bull of a man is accustomed to winning, works hard to succeed, and in another lifetime would have emerged as the chief ofthe clan.
What you will see happening in this game, and indeed has already started to happen, is that lesser players (I'm thinking specifically fo Jon)will try to take him down, thus ensuring their own rise to power. The fittest may not survive. But, then, this is the way of today's society. Don't get me started about lying politicians and stolen elections and people not being fit to rule.
Snort.

Enigma2

Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 11:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Snort away, Catfat. (I had been imagining an edition of Survivor with the 16 top-ranking people in our government.)

Rupert seems to be one of those rare personalities that exist only in blacks and whites. There are none of those multitudes of grays that make a person confusing to understand. And, because of this, he is so accessable. You get what you see.

Another appealing thing about Rupert is that he obiously loves life on the islands. He likes living off-the-land. I think that if he were voted out, he would be less upset at loosing the game than at having to leave the islands.

Kep421

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have no idea of what I'm missing, but I do not see any arrogance in Rupert. I see a man who has no idea how to be anyone other than himself (confident and sure of himself with definitely no time for BS). Could it be the fact that he is comfortable with who he is and doesn't care what others think of him that makes him appear to be arrogant?

With Rupert, what you see is what you get. There's no pussyfooting around. He says what he thinks and then lets others either take it or leave it. I have not seen him ordering people around or trying to undermine others. I also have not seen him purposefully hurt anyone's feelings nor try to make himself appear more than he is by putting down others (a tatic favored by Sean and Burton). His leadership so far has been by example. He views Drake as "his" tribe, but I think that's more from protector's stance instead of a dictator's stance. Had Sean treated me the way he treated Rupert, I would have been far less forgiving and would have been actively lobbying to have him GONE!!

As far as yelling at Jon for voting against him, I think Rupert is reacting in the heat of the moment and from hurt feelings. You don't have to be arrogant to react from hurt feelings. I didn't see other tribe members around (but I may have missed them) during the "tirade", so I'm thinking that maybe Rupert took Jon aside for the "heart to heart". I honestly believe that Rupert will get over the vote and move on.

I've been a huge Rupert fan from the first time I noticed the twinkle in his eye, as he sat exhausted outside the village and quietly stole the other tribe's shoes....it still makes me chuckle!!

Rupertbear

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cool Kep...I agree 100% with your assessment of Rupert's actions.

If a person is very competent...has no trouble with tasks set before them...believes in themselves completely and has been very popular throughout their life...sometimes their actions CAN be misconstrued as arrogance but I believe it is a focused view of life and events they have.

Things go well for them so you will not see a deferential attitude towards others....these people are born leaders. Think of the charismatic leaders in history...they sought no quarter & gave none in return.

Lorry

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love the intelligent conversations on these boards. I don't have a darn thing to add, but just wanted to let you all know how much I enjoy reading your posts... and how much they stimulate the old gray cells and get me to thinking. Thanks so much for all the enjoyment.

Maris

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
But he needs to be a little more low key or he is going to start ticking off his tribemates. No question he is the best competitor, a little humility I think is in order if he is going to SURVIVE.

Jami

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 03:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't see him as arrogent or bossy at all. I think back to his visit at the Morgan camp. He was determined and sure that the shelter needed to be moved. He just did it. When Osten started belly aching about it he didn't argue or insist that anyone help,,,he just did what he knew needed doing. And that was for the opposing tribe.

Also when the bed needed raising the other night to protect them from bougs he was working but he didn't get involved in the fray between Shawn and Jon.

I just see him as a strong, smart man that is a doer when he sees that something needs doing. I think we need more of those in real life.

Needmylifeback

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found another reason...I was reading his bio...He's an Aquarian like me...he's also just shy of being 5 years younger than I am.....(I thought he was older! LOL!) I now know why he loves the water so much! :D

Llkoolaid

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 07:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kept, RupertBear and Jamie, I agree with your assessments of Rupert, I love the guy, he is confident not arrogant.