The Hobbit Survivor

[Anguirel]

Why, Kuru, you writhe in desperation...

--GLOIN, ++KILI

I'm in, Saucey, though I bet you targetted Fili not Kili just to irritate me...

EDIT: I meant "Kili not Fili". That rather proves our point...

[Lalaith]

Kuru, I'm sorry to do what I have to do now, to save Belladonna, and you have my word that not another dwarf will I vote to evict unless absolutely necessary. I have no axe to grind against that ancient and noble race - you will see that I could not bring myself to vote against the kindly Balin, even when Belladonna was in danger.
Ang, I will hold you to your pledge vis a vis Tom, tomorrow, and may you drown under a deluge of neg reps if you play me false.
--tom
++KILI

[Tuor in Gondolin]

+ + Kili
Which will also answer the question of
can one twin survive without the other.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Ah-ah-ah. This is utter nonsense. Your activities have had a disproportionately negative impact on one particular race. That would qualify under the definition for many of the professors under whom I have studied.

You are unfortunately mistaken, my dear fellow. I have nothing against Dwarves per se. I am just against a disproportionate number of Dwarves remaining in the contest. Ergo, I am not prejudiced against Dwarves, but simply seeking to maintain some kind of balance to the contest. As one who is concerned about ratings, you will no doubt appreciate that the majority of viewers will turn off in their droves if the final comprises solely Dwarves. Continued high ratings depend on appealing to the entire viewer demographic, not just those who happen to be Dwarves.

In any event, assuming a Dwarf goes today, I will be content to leave the remaining three alone - for now at least.

Originally Posted by Anguirel

I'm in, Saucey, though I bet you targetted Fili not Kili just to irritate me...

EDIT: I meant "Kili not Fili". That rather proves our point...

Oh, sorry Ang. I genuinely thought that I had chosen your least preferred "-ili". Not that it matters, surely. They are, as I have said, pretty much interchangeable.

Originally Posted by Lalaith

Ang, I will hold you to your pledge vis a vis Tom, tomorrow, and may you drown under a deluge of neg reps if you play me false.

Actually, Lal, the pledge was mine. And I will hold to it, provided that Kili goes today.

[Kuruharan]

Tsk! In this game dwarves comprised the "at risk" (to use the technical term) population. You (among others) have exploited this to the uttermost.

Exploitation of at risk population=discrimination.

I'm afraid the conclusion is rather inescapable, no matter how you try to spin it. You may as well stop trying, you're not fooling anyone.

(And before you attempt to bring it up, majority populations have been "at risk" many times in the past so you don't have a leg to stand on in pleading "but there were so many of them.")

As far as ratings go, the ratings will be just fine so long as Belladonna Took is in the final. I believe she is the one I have been promoting for some time. This suggests (I realize you and a few others may have missed it) that I have not been shooting for an all dwarf final, as I have been repeatedly accused. I personally don't have any intention of voting against any dwarves, but I don't have to. I have unwitting pawns to do all that dirty work for me while I have fun stirring the pot. They have been most cooperative, as you can tell. Belladonna is still here and another dwarf is gone. As Darth Sidious would say, "Everything is going as I have foreseen."

Of course, I said this already. However, why pay attention to what I say when you can pretend that I have said what you wanted to see and then proceed from there.

Isn't it about time for an expulsion?

[Lalaith]

Whoops, sorry Saucie. Careless reading. It's usually Ang who offers the deals, you see.
However the sentiments remain the same.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Tsk! In this game dwarves comprised the "at risk" (to use the technical term) population.

Far from being at risk, the Dwarves have, throughout the show, held the advantage by virtue of their numbers. It is the fair-minded among us who have voted for them, with a view to evening things up. I discriminate not against Dwarves, but against those who have firmly had the upper hand throughout, in the interests of balance.

But I wouldn't expect a balanced view in this game from a Dwarf ...

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

I believe she is the one I have been promoting for some time. This suggests (I realize you and a few others may have missed it) that I have not been shooting for an all dwarf final, as I have been repeatedly accused.

Come now. Your attempt at reverse psychology is fooling no one.

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Isn't it about time for an expulsion?

The Island seems to be located in some mysterious region where the length of the day varies from one day to the next. If nothing else, it at least heightens the unpredictability.