Survivor: Surviving the Minor Works

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Giles voters: My offer still stands. If you aid in a successful eviction of Smith today, you will have my vote for Giles tomorrow.

Now that's a really tempting offer... seeing how you've been SO successful this game at voting somebody off.

On that note, a couple more Smith voters would be much appreciated to alleviate fears of Gram getting it instead.

Originally Posted by LMP

For example: Anybody who's playing Dueling Wizards who votes against Smith of Wootton Major will NOT get a good death write-up.

Worse yet, I'll have the EW & GW pick YOU as their choice to make mincemeat of!

Mwahahahaha!

I'm not playing. Anguirel's not playing. SPM's been killed already. The real lynchpins of the anti-Smith campaign are invulnerable in that respect.

Lalaith, Spawn, Kuru, Morm... you're in possible danger, I suppose. Stick to your guns! Don't let this domineering politician use his influence elsewhere here! It's a classic situation of a bigwig in one field trying to pressure people in another. Stick to your guns!

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

...anti-Smith campaign...

Do you really want to be associated with anti-Smith antibodies?

Come on, folks! Don't vote out Smith. Gram is a much better candidate for elimination today. So vote for Gram.

And, yes, I'm sentimental. Unapologetically so. So there.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Elempi

For example: Anybody who's playing Dueling Wizards who votes against Smith of Wootton Major will NOT get a good death write-up.

Shocking abuse of power! I thought that you Smithsonians were all high 'n mighty. Yet you now reveal the true lengths to which you will go to secure your candidate's desired victory. Something is rotten in the Land of Faerie. Shocking!

Originally Posted by the phantom, ever so conveniently popping in

I don't think a dog should be winning this contest- particularly a bad dog.

No one's saying he's gonna win. The anti-Gram vote is simply an attempt to secure the victory for Smith. And that is what will surely happen should he not go today. How dull and predictable will that be? It will turn viewers off the show for good. Come now, there will be plenty of other worthy candidates left if Smith goes.

Originally Posted by Celuien

So vote for Gram.

Can one divorce one's widow ...?

But why vote for Gram? Can anyone give a good reason, other than the fact that he's a dog? Dog's are useful in survival situations. They can hunt food, keep guard, provide good company and all sorts. In marked contrast to Smith, who has conspicuously failed to do even a single useful thing while on the Island. Always off searching for Faerie. Never contributing to the tasks or the camp chores. Tsk!

And Gram may misbehave occasionally. But that shows character. Something in which Smith is singularly lacking.

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Now that's a really tempting offer... seeing how you've been SO successful this game at voting somebody off.

But just look at the way the odds have been stacked against me. And, despite all that, he is now on the verge of leaving. Besides, there are a few who wish to see the back of Giles. I will be glad to join them once Smith as gone.

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Perhaps you meant sacred sausage? That strikes me as a bit more Brit.

But my dear Bb, old bean, I was simply trying to avoid offending those delicate vegetarian sensibilities of which you spoke. Sacred sausages would not do at all.

Sacre bleu!

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

But my dear Bb, old bean, I was simply trying to avoid offending those delicate vegetarian sensibilities of which you spoke. Sacred sausages would not do at all.

Sacre bleu!

Tabernac! Whimpeys doesn't serve veggie burgers and soya sausages? Are we left then with the sacred Baldrick?

[Elu Ancalime]

++ Smith of Wootton Major

The one whom I owe allegence to has called me....oathkeeper, I am!

I think Tolkien might have been bored when he was righting this one, and ripped off The Adventure of Link, Halo (Master Cook!?) and Feast of Good Children is definetly straight from Santa Claus' early ideas and experiments. Let's git rid of the (as we say in the 'Souf',) "bo-bo brand.
________
Glass bubblers

[The Only Real Estel]

++ Smith

Mainly to prevent a Smith/Giles showdown because that would be a horrible groaner.

And should Smith go I, at the very least, will have SpM's vote against Long-Name tomorrow...

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Can one divorce one's widow ...?

I suppose the legal question is one of the necessity for a formal divorce proceeding if one party to the contract is already deceased. Does the marriage contract provide for an automatic ending to the wedded state should a spouse die, then reappear in other form in a different realm of existence, as has happened in this case? Or is the incident of death sufficent to end the contract, regardless of still-living embodiments of the deceased in other forms? Then again, should you succeed in killing Smith today, I will be joining you in the realm of the departed. Would the marriage be resumed upon my death, regardless of previous termination? Whether or not a previously nullified by death marriage is resumed once both parties are deceased is a knotty point beyond my ability to unravel. I'm not a loyer.

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

But why vote for Gram? Can anyone give a good reason, other than the fact that he's a dog?

I can! Yes, dogs are useful in survival situations. But they must be useful dogs. This beast, as indicated by his name, is a one gram nothing. Can you expect any work from such a tiny creature? Is a miniature canine of any value in defending the camp if an intruder can easily squash him with the step of a bare foot? Of course not.

Vote Gram for Eviction!

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Celuien

Then again, should you succeed in killing Smith today ...

Well, I only want to evict him. Whether he dies upon eviction is a matter for the Diamoddess.

Originally Posted by Celuien

I'm not a loyer.

You should be after that speech ...

Originally Posted by Celuien

Is a miniature canine of any value in defending the camp if an intruder can easily squash him with the step of a bare foot?

Smith is hardly any use in defending the camp when he's away with the faeries all the time. Gram brings amusement and companionship, if nothing else. Smith brings nothing to the party.

Btw - you see how exciting this can be when the outcome is not predictable ...

[Celuien]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

You should be after that speech...

Why, thank you. I'll have to consider if I ever become unhappy in my current profession.

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Smith brings nothing to the party.

But he does bring something. He brings the one thing without which no party is complete. Cake.

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

Btw - you see how exciting this can be when the outcome is not predictable ...

Very exciting. Though I still hope that Smith will be saved today...

[Lhunardawen]

++GRAM

For cats! Err...Smith!