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Hey hey... goodbye...

The first person voted off. I remeber when I was the first person voted off, so the person will follow in my glorious footsetps... ok well.. whatever here are the votes:

Lynn:

Well, I've given this a lot of thought and after consulting with my "sources", I have decided to vote out Jeff. I was leaning towards him even before his unfortunate absence from the Immunity Challenge mostly because he didn't get involved. The was no mention of Survivor on his blog and not even so much as a hello until I berated him out of hiding. There was no team spirit! Well, that and he drank my secret stash of pina coladas. Never come between a Jail Guard and her girl-drinks. Sorry it had to be this way Jeff, but I really hope you'll show up to be on the jury :-)

Victor:
If you were to ask anyone to quote Shakespeare--just one line--odds are they would reply with either, "To be or not to be--That is the question," or, "The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers."

Thing is, the latter quote is always taken out of context. In Henry VI (Part II), act IV, scene II, several characters are discussing how to overthrow the government. The line is spoken by Dick the Butcher, a follower of Jack Cade:

Cade: Be brave, then; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. All the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass. And when I am king—as king I will be— All: God save your majesty!

Cade: I thank you, good people: there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.

Dick: The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.

Cade: Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings; but I say, ’tis the bee’s wax, for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since...

So, step one in overthrowing a government is to kill all the lawyers. In this line, Shakespeare pays tribute to lawyers, by stating no government could stand without our fine, upstanding, fellow counselors. I live near and work in Washington; I suspect the bard may be right.

Not that I'm saying we *have* a government here on Blogtiki. If anything, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune, where we take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week, but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting--by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more major affairs that impact the well-being of this commune's interactions with other communes.

Obviously, we don't need a lawyer for that! Jeff, I bid thee farewell--God knows when we shall meet again!

Jimmie:
My vote for who should leave the island is:

Victor.

Here are my reasons why:

1) Have you seen his blog? He hasn't put any new content on it for
almost a week! We know he's here because we see his posts elsewhere.
He's been slacking off on that Blogtiki laptop instead of giving us
fresh content. But it's not just vanity. Have you seen his Cicada posts?
He's got expertise we need. But now....well, not he's just hoarding the
information.

2) He's kind of pushy isn't he? He was pushing to get the contest
started. He was pushing to get the gif corrected in lickety-split time.
He's pushing to reveal the immunity post identities. I'm afraid he's
going to push me off a cliff. I"m talking self-preservation here.

3) He's getting a bit uppity with Da Man. You can't get uppity with Da
Man and expect to hang around long. It's just not right.

4) I suspect he was behind Entry #2 in the first Challenge. Man, that
was not so much a good entry. Too-reestas? Gold-colored digger? Kohosts?
Come on...it was a travesty of justice that my post got beat by that.
It's like Ernest Hemingway getting losing the Pulitzer Prize to a Chick
Tract!

5) With him gone, it'll be just me and four hotties in bikinis! That's
what I'm talking abo....what? There's still another guy besides me?
Jeff? Jeff who?? There's a guy named Jeff here? Is he invisible? Had he
barricaded himself in a cave like a Japanese soldier at the end of World
War II?

-Jimmie

Dizzy Girl:
I had a hard time deciding who I was going to vote for this week, but in the end, it comes down to who I got to know best. And my vote is going to Victor. I think he's an awesome guy and a big help around the island, but I just don't know if I've gotten to know "the real Victor". He seems more comfortable on his own, away from the group, and that says something to me. It says (1) Gennie...you're just not interesting enough, and (2) Victor enjoys the company of coconuts and flesh-eating rabbits more than you. Sorry about this Victor. Like I said, you're a cool guy and all, but I have to vote for someone. No hard feelings mate. :)

Lemur Girl:
Still fresh from my immunity glory I have been brought sharply down to earth
knowing that i have to vote. I don't want to. Couldn't i be immune from voting
as well as eviction? ... no?... sure?... well it was worth a shot, i would
have given you chocolate and everything.

So yes, the voting (boo). After some careful deliberation I have to say it's
going to have to be Jeff (I feel for you buddy I do). My reasons? There are a
number, the primary one being that he's been a bit of an island hermit, just
skulking up to us, having some food and scurrying away again. He reminds me of
Gollum actually, cradling his laptop in his arms and looking nervously around
in case we might try and lick it or something (yes, i did say lick, it's not a
typo!)

Another reason is because Miguel (raah) appears to have taken a dislike to
him, it must be the lawyer scent or something. I keep having to drag him off
so I think it'll be safer for Jeff to get off while he still can! Having an
angry bull charging at you is never a good thing, even if he is small.

So yes, that's me. And now i feel horrible. Please tell me Karma isn't gonna
kick my ass for this!

AxXx

Jeff:
Following original survivor Sean Kenniff's alphabet voting strategy, I hereby vote for....Dizzy Girl. Also, she ignored all my requests to establish an alliance.

Cheers,
Jeff

With 3 votes, Jeff, I am sorry to say, but you are voted off the island. Pack your stuff cause now you're off to await the end of survivor to vote for who you think shall be the true Survivor. Please have your farewell letter to me by tomorrow.

Posted by Pylorns at June 9, 2004 09:20 PM | TrackBack

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