Why is it..................................

Naive: deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment. That describes the 19 of the twenty players who played Survivor this season. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, everybody with the exception of Boston Rob were playing for second place.
Redemption Island Day 35
After being voted out at tribal council the night before Grant says, "I was betrayed last night and I'm okay with it." Really? Andrea then speaks up and says Grant was the last person she wanted to see at Redemption Island. Tell us who the first person you wanted to see was, please, please, please.
Muliano Day 35
Rob says he has a heart in there somewhere but Ashley needs to go next. The difference is the private confessionals we have been seeing is obvious, everyone is okay with no winning except Rob, it is has been that way all season. Nobody wants to admit that they have been getting outplayed.
Redemption Island Challenge
Foot on a beam to balance a very ancient Chinese or Japanese or something from a garage sale type flower pot. To watch these type challenges are akin to going to see your seven year old nephew play his violin at an elementary school concert. When your nephew is done playing, everyone applauds and then you whisper to your sister, "Was that jingle bells?," and she reponds, "I thought it was Coming round the mountain when she comes." WTF? Anyhow, Andrea wins and moves back into the main herd.
Final Five
Andrea, Phillip, Ashley, Natalie and Rob. Rob wants Ashley gone now. Andrea attempts to sway Natalie and Ashley that people are going to vote for Phillip in the final if he makes it. I thought this was a great attempt on her part to get them to change thier vote. But Natalie and Ashley remind of that old blonde joke. Two blondes are walking down the beach and one finds a compact mirror in the sand. She opens it up and says, "Oh My God, I think I've seen this person before." The other blonde grabs the compact out of her hand and takes a look, "Well dumbass you should know who it is, it's a picture of me." Yeah, that's what armpit shaving buddies do together. No clue as what Andrea is trying to say to them.
Immunity Challenge
Ashley wins the balance beam, make a skeleton out of your puzzle pieces challenge.
Ashley is talking to Natalie and making sure that after they vote out Andrea that Phillip is next to go and Natalie agrees. Rob and Phillip are then talking about Ashley and Natalie right in front of Andrea before tribal council. Take this opportunity to go tell them, what do you have to lose. You are on the outs, make an issue of it, bring them back and confront him, what do you have to lose now.
Tribal Council.
Andrea finally steps up and tells the jury, Ometepe had no strategy only to follow Rob. She is exactly right. You know what's funny about this, everyone agrees and no one says anything. Andrea goes home.
Murliano Day 37
Rob tells the girls he will take them to the final.
Final Challenge
Maze with puzzle pieces. Ashley follows Rob around the maze like a lap dog. Phillip finds three of his four bags while Natalie, well I can't really say anything positive about Natalie in this challenge because she didn't find any of her puzzle pieces and she looked like she was going to cry. She looked liked she missed the school bus on her first day of school. It came down to Ashley and Rob solving the puzzle and Ashley made the fatal of mistake of assuming that Rob was going to take her to the final. Rewind the tape please. At the last tribal council Andrea said to the group, "Ometepe had no strategy except to follow Rob." Can you hear me now? If that didn't send a message that you need to solve your own puzzle and win immunity and get rid of Rob, nothing did. For a second I wanted a final of Ashley, Natalie and Phillip which would have been very interesting, but it didn't happen. Rob wins and ends that part of the story.
Pre Council
Rob thinks Ashley might have gotten close to the other tribe so she has to go. Natalie doesn't want to lose a friend over this game. Here is my thinking when it comes to making friends on Survivor. You have to make a distinction when you play this game. First, of all it is more of a part time job where you might win a million dollars. Secondly, if you are that good of friends then your new found friend will have to understand that only one person wins and if they aren't your friend anymore then maybe you weren't that good of friends in the first place. End of story.
Tribal Council
We find that Ashley really doesn't care for Andrea, no surprise as Andrea wouldn't let Ashley shave her armpit hair.
Ashely says she felt she had to win the challenge. Rob says he wants to sit next to people who don't deserve to win which brings some frowns. Ashley then says the most honest thing she can, "I could have thrown Rob under the bus because I think I can beat both Natalie and Phillip." Too bad you didn't run over Rob earlier because you can't beat him now. How many times have I said it before, when you get a chance to unseat a huge threat, do it. Ashley goes home.
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