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In addition to riding the elephant that farts, Brian and Clay get excellent Thai food and drink. Prior to this, we saw this season’s first product placement plug as Jeff handed his Visa to Brian. Personally, I like product placement plugs. I’d much rather see the Survivors rewarded with a Snickers and a Mountain Dew than have to watch 2-3 minutes of commercials. In other words, give them Doritos to take back to their camp and give us more show time.

Seeing the hands and the Visa made me realize something I never noticed before: Michelangelo plugged Visa in his “Creation of Adam” Sistine Chapel painting. Here’s the original painting at right:

But when you zoom in…

Who’d a thunk?

I honestly had no idea Visa even existed in 1512. This makes me wish I’d paid better attention to art history during high school.

What was THAT?!

Back at camp, Penny hears a dreadful sound. She thinks it came from the sky but Jan says, “No, it came from the water.”

Jake eyes Ted and whispers, “Is that what I think it is?”

“It sure is. He’s powerful hungry. That was his stomach growling.”

Before they could figure out what the sound was, the reward boat came for Brian and Clay. As everyone got excited, Brian actually became concerned, “I picked Clay because I figured it would be very difficult to explain why I picked anyone else given the fact that it was Clay who picked me over Ted during the challenge. But now, I’m beginning to think Clay is falling in love with me and my nice hair.”

As Brian and Clay crawled into the boat, Clay says, “I’ve got a hot looking date, don’t I? He’s got a fine ass. I’ve seen it, too!”

Everyone took this as Clay’s typical sense of humor, but throughout the entire “date” Brian saw sign after sign. Here, Clay leans over to Brian and says, “Remember the movie Titanic? I just loved the romance.” He winked and relived a moment, “I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD!”

And just check out the body language while Brian rode the elephant. After more hints from Clay about their special connection, Brian scoots over in the chair as far as possible, practically falling out, holding on for dear life while Clay keeps making their legs accidentally touch.

(Ok, enough of this silly Clay-loving-Brian thing. I just needed a way to work in the “nice ass” comment and that was all I could think of.)

Speaking of asses… I’ve been with small children who could fill a large room with one single almost-lethal fart. Can you imagine having to deal with such a thing from an elephant? I would expect the walls to become sticky.

Jake offers an alliance with Helen

Back at camp, knowing the sea creature is getting antsy and thinking that maybe he’ll be eaten instead, Ted suggests that Helen go get water. Not thinking about his conversation with Ted, Jake volunteers to go along.
“Dammit,” says the sea creature. “I can’t eat Jake, too. That would be like taking a large bite of egg salad and discovering gross celery pieces. When I’m a man again, I’m going to ask all cooks to stop bulking up their meals with that disgusting filler. It doesn’t complement the recipes. It just makes them taste bad.”

Ah… sea creature wisdom. It’s surprising to hear what goes through their minds.

Since Jake has begged an alliance with Brian, Clay, and Ted, he figures it’s Helen’s turn.

“Just between you and me, I have a plan that will get you into the finals. It won’t work for me, but at least I’ll get to stay here longer and I won’t have to walk around like a beaten puppy.

“Your only chance to win this game is if you form an alliance with Jan, Penny, and me. We can then vote out the guys, followed by Penny and then me, leaving you and Jan in the final. There’s no way your three guys will allow you into the final. The furthest you will get is Final 4. Your only chance to win this game is to align with me now.”