Just passing along what's floating around out there....

Mark Burnett, producer of "Survivor", plans to enlist 12 men who will be dropped in an unidentified suburb with a van, six kids (each of whom play two sports and take either a musical instrument or dance class) and no access to fast food.

They must keep the house clean, correct all homework (receiving at least a "C+" on all papers), complete one science project, cook (OK, they can bring one cookbook), do laundry, care for dog and cat, grocery shop, birthday present hunt for kids' friends, etc.

Oh, and they also have access to television only when the kids are asleep and all chores are done, and none of the TV's have remotes. Plus they have to shave their legs and wear makeup which they must apply themselves either while driving or while making six lunches.

The competitions will consist of such things as attending a PTA meeting and accurately reporting the results; cleaning up after a sick child at 3:00 a.m; getting kids to church/religious education; making an Indian hut model with six toothpicks, a tortilla and one marker; and getting a 4 year old to eat a serving of peas.

The kids vote them off.

The winner gets to go back to his job.

-- giggles (and@grins.com), February 25, 2001

Answers

If the kids vote, then the biggest wimp-nothing will win. Isn't that sort of a flaw?

-- Peter Errington (petere@ricochet.net), February 25, 2001.

So women who are able of doing these things are wimp-nothings"?

Actually I have known a few men who were good at it, and they were still men.

-- Cherri (jessam5@home.com), February 25, 2001.

Jesus, way to miss my point totally, Cherri.

-- Peter Errington (petere@ricochet.net), February 25, 2001.

Cherri, my point was that the kids cannot be depended on to know what's good for them, and will vote the best (most demanding) off first.

-- Peter Errington (petere@ricochet.net), February 26, 2001.

I want to know where in the heck you will find a suburb with no access to fast food?

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), February 26, 2001.

Cherri is just suffering from the meme -- isn't that right Doc Paulie?

-- doc is meme free (unlike@everyone.else), February 27, 2001.

NOT fair, the parents SHOULD be able to vote the curtain climbers off instead.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), February 28, 2001.

I think it is an ok plan. The kids are not going to make a responisble vote tho b/c they will want to keep only the ones who give them what they want and that may not be fair...... its a cute idea, but doubt it will work

-- mallory rose duborg (hduborg@bellwsouth.net), April 28, 2001.