Passamaquoddy

Well, as most of you know, our recent trip down to Epcot for the Battle of World Showcase took a serious toll on our numbers.  Two of our adventurers were lost in battle.  Hypermommy and Lisa Sambycat, we hardly knew ye.  One of our superstars went out in an overzealous and splashy tumble from a tower, a golden cape refusing to offer flight.  Jeff Heimbuch’s legend has already sprouted wings through many new internet based fanclubs and websites.  And stupidly, Team Remora actually left one of their teammates behind.  Stan Back, the talking trash can was flat out left at Orlando Airport and nobody on his team even noticed.  Perhaps it was a hyperextended need for revenge that left him behind.. or maybe he was left behind on purpose.

Now we are back in Passamaquoddy and ready for a challenge.  The ultimate winner of this challenge will be crowned the Survivor: Passamaquoddy.  Who will it be?

Here is what will decide it… Each team will design and build a new Attraction for Passamaquoddy, with an unlimited budget but hindered by the requirement that it must be built using only Passamaquoddy materials.  This should be a new attraction, unique to Passamaquoddy…  The winning attraction will in fact be immortalized by some sort of monument, or possibly even the creation of the attraction itself.

The Battle of World Showcase was the absolute worst battle ever seen in Epcot Since Figment and Dreamfinder decided to leave the attraction they worked in to give them more time to focus on their real true love… pig wrestling.  (Figment would eventually return without his muddy mentor).

When the teams boarded their harbor ferry back to Passamaquoddy, there were 4 less people.  Hardly enough as we enter the final week of Survivor Passamaquoddy.

For those who missed the episode, here is a recap.

While attempting something silly that was not going to work anyway, Jeff Heimbuch slipped and fell from the Norway tower, safely eliminating him from the final week of competition…

With the teams now even, SASHIMI and PIRANHA went at it mano a mano a mano a mano a mano a mano.  The Battle was fierce and at one point involved a character breakfast as Aekershus.  Suddenly there came an attack from elsewhere.  This was when we were first introduced to…

Two military strategies were in place.

Team Piranha barricaded themselves inside the stave church and searched for Hidden Mickeys.  With that knowledge, they surely could win any military skirmish involving three linked circles.

Team Sashimi’s plan was two fold. First, they would enlist the help of the Norwegian Trolls and second they would toss Lutefisk bones out of the bell tower at unsuspecting passersby.

Both well laid plans but… things rarely go as planned when it comes to the Battle of World Showcase.

For Piranha, they quickly discovered the few Hidden Mickeys inside the Stave Church.   Then Doc decided to take as many pictures as he could.  After several thousand pictures the military advantage to such an attempt was proving fruitless so they moved out into the courtyard…

For Sashimi, both of their strategies backfired to some extent. 

First the trolls.  While they looked smashing in their “War of World Showcase” armor, their military prowess proved less than powerful.  Although they had the physical appearance of monsters, their only skill was their ability to make the opposing army go backwards with a hearty “Disappear.. Disappear.. Disappear!”

Next, the lutefisk bones hurled from the bell tower proved to be counter productive after some miscommunication.  After all the training, a properly thrown bone could’ve taken out an enemy at 60 yards.  But the first attempt was foiled when one team member attempted to whip the first bone, unaware that it was part of a string of bones used to create a fashionable lutefisk bone necklace that would retail at $49.  The bones whipped back and took the teammate out, eventually falling out of the bell tower.

No longer with an advantage of numbers, Sashimi also took to the street for an evenly matched battle.

But all that changed when someone was hit by a wet burrito thrown from a rolling dumpster parked out front…  In an attack resembling that of the Trojan Horse, a team jumped out of the dumpster… That team turned out to be…

We’ll be back after these messages…

Both teams were to choose a country around World Showcase that would prove the best military advantage for them to defend… and launch an attack.  After they have made their choice, they would spend the early part of today getting themselves situated.. and at dusk… the attack would come.

But tonight,  this was going to be exciting television and things don’t always go as planned.

First one team made their choice.  They chose Norway.  They gathered their team together and made their way over there under the darkness of early morn.  They got themselves situated and talked about their dark sinister killing plan over a nice character meet with Cinderella. 

The producers knew that flying the contestants to Disney World in the middle of Survivor: Passamaquoddy was a bad idea…

During their planning session, the other team picked their country…

Here is a picture of each team in their chosen battle turf…

First TEAM SASHIMI

When allowed, the adventurers on Survivor:Passamaquoddy spend their time using all kinds of communication devices unknown to us in town.  One fella has this blinking blue light in his ear he calls “my bluegill” or something.  Some use phones like they was making important contact at every minute.  There are even a couple “laptop” computers where people use “Instant Messenger”.  I tried to use “Instant Messenger” but when I added water, the computer made some smoke and shut down.  I guess I should have checked with Whaleson before borrowing it. 

Lorien, who was recently expelled from Team Piranha didn’t have any of those things, but if she didn’t like you she came after you with a cleaver.

So, it is nice that at least one of our adventurers still communicates with good old pen and ink.  Here’s a letter written by “Fred Appleton” to his wife Imma (Over at the Itchy).

Just in time for the weekend show, the World will be at war…  Each Team will choose a World Showcase pavilion to defend in a battle that will cross the lagoon.  Then they will strategize how to take down the other using materials, functions and cultural identities from their ‘base’.

By Wednesday evening, the teams will have secretly told us what base they will be attacking from… and the battle is on…

How quickly they fall.  What started as 2 teams of 10 is now down to seven.

Team PIRANHA chose to eliminate GEORGE TAYLOR, accusing him of secretly working for WALLEYEMART (Lorien’s major competitor).  They also believe his obsession with powder from the funnel cake could lead to nothing but trouble.

Team SASHIMI, having won the challenge chose 2 for removal.  WHALESON and LORIEN.  There choices were made from the scientific method of consulting the magic 8 ball…

All contact with any of the tossed aside scrap people is forbidden as we approach our next adventure.

All has been well in Passamaquoddy.  Sure it has been fun… Sleepovers with singing and late night chumfests.  But now, we have reached elimination.  But how did we get here?

Most recently we had a trivia challenge that resulted in a tie.  And nobody seemed to get the tiebreaker question correct.  Neither TEAM PIRANHA nor TEAM SASHIMI.. That is until TEAM SASHIMI’s Lisa Farry emerged to tackle the question.  After receiving a distressing letter from her BFF Jennifer, Lisa disappeared and did not answer any communicades.  But when the team was down on their luck, she emerged…

Tonight we begin the closeout of the first challenge.  Each team has chosen their represntative to relay their Trivia Answers.  Without further delay, here are the results…

  Here are the questions and answers as submitted by Kevinz.

1. It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World of Singing Children currently features the Song “It’s a Great world, Repeat after me”… What song did that song replace and who wrote it?

As most Passamaquoddy enthusiasts know the Sashimi Brothers wrote the original song. The song was titled “It’s catch and release after all” Who could ever forget the opening line that brought a tear to your eyes “It’s a world of baitfish, a world of keepers.”

CORRECT!

2. Name 3 of the four bands that covered “It’s a Great World, repeat after me”.

The Pollack, Bag Limit and Spawn to Fish

INCORRECT.. We were looking for THE POLLACK, BAG LIMIT and BARRY MANILOW (Off of his album SCOPA’S CABANA)

3. Eating is definitely not recommended in one specific room in IAMMMMWOSC. Which room and why?

The room known as Chum Across the Ocean depicts the once ill-conceived idea inspired by Hands Across America. In this room the children prepare and spread fresh chum in a cold watery scene in the North Atlantic. Only problem with this scene was when the ride got stuck many visitors received hypothermia from the realistic North Atlantic waters being sprayed on them.

Correct
4. What attraction, no longer in Passamaquoddy opened at the same time as IAMMMMWOSC?

That attraction would be the beloved Sailor’s Delight Pavilion, which was sponsored by the Fleet and Flotilla Society. Passamaquoddy went all in to please the town folk before opening. The promoters of the rides educated the tourist with a new walk around character called “Rain Beau Trout.” Hard to understand, this Creole speaking character would flip fin with children and parents all around Chummingland. Lou of Lou’s Intergalactic Buffet recalled, “I fondly remember Rain Beau. Especially his funny accent, moving gills and his powdered sugared Flounder Cake.”

Correct!

With 3/4 correct, lets check in with

  Here are the question and answers as submitted by Whaleson

1. One of Passamaquoddy’s newest attractions, Buoy Store Minnow Mania features what song and what 2 other songs by unlikely artists were considered?

You’ve Got a Clam in Me (by Handy Newsail)

Other songs thought about were:  Hook You Again (by Smiley Shellfish) and I Swam (by Flock of Seagulls)

2. What attraction was closed and replaced by BSMM?

Buoy Store

INCORRECT.. We were looking for “Who Wants to be a Harpoonaire”

3. What is the best recipe for minnow meals?

Sea Salt Encrusted Stuffed Potatoes

            Using a tin-foil oven, take a small cup of seawater and evaporate the water, leaving pure sea salt.

            Next prepare potatoes by scooping out the mid portion of potato.

            On top of the potato shell add 2 to 3 clean and gutted minnows.

            Cover the entire potato-minnow entrée with sea salt.

            Broil in the tin-foil oven until the inside of the potato is soft to the touch (use a clean hook to test).

4. What combination of shots results in the greatest point value?

- The best combination of shots for points comes from, of all places, the Team Sashimi room. Here, both contestants must land a minnow is Lisa’s open mouth. Once this happens Fred Appleton, George, and Jeff H appear on the screen. One teammate must successfully land three minnows on the spikes of Appleton’s pitchfork while the other teammate use four minnows to successfully blind Jeff H. and George. If all of these shots are completed correctly, both teammates receive a whopping 100,000 points for the room. The completion of this shot will also unlock the easter egg of Kevin Z in the birthday room, where accurate hits are worth double points.

That is also 3/4 Correct…

How many kittens are living in Passamaquoddy?

This is open to everyone on the team…

 

UPDATE

These kitten answers are clever and all, but not the answer we are looking for.  The judges are in discussion to possibly award the round to TEAM PIRANHA as the tie seems to sway there way with the delicious “Sea Salt Encrusted Stuffed Potatoes”.  Now doubt having a fish monger has helped the group.

However, with TEAM SASHIMI inexplicably short one crucial team member, the judges were delaying their decision briefly to see if Sashimi can pull something through. But the time has run out…