Letters From Camp Koh Tarutao: Huh?

Dear Mrs. Devinney,

Your son, Brian, has experienced the severe trauma that we here at Camp Koh Tarutao have come to call the Huhs. Currently, he is being sedated and is under intensive shock treatment to counteract the effects of the Huhs.

It started during the immunity challenge when the Chuay Gahn tribe decided to sit out Helen during an underwater breath holding challenge. For your son, this was the point that almost pushed him over the edge. At this second, more serious stage of the Huhs, he was unable to speak and made odd grunting noises while pointing out what he perceived to be an illogical disparity in leaving Helen out of the challenge. After using a few tranquilizer darts on him, he was finally able to speak, but by then the challenge was over so it was, after all a pretty moot point.

Although this was the first physical proof of Huh symptoms, some of the tribe members later spoke about Brian's odd facial expressions when Penny was assisting members of the Chuay Gahn tribe. According to them, Penny was trying to ingratiate herself with the tribe in the event that the merge would happen during the current cycle. Ted pointed out that Brian was listening to twin namesake (referred to for the purposes of clarity in this letter as Porno Brian) pontificate about the role of women in society and how the women on the island were merely following the traditions laid out before them. According to Ted, Brian's face contorted and he believes that Brian was literally biting his tongue before he blurted out, "Well you just go say that to Helen!"

The second time the Huhs reared their ugly head came when Jan buried the head and feet of the chicken next to the bat she previously buried. Earlier when Jan buried the baby bat, Brian had questioned her rationale and mental stability for doing such a thing and predicted, albeit jokingly, that Jan would then bury the carcass of the final fowl upon its consumption. When proven correct by Jan, this sent your son into a tizzy of "I told you so"s which we immediately recognized as a precursor to the Huhs. When he started to do the cabbage patch like Jan, we all knew what was coming up next and did our best to stem the tide against it. We were thankful that he didn't resort to the tried and true, "See you, see you, wouldn't want to be you." However, we thought it best that we put him in the infirmary that evening for observation.

However, the key moment came during tribal council when Erin was voted off the island. Your son uttered his now infamous, "Huh?" and began experiencing severe brain spasms as his mind could not put the necessary pieces together in order to come up with a rationale for this decision. He's been in the infirmary since that night and promises to write when he is feeling better.

Sincerely,

Dr. Beverly Beaverstock

C. Brian Devinney is a human resources consultant from New York City. When not reporting on reality TV, he can be found rooting on his beloved Yankees, writing in his online diary, Tales From the City, or designing new items for his online store BlogGear.com. He can be reached at TheRealityFactor@aol.com.

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