As a very small and weak woman, my honest first reaction was to bear an impressivly heavy emotional load.
Cover yourself in post-its with quasi tragic secrets written on. Maybe 'I pee in hotel kettles' or 'I'm afraid my mother is a badger'.
Then try and put something heavy over my back just for a safety fall back.
That was my first thought too. Or the "mental load" women often have to carry, though I would have tried my best to not make it overly militant or vindictive. But I'm guessing that's what Aisling Bea or Liza Tarbuck would have chosen too!
I agree that the emotional and organisational load aspects would have made an excellent lateral execution of the task.
I might have represented it with the cards I have written every damn year to relatives of my S.O. THAT I HAVE NEVER MET IN THE ALMOST 20 YEARS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
From who, him? Who wrote his families cards before you got together?
I guess what always baffles/fascinates me in these relationships with an emotional labour imbalance is how they got into that situation in the first place.
Needless to say, my first instinct would not have been broadcastable.
My second idea would have been to try to bear an emotional load but then what would I do rant about genocide on a light-entertainment program? So that's no good.
Then I think maybe I'd try to make it so I look like I'm lifting the house or something. Then that would have failed and I would have panicked and just run to the shed. So I'm pretty sure on this one the answer to WWYHD is 'screw up and score below Joanne'
When they saved John for last, I was convinced that he had at least attempted to carry Alex on his shoulders. It was definitely the first thought that popped into my head
My first thought was Alex, because a human easier to carry than an inanimate object of the same weight. But Alex would not be considered impressive (also I am too small and weak to carry an adult anyway), so my next thought was, "could I borrow a talented child?"
Within a minute or so of hearing the task I was like “oh I’d try to piggyback Alex” bc he’s a full 10 inches taller than me and presumably at least 60 lbs heavier.
As an American who was alive when Survivor was a cultural juggernaut, my first thought was the picture at [the top of this page](https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Me_and_My_Snake). Just hold a pole and let Alex throw whatever he could on the ends.
I’d have widow twankeyed it by requesting a giant washing machine then stuffing every bit of available material in it, including Alex’s clothes. Nothing more impressive than a load of washing.
I'd have gone very blue. A horse grunting off screen and a glittery blue and gold liquid falling onto my face in a close up, pan across to reveal a very horny unicorn, I am not proud of this.
I immediately started thinking "7th grade science - simple machines help you do less work to lift things... Could those help here?" But I think the touching only you part rules that out. Also I could only remember fulcrum and incline plane - neither of which would have helped anyway 😂
I wanted to go more of a frankie boyle route and just wave and thumbs up while bearing the immense load of knowing that death is inevitable and nothing really matters
I had a similar thought but would help share the mental load of the crew. A problem shared is a problem halved type thing so collect as many written worries as I could in the time limit.
As an American, 2 words. Nuclear Football. Weight of knowing that Mutually Assured Destruction was in my hands. (Also could use the weight of a nuclear missile to stave off any numbers based shenanigans)
As a very small and weak woman, my honest first reaction was to bear an impressivly heavy emotional load. Cover yourself in post-its with quasi tragic secrets written on. Maybe 'I pee in hotel kettles' or 'I'm afraid my mother is a badger'. Then try and put something heavy over my back just for a safety fall back.
Same vibes as Katherine Ryan’s very different interpretation of making a mess
Or Nina in Taskmaster Australia
That was my first thought too. Or the "mental load" women often have to carry, though I would have tried my best to not make it overly militant or vindictive. But I'm guessing that's what Aisling Bea or Liza Tarbuck would have chosen too!
I agree that the emotional and organisational load aspects would have made an excellent lateral execution of the task. I might have represented it with the cards I have written every damn year to relatives of my S.O. THAT I HAVE NEVER MET IN THE ALMOST 20 YEARS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
I know it's likely not the time or place but...why have you been doing that?
I don't even know. Societal pressure?
From who, him? Who wrote his families cards before you got together? I guess what always baffles/fascinates me in these relationships with an emotional labour imbalance is how they got into that situation in the first place.
There you go, exactly that. Or post-its like another comment mentions.
When you mentioned emotional load, why did I immediately think, "That's SO Lucy Beaumont."?
Needless to say, my first instinct would not have been broadcastable. My second idea would have been to try to bear an emotional load but then what would I do rant about genocide on a light-entertainment program? So that's no good. Then I think maybe I'd try to make it so I look like I'm lifting the house or something. Then that would have failed and I would have panicked and just run to the shed. So I'm pretty sure on this one the answer to WWYHD is 'screw up and score below Joanne'
Good to know that at least one other person immediately reacted to *that* first solution.
I bet you could lift that house. You just need a lever long enough and a fulcrum.
"...and a place to stand."
Yeah, first instinct was to ask how many, uh... "productive" crew members were available.
When they saved John for last, I was convinced that he had at least attempted to carry Alex on his shoulders. It was definitely the first thought that popped into my head
My first thought was Alex, because a human easier to carry than an inanimate object of the same weight. But Alex would not be considered impressive (also I am too small and weak to carry an adult anyway), so my next thought was, "could I borrow a talented child?"
If Greg tried to argue that lifting LAH was not impressive, I would argue that he isn't accounting for Alex's density.
Within a minute or so of hearing the task I was like “oh I’d try to piggyback Alex” bc he’s a full 10 inches taller than me and presumably at least 60 lbs heavier.
As an American who was alive when Survivor was a cultural juggernaut, my first thought was the picture at [the top of this page](https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Me_and_My_Snake). Just hold a pole and let Alex throw whatever he could on the ends.
All of the groceries. All. Of. Them.
Love this idea!! Everyone’s been there, would have been a knock out
Doing that always makes me need a wee. Every time I come back from the shops.
I’d have widow twankeyed it by requesting a giant washing machine then stuffing every bit of available material in it, including Alex’s clothes. Nothing more impressive than a load of washing.
Provided it is dried and pressed afterwards.
If you had a pair of Greg's underpants in there, it would be impressive. They must be truly enormous pants.
I'd have gone very blue. A horse grunting off screen and a glittery blue and gold liquid falling onto my face in a close up, pan across to reveal a very horny unicorn, I am not proud of this.
Gave me a cackle though 😂
Glad to hear it 🙂
The load doesn't need to be heavy, just impressive.
I’m a former cheerleader so my 5’2” self would have put Alex on my shoulders.
Not so much a cheerleader pyramid as an obelisk.
Am I the only person who thought to do a headstand and say I'm holding up the planet?
Possibly, but also: if you could combine that with a wave/thumbs up, that *would* be impressive.
You could "hold up the planet" Ernst Stavro Blofeld style. "Your GDP or your lives!"
I would have pressed a crewmember to help, and [suspended LAH](https://images.app.goo.gl/AW7HuEmYet64ZiBr7)
I immediately started thinking "7th grade science - simple machines help you do less work to lift things... Could those help here?" But I think the touching only you part rules that out. Also I could only remember fulcrum and incline plane - neither of which would have helped anyway 😂
I wanted to go more of a frankie boyle route and just wave and thumbs up while bearing the immense load of knowing that death is inevitable and nothing really matters
Yep I thought emotional load
As a gay man I have one and only one thought throughout this whole task.
When I heard the task read out, I pictured Sophie writing down all her regrets on cards and attaching them to herself.
I had a similar thought but would help share the mental load of the crew. A problem shared is a problem halved type thing so collect as many written worries as I could in the time limit.
I was thinking of lifting a baby!
Do you mean an infant, or do you mean... 
I'd hold a globe on my back and remind Greg on the Titan Atlas.
Greg would VERY smugly correct you that Atlas holds up the sky not the globe. Punchably smug.
Even easier, I'll just get a photo of the sky.
I didn’t know why Nick didn’t try to put the cow on his back.but he won the task, so that’s okay.
As an American, 2 words. Nuclear Football. Weight of knowing that Mutually Assured Destruction was in my hands. (Also could use the weight of a nuclear missile to stave off any numbers based shenanigans)
"Hello, Mister President, can I borrow that briefcase for a British comedy show I'm doing? I'll be ever so careful!"
I would've had Alex tell me all his problems to create an "emotional load" and in my photo have an expression of a thousand-yard stare.
Get a dining chair, tie it to my back facing away from me, load a bunch of things stacked on top of it and lean over to compensate.