Looks like we’ll be starting just a few minutes late tonight. Last week, a new NEL penalty had the nation rejoicing. This week, David and Mary must finish in 1st place or take a 30 minute penalty, plus camels!
And I found out earlier today that my parents are both TAR fans. They hate Peter just as much as we do! At last, my parents and I have something in common.
Peter really does suck. Every week he proves all over again what an ass he is. It’s weird to root for half of a team to keep moving forward when you want to see the other fall off a cliff or something.
How is it that team 'Bama thinks it’s ok for them to tell someone not to help the Barbies but turn around and scream it’s not fair that one of them helped them? I don’t like them. They are VERY nice to their friends, but they are very hateful to teams they don’t like. I’m not saying they should try to help them, but they always whine about it not being fair when someone they don’t like gets a break.
Okay, the Cho brothers win at EVERYTHING, dammit! I’ll fight you if you say otherwise.
The Bama women are bitches.
Also, what did I tell you about Peter and Sarah?
And now we have the answer to the eternal question: How does a one-legged woman kick her man to the curb?
How much more of a dork could Peter have been? I can’t believe he made her do yet another task. The camels were fun, the show needs more camels.
We need a term for dumping your partner on the mat in front of Phil and everybody. Maybe “ironlegged”? Needs work.
So I’m trying to figure out exactly how stupid the *wins are. Let’s see, you can not only pretty much guarantee yourself a first-place finish but guarantee that someone else will stop being a barrier between you and a million dollars, or you can…be nice? I mean, I like David and Mary too, but I don’t like them a million dollars’ worth.
The 'lyns dropped so many notches. They have this weird inability to disconnect “it’s not advantageous” with “it’s not fair.” I have no problem with their trying to convince the people not to help someone but they lose the right to bitch about other people helping.
Robots plus camels equals one of the best moments on the race ever.
I was in the middle of a good reply, and my power flickered. Let’s see how much I can rewrite.
Hooray for Team Kentucky! They rallied very well after last week’s leg, and I’m thrilled to see that they’re still in the race.
I’m also pleased that Team Cho is also still in the race. They ran a big risk by helping Team Kentucky as they did.
This leg, people, is what the race should be all about: Other than the Fast Forward, this leg was won and lost on the ground race, instead of on air travel arrangements or on the order through a bottleneck. The teams that got good directions (or a police escort) did well; those that had navigation problems got shafted. And with that, I’m glad to see that the mercy rule was applied.
Is it just my memory, or has Peter made Sarah do both of the climbing Roadblocks, instead of Sarah volunteering for them? For that matter, I don’t immediately recall Peter having done any noteworthy Roadblock. Well, maybe he ate the fish eyes back in the first leg, but I don’t remember who did that task from any team.
I’m putting together a list of TAR competitors’ rules (well, they’re more like guidelines or suggestions). I’ll start a thread at some point to discuss what a team ought to do or not do. This season is giving that list a lot of material.
I can’t think of many roadblocks that Peter did instead of Sarah. I was wondering about that when she did the climbing roadbloack a week or two ago. The first climbing was the 2nd task of that leg of the race and they both had to do that. I am pretty sure he did eat the fish eyes, but I don’t remember him doing much since then.
According to Wikipedia’s TAR 10 article, Peter did 4 Roadblocks and Sarah did 2. It’s odd, though, that I only immediately remembered Sarah’s two Roadblocks, and didn’t recall Peter taking the driving test until I reread it on Wikipedia (to say nothing of his other 3).
Another good leg. A semi-cryptic clue, camels, a puzzle, lots of driving, camels, robots and the end of Mr. Smug. Did I mention camels? I’m really liking this season.
Although I appreciate the *Wins intentions, if I was in their place I’d let the alliance be damned and gone for the FF myself. Good thing two other teams got lost.
FWIW Peter did 4 of the six roadblocks (fish eyes, arrow, flower selling, driver’s license) while Sarah did the two climbing ones.
(paraphrased)
Kimberly: We’re looking for the grand mask.
Me: :dubious: Mask? Mask?
Rob: Mosque not mask
Kimberly: Whatever. Hey, there’s that church we’re looking for.
Me: :rolleyes:
Now I’m down to only two teams I don’t like. I’ll settle for Rob & Kimberly as long as Lyn & Karlyn goes next. At least Kimberly is mildly amusing in her ignorance, whereas the *Lyns are just bitches.
It’s just your memory. For the ascender Roadblock, Sarah read the clue (Who has strong arms and legs?) and the immediate cut was to her running for the boat having taken the Roadblock. They did not show the two of them discussing who would take it and they didn’t show Peter making her take it.
I guess we really DO hate Peter. 
I’d forgotten those, too. Maybe it’s the editors’ fault. They made a big deal out of Peter sitting back on the boat while Sarah was climbing that rock. They really did have a hand in making him look like a big jackass during that roadblock.
I’m just happy that Captain Asshat and Codependent Girl are gone. I felt sorry for Sarah to a point, and I’m very happy that she’s finally kicked him to the curb, but she was enabling his asshattery the whole way.
Someone needs to tell the Wins that they’re on The Amazing Race, so stop playing Survivor.
My husband has only seen part of a couple of episodes, and when Peter was eliminated he pumped his fist and shouted “Yes!”
There IS a strategic reason for the things that the *wins are doing to help the Back Pack. Who would you rather face in the Final Three, Sarah and Peter and the Beauty Queens, or Kentucky and Alabama?
Now, granted, it’s probably NOT what the *wins are thinking when they do this stuff, but it’s a plausible excuse for those of us who, because of the way they’ve played this Race and the fact that they’re incredibly cute and hot, would gladly become their love-slaves for the rest of our lives…
I think that the Cho brothers might be the sort of people who enjoy the race on their terms, and wouldn’t enjoy it if they felt they were playing “rough.” So they maximize their own enjoyment and hope things work out.
Based on the title of tonight’s episode, Team Kentucky really needs to get some current movies in their local theater. I’m guessing that they just watched Steven Seagal in “Fire Down Below” at the local drive-in. That movie was released in 1997.
Per IMDB Segal has 15 released movie credits since 1997 plus four listed in various stages of production. Dave and Mary seem like the type who’d enjoy renting one of Segal’s direct-to-video releases.
Plus, “Marked for Elimination” would be an excellent Segal movie title. So maybe it was a meta-reference and Mary’s way smarter than you think.