Well, we’re down to the wire. I just can’t wait to see how the effing Weavers piss me off tonight. I’ll probably be thermonuclear by the time they corner poor little Linzie about “wasting his Yield.”
Effing Weavers.
It did seem from the previews that the Linz brother stood up for himself, when cornered by the Weevil Mama.
They go up in hot air balloons and two of them collide. I hope the Weevils all fall out.
Any guesses on who utters the title line? Where’s rockle? She’s pretty good at figuring it out.
Interesting… the Google ads are for wire mesh and mesh partitions. The Weevils need to be put behind wire mesh partitions. 
I’m willing to bet the title line will be uttered to Mama effing Weaver by the Linz boy when she goes off on him, or by one of the effing Weavers themselves when explaining some perceived slight from another team. I really hope it’s the former, because I’m willing to bet Megan Linz could take Hot Pants and Highlights with or without Rolly’s help.
Interesting description for tonight’s episode:
Hmm…could be another NEL, or possibly the first half of a two-parter, like they’ve been doing the last couple seasons. Rather late for one, esp. since it means there might be FOUR teams heading for the finish line instead of three! And next week’s episode appears to be a recap…
My guess is tonight’s going to be a To Be Continued. Just to make us even CRAZIER that the effing Weavers are still in it.
And the balloon collision appears to have been between the Linzes’ and the Bransens’ ballons. Alas. Although, frankly, considering there’s solid wood between her ears, I doubt even being dropped on her head from a great height would hurt Ma *effing *Weaver.
I wonder if it will be like that time last season where they thought they were at the finishing matt for that leg, but then Phil handed them another clue and they had to keep going. Basically it was a marathon leg.
They’ve done that a couple of times - I definitely remember it in the season with Jonathan & Victoria.
I know it’s considered lame to point these out, but the Google ads for this thread are all about mesh cages and the like. I’d love to put those effing Weavers in some cages…
The halfway mark and the Weevils have been polite to two different strangers? Incredible.
Anyone else hoping the salt flats is a rocket car Roadblock? Yet another Weevil speed meltdown in the offing!
Dammit.
Do you guys think the Weevil girl failed math because she used 3 for Pi?
How the hell have the Gode…skis lasted this long? I thought for sure someone was going to get Pinneas Gage’d (Ow! My corpus colosrum!) for a second there.
Again with the drained battery? What the hell? It looks like they got a 15 minute time credit, but that really doesn’t seem very fair when the crew’s screw-up caused them to fall all the way from first to last place.
But of all the phony bunching, Old Faithful was certainly the most unique.
No, Mama Evil, Jesus did not get you to the Ranch. The Bransens did. You must now fall to your knees and worship Wally! Do it!
And can I just note that the previews for next week now have my favorite moment of this whole race? I know it’s going to turn out to be nothing, but just seeing that made my heart lighten and sing…
I was thinking the same thing.
I loved how the other teams balloons landed on (relatively) solid ground but the effin Weaver’s balloon landed on the side of a mountain. I think even their pilot hates them. 
And next week the effin Weavers get pulled over for not wearing their seatbelts. Couldn’t happen to a nicer team. :wally
I was hoping the effing Weavers’ basket would tip over and dump them out on the highway.
And can you imagine how nasty and scraped and chapped the effing Weaver girls’ legs must be after riding in those skankwear shorts, through all that brush? It couldn’t happen to a nicer pair.
I want to differ with the view that Old Faithful is “phony” bunching, however – Hours of Operations signs put up by the production crew are phony bunching. Last I heard, nobody has figured out a way to persuade Old Faithful to erupt any sooner, so it’s pretty darned natural bunching, if you ask me. I thought it was a creative way to work a bunch in, while keeping to the theme of this pathetic little race, however.
I also wondered for a moment why none of the tourists would have noticed the racers running around – Old Faithful is kind of a popular tourist site. But then I realized that, first, they didn’t even put up a clue box, just had the fireman standing there to give them their clues, and second, they seemed to be separated from the regular viewing areas. Good planning, that – not that it makes up for the generally crap-ass planning we’ve seen on this race.
“It’s the Weavers, I saw Linda’s hair!” Hee.
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Pretty much all bunching outside of airports is phony bunching IMHO. I wasn’t aware that TAR producers ever imposed hours of operation on particular locations, though. Are you sure about that?
That was actually a totally innocent line. Until you brought the other facet of it to my (now sickened) attention. Thanks ever so.
If the bunching is caused by something entirely outside production control, like a geyser’s eruptions, it’s natural, IMO. But as for the phony, oh yeah. Particularly in TAR5 and TAR6 – there were yellow signs with black lettering proclaiming hours of operation all over the place, like on the Pyramids, for example. Or the internet cafe in Budapest. There was long and loud screaming those seasons over the obtrusive nature of the bunching.
That’s actually just about the only thing they’ve done well this time – they allow for a lot more placement changes because of all the self-driving, and then bunches are imposed by FIFO arrival/departure times after overnights. Since they’re not doing much flying – and what little they did sure appeared to be spoon-fed (note the TAR flags on the ticket counters leaving Costa Rica) – this is a much more interesting way to keep the teams close enough together to keep production from losing its mind keeping track of teams spread across three states, it appears.
I definitely prefer the bunching with a spread, like the campsites, rather than the all-teams-are-tied bunching of previous seasons.
I was thinking the same thing!
As much as the fake-Phil mats usually annoy me, I was quite glad to see this one, because the thought of either the Linzes or even the Godlewskis getting shunted off to Elimination Village or whatever they call it so that the Effing Weasels could have a crack at the million was really going to depress me.
Way to wail on the rail, Wally Bransen! Who else besides me thought he might “die with a hammer in his hand?”