Oooh … two descriptions for this week’s FINALE! Well, one is more like a commentary, but anyway …
I would like to edit that last quote by removing the last sentence and replacing it with “Good luck to everyone who isn’t a Weaver, including the Armies of Darkness, if necessary!”
Any guesses on the winners? I’m hoping for the Linzes, obviously, because the only thing that would make the Linz boys cuter would be to hand them wads of cash. Call me, Tommy!
For all the jokes about how he’s going too slow and is about to have a coronary, Wally Bransen has hung in there, and the Bransens are currently leading the pack. Of course, there’s stuff in the previews about how he throws a hissy fit in some stadium, but for all we know, it lasts all of ten seconds. His daughters never seem to be cowed by his moments of defeatism.
The Linzes have looked good on paper from day one, but we’ve all seen how easily they are left in the dust. No reason it can’t happen tonight as well.
And I don’t want to live in a world where the Weavers win.
My money’s on the Wallster.
All good points, of course. Rumour has it that the stadium in question is Stade Olympique in Montréal. I hear the rats there are disgusting. I hope Ma Weaver gets bitten. Does that make me a worse person than I already am?
I don’t know, but it certainly makes me want to be your friend forever. 
As much as I’m pulling for the Linzes, I would also not be at all suprised to see Big Daddy and the Girls win it. As much as Wally brings them down, he actually doesn’t, and always comes through in the clutch.
I am spending the day pretending the effing Weavers don’t exist. La la la la Ma Who?
I am going to shamelessly steal a line from Miss Alli at TWOP:
“Go Linzes! Otherwise, Go Bransons! Otherwise, Go Power Outage!”
Maybe their god will smite them just as they approach the finish line. Certainly would make a convert of me.
I don’t know about you, but to me, the scariest word in that description is “first”. As in “The first family edition”. Please tell me they’re not planning another one. This season hasn’t been terrible, but it hasn’t been great, either.
Me, too!
Weavers? We don’t need no stinkin’ Weavers!
I believe I shall write a poem about the effing Who?-vers. And the poem shall go like this:
I hope a Customs Agent
Detains your asses
And you freeze in Canada
In the interest of Equal Time, I have also written a poem for Tommy Linz, and it goes something like this:
Take off your orange T-shirt
You sexy savage
And tell me some frat boy jokes
Do you think Tommy will like it? Call me, Tommy!
I’m gonna go out on a limb here. I"m thinking that the Weavers don’t win it. Here’s why…
I’m basing my prediction on the assumption that the rumor is true that they contributed nothing to the New Orleans family. To me, this means they didn’t win. We all know how psychotic they are — so disconnected from reality that they actually believe that they are being nice and that everybody is being mean to them for no reason whatsoever. They have no concept of the fact that they are white trash. They feel superior to everyone around them, and yet are in fact two notches below tree sloths.
If they had won, they would have seen it as vindication and, standing from a high and mighty place, they would have wanted to be seen as merciful and generous. But from a low place of shame and self-pity after losing, they would be holding a grudge and still blaming other people for their plight. Thus, they would withhold contributing, rationalizing that everyone — including New Orleans — owes them something.
I don’t think they’d miss an opportunity to remind the world how their god was on their side, and being charitable would do that in their eyes. And I think they’d blame every soul they encountered in the race if they lost.
rockle, how many times do I have to tell you to stop drooling all over the threads? 
What are we going to do now that our Linz boys and Rafe are gone? There’s no one to fawn over!
I know … le sigh … the absolute worst part is that there are no new episodes of “Prison Break” until like February or something. That’s the real shame, because Wentworth Miller is my boyfriend. I suppose I’ll have to console myself by watching actual commercials, looking for that cute silly brother from last TAR season, in the Miller Lite ads.
I’m not at all excited about tonight’s finale, which speaks volumes about how dreadfully boring this season has been. The Simpsons S7 box set…now that’s excitement! Hopefully it will arrive in my mailbox today…I hope I hope I hope…
Oh, and the Narnia movie, but I promised my Mom I wouldn’t watch it until she comes to town this weekend. (Need someone to debate the Christian subtext with.) Also the Rush 30th Anniversary DVD which I’ve been promised for Christmas…
…what’s that? Oh yeah, TAR. Well, I did browse some of the earlier threads and it’s interesting just how WRONG some of our initial impressions were of the racers. For example:
Weavers, Old CW: Sentimental favorites, certain to be eliminated early in one of the saddest Philiminations ever.
Weavers, New CW: Demonspawn from Hell who WON’T GET OFF MY TV!!!
Paolos, Old CW: Obnoxious and dysfunctional, hope they get eliminated soon.
Paolos, New CW: Obnoxious and dysfunctional, but in an endearing way, and it was sad to see them go.
Bransens, Old CW: Wally’s on the verge of his 7th heart attack which will eliminate them early.
Bransens, New CW: Wally’s kickin’ ass!
Gaghans, Old CW: Kids, huh? They’re not gonna last long.
Gaghans, New CW: Well, they didn’t last all that long…but the kids had nothing to do with it.
Schroders, Old CW: Solid team that’s likely to make it far in the race.
Schroders, New CW: Hopeless team that can’t even find the pit stop in their own home town.
Blacks, Old CW: Get ready for an entire season of “black” jokes!
Blacks, New CW: Who?
Linzes, Old CW: Friendly, good-looking, certain to make the final three, favorites to win.
Linzes, New CW: Admit it, this was an easy one. 
I’m going to get me a pile of Johnny Depp movies and try to push through until next reality season. 
I think Liberal might be right about the effing Whovers (who do not live in Whoville, as Cindy Lou Who beat Rolly’s ass and sent them packing). At least, I’m hoping Liberal is right.
What I’m waiting for is when Rolly tries to trip the Linz (couldn’t see which one it was, but I thought it was Alex–one of 'em’s named Alex, right? :D) and Ma Whover goes nucking futs with “Don’t hurt him!” In my very valuable (to me) opinion, Rolly deserves whatever he gets if he wants to play that dirty. I hope Alex locks him in a full nelson and lets Tommy and Nick (and Meg, too) take their best shots.
No rat would ever bite Ma Weevil. Professional courtesy.
They might nest in her hair though.
Snerk.
I suggest you start with Chocolat. He doesn’t show up till about halfway though the movie, but mmmmm, chocolate and Johnny Depp. Yummy!
Mmmmm, Alex can get me in a full-nelson and let Tommy and Nick take their best shots any time! I wanna ‘play dirty’ with the Linzes!
It’s the Irish accent that gets me, every time.
This is going to be another one of those threads where the Race itself is almost incidental.
Tonight also marks the return of Team Wee Carrisa, Desperate Housewives & The Paolos!!! I wonder if the Paolos will be fighting about where to stand as the first team comes running up.
Hmm … that sounds good enough to be a Detour in the Amazing Race of rockle’s Sick Little Mind, doesn’t it?