Runes could be fun. Blowing shit up would be awesome! My mom and I, both very female, agreed on that. It’s not just a testosterone thing. I could imagine I was blowing up all sorts of things, people, places…it’d be sort of carthartic.
I’m with you. I’m female, I love languages, I used to be a Japanese translator and interpreter, and the rune puzzle looked like a lot of fun! Still, I would have put up less than five minutes of a token argument with my husband before going and blowing stuff up! I mean, I can do word puzzles any day. How often do you get to play with dynamite?! 
That’s it – Siege is my current preferred Doper Race Partner. And we’ll find a way to blow shit up every single episode, whether or not (especially not!) the tasks call for it.
After all, the Race is an obstacle course. And any obstacle can be overcome with the excessive application of high explosives.
But high explosives are notoriously difficult to get through airport security in your carry-on luggage.
“In ‘Flotillas’, racers will have to blow up boats until they find one containing a clue. The boats are slow, and racers who are good swimmers may be able to finish quickly. In ‘Chinchillas’…”
Well, if you can get him, you really want this guy.
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supervenusfreak was doing THAT LAUGH every time a promo for TAR came on last week and they showed the detonators.
:eek: 
You wound me, Scuba_Ben. I thought we were going to be TAR partners. We can both drive a stick, we can both read a map, and I volunteered to do all the high scary Roadblocks. And I would *always *choose blowing shit up as a Detour.
Fine, unroll your own haybales.
::: wanders off to see if Rockle is still available… :::
Isn’t Rockle still back in Thailand doing “Monkey Maneuvers?”
"Yes, Airport Security Person, I can explain these items.
"This? It’s a watertight vial of powdered charcoal. I use it as kindling.
"This? It’s a watertight vial of powdered potassium nitrate. It’s… medicinal. I mix it in with foreign toothpastes. Perfectly safe.
"This? It’s a watertight, doubly-sealed vial of powdered sulpher. It’s… also medicinal. Perfectly safe. I use it as an eco-friendly bug repellent, and for my skin.
“But I CAN’T go with you. I’m in a RACE!!”
Can you consume mass quantities? Then I’ll go back to teaming up with you.
Or maybe us four can claim “online family” status for the next Moderately Thrilling Family Race.
I can drive a stick shift, read a map, I know what the word “diesel” means, and I am now officially sanctioned to bestow “cruisin’ with Earl” status. I just need someone who likes bungee jumping and isn’t totally obnoxious to team up with.
Hmm, can’t really drive and read the map at the same time. So, either of those things and the bungee jumping.
Volunteers?
I think they’ve stopped doing the massive quantities challenge; it’s more likely to be some ‘exotic’ local fare. Sure, I can do the food.
Wait - I have to do the high scary Roadblocks like amusement park rides and the eating Roadblocks? Guess that leaves you with the ones like counting bells and unrolling hay bales. Have fun!