[nitpick]Don and MJ haven’t been married forever – it’s a second marriage for both.[/nitpick]
Whatever. They still are sweet to each other. Good examples to follow.
And I found the evil tiny little “feedback” button on the CBS website. That’s what I get for surfing without my glasses.
With Collin there was a bit of speculation before the cabbie (he had displayed those same blame Christie for things he did while she meekly took it before, but not as blatantly as that) and the cabbie and police really made the speculation take off. Then we hit the Yield and Christie acting as bad as Collin was and that settled the discussion. Regarding the broken ox, Collin was definitely talking to Christie. It’s more clear in the uncut footage at CBS’s site (if they still have it there for TAR5), but lets get back to this season’s jerk.
I don’t mean to excuse Jonathan’s behavior since in context it is clear that he and Victoria need to be forcefully seperated for her safety. My point was that if TAR boots him for his behavior there then they have to boot other teams who don’t have the same problem. As much as I despise Jonathan I don’t want that to happen. He needs to go, but not at the expense of other teams.
But Colin never hit anyone, not in the footage we were shown anyway, and didn’t seem like he ever actually would. * (thanks, DeVena) has and presumably will again. Colin observed limits in his behavior, even if they weren’t the same limits most people have, but there doesn’t seem to be anything * won’t do.
Betcha he got a serious talk from Bruckheimer or whoever to the effect of “If this happens again …”
Anyone WORRIED about the Philimnation of Ass and Victoria? He is going to be awful!
If I had to predict eliminations here on out, here they are:
- Adam and Rebecca
- Lori and Bolo
- Gus and Hera
- Freddy and Kendra
- Ass and Victoria
- Hayden and Aaron
- Jon and Kris
I think what they should have done is given dickhead a 10 day penalty or something like that. Don and MJ may not be the best racers, but they sure as hell were enjoying themselves and not being jerks. It sure did look like Phil wanted to punch old Johnathon, I personally wouldn’t have said anything if he had. I think I’ll make my way over to the site and see what Phil says about what happened.
Some of Jonathan’s absurd posting under a sock are also at Amazing Race forum at Survivor Sucks.
At least three of his socks are edog (definately), GoodiePi (possibly), and louie77 (probably).
He also has another sock name with dog in the name, but I can’t remember exactly where I saw it. He’s pathetic at hiding himself - especially since it’s really easy to find the very few positive posts about the asshat.
I had a bit more charitable interpretation of Rebecca’s statement. Remember they spent quite a bit of time on Goree Island, and probably saw a lot of slavery-related monuments and historical references that we didn’t see in the episode. I think her “escape” comment wasn’t meant like “Africa is horrible; no wonder all those Africans wanted to escape to America,” I think it was meant like, “Goree Island and slavery is horrible; no wonder all those slaves wanted to escape.” I think her use of “escaped” is the clue: it’s just too, too bizarre to characterize people as “escaping” into slavery, even if she was idiotic enough to somehow think that slaves are better off.
So I don’t think she’s guilty of anything more than inadequately articulating her thoughts.
What happened to * & Victoria in the car? Where he suddenly tells her to drive (which I was hoping would happen in previous episodes, so he’d STFU about her navigation skills)?
And then she says she can’t reach the pedals? Don’t German cars have adjustable seats?
wait…I have a German car…
He definitely didn’t in the footage we saw and I don’t think he would hit Christie based on the context of the whole season, but I was just remembering that there was a lot of speculation last season about this and there was a lot less evidence than what we have with the hated team. I don’t think we realized how good we had it with Collin.
OK, I missed the first half and forgot to set the VCR before I left, so I reserve the right to change my mind after I catch the rerun this weekend.
From the Leaderboard:
Freddy/Kendra: See now, I was all set to say that this team had made a bid for usefulness, but I obviously missed Kendra’s choice comments. The producers must have been creaming in their pants with an actual footrace to the mat. Too bad it was two teams who couldn’t possibly deserve it less.
** Victoria** (WARNING: All of site may not be work-safe as Victoria is a Playboy model. Start page is work-OK, but for a video in the lower right corner, so you should turn your sound down. For some more Victoria, see her art site)
/ **Assathon ** (WARNING: Site may not be work-safe because your boss may not appreciate what you will involuntarily deposit on your computer, desk and possibly cublicle walls when you see what’s on the other end of this link. For an objective opinion of Assathon that will also make you blow donuts, check out his IMDB bio, which I’m certain was not written by him under an assumed name :rolleyes: ):
Her status as a Playboy model sheds SOOOOO musch light on their relationship. You need some seriously low self-esteem to spend too much time around that shit.
His site got me to thinking really horrible thoughts, even beyond the picture. What is it doint there? Then I thought, OH MY GOD, what if he commissioned it with part of his million-dollar winnings? Let us pray:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I promise I will lick Flo’s feet
Kiss Wil or Colin on the chin
If You won’t let this asshole win.
Amen
Hayden/Aaron Up a notch, but please do better next week. You have a moral duty to beat Jonathan.
Kris/Jon Same to you. What the hell happened?
Gus/Hera Missed Gus’ breakdown, I’ll have to catch it this weekend. Gus, I’m with ya buddy, If I had a bunch of steins of authentic German beer in my hands, I wouldn’t worry so much about that particular leg either.
Adam/Rebecca Am I the only one who wanted to see Adam do Cartman’s German dance from the “South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut” trailer when they got to Berlin? I’m sure he would have liked wearing the lederhosen.
Lori/Bolo: I guess I missed Bolo’s best scene with Hayden. These two are skirting so close to Philimination I’m trying not to get too attached. I’m not so sure how interesting this particular race will be once this team and Gus/Hera are gone, which I think will be soon. Team Issues, Team Mystery Mannequin, Team Models, Team Ugly American and Team Abuse may not quite do it for me.
Don/ Mary Jean: What, like it was some big surprise? “You put all your weight into the sausage machine, my wife, while I supervise the output!” He’s such a whiner. Am I the only one who wonders if Mary Jean followed up her “Seven inches is really big!” line with “You were lying to me all those years, dear” ?
Um, did you catch the last sentence if that imdb bio?
What the Hell? “I’m not really an asshole, I just play one on TV”?
Assathan wasn’t just horrible during the sprint, he was horrible throughout. His yelling was borderline psychotic…“THERE’S ANOTHER TEAM HERE!!!”…“SHUT THE DOOR!!!”…etc.
I also want to defend Hayden’s comments to Bolo. Hayden’s buying tickets for another team may not have been kosher, but it may have been within the rules. Fine. But Hayden’s steroid comment did not come until after Bolo had basically said he would talk to her any way he feels like. She was just fighting fire with fire. What is funny is that it was clear after they found out there were plenty of seats available everyone was almost having a laugh about it and I think everyone involved felt silly and sorry
Well, he does like to “instill” happiness – with a big ol’ needle if the recipient is uncooperative.
I think that Asshat hit the backpack only because he knew he couldn’t hit her in front of witnesses.
That’s what it looked like to me, as well. Bolo felt a little hurt about the steroid thing, but Hayden laughed it off with a look that said she felt like a big fat idiot.
This thread from the Sucks website shows slo-mo of the most talked about Jonathan moments.
I wasn’t dreaming last week. When they show a “diary” shot of her saying how much she and Jonathan want kids, the lighting made her face look scarred.
I think he’s burned her in the past. Boiling water, perhaps.
He definitely hits her regularly.
I think the reason Ass was so intent on being in first place, was not to win a trip, but so he could be in first place. It’s the closest they’ve been, and it may not happen again. As highly as he thinks of himself, losing the race may be tolerable, but not comming in first atleast once would be devestating.
I understand Victoria’s near breakdown completely. She was carrying both backpacks, she had to be in pain. She couldn’t keep up with Ass, and she knew how he would react if they didn’t get there first.
There should be a rule, that contestants have to be below a certain income level.
People seem to be buying his presentation of himself as wealthy. What do you bet they’re in hock up to their eyebrows?
Like Stanley Johnson?