There’s no doubt that the Goat Farmers stumbled and bumbled ass-backwards into a million bux, but Abba(?) was a mollyfocking IDIOT to leave his passport laying around inside of a Russian taxicab, and I say that as someone who otherwise thought he and his teammate James were by far the “nicest” (or at least the all around down-to-Earth) Racers of this season.
That was pretty cool.
I don’t think those are even close. One was misery liking company when two teams with bad luck bonded and the other was a group setting up a “Cool Kids Table” and ostracizing one other team. I hate that shit and glad the Beekmans won.
What was with the Amazing Editors and the short teacher during the finale? Every time the camera cut to him, he was glowering.
I checked out the Beekmans page linked above. Pretty clever with the gingerbread men. Was that a knife in the back of the Ryan cookie? Some of the humor was pretty subtle.
I’m pretty happy with these results. As soon as I heard the tall Beekman (Josh?) say “We’re getting confidence at just the right time” at the final elimination interview, I knew they’d win. And it’s funny–Josh was always the weakest link in that team, but he completely redeemed himself on the final task.
I would have also been happy with a Chippendale win, because those guys were just genuinely joyous throughout the Race, and that kind of optimism is really contagious. Plus, they turned out to be nowhere near as dumb as I thought they’d be going in–they had really wry senses of humor. Their reaction to the straitjacket task was a perfect example of the kind of people they are–what would (and probably should) freak out anyone, they loved every minute of and were thrilled to do it.
Trey and Lexi? Meh. I wouldn’t have been upset had they won (at least they weren’t TWINNIES) but they didn’t do much for me. And Jesus, Lexi, stop begging him to marry you. It’s clear he has no desire to, and it’s unseemly.
I liked the twins an didn’t much care for the goat farmers so this was pretty mch the exact opposite of the final legs that I’d have preferred.
Not a huge fan of the final task. Once it became clear that none of the teams knew more than a few of them it was just watching a random outcome generator and since it was the last thing, you knew whoever finished it first was the winner.
But, the final leg is almost always boring with a nearly random outcome so I’m not particularly bothered by it.
Plus sometimes they took their shirts off.
Question, is it really that easy to get out f a straight jacket or were they gimmicked?
I would imagine that they didn’t pull them regulation-tight. I seem to remember reading that getting out of a straitjacket that’s put on right involves either very loose joints or dislocating your shoulder deliberately.
It’s actually easier to get out of one when you’re hanging upside down. Step one is to get your arms over your head – gravity lends a nice hand here.
I’d have flipped the hell out if I had been in that situation. I absolutely idolized Houdini when I was a kid, and I love bungee jumping. This was one of those tasks where I want to kneecap anyone complaining about “having” to do a task that I’d pay good money to be allowed to do.
Okay. The entire lot of them just went up a notch in my estimation!
Definitely!
Since my first name is Colin, I’m fighting back using some of those pictures on Facebook…