I watched one of the Insider videos on the CBS website a couple of weeks ago. Jim & Marsha said that they had been eavesdropping on the Moms who had gotten fleeced the week before getting money changed and being afraid that no one would take US dollars. I can’t watch from the office so I can’t be sure.
I didn’t like how rude most of the racers were when they got on the bus. Wah! I’m in a race! It’s stinks in here! Let’s go NOW!
I don’t like the Twins at all. I didn’t like their “This is unsafe” comment. I didn’t like their yelling at the driver that it was “unacceptable” (although he should have allowed them to get off that bus. That was crazy). I didn’t like their schaudenfraude dance when they thought they had screwed over Charla and Mirna.
If Brandon et al. had just relaxed and gone with the flow, they wouldn’t have been charged all that money. They made the mistake of showing their desperation and being pains-in-the-asses about everything.
I rolled my eyes when Nicole said that they were just going along with the group on the Mirna/Charla hate. Yeah, cuz that’s EXACTLY what Christians are supposed to do.
SwissAir was a dumb call, but I was more surprised that there was not a direct Cairo to Nairobi flight. The flight schedule seemed kind of like having to fly from Chicago to Miami by routing through Montreal. Cairo and Nairobi are both fairly prominent African cities, so you’d think there’d be some traffic there. Is it because no one wants to fly over the Sudan or Somalia? I know both have well-armed militia groups, but do any of them have the hardware to knock down a commercial jet flying at 30,000 feet?
I can totally believe no one did the bees. You’d have to have a lot of faith in the beekeeper suit, and even one sting from those Africanized bees could kill someone, particularly a Western someone. That option was a lawsuit waiting to happen.
I almost jumped for joy when that insufferable c*nt Mirna got eliminated. I liked Charla, as she had a wonderful attitude; too bad she was saddled with her useless and stomach-turning cousin. I thought for sure Mirna would balk at doing the zip line–I predicted tears and much whining. Oh well, she still got eliminated. The worst part about her was that she thought she was the victim and everyone was so mean to her. I can only hope she’s watching the show now and is mortified at her behavior.
Next on my elimination wish list are the Blue Lagoon couple. Brandon’s invocations of God are laughable. Sure, Brandon, God will help you win your little race, while doing nothing about the millions of starving people in Africa. :wally
By the way, does anyone else think Christie is much prettier than that alleged model, Nicole?
I don’t understand the hatred for Colin and the twins. What is it about them that sets you all off? None of them seem particularly obnoxious or disagreeable to me.
I also don’t get why there are so many non-elimination rounds. What’s the point of “racing” if it doesn’t matter who gets there first/last?
That’s not true. They’re scary because of their swarm mentality, not because individuals are more venomous.
Nicole’s stunt of blocking the doorway was bad form and I so wanted then to get screwed at the airlines. What would have been great is if the went to Gulf Air and there was only enough tickets to take two team, then we would’ve gotten to see some real arguing over who got them.
Actually a well run leg by everyone, C&M lost due to a single small mistake, IMO, when they decided to avoid the mud.
Lesson do not get yourself involved in other teams fueds.
I also think Mirna should have done the eggs. Charla’s a dynamo, but her stomach is smaller.
I thought it was eye-roll-worthy when Nicole said something about needing blind faith that the bus was going to get them where they’re going.
Um, excuse me sweetie, but isn’t blind faith your way of life?
This time it does matter if you come in last in a non-elimination leg, since they take away all your money and don’t give you any for the next leg. The moms managed to survive that, but I bet they’ll be short on cash for the rest of the race.
As for Charla’s stomach, I’m sure it’s the same size as anybody else’s; it’s her arms and legs that are short. She did manage the caviar, after all. (TWO stuff-with-useless-food tasks? Stupid, CBS.) Mirna should have done the egg out of fairness, though.
Charla & Mirna gone? Aw, damn. No more midget jokes. 
Actually, the race to the finish was kind of non-suspenseful since the last two teams were both ones I wanted to see gone. Hopefully the Anorexic Twins will bow out next leg (or get stranded in Pakistan or wherever with no money, most likely.) The Bowling Moms are coming on strong, though I doubt they will make the final three.
Didn’t I mention before that C&C reminded me of Wil & Tara from season two? Looks like I was right on the money. 
Iron Chef had an ostrich egg challenge once. They said that ostrich eggs taste just like chicken eggs, they’re just much larger. And the shells are so thick because they have to drop about four feet when they come out of the ostrich.
There really should be no reason to hate the twins. They’re just stupid, and thus amusing to watch.
“Oh, look! Phil is on the other side of this body of water; let’s strip down to our skivvies and swim, ignoring the path to the island in plain sight.”
“Where’s the next clue? I don’t know, but these rocks that I took so much trouble to get are really heavy. Let’s dump them.”
If Chip hadn’t helped them, they’d still be wandering the Giza plateau today, looking for the damn clue.
Didn’t mind that at part at all. 
I agree with you, but IIRC, when they got there, Swiss Air was the only counter open.
I always wonder about that, with this show and Survivor. When people act like complete selfish asses, when they watch later, do they feel any remose or embarrassment at all?
It depends on whether or not they’re Johnny Fairplay.
This race started with 11 teams, a weird number implying that 1 team either dropped out or got DQ’d too close to the taping to get alternates in. To fill the air dates, that may have required making one extra pit stop a non-elimination one.
The airport scenes have been more entertaining than usual this time, but I’d still rather see more of the countryside anywhere they go.
It’s almost a pity that Mirna and Schmirna are gone, but they were getting too close to an undeserved win (and they were *both * whiny bitches). I’m not fooled by the bickering scenes with Team Blue Lagoon and C&C; we’ve seen too many worse teams do better. I’m still both betting on *and * rooting for the Huxtables, who’ve been both great at the game and gracious to everyone they’ve come across the entire time. Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble just might have the resources to hang in there until reaching a too-athletic detour. Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2 are just too stupid to live any longer, especially without Chip owing them anything else.
Seasons 1 and 2 had 11 teams; they upped it to 12 for 3 and 4. Don’t know why they switched back to 11 this time out but it was the original number.
Did we ever actually see the Moms telling them they had to change their money, or did the subject get brought up and Jim and Marsha just assumed it? I remember thinking they blamed the Moms a bit unfairly.
Wouldn’t the producers have told them all in the beginning that changing money was unnecessary?
bibliocat , somebody further up on this thread said one of the insider videos showed Jim talking about how they’d overheard the moms talking about changing their money.
Did anybody watch C & M on whatever-morning-show-racers-appear-on-after-they’ve-been-Philiminated? I’m curious about whether they were called on their behavior and what they said about it.
One of this week’s insider videos explains that Colin added too much oil when trying to cook his egg which is why it looked so icky (and tasted much worse) than everyone else’s egg.
I am liking Chip and Kim and the Bowling Moms more and more. I do wish that Kim would step out a bit -she seems sort of quiet and in the backround. When I think of this team -I think of Chip.
But the Moms never specifically told them they had to go change their money?
I’m guessing the Moms may have said something to plant a seed of doubt, but Jim and Marsha should have known better, especially when everyone else raced off and they hung around at the exchange window.
(I liked J & M, but I’m just saying… )
I remember the Moms telling Jim & Marsha to change their money, and the CBS Official Recap ™ supports this recollection.