Amazing Race 10

#1 10-17-2006, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DaffyKD

I really enjoyed Sarah when she told Peter to his face that she is not enjoying the race with him. He keeps proving he is a bigger jerk each week. Love that she does all of the really hard athletic challenges, while all he does as a challenge is drive the car.

DaffyKD

Her assertiveness is what I admire most.

You've seen TAR couples with domineering men and women can't do anything but just stand there and scream and cry. Hi, Johnathan and Victoria...and Colin and Christie!

Sarah tells him that she's not enjoying the race. She tells him to stop yelling at her. But most of all, she attempts and completes the physical challenges...probably even better than he could!

SoCalGirl · #2 10-17-2006, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by OTW

You've seen TAR couples with domineering men and women can't do anything but just stand there and scream and cry. Hi, Johnathan and Victoria...

You know they're parents now???? I feel so sorry for their daughter, her dad is going to mess her up in the head something awful!

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Trease Alynette Baker, Born Oct 6 2006, 11.21 AM, 6.6 pounds, 19 inc.

queequek · #3 10-17-2006, 08:41 PM

Yeah what's up with the '60 Minutes' didn't run for sixty minutes, they need to be sued for misrepresentation, even though they broadcasted the Duke lacrosse scandal. And the clock's ticking sounds of the show drives me crazy.

Yeppers, I've heard all about the Halong Bay in Vietnam, I'd love to visit it sometime.

I like the Barbies, they work together really well, that would be cool if they win this season. Surprisingly they didn't complain that much, i.e. make-up, hair, smelly India, dirty tuktuk ...

I expected better from the drug addicts, being all athletic and models etc. And what's up with them choosing a fru-fru detour of coloring in art instead of the alligator.

The Alabama moms are stronger than I expected, it is nice to see all female teams (apart from Barbies) to hang on longer through the season.

Cho bros are cool, I'd love to see them win as well. I like their trick of cell phone, even though it was backfired at them (Peter actually used a real cell phone). Hmm I wonder what else on their bags, remember they had waterguns at the airport back in Seattle.

I agree with everybody's opinions on Peter/Sarah, it sounds like he's a flaming gay boy.

Rob/Kim is a mixed feeling, I haven't decided yet whether I like/dislike them.

Kentucky's last check in was a bummer, and especially with the new rule. I don't think I like the 30 min penalty they have over the last team to check in, hope they will be back to 'take all money and possession' rule.

blueangel · #4 10-17-2006, 11:12 PM

I'm with you. I really liked the "take all your money and possesions" rule better. I'm wondering if the begging for money to the locals got some of the contestents in past shows in hot water, so the producers eliminated it?

polarpi · #5 10-18-2006, 12:46 AM

Maybe I'm the only one, but I actually like this new "penalty" better.

Many times, we have seen the other teams "help" out the penalized team (remember Meredith & Gretchen a few seasons back?) where the penalty of losing the possessions [for the rest of the race] and money [for that leg of the race] really wasn't a hurdle at all. At least with this new "rule", there is a definite consequence if the last place team does not come in first the next leg.

With the amount of bunching that happens on most legs, anyways, I don't know that this penalty will be that hard to overcome, either. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this week!

MysticCat · #6 10-18-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by polarpi

Maybe I'm the only one, but I actually like this new "penalty" better.

You're not the only one. The old "penalty" was a joke, because it never mattered. Can anyone remember a single leg where having to give up money or possessions made any difference at all to the penalized team? They always managed to get the money they needed -- either from other teams or from hapless passers-by, and they always had new clothes/bags/whatever in no time. By the time we were 10 minutes into an episode, the "penalty" was a dim memory.

You're right that the seemingly-obligatory equalizer could make this penalty meaningless as well, but I think the new penalty has a much better chance of (1) making a difference and (2) keeping it interesting.

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Originally Posted by queequek

Cho bros are cool, I'd love to see them win as well. I like their trick of cell phone, even though it was backfired at them (Peter actually used a real cell phone). Hmm I wonder what else on their bags, remember they had waterguns at the airport back in Seattle.

I'd like to see them win, too, but dang -- for a couple of smart guys they can be really dumb.

Water guns, or anything else that looks like guns, in an airport?

Pretend to make reservations on the phone, and give other teams the idea to actually borrow phones and make reservations? I mean, really -- how could that not backfire?

Tell other teams you're not in an alliance with what reservations you have because you "don't want to lie to them"? Then just keep your mouths shut.

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Originally Posted by queequek

I expected better from the drug addicts, being all athletic and models etc. And what's up with them choosing a fru-fru detour of coloring in art instead of the alligator.

They knew they were at risk of being in the back of the pack and they chose the one they thought would be faster -- the one that was right there instead of the one they had to travel to.

SoCalGirl · #7 10-18-2006, 03:26 PM

If I heard it correctly the new penalty is if you're not first place in the next leg you'll have a 30 minute penalty. Which means that the bunching would make the penalty even more serious. If the penalty was given at the beginning of the next leg then it would be meaningless.

CutiePie2000 · #8 10-23-2006, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ariesrising

I never liked to see them begging, I like the new penalty.

I agree with you there...it made me a bit sick with the begging. Case in point: when there was that 'older' couple (Don and Mary Jean in TAR #6), and they were at Goree Island, Senegal which was where thousands of slave ships left from.... Thankfully, the other teams gave them money, since the locals were very poor people. That would make me sick if they actually expected those with so little wealth to be parted from it.

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Originally Posted by OTW

But anyone can come in first with the Fast Forward! I shoulda known that the Fast Forward was going to make an appearance!

True, but not always. Remember in TAR #1 (the gay guys couple..TEAM GUIDO)? They won a FFWD, but they lollygagged around so much, that they ended up missing their plane or something, and coming in 3rd out of 3??

MysticCat · #9 10-24-2006, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by OTW

I shoulda known that the Fast Forward was going to make an appearance!

True. I did a head slap when I saw that. So much for the drama. Oh well, I'm glad Mary and David are going to Jamaica.

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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

Remember in TAR #1 (the gay guys couple..TEAM GUIDO)? They won a FFWD, but they lollygagged around so much, that they ended up missing their plane or something, and coming in 3rd out of 3??

There's always the chance, too, that the team will have enough trouble finding or completing the fast forward to keep them out of first place.

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Originally Posted by ariesrising

I was LMAO at Sarah and Peter's philimination - Sarah's all "he's very driven and motivated, but I need someone caring" lol.

The look on Peter's face was priceless. That may have been the best mat speech ever. "He's not kind." Ouch! (Completely deserved, but "ouch" on national TV.)

I'm just glad that we don't have to hear him say "you climb" or "it's a medical emergency" anymore.