The Amazing Race 15

[srmom]

so even if there were 120 options, you could easily write them down before 4 hours!! Why oh Why did Big Easy have to be the one to do it! I think the other guy maybe could have gotten it, but maybe they're both dolts !!

I kept thinking, "don't they know anyone named Frank?" It would be easy to just put the z on the end then!!!

Remember when the deaf guy had to "sound out" that name? He got it, and it seemed alot harder than Franz!!

AGDee, thanks for the correct way to do it, I'll have to tell my hubby he's a dummy!! (like I would have been able to figure it out!! LOL)

[efcheerBB]

Also, unless I misheard, when the brother asked him what letters he had, didn't he even say F-R-A-N-Z? I was working on a paper and thought that was what I heard.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by srmom

so even if there were 120 options, you could easily write them down before 4 hours!! Why oh Why did Big Easy have to be the one to do it! I think the other guy maybe could have gotten it, but maybe they're both dolts !!

I kept thinking, "don't they know anyone named Frank?" It would be easy to just put the z on the end then!!!

Remember when the deaf guy had to "sound out" that name? He got it, and it seemed alot harder than Franz!!

AGDee, thanks for the correct way to do it, I'll have to tell my hubby he's a dummy!! (like I would have been able to figure it out!! LOL)

i thought that too!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

That sucks that the Harlem Globetrotters got eliminated but come on, not being able to solve such a short anagram was a bit .

Finally watched it last night, and my feeling exactly.

Originally Posted by OTW

BF seems to think the Globetrotters' elimination was staged. Free publicity for the Harlem Globetrotters and high ratings from people tuning in to cheer them on is a win-win situation for TAR.

Interesting thought. It did seem odd to me that professional athletes would just give up in a competition.

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

And I'm thinking there was some major editing done, because it went from pitch black outside during the beer delivery task to actually being light out. I'm betting they had to do something like drink some of the beer, but maybe the network had to edit it out.

No, they said it just took a long time. It was getting on to midnight when Ericka and Brian left the pit stop. While they were doing some of the beer delivering, you could see the edges of the sky just starting to get light. Assuming this was filmed sometime in the summer, sunrise is sometime between 5:00 and 6:00 in Prague.

I loved the Globetrotters attitude (until the last task) and they were good at some of the tasks, but they were not consistently good racers. Taking the 4 hour penalty?! Seriously?! Might as well say "we quit." Oh wait, that's what they did.

I was really disappointed in them. I wanted Ericka and Brian to leave -- still would like them out -- but after giving up, I have to say that the Globetrotters deserved to be the ones to go.

Originally Posted by OTW

I just don't understand how karma hasn't caught up to the brothers yet. UGH!

I'm the odd man out, I know, but I'll be fine with it if Sam and Dan win. As far as I'm concerned, karma doesn't have anything to catch up with them about. Yeah, they bicker too much (Dan, you do act like a baby -- shut up!), but they are good, strong racers and they've made some very smart choices.

I completely disagree that they have been mean (except to each other when they get stressed out). They haven't burned other teams for the sake of burning them, which would be mean. (I thought the Globetrotters came much closer to being mean the way they trash-talked to Mika at the water slide.) They've made good, strategic decisions to work with other teams sometimes and to look out for themselves all the time.

Dan did exactly the right thing with Big Easy at the Kafka task. Sure they said they'd work together, but Dan figured it out without BE, and he gave him the first letter. That was more than enough. You're racing for the final three -- that's not the time to give it away to the strong competition.

At this point, I'd say Meghan and Cheyne have the best chance of winning and should win. They've consistently been the best racers -- although I find teams where they constantly call each "babe" and "baby" about as annoying as teams that constantly bicker. But I'll be happy as long as it's not Brian and Ericka, who have not been consistently good (but who have consistently annoyed me).


BTW, News report: Filming has started on the next season, and Big Brother 11's Jeff and Jordan were spotted at LAX as a team.

[Shellfish]

I've read that another familiar face in the next race is Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 (and a KD).

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Shellfish

I've read that another familiar face in the next race is Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 (and a KD).

Hope she can find where they're going on a map.

[ASTalumna06]

The more I think about it, the more I question the Globetrotters "We just couldn't do it" elimination.

When Brian came in the room, Big Easy said he had been working on it for two and a half hours (already a long time). And even after the brothers gave him the first letter, he gave up.

He was writing things down at random, and never seemed to think about it logically. And then a team that was so determined to win just.. gave up.

But then again, they couldn't figure out that watch challenge, or the gold one a few episodes back. They were strong physical competitors, but they didn't seem so great with the logic/reasoning parts of the race.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

They were strong physical competitors, but they didn't seem so great with the logic/reasoning parts of the race.

This, in a nutshell.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Shellfish

I've read that another familiar face in the next race is Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 (and a KD).

OMG please send them to The Iraq or South Africa.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

OMG please send them to The Iraq or South Africa.

In TAR #2, they went to South Africa. I remember because there were 2 African American twin brothers named Shola & Doyin and on one of the legs, they went to Robben Island (where Mandela was imprisoned for 20+ years) and they found it emotional to be on the continent of their ancestors.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

OMG please send them to The Iraq or South Africa.

Why?

[Psi U MC Vito]

My head just exploded reading that.

[AGDee]

I enjoyed the finale and believe that the deserving team won tonight. That's all I'll say til tomorrow

[SWTXBelle]

SO HAPPY!

[ComradesTrue]

Finally got around to watching the show this morning (too busy with the BCS show and arranging my trip to the Fiesta Bowl last night ). I loved, loved, loved the challenges in this episode. There were physical challenges, mental challenges, and challenges that required some strategy. I really enjoyed the multiple lead changes, which kept us guessing as to who was going to win this thing.

I also have such a love/hate relationship with Erika... I swear she is the Girl With the Curl in the Middle of her Forehead! When she is good (sweet) she is very, very good, but when she is bad she is horrid! I found some of her comments with regards to wanting her family to accept Brian for the person that he is so touching, but then she had to go and throw those hissy fits! I swear that she is two different people!

Wouldn't it have been great if there were some sort of team switch up (a la Survivor) and Brian and Sam could have raced together! Those two DESERVE the million dollars for what they endured from their teammates.

Finally, does anyone else feel empty once the show is over? Everything builds up to this one climax, then BOOM, it is over so fast. Maybe I just crave a follow up show with more interviews from all the contestants like what Survivor does.