"Ken McElhaney"
hotmail.com> writes:
> Hmm, the "Romber Must Die Society & Tea Social" has plenty to talk
> about while sticking pins in their Rob voodoo dolls. Considering
> that Rob actually made a kind gesture to the Cha Cha boys, is the
> world coming to an end?
No, they'll just rag on him for pointing out his own kind gesture,
instead of hiding his light under a bushel like all other reality TV
contestants do.
> One thing that hasn't changed is that Rob is still a pretty good
> decision maker.
As I said over on TWoP, they are just DAMN good at this. They start
out even with ten other teams, get to the airport #2/3, reach the
restaurant in first place, and hit the detour with enough time to
spare to try both tasks. If a team were ever going to get that
insurmountable one-day lead that all the bunching and
hours-of-operation setups are designed to prevent, it'll be them.
Even with nine other teams in the field, I'd almost put even money on
them to win right now.
> Yes, taking "Recover" over "Wrangle" was questionable,
Not bad when you're in first place, though. Sometimes the
needle-in-a-haystack task is faster than expected, so if you're in
first, you might as well try it for a bit. If it works out, you
cruise on to the pit stop without getting any horse manure on you. If
it doesn't, the other task is right over there.
> although his reasoning that animals are unpredictable was certainly
> valid.
Yes, no one wants to end up knee-deep in mud yelling about one's
broken ox.
> But notice that he gave "Recover" a short time limit and when they
> couldn't find the other two items quickly, they switched. How many
> times have you screamed at the TV when a team languishes at a Detour
> that has no hope of completing for far too long?
That's the thing, even when they make a mistake, it doesn't look like
one, because they stay relaxed and smart about it.
> Cha Cha Cha
> Traveling with style, they saunter around and wind up near the top of
> the pack. How long can it last? Considering how the other teams are
> performing, perhaps for quite a while or at least as long as they stay
> in Spanish speaking countries.
Never having seen these guys before, I was impressed. (Are they gay?
Because I don't want to perpetuate any stereotypes, but they seem a
little gay.) It was nice to see a team that had enough class to joke
about Rob and Amber's popularity ("I hear you guys have your own cable
channel?") without being envious or snotty about it.
> Eric 'n Danielle
> If the only reason Danielle is in the series was to see her bounce
> around in a bikini, then yes it's a good reason.
Um, yeah. Although there's plenty of competition in the eye-candy
department on this season.
> Uchenna 'n Joyce
Ok, I'm fed up with them. I liked them somewhat last time, but
something just seemed off, and now they're really annoying me. Stop
with the sob story about how tough your relationship is because you
can't conceive a child. I feel sooooo sorry for you attractive
people, with your nice jobs and home, and that big pile of money you
won to roll around in having sex while you attempt to get preggers.
Good grief. I'm sure it's hard, but have a little decorum about it.
And since you apparently have some aversion to adoption, say what it
is, because I'm going to have to understand why you haven't already
gotten a kid or three that way before I break out the tissues.
> Guido
> They're still creepy after all these years. Maybe not as creepy as
> Blake 'n Paige, but still...
They did pretty well, for their age. We just didn't see enough of
them for me to get any feel for how strong team they can be, though.
> Teri 'n Ian
I liked them more than I expected to. They'll get on my nerves if
they start bitching at each other like I've read they did in their
first season, but they look like a strong team.
> BQ's
Why oh why do girls with gorgeous straight blonde hair have to go and
make it curly? Such a waste. But my goodness, the one stretching at
the pit stop in slow-motion.......whew.
> David 'n Mary
Their lame attempt at lamely throwing off the BQs was really lame. A
certain number of teams were going to end up on that flight with them,
so the only thing that could accomplish was to make sure the BQs ended
up there instead of some other team. Was it really smart to think
they'd rather go up against the BQs in a race for last place, rather
than one of the older, slower teams? It wasn't just lame, it was a
bad idea.
> Ah, my sweet doe-eyed beauty has only gotten more ravishing over
> time, too bad she dumbed off and married someone other than me...the
> lucky son of a...
Yeah, no kidding. The world is a sadder place for it.
> For all your command of the Spanish language, you could've asked
> your guide before LEAVING the city to take you to the NORTH
> entrance. Well, you avoided a last place finish and thus I get to
> gaze at your deep pools of desire for at least one more
> week...Mirna's deep pools, not Charla's.
Yep. Good on reading the clue, but they should have done it sooner.
I think this was one case where bringing a local along actually hurt
them, because they were busy befriending him and letting him tell them
where to go, instead of re-reading the clue and going over all the
possible details.
> Kevin 'n Drew
Wasn't I supposed to like these guys? No such luck so far. They seem
grouchy and unpleasant, and not very strong racers. And since when
can't too burly guys change a freakin' tire? I've changed dozens of
them; it's really not that hard. Pansies.
And when you come in next to last, despite being the slowest team,
falling and hurting yourself, and driving across Ecuador on the rim,
try to show a little enthusiasm. The way they looked, they should
have sat down and refused to cross the mat, so they could go relax in
Sequesterville and a team that wanted to race could stay in it.
> LUH-HOOOOO-ZZZEEEERRRSS John Vito 'n Jill
> It took me several episodes to recognize that these two were in
> TAR3. And now I'm forced to remember them early in the race if for
> no reason other than they got eliminated first. Now that I remember
> them, I can say with confidence that I will not see them ever again,
> save for the intros at the beginning of each show...assuming I keep
> watching the show.
I was sorry to see them go, if for no other reason than I hadn't seen
them before, and they really did seem to want to race. Their
relationship blather was silly (Oh, I just can't decide whether to
commit myself to this gorgeous and caring woman that I say is
wonderful) but I talked about that in another thread already. She was
mighty cute, but fortunately we have several spares in that
department.
