Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.

'Dirty Girls'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Amy - Oct 25, 2009 4:49:16 pm PDT #11437 of 23273
Because books.

It's true. I mean, unless your crippling fear is something pretty obscure, like ... fear of wallpaper paste, you're almost guaranteed to be in trouble.

My favorite team is the Globetrotters. For me, they're the most fun and have the most personality, although the father and son are pretty fun, too.


le nubian - Oct 25, 2009 4:55:54 pm PDT #11438 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

so far, the only thing I would have had a problem with in all the seasons of TAR is the rat temple in India. I could have done it though, I just would have been creeped out and holding my breath.

I don't have the physical strength to do some of the TAR challenges, so that's the real reason I'm not applying for the race. I also can't really do eating challenges. Not at all.


Jesse - Oct 25, 2009 5:18:01 pm PDT #11439 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know my limitations. I could never do something like TAR you have to up high and there's no way I could do that.

Yeah -- I'm not sure if I could do that stuff or not, so I wouldn't put myself into the situation.


Amy - Oct 25, 2009 5:25:16 pm PDT #11440 of 23273
Because books.

The one thing I would have a really hard time with would be weird foods. That could definitely be a deal-breaker for me.


askye - Oct 25, 2009 5:44:14 pm PDT #11441 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Yeah I don't get people who are terrified of heights who go on Amazing Race and people who don't like the outdoors who go on Survivor.


kat perez - Oct 25, 2009 7:52:58 pm PDT #11442 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I had no problem at all with what the Globetrotters did. As Miss Ali would say, it's a race. They weren't cheating. They were just pressing their advantage. Additionally, trash talking is a huge part of basketball culture, trying to get inside your opponent's head and psyche him/her out. They were treating Mika like what she was, a competitor.

I honestly think she would've done the challenge if Canaan hadn't freaked out on her and made a couple of attempts to physically force her down the slide. He needed to stay calm and just try to talk her down, as much as he could. But his screaming and being stressed out just completely pushed her over the edge. And no, one should not go on TAR if one has a crippling fear of heights. I can't drive a stick shift and I can't swim. Therefore, as much as I love this show, I'd never go on TAR. Or if I did get on TAR, I'd make sure I learned how to drive stick and got over my own crippling fear of water and learned to swim. But I guess that's too much like right.

I'm very glad the Globetrotters are still in it. Love them, although I could've killed them at the first task. 8, 7? Really? I did like their attitude coming out of that colossal fail. No recriminations. No screaming. Just continued good humor and a never give up spirit. Yes, I like them quite a bit.

The Miss America half of the zebra couple is killing me. I think I'd really like the husband if he were running the race with just about anyone else. Pinky and the Brain are growing on me. I eagerly await the day when the poker girls figure out that the brothers are gay. The lead couple has thus far made no real impression on me beyond blonde and bland.


le nubian - Oct 25, 2009 7:57:43 pm PDT #11443 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

kat,

I think the poker players have figured out the brothers are gay. The way they said the brothers were hot makes me think they have a concrete idea that they have no chance.


le nubian - Oct 25, 2009 7:59:51 pm PDT #11444 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

the woman was wearing floaties on her arms. did she know how to swim?


kat perez - Oct 25, 2009 8:14:34 pm PDT #11445 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I think the poker players have figured out the brothers are gay. The way they said the brothers were hot makes me think they have a concrete idea that they have no chance

I sincerely hope this is true. Honestly, how many matching shorts and passport holders do these boys need to sport before you buy a clue?

the woman was wearing floaties on her arms. did she know how to swim?

I was wondering the same thing. She did say in their opening interview that she never did any outdoor activities, or something very close to that. If she has a fear of heights and also can't swim? Yeah, I don't even know what to say about that.

Is this the first time someone has refused to complete a task? Not attempted it and been unable to complete it, but just flat out refused to even try? Not counting Flo, I guess. That was wild. I thought for sure that we were getting the same fake out we always get where someone goes on and on about how they're not sure they can do "x" and then we come back from the commercial break to find them doing "x".


le nubian - Oct 25, 2009 8:17:28 pm PDT #11446 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I'm just saying, what adult do you know who knows how to swim wears floaties? If she doesn't really know how to swim, no wonder she was absolutely freaked out. she still shouldn't have been on TAR though. Didn't she see what happened to the sisters last season?

I sincerely hope this is true. Honestly, how many matching shorts and passport holders do these boys need to sport before you buy a clue?

funny funny shit.