Yeah, using it as a sled on purpose was smart.
Also, am I wrong, or did they do both of those tasks basically before lunchtime? That's a hell of a day.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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]
Jesse - Feb 16, 2009 5:38:59 am PST #8079 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
lisah - Feb 16, 2009 5:40:30 am PST #8080 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
The locals did seem especially nasty about the cheese task. I'm just not sure why everyone didn't roll their cheese down the hill -- it didn't seem to matter with the ones they dropped.
I was wondering if the teams were supposed to figure out that they should roll the cheese instead of carrying it. Isn't cheese rolling a thing? You know, in Europe?
Jessica - Feb 16, 2009 8:51:30 am PST #8081 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm just not sure why everyone didn't roll their cheese down the hill -- it didn't seem to matter with the ones they dropped.
It looked to me like the cheeses that rolled went pretty far out of the way, so those teams wound up carrying them about the same distance anyway.
Cheese-rolling is an annual competition in Gloucester, UK in which contestants attempt to beat a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill. It is fracking INSANE. And awesome.
lisah - Feb 16, 2009 9:03:05 am PST #8082 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate
Cheese-rolling is an annual competition in Gloucester, UK in which contestants attempt to beat a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill. It is fracking INSANE. And awesome.
I knew it was a thing!!
Kathy A - Feb 16, 2009 1:47:24 pm PST #8083 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
For anyone who missed last night's TAR, the Travel Channel will be showing the Sunday ep on the following Friday at 8:00 eastern time (so, this Friday for yesterday's ep).
brenda m - Feb 16, 2009 2:36:13 pm PST #8084 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh yay, thanks for the heads-up.
Of course, Friday has suddenly become a totally booked up tv night itself. Hmm.
Liese S. - Feb 16, 2009 2:53:59 pm PST #8085 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I have teevee conflict this year. I didn't even notice that Lie to Me was being edged out until someone mentioned it in Natter and I was all, "oh, I haven't seen that since the pilot." Now I have to go figure out what's in its way.
Vortex - Feb 16, 2009 3:02:48 pm PST #8086 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I didn't even notice that Lie to Me was being edged out until someone mentioned it in Natter and I was all, "oh, I haven't seen that since the pilot." Now I have to go figure out what's in its way.
Life and Criminal Minds for me.
megan walker - Feb 16, 2009 7:13:08 pm PST #8087 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Love that Phil signed.
Love that they are back on trains, where being smart and chatting with locals can really change it up and stagger people time-wise.
Happy with who was eliminated although feel sort of bad since it was so close. That's a sad way to lose the first leg.
Kathy A - Feb 16, 2009 7:47:39 pm PST #8088 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Tonight's Top Gear was great fun. Three American muscle cars on the road from San Francisco to the Bonneville Salt Flats, with a stopover in Reno and prolonged bitching by James May about his Cadillac not being a typical Caddy and instead trying to be a Merc or BMW. Only when they ventured into the mountain roads of eastern NV did he become a complete convert to his Cadillac. Clarkson loved his Corvette, and Hammond equally adored his Dodge Challenger. Loads of fun, and they didn't spend too much time mocking Americans, like they did on their trek across the South, except for the drunks in the Reno casino, who were eminently mockable.