You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


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 - Apr 12, 2009 3:11:52 pm PDT #8684 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

If I'm reading the 60 Minutes clock correctly, it looks like TAR will be about 45 minutes late.


lisah - Apr 12, 2009 4:07:36 pm PDT #8685 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

oh denture challenge so gross!

and the bag leavers are making me nuts!


Jessica - Apr 12, 2009 4:38:27 pm PDT #8686 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is the rule about not selling your personal possessions to cab drivers new? I could swear people had done that in past races.

Regardless, why would you leave your bags even after seeing the redheads go back for theirs?? Why did EVERY noncompeting teammate not immediately run back to the cabs and settle up right then and there??


brenda m - Apr 12, 2009 4:45:18 pm PDT #8687 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

I could swear somebody in this season tried to sell a driver their crappy watch. He wouldn't take it though so maybe the issue never really applied.


Jessica - Apr 12, 2009 4:47:29 pm PDT #8688 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I could swear somebody in this season tried to sell a driver their crappy watch.

Yeah, I remember that. I guess it's not breaking the rules unless the cab driver actually takes it?


Jesse - Apr 12, 2009 4:50:31 pm PDT #8689 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think it's interesting that you can get stuff for free, but not trade your stuff. I guess it's so you aren't scamming people with your 'fancy' American stuff? If someone does you a favor, they know they aren't getting anything out of it.


Jessica - Apr 12, 2009 4:54:37 pm PDT #8690 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I guess it's so you aren't scamming people with your 'fancy' American stuff?

I suspect it's so people don't try to get around the (presumed) "no bringing your own extra cash" rule by bringing jewelry instead. It evens the financial playing field.


brenda m - Apr 12, 2009 4:57:02 pm PDT #8691 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

Weird to see the different ways the two teams fucked it up. The brothers still had their travel docs, so they would have been just fine to check in and then figure out some way to get back and find their bags. The girls - for fuck's sake, that chick didn't even have her shoes on. And how would they know they wouldn't need money? (Actually, how'd they get to the party cab challenge anyway if their money was back at the dock?)


Jesse - Apr 12, 2009 5:09:49 pm PDT #8692 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, that makes even more sense, Jess.


sumi - Apr 13, 2009 7:36:30 am PDT #8693 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I'm not happy that it was a non-elimination challenge. I would be happy to see either of the last two teams eliminated.