I agree with Jessica. The taxi nonsense is ridiculous.
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le nubian - May 10, 2009 5:10:49 pm PDT #8949 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy - May 10, 2009 5:13:53 pm PDT #8950 of 23273
Because books.
There was that one season where the cars kept breaking down on everyone, though. I wonder if that had something to do with it.
Kathy A - May 10, 2009 5:22:51 pm PDT #8951 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Taxis can screw you over though (see Jaime and Cara).
I was all for seeing Tammy and Victor when, but seeing Luke and Marge power through that pig carrying, I would have been happy seeing them when as well.
Jaime and Cara not leaving Luke behind at the surfboards won me over to them as not-evil, so I was okay with them coming in second.
msbelle - May 10, 2009 6:16:07 pm PDT #8952 of 23273
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I thought they had to drive in Russia, in those little cars.
Jessica - May 11, 2009 3:46:31 am PDT #8953 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I thought they had to drive in Russia, in those little cars.
There was a driving challenge, but in terms of just getting around, it was all about the taxis this season. At the very least, they should have been driving themselves in Hawaii. Part of the challenge in a race around the world should surely be knowing how to find your way around the world! Not how to randomly jump in the best cab.
I was fine with T&V winning - they ran a really good race.
Jaime and Cara not leaving Luke behind at the surfboards won me over to them as not-evil, so I was okay with them coming in second.
Yeah, that was really cool of them. I felt terrible for Luke, coming into that challenge with such a huge lead and leaving last.
Jesse - May 11, 2009 4:49:54 am PDT #8954 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And not getting the stuff they just did a couple of days earlier! On the flip side, he had been studying the earlier legs much longer.
sumi - May 11, 2009 5:04:30 am PDT #8955 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
I'm happy with Tammy and Victor winning but I do agree that there was really no reason why they shouldn't have been driving in Hawaii!
Theodosia - May 11, 2009 6:41:42 am PDT #8956 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I give props to Luke & Margie for suspecting that they'd get a memory challenge right near the end -- which makes for good TV because you have a built-in reason for short clips of flashback.
All three teams were so competitive, and had played such a good game overall.
(Of course, sometimes just finishing the game without having =deliberately= killed your teammate counts as a triumph. I'm looking at YOU, Cara.)
Yeah, could have used some more drive-yourself-to challenges, but that's produced teams driving two hours in the wrong direction twice that I can remember....
Jessica - May 11, 2009 6:46:39 am PDT #8957 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
but that's produced teams driving two hours in the wrong direction twice that I can remember....
Sure, but the same thing happens with taxis. I'd much rather teams lose time driving themselves in the wrong direction than be at the mercy of incompetent cab drivers.
SuziQ - May 11, 2009 7:02:17 am PDT #8958 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Wonder what the insurance issues are when it comes to the teams driving themselves.