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Jag2000
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07-01-2009

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jag2000 a private message Print Post    
Art/JJ came in 3rd. and Vanessa/Ralph 4th.
I was soo afraid for Mark..after getting sick on the bus and then having to dance in that sun was so not good for any human being. I'm soo very happy, elated, feeling real good that Mopper are still in the race. Also, that was not a fair task for all male teams.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
Bopper had a very hard time in the dancing and quit after 12 times then decided to return and finished.

Team D/R did well and they didn't talk to A/JJ all through the show.

A/JJ complained as usual.

Rachel whined once.

Vanessa just played the game.. there was no crabbing between Vanessa and Rachel tonight, It was A/JJ who did it.

A/JJ had a bit of comeuppance tonight when they proved they couldn't dance nor hit the wood ball before Rachel did.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
WWWWWOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I was soooo glad Mark and Bopper were not eliminated! I thought for sure they were gone w/all the flashbacks they were showing. It will be very interesting to see how many hours behind they are -- 12 attempts vs. 4 from anyone else?

It looks like next week both Rachel's are meeting Karma head on! LOL

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Teach, I mentally said good bye to M and B when I saw the flash backs and Phil's grim face.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
Ahh but Phil did not say that they were eliminated at the mat when they were telling them what a great time they had.

Phil just told them that they were the last to arrive and I knew something was up.

If we didn't know R/B from BB I don't think we would be so hard on her but that's just my opinion.

To me, nobody whined as much as Flo during AR.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am so thankful that Mark and Bopper did not take the four house penalty as that would put them at least a couple more hours behind than they ended up.

Mark was doing the right thing by drinking water, but I was also screaming salt, sugar, and potassium are what you need! The first two are easily obtainable - NA not so much!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
IMHO, it was about time to have a task that was "biased" toward the women. Many tasks are much easier for all male teams, so the dancing one was a nice change of pace. :-) Overall, I think the Race does an awesome job of mixing up the tasks so that it favors people with a wide variety of skills...male or female.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
BTW, there are only 2 eps left- next week will go down from 5-4, but the week after is a 2-hour finale...it'll be interesting to say the least.

And as an aside, if you need a TAR fix after that, they just announced the teams for Amazing Race Australia (though no start date yet)..

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Did anyone elses eyes water at the end?

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
I like 2 hour finale's, but I don't like all of the non-elimination legs. I would rather them invite more teams and have zero non-elimination legs...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
04/22/2012 Leg 9 - Lake Manyara, Tanzania -Cochin, India (Bolgatty Palace pitstop)

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1 EXPRESS PASS allows a team to skip or abandon any task at any one time through the 8th leg of the race. Rachel and Dave won the EP at the end of Leg 1. In Leg 3, after trying the first option of the Detour, Rachel and Dave chose to skip the Detour and proceed to the Road Block task.


2 Leg 3 Road Block Penalty: The Road Block task for leg 3 consisted of one team member mastering some dance moves with a bottle balanced on his or her head. There was a finite # of bottles and if all broke, the team went to the Pit Stop and had to endure a two hour penalty.

Rachel and Dave, after using their Express Pass to abandon and skip the Detour (they didn't even try the second option), incurred the penalty. They arrived in second place.

At about 30 minutes, Brendon and Rachel arrived and moved into second place, and Joey and Danny moved into third place. Bopper and Mark, Nary and Jamie arrived with just seconds to go on the penalty, taking fourth and fifth. Rachel and Dave and Rachel then got sixth place. Phil told them that they are the first team in Race history to not finish any challenge on a leg and stayed in the race.

3 Non Elimination Leg.

Leg 4 was an NEL, thus saving Mark and Bopper, who came in last. The will have to perform a Speed Bump task in Leg 5.

Leg 7 was an NEL, thus saving Nary and Jamie, who came in last. They will have to preform a Speed Bump task in Leg 8.

Leg 9 was an NEL, this saving Mark and Bopper, who had almost quit at the Roadblock Bollywood Dance task when Mark beame deydrated and Bopper finally insisted he must quit. The director then urged him to try just one more time (12th) and they got the clue and proceded to the Detour. So they face a Speed Bump in Leg 10.

4 SPEED BUMP - A task that must be performed only by the last place team on the next leg after they come in last during a NEL. Mark and Bopper were last in NEL in the fourth leg, so will have to perform a Speed Bump in Leg 5.

In Leg 5 in Bavaria, before starting the detour task, Art and Bopper had to complete a yodelling task for their Speed Bump penalty.

Nary and Jamie were last in Leg 7, which was NEL, and thus they will have to complete a Speed Bump in Leg 8.

Nary and Jamie's Speed Bump task was to set up an art display to match a diagram;

5 At the end of Leg 4, Art and JJ came over and told Bopper that they would split the $10k they won with him (no details on amounts) for his daughter. They also said they would be friends for life. THEN they found out it was NEL and the four hugged again. Phil joked tht Art and JJ would have to be careful. Bopper said he would return the favor.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm happy for Mark and Bopper but I'm guessing that since it was NEL, the guys at the Roadblock were perhaps coached to urge him to try one more time.. seemed like attempt 12 wasn't quite as good as 11 (but then I thought he should have passed with what we saw on attempt 11)

I cannot imagine racing being prone to motion sickness.

Next week looks to be dramatic.

I think Rachel sure thought she had the Bollywood gig wrapped up and was the only one to react by pouting. Mark and JJ did keep trying and it sure wasn't their cup of tea. But Rachel's tears sure dry up fast if she feels she has one-upped someone.. as in the cricket task.

I was sorry that Mark and Bopper didn't get any advantage out of their first place finish, due to bunching, so I hope they get a bunching advantage next time... but we will see.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
The only problem is that if Rachel Reilly will lose the extensions that probably means they will get the FF. For heaven's sake.. just remove the extensions and stuff them in the backpack.. not quite the same thing as Joyce cutting her long natural braids.

Mysti
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09-28-2005

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mysti a private message Print Post    
I'm disgusted at Rachel's pouty tantrum *again* and very impressed with how Bopper worked through his challenge.

Would much rather watch people like Mark & Bopper!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I'm worried that Mark will see the attempt that he "passed" and realised they let him through in sympathy! He was so close in try six, just a little wibble at the end, they really should have let him through back then.

I hope he was ok to race the next day, hopefully it will be a non-physical leg.

I think Rachel needs some sort of counselling in how to deal with (mildly) bad things happening. It's like she just can't take it. Very strange at her age and especially strange in someone who's been in the public eye and had people criticising it.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 10:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I didn't see Rachel's "tantrum" as being any worse than JJ's anger. I loved seeing Art and JJ's reaction to Vanessa and Ralph coming up behind them at the mat! When they got third, they were so sure that they beat Rachel and Brendon to the pit stop.

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vsmart a private message Print Post    
The director definitely gave Mark a pass because he was still not in sync.

Whoami
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08-02-2001

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Yes Supergranny, my eyes watered up at the end too. What a great team those two are. One is concerned enough to tell his partner they need to just quit. The other has so much heart he's just not about to give up. God bless them both.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 4:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Do we know why Rachel will loose her extensions.

Maybe they are going to cut her hair.

I can't see her going through that though.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 6:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Vsmart, ITA that the director gave Mark a pass on his last attempt.

Brenda1966
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07-02-2002

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 6:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
The previews for next week show hair clippers and her comment about "spending 500 on extensions".

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Re Rachel/extensions: I'm thinking it is a shave your head fast forward, as we had in a previous year.

I like non-elims when they help a team I like. :-)

Connies
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03-11-2010

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Connies a private message Print Post    
As someone who has suffered from motion sickness their entire life, I cannot imagine how that poor guy feels. I think that alone would keep me from ever trying for the Amazing Race. After you get sick enough to throw up, you feel bad the whole rest of the day.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think it was a pass on the dancing.. after all, he had changed clothing, or started to, and the director came to him and said "one more time". At that moment I thought.. ah.. it is NEL!!

I didn't hear them mention taking a 4 hour penalty, just seemed like they planned to quit.

And then when he did finally "pass" the dance test, and they got the next clue it didn't tell them to go straight to the pit stop, which I think would have been the case if they were so far behind and were going to be eliminated.

Guess we will see next week just how far behind they are and if they have any chance to stay with the pack on flights, since you have to think there will be flights involved or long train trips after two legs in one country.

Mamabatsy
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08-05-2005

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamabatsy a private message Print Post    
We now need a bunch up at the beginning, a u-turn for anyone else, an easy speed bump and we are back in business. Let's all think positive thoughts.