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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 6:00 am
I just laugh at the thought of Art and JJ's faces when they realized how Rachel and Dave beat them paddle boarding all the way to the finish line and then going all the way back, finishing the task ahead of them and then all the way back again. That must have been humbling to see - and those guys could use a dose of humbling. 
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 6:03 am
i am totally happy with last night's results... even though overall kentucky may have drawn us in emotionally, Rachel and Dave SO deserved this win the way they dominated the race. Yay Military!
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Mykidsmom
Member
05-08-2011
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 6:14 am
Are Rachel and Brendon the Big Brother/Survivor team that has gotten the farthest in the Amazing Race? Don't remember how Rob and Amber did.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 6:20 am
Rob and Amber finished second in their first race and IMO were kind of robbed of the win. Then they came back for All Stars and were dominating that race as well but made a bad mistake that got them eliminated. They were extremely competitive. They were also very nice to each other as a couple. They are a couple that seems to bring out the best in each other.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 7:16 am
Dogdoc, I was also worried about the distressed swimmers getting hurt by the wave runners. That did seem to be one of the more dangerous tasks. As much as I disliked Vanessa, props to her for completing the RB in Japan with her ankle.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 7:19 am
Csnog, Art/JJ had a bad taxi driver in Hawaii when they were going to the "twin towers."
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 8:03 am
It wasn't just that they had a bad taxi driver...they instructed the driver to follow Dave and Rachel instead of getting the directions themselves. Anybody else find that ironic considering how they lamblasted Brendon and Rachel every chance they got for always following? Who was it that befriended a person and got them to show them how to use the train ticketing device and was able to get on the correct train...was it Art and JJ? Luck always plays a part, doesn't it? Bunching definitely helped Dave and Rachel win this race...not saying they didn't deserve it because they were definitely the strongest team, but they dodged a bullet this leg because of bunching at that sunrise thing.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 8:35 am
Everyone had errors in that last leg, so it sorta balanced each other out- it was who recovered from them the best. If Art doesn't take 17 attempts to finish the RB, they win.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 8:43 am
Those last two legs were really physical! But the previews shouldn't have shown what happened at the finish line - about not finishing the Roadblock, that is. Happy with blonde Rachel & Dave as the winners, they were the best team this season. I really didn't like how Vanessa had acted earlier in the race but did feel bad for her during that Roadblock (plus she was still stuck with Ralph). Brendon had to have an awful lot of patience (though not quite Zach-level) to put up with red-haired Rachel. Was that a bad act or is she really that immature? I had trouble believing anyone could have such melodramatic temper tantrums unless it was an episode of Love Boat or something like that. And not a good episode of Love Boat, I mean one of those from the mid-80s with the replacement cast members. Phil looked happy when describing the New Zealand trip . Hawaii was so beautiful!!! Congratulations to all the teams.
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 8:52 am
Sadly, I'm almost thankful Mark/Bopper didn't make it to F4. After seeing someone I didn't really like (Vanessa) fighting through the pain like that on her ankle, and actually feeling for her in the end. I'm just glad my favorite team didn't have to go through that. I don't know who would have been up for that task (how many each of them had done), but Bopper would have never made it with his knee. And Mark would have died on that thing before giving up. In the end, I'm guessing it would have been as much their downfall as it was Vanessa's, and they would have missed out on F3 anyway. So I guess I'm glad for them they didn't have to go through that.
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Lostfan
Member
03-10-2010
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 9:05 am
So bummed I didn't even think to tape 2 hrs- but was soooo happy that brenchel beat Vanessa - karma came back to bite Vanessa's bad attitude in the Azz!!! Question- was Vanessa bummed whe they got eliminated? And how bummed we're jj and aj when they came in 2nd? Also happy they didnt win!!! 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 9:09 am
Art and JJ seemed to be okay at the end, but they weren't really shown that much and in their post-interview they assured us (or maybe I dreamed this) that they were still macho guys who were amazing. Vanessa was more upset that she let Ralph down and he seemed fairly gracious about it. His expression at the start/finish line though was pretty sour...he just doesn't seem to be a very positive and upbeat person.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 9:15 am
With Art and JJ (and I still don't know which is which), one looked okay at the end and one still seemed pretty ticked off that they lost. Rachel had a real whiny moment when she realized they weren't going to win but got it together by the time they reached the finish. I didn't like Vanessa much during the race but I give her credit for not giving up.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 9:20 am
I don't understand why Vanessa didn't have her ankle taped up. She mentioned something in the cab after the chicken thing about getting 'another' bandage. Why did she get rid of the first one?
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Lostfan
Member
03-10-2010
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 9:41 am
Thanks!!! That's what I couldn't understand ! Knowing she is in a physical race - why not have the ankle wrapped up- at least it would have given her more support .... Oh well, her ankle boo boo slowed her down- I really just wanted rach/bren to beat them and they did ...
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Gurliegirl
Member
06-20-2006
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 11:22 am
Calamity, that was no act. Watching Rachel on Big Brother in two separate seasons, we got the real Rachel on both BB & Amazing Race.
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Holly
Member
07-21-2001
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 12:18 pm
<Calamity, that was no act.> No kidding! She pouts and blubbers like a two year old. I literally can't stand to watch her.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 12:27 pm
Yep, that's the real Rachel. Brendan must really love her to put up with her. She acts like such a baby - crying, whining, and saying "I hate you" when she's upset. I wish she'd grow up. And she thinks that behavior is ok because she is a woman and women have emotions...or whatever she said during one ep of TAR. (I actually like her better when he isn't around. She acts more normal.) I don't much like him either. He was pretty good with her on the race though. From what I remember from BB, he wasn't all that nice to her sometimes and seemed to get her worked up emotionally in a negative way. Whatever works for them I guess. Not everyone is that great as a couple when they are under stress. Rachel and Dave must have been quite a bit ahead to be able to do the paddling twice and still come in first. I wonder if R&B had a chance to win if they had gone on foot to the helicopter.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 12:42 pm
Actually, unless people are kissing up to her (as in playing endless rounds of a sickeningly inane drinking game like "Big Booty") in the BB house, she whined and pouted and when she didn't win one comp she went and sobbed in the bushes, with Brendon pleading her to stop. Cannot say how many arguments they had (that we saw). She gloated when she did win and she treated Jordan pretty shabbily when Jordan was being a total support person for her after Brendon was booted. So her actions on TAR were totally consistent with BB but milder. It was BRENDON, on the train or subway after he and Rachel missed the one with the other teams, who spoke with people on the train or subway and got good info.. that was after Rachel stopped loudly berating him from her seat across the aisle and one row back. She was totally obnoxious at that point and he managed to get info that helped them despite her tantrum. Yes, quite ironic that Art and JJ (who is usually the strident one) failed to get information about their destination and instead told their cabbie to follow Dave and Rachel's cabbie. Dave managed to bond with the cabbie over being army guys and then they said it would be totally great if they could shake off the other cabbie.. and he did that. I guess besides breaking the record for number of legs won, Dave and Rachel set a new first as the only pair to run to the final mat twice! And win! I expected them to have more trouble with the wave runners.. I remember the brother and sister team a few seasons back with skidoos or something similar, just falling off and falling off and it wasn't in ocean waves.. And I'm quite sure I'd have fallen off those paddle boards. They didn't show the last two pairs so there may have been falls but didn't notice wet hair.. but Dave and Rachel seemed to handle them like pros. I had to snicker when Phil was enthusiastically describing the trip Dave and Rachel won to New Zealand and it included bungee jumping. Kind of wonder if they will choose to skip over that activity?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 12:58 pm
Roxip, I was LMAO about A/J following R/D's taxi, it was so hypocritical and I loved that R/D got their driver to lose the other guy, LOL.
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Vickie
Member
07-16-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 1:11 pm
I can't believe if Brandon and Rachel had followed directions they would of been the winners. Rachel didn't take forever to go down the hill. She wouldn't of been in her funk...All three had their chance. It was a great ending to another season of the Amazing Race!! lol
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 1:38 pm
Rachel's hair was wet at the final pitstop.
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Bonbonlover
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 2:09 pm
Brendon and Rachel just bring out the worst in each other. Their first season of BB when she was evicted and he remained he actually became "normal" and the second season after he left she actually had a pretty good relationship with Jordan. But when the two are together he is controlling and she is constantly whines. It's hard to say which one is more of a saint for putting up with the other... neither can really do any better than they got. ;)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 2:09 pm
There is no way to know how successful the other two teams were at crossing that water on those boards or how successful they would have been in a tight race. Rachel and Dave made it look easy but Rachel also made the sliding thing look easy.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 07, 2012 - 2:10 pm
I agree about Rachel and Brendon appearing to bring out each other's poorer qualities. The precise opposite to Rob and Amber who seem to bring out each other's best qualities.
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