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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 12:49 pm
Nope. Sorry. Don't agree. Yeah, the queens got on the boat ahead of the moms. Still, NOTHING justifies snarky comments about how they deserved to get hurt. Nope. Don't agree. (And to whomever said they were so over the constant childbirth references... oh yeah, me, too!)
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 12:50 pm
I think the beauty queens have pushed the envelope in their aggressive approach. It wouldn't hurt them to try and be a little calmer...there was no point to a lot of their pushy tactics.
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Chalupa
Member
09-21-2005
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 12:55 pm
This was probably the only pushy tactic I've seen from the BQ's. The whole cutting in line thing was silly,imo TnT missed the open person, that was their fault entirely. The BQ's just took advantage of it. What else (besides the boat last night) have they done that has been pushy?
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 1:08 pm
I'm obviously in the minority here, but I don't understand why Sarah wouldn't do that Roadblock. You needed two strong arms (check) and one strong leg (check). It's when you try to use both feet in the leghole that you get yourself caught up on those rapellers. The rowboats -- too funny. What was with the models trying to row forward? Have they never seen a rowboat before? I'm one of the few who seems to be loving both the casting this season, and the fact that they're running the race backwards. I love that all the teams, stronger and weaker, are put off their game instantly with the added difficulty of language and culture barriers. In past seasons, David & Mary and Lyn & Karlyn would have been out already, only because the stronger alpha teams would consistently set the bar and stay near the top. This season, the weaker teams are getting an advantage because some of the stronger teams are faltering to the pressure of the race sooner, and all the teams seem to be on more equal footing. It's more mental this time around, and I'm really enjoying seeing the 'normal folk' get to run more than three legs of the race. But that's just me. Don't want to touch too much on Peter and Sarah, 'cause everyone has an opinion on them and it's just not worth it to me to throw any more into the mix. But I do hope they don't continue to date after the race. And I hope that Sarah finally believes herself when she says "I can do anything," -- I can't stand that she demands that she's as capable as the rest, then constantly cries that she can't do something. Wilson -- I love your ideas! I'd love to see that happen!
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 1:23 pm
Wilson - Great ideas! I still think you are in the business or should be! I like Mary. She has such a big heart. I pretty much like everyone except a few get on my nerves and I don't care for Peter.
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Scoutmom
Member
01-19-2006
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 1:44 pm
Am I missing something? Did that rock climb require two legs? Only one was in the ropes... No the climb didn't require two legs. They weren't actually doing a rock climb but instead were using an ascender to climb a rope - they they switched gears at the top and rappelled down the other side. Neither of these activities require two legs. My husband works with boy scouts (climbing, rappelling and COPEs courses) and he explained it to me. Upper body strength in this case was more important. On the Great Wall, they had what he called Aspen Knots which were loops and you just had to climb them kinda like a rope ladder. Obviously two legs would have been better there (or if Sarah had had on her regular foot with a shoe it might have helped her also).
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 1:56 pm
Yeah, I didn't care for Peter's attitude last night and the looks he was giving the camera, like he was a star or something. Sarah had me going "huh?", she did that hard enough climb and then freaked because Peter was going to leave her in the boat? Jeez, woman, you can do it! She's tougher than I am for sure. I do not see any love interest between these two, are they dating? If so, then yuk! My dh was laughing so hard last night when nobody knew how to row the boat that he got me started laughing and I peed my pants!! I already had to go and then I was laughing so hard that oops...! I know tmi, but it was so good to see dh laughing so hard that I couldn't move. My fav to win right now is the David & Mary.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 1:58 pm
ROFL Denecee!! Now I'm about to pee MY pants!!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 3:24 pm
I just get such bad vibes from the Peter and Sarah relationship. Obviously, Sarah tries very hard and he just doesn't seem willing to show her any compassion or give her support when she needs it. He only wants to give her support when he feels like it (which is self serving and useless to her). I almost get the impression that she is like a project or a trophy to him. The other negative is that he will not allow her to give him any support or encouragement. It is all a one way street with him. I think that one of the nicest things that you can do for someone else in a relationship is to allow him or her to support you and feel that they are making a difference to you. If you look at Sarah's history she has accomplished some amazing stuff. Sure she breaks down once in a while and needs some emotional support but I'm just sorry that she picked Peter to run the race with her (and she is why they are in the race – not him). Out of the other teams, the ones that have impressed me the most are Dustin and Kandice. They have run a very good race and they are doing a lot to dismiss the stereotype of dumb blondes and pageant contestants. I also like Tyler and James and Erwin and Godwin. Both are great teams.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 3:33 pm
LOL Jimmer for some reason I read "pageant contestants" as pregnant contestants and wondered for a brief moment if I missed more of last nights show than I thought I did!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 6:35 pm
After finally watching the entire episode from last night, I've also decided there's something about Peter that's just plain wrong. The supercilious look he had on his face when Sarah was talking to the camera about how he wanted to quit. And the similar look on his face during the previews. Something's off... his ego? His arrogance? I dunno what it is but that smarmy look on his face just did it for me. I feel sorry for Sarah (and yeah, she whines and says she can't do things, too, but usually she then talks herself into it (find your power Sarah). And I think half the time she says she can't do something, it's to herself or to the camera. No way could Peter hear her when she was using the ascender and he was recling on the boat sucking down a soda. I think Sarah is getting kinda a rude awakening, and I kinda feel bad for her. They obviously had quite a different relationship before entering the race (trainer/trainee, savior/amputee?). Mary still drives me nuts, but I am totally loving how she's really enjoying all the new experiences. And for all the whining about rowing, most of 'em did finally get the hang of the thing. Truly, though, I was pretty much over Tom and Terry's constant whining, and am glad they were eliminated.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 7:08 pm
War, Now that would be an Amazing Race if the contestants were pregnant! Costa, I agree about Peter. He has such a supercilious look on his face all the time. He and Sarah don't have a partnership where they rely on each other and support each other. It's like he feels that he is teaching Sarah some sort of life lessons and that he has nothing to learn from her. I wasn't enjoying Sarah when I first saw her on the show, but having read a bit more about her and what she has been able to do in her life, I can't help but be impressed. Peter seems to be a rather recent addition to her life and possibly will be a short one as well.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 7:35 pm
Dencee...ROTF!!!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 7:35 pm
i thought the remark 'a cut for cutting' was kinda fitting. i don't particularly like or dislike either team, but i didn't find the moms to be out of line with the comment. i did laugh out loud when mary told the cab driver she loved him and david said, "well, you can't bring him home". about peter and sarah. i expected less whining from her, being an ironman triathlete, etc. but i feel peter is almost like the professor in 'my fair lady' or 'pygmalian'...he feels he made her a great prosthetic and thereby made her life better and she is just supposed to keep blooming under his tutelage. well, he's not all that great sometimes!
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Roppiepie
Member
05-06-2004
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 8:04 pm
These teams have so much more heart than any of the contestants on Survivor this seson! Every single team gives each task 100%!!! I like them all!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, October 09, 2006 - 10:24 pm
Has Peter really done all the roadblocks before this one? I can only remember Sarah working hard on stunts. Maybe I block him out of my mind . At the very least those two are too different from each other to make a good match, and I also think there's something a bit - odd - about him. Yeah, shame she finds out in public but she seems to be handling it very well, and it's better that they find out sooner than later.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:34 am
I loved Dustin/Kandice's jumping on that boat. Lyn/Karlyn were putzing around on the dock "getting ready to get on the boat" and I guess they just didn't realize THEY ARE IN A RACE! If they wanted that boat they should have gotten on it and then organized their stuff. You snooze, you lose. Does anyone remember hearing either Lyn or Karlyn say anything nice about anyone so far? Also, I was totally creeped out by that look on Peter's face when Sarah got through talking in their boat ride back. He's a little freaky, if you ask me.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 7:02 am
Does Peter ever talk in the little one-on-one camera interviews? Or do I just block him out because I can't stand him? Lyn and Karlyn liked Tom and Jerry and the Kentucky couple. Thanks for the explanation of the climbing apparatus. I was watching and I couldn't see why it would be that much harder for Sarah than for the other contestants. But I realize I could have missed something.
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 8:04 am
I like the single Moms and they were right because the BQ cut in front of them to get the boat, they were just getting on it. They had a right to be angry at the B I like the Kentucky couple, I hope either one wins, I would like to see Peter and Sarah go next but you know it going to be someone else.
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Sasman
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 8:38 am
Do they still have the rule that each team member must do half of the roadblocks?
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 8:53 am
I haven't heard Phil say that this year, but I hope it is still in place...it was a good rule.
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Nancypj
Member
08-17-2001
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 12:58 pm
I wonder if Peter and Sarah are not actually dating, but just said they are so they could do the race together. Don't teams have to have something like 5 years of history together (friends, family, coworker) or be a couple to compete? I have not seen anything in what has aired that screams "COUPLE" to me.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:17 pm
I think they have worked together with the artificial legs and competitions but are trying out the idea of couplehood. He's so unsupportive in ways that many teams ARE supportive.. often you see one member of a team run WITH their partner, not ahead, and, realizing that they both have to hit that mat for it to count, they encourage the tired one. (Mary's husband wasn't all that helpful when she hurt her ankle and was struggling in the bogs). When Sarah was needing to get up from the bottom of the boat, well, sure, she's trained to get up by herself but how much easier (and faster) would it have been if he simple offered a hand? Common courtesy.. you get that from strangers getting off the jungle cruise at Disneyland and they aren't in a race! The ascent didn't require two feed but I saw some of them bracing against the cliff with their free foot.. probably she was more likely to twist around on the rope.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:54 pm
Yes, I must remember to empty bladder(in the bathroom) when watching TAR with dh. So...anybody else ever pee their pants because they laugh so hard? Oh wait maybe this is a daily poll question.
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Webchiq
Member
07-11-2005
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 4:37 pm
I don't know where the 5 years of history comes from but the questionnaires don't ask anything about how long you've known each other, just how you know each other.
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