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Pdxmom
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08-08-2006

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pdxmom a private message Print Post    
How did the Lyns get the maps in the airport? They were given $0 at the start of this leg.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Question for all of you who have liked Lyn/Karlyn... tonight's episode not bother you at all? They were going to yield Dustin/Kandice, but they got yielded themselves instead (and by D/K no less). And flipping someone off?

I'm sorry, but, now, there is nothing these two can do that will make me like them. And if it is mostly Karlyn, then Lyn needs to seriously think about how she looks when she associates with someone who acts like that. So classy.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
PD, I am sure they had money left over from previous legs

Pdxmom
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08-08-2006

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pdxmom a private message Print Post    
I can never root for the Lyns, either. Their attitude has been absolutely vile. How can you talk about hating someone one minute and then talk about how a higher power wants you to win? The animosity they have towards all the other teams seems to be totally uncalled for, unless there a lot of things we haven't seen on edit.

Robinyyes
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07-06-2004

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Robinyyes a private message Print Post    
Sorry but I'd rather see the lynns then the BQ's....

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
The BQ's are only pretty on the outside. I'm not real fond of the Lyn's either.

Go Rob and Kim! YEAH!

Where's the outrage...where's the conspiracy? A non-elim...how appropriate.

LOLOLOLOL!

Imagnine the firestorm if the Lyn's had come in last....but then, of course, it would have been an elimination round.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Darnit, I really wanted those blondies to go!!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
oh nevermind

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
I'd have to say that after tonight I think I'm rooting for Rob and Kim. I didn't like them too much at first because he especially seemed a little too "hot-headed." But he seems like he's tried to work on that and now they seem to working pretty well together as a couple. Do not like Dustin/Kandace's attitude nor Lynn/Karlyn's. Both teams kind of deserve each other in my opinion...both getting in little nasty digs here and there that certainly are unnecessary! Tyler and James would be my second choice to win.

Trueheart
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09-12-2006

Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 11:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trueheart a private message Print Post    
I am sooooo ECSTATIC that my boys got first!!!! I really want them to win this season! Even though they do follow other teams AT TIMES, I am amazed at the improvement of their navigation skills! They seem much more focused and alert on the road.

I was so tense when they had forgotten their necklace! Although I was a bit confused.....they HAD to have it at the pit stop? I thought that they only needed it to get a "surprise". And it kind of stinks that if they hadn't picked the right necklace, they wouldn't have received a prize. First place should ALWAYS be rewarded for their hard work!

I was completely expecting the BQ's to go home. Maybe it was from speculation/spoilers, but I was so SURE they would leave tonight. I'm kinda glad they are staying...and I'm somewhat nervous. They are the BIGGEST competition for Tyler and James.

Honestly I don't need to rehash the Bamas behavior. It was no surprise that they said and acted the way they did. I'm still not a fan however I'm not sure if maybe they might be easier competition for T/J THUS should get in F3. ARGGHHH!!! I'm struggling over the fact that:
1. I dislike them (and have since the beginning) so I would love to see them go home.
2. I want Tyler and James to WIN so the Bamas should stay because they are a weaker team.

I don't know though....was this a lucky leg for them?....or could they finally be showing their true strength? The finish tonight was just a little bit TOO close for me. I wonder.....

Mamabatsy
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08-05-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 12:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamabatsy a private message Print Post    
If any team had yielded either the models or the BQs, it would have been strategy. Those two teams have consistantly been at the front of the pack. Yielding a team that has been bringing up the rear throughout the race was just spiteful. I'm glad it came back to bite them in the tush. I don't know why the boys or Rob/Kim didn't yield the BQs. It would have made more sense than anyone yielding the Moms.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 3:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
The first two teams were not smart to pass on yielding Dustin/Kandice but it would have also been dumb if D/K had passed on it, too. There was nothing spiteful about it -- this is a competition and you need every advantage you can get. They would have yielded a better team if they had the chance. Besides, what good would it do for D/K *not* to yield Lyn/Karlyn? L/K hate them already and it would be foolish to think that they'd ever return the favor.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 4:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
If you know there are more than one team behind you, you can take the chance not to yield someone, knowing you will tick them off. But that is not the situation with the BQ and Bama.

When a race is very close and you are the next to last team, why wouldn't you yield the team right behind you? It would be stupid not to. Every minute might count in the long run. Are you not going to use the stategy because someone might think you are being spiteful?

The fact that they missed the turn and came in last does not nullify the wisdom of using the yield. If they had not missed the turn, they might have come in first.

I just do not get Bama's outrage at being yielded by the BQs. They had just been talking about wanting to get to the yield first so they could yield them. They talked about how badly they wanted them gone. But when they got yielded, they acted like the thought never even occured to them.

That is the attitude that annoys me about Bama. It is just like last week when they commented that the Chos needed to run their own race, when they had just spent hours following the guys around. It is their self righteous attitude that annoys me.

And why has it become such a bad thing to use the yield? It is part of the game and good strategy. It is not bad sportsmanship or spite to use it. It is just good play.

As I have commented many times before in these games. If it is within the rules, nothing they do to get ahead in the game, bothers me. This is a game, not real life. I am bothered more by the self righteous attitudes and the hypocritical comments than I am by their actions.

I loved the Cho brothers. I respected them as people, but I did not respect them as game players. If they had played the game as it should have been played, they had a good chance to win it, but they got caught up in the whole "being nice" and playing the game "the right way".

I did not blame Alabama for breaking away from them, but I did think they were a little snippy in their comments about the Chos, after they had followed them around all day.

I think the hippies last year proved that you can be basically pretty nice and still win. You can lend a hand at times, but not when it is going to cost you the game. That is just stupid.

Although they were not among my favorites at the beginning of the race, I have come to respect the BQs because they do not pretend to be what they are not. They acknowledge that they have not been so nice at times and they do not hide the fact that they are delighted when another team has some bad luck that helps them out. They are disliked because they are honest about their feelings. I suspect that the other teams feel exactly the same way, they just have enough sense to know how it comes across so they are a little more diplomatic about it.

And I do not buy the conspiracy theories. There have been non elimantion legs for years, and there is always someone who believes the show rigs it for certain teams. WE hear it everytime.

But why would they? We have seen very popular teams and very unpopular teams benefit from them. And the danger to the integrity of the show if they were caught doing it would outweigh the benefits.

I would like to see the game come down to the guys and the BQs because I feel they have run the best race up to this point, but I can live with any of these teams winning. I do not find any of them really obnoxious to the level of some of the teams in the past.

Jami
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10-08-2003

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 4:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jami a private message Print Post    
I hate to say it, because in real life I am a very nice person, but in a race, especially for one million dollars, I'd use the yield.

I don't understnad why one of the first 2 teams didn't use it. I'd have yielded whoever was the strongest team behind me. And if it hadn't been used and I was team 3 I'd have yielded 'Bama,,,or whoever was last. Not to be mean,,,just part of the game.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 6:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Yeah, what Allietex said...



Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Is it me or does it seem like all the power plays are being wasted this season?

First the non-eliminations rounds were followed by FF. When team Ky used it the first time it seemed they would be unable to use it the next. Then they combined the teams which gave team Ky another chance to use the FF. Which didn't work out. But could have.

Then when the yield came along they ended up bunched up until 8am. Which gave the fastest runner the advantage.

Dke1212
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07-13-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dke1212 a private message Print Post    
Sorry but I'd rather see the lynns then the BQ's....



Me too.

Suzsmarmie
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07-26-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suzsmarmie a private message Print Post    
Huh? Why would you rather look at sour faces and listen to bitter cliches (Karma is a ..., etal) than ANYBODY else who's left? It seems everytime they open their mouths, something ugly comes out. I really don't understand how anybody can want the Bamas to win over anybody else. At this point, I'm rooting for ANYBODY to win besides them.

It looks like next week will be a small rift in the Bama duo. If I had a friend like that, I think I'd have gotten fed up with her attitude way before then..lol!!

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
The things the locals were throwing at Rob and Kimberly looked like pomegranites. Those things can be much harder than tomatoes!

Jhonise
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07-10-2003

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhonise a private message Print Post    
I like all the teams equally and I don't care who wins....BUT....I am sooo over Dustin & Kandace and Lynn & Karlyn....both teams need to go.

They keep antagonizing each other and it's getting difficult to watch.

Sasman
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07-08-2003

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sasman a private message Print Post    
The Moms are my least favorite TAR team ever.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Yes, the Lyns are the biggest downer team. I can't believe some people put them in the same category as Dustin/Candice. At least D/C are having fun and are smiling all the time.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I think D/C are very good competitors and they stay focused well when things go wrong; but I still have a hard time with their attitude. Even the model boys said last night that they were arrogant.

While I was bothered by some of the Lyns comments, I couldn't help but root for them last night. They are the underdogs for sure, and frankly, they raced better than the blondes in this leg. I think they deserve some kudos for that. Many, including me, expected them to be out as soon as their alliance members were all gone.

Jhonise
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07-10-2003

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhonise a private message Print Post    
Morocco Bound


In the North African leg of ''The Amazing Race,'' the 'Bama moms make a good show of it; then the always lucky beauty queens benefit from a nonelimination by Josh Wolk



PRESSED FOR TIME Lyn (left) and Karlyn did well squeezing olives

I remember reading a review of the movie The Sixth Sense that posed the question ''Does a movie that has been entirely mediocre up until the last 10 minutes become a good movie if the ending is fantastic?'' I would pose the inverse of that question in reviewing last night's Amazing Race: How do you rate an exciting, unpredictable 54 minutes of reality show when the last-minute reveal that it's all been a nonelimination round renders all the suspense moot? Imagine if at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Nazis opened the ark and, instead of a face-melting vortex, found chewing gum.

But until those last minutes, there were so many delirious highs and lows, with my villains of choice, the beauty queens, flying back and forth from first place to last. I did find it interesting that the producers peppered the beginning of the show with many comments by Rob disparaging the beauty queens and their loathsome strategies. It was as if he suddenly suffered a crisis of self-image over all his hissy fits and thought he could fix it by acting morally superior to the front-runners. But who would listen to Rob's opinion on what makes a classy player? (...)

He also tried a little sneakiness, telling the BQs at the Kiev airport that he and the models had a flight two hours earlier than theirs. The queens looked aghast, which was rewarding, but then he told them he was lying. Boy, he really stuck it to them with that one: Joke's on you, ladies — we're still losing!

But meanwhile, the 'Bama moms — who everyone had discounted — slowly pulled even. Now, a word about Lyn and Karlyn: I realize my cheering for them can be hypocritical. When Lyn asked Karlyn what language people spoke in Morocco, Karlyn said, ''Moroccan?'' They both chortled, and I thought, ''Oh, how refreshing that they can laugh at their own shortcomings!'' And yet if Kandice and Dustin had had the same interchange, I'd have spluttered, ''Those mindless bimbos not only don't know a thing about the rest of the world, but they laugh at their own ignorance! Smite them, O Lord of reality TV, smite them!'' And previously, I made no note of when the 'Bamans cut in the taxi line, screwing over both the Chos and about 15 locals who just wanted to get home from work without having to worry about the dual ignominy of being delayed by a reality show and then having some PA rush up to them with a release form, pestering them to sign for the privilege of having said delay — which at this point was only getting longer — be broadcast in America.

So, do I recognize my inconsistency? Yes. Am I blinded by being a sucker for the underdog? Probably. Is that fair? No. Can we move on? Sure. (...)

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1563036_3_0_,00.html

Nerovh
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06-11-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
I don't like any team that can dish it out but can't take it. The blondes were expecting to be yielded, but they didn't act ugly about it. I doubt they would have acted the way that the Lyns did if they had been yielded. Even when they thought they might get eliminated, they didn't act all nasty. Don't dish it out (or plan to dish it out) if you can't take it as well.