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Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
better go rewatch the episode to make sure before I post that again....

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Crap...my wife deleted it already.

Didn't Dustin or Kandice call the Ticket counter lady a byatch for not helping them? I'm pretty sure that's what I heard...but can't verify it.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I said "I think" they are getting judged, cuz that is what I think.

I totally do not care how people look at all. It's how they behave that makes me like 'em or not.

Kar, I am not sure what blanket statements of mine you are referring to. Not sure I have made any...

Nick, the blondes did say something like that. Then again, the ticket lady was not being nice or helpful. I am also not saying that D/K are the sweetest team. I just don't think they are as mean or bad as some posters here are saying. Again, just my opinion.

Suzsmarmie
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07-26-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suzsmarmie a private message Print Post    
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Julie, if I had to guess, I'd say there are probably a number of folks who have read the final 3 spoilers and are jumping on the 'Bama bandwagon. Then they can say they were "for the underdogs" the whole time, which is ok....


Not sure, not making blanket statements, just guessing...me? Didn't like 'em in the beginning and like 'em even less now, so that bandwagon has moved along without me.

Let the flames begin..(ducking and weaving)...searching for flame retardant attire..

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Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    

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I agree, I think a lot of people are automatically judging Dustin/Kandice cuz they are blonde and pretty. Very unfair. Seems like they can't "win" with some people.




Jb I think that's the blanket statement Kar's referring to but I could be wrong.

Forum_moderator
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01-01-2004

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Forum_moderator a private message Print Post    
Please use spoiler boxes when making references to spoilers or post in the spoiler thread.

\spoiler{Spoiler information goes here}

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Thank you.

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Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Julie, Mocha is correct, that is the statement I was referring to. When you say you think "a lot of people" are doing something, I think that's a blanket statement about a lot of people. :-)

It's always dangerous ground anyway, to start to surmise why other people like or don't like someone. Whether it's thinking people give the BQs a free pass 'cause they're attractive; or whether you think people don't like them 'cause they're attractive.

I suspect we all like them or don't like them for our own reasons. That wouuld be my blanket statement.

Suzsmarmie
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07-26-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suzsmarmie a private message Print Post    
Sorry, Mod!! But, wow, after all this time on the boards, I never knew how to do that. Thank you, and I'm sorry again.

Tvjunkie
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11-26-2006

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tvjunkie a private message Print Post    
Some one said up thread that the Bama girls don't deserve to be there...I think when you've lasted this long in the race you DO deserve to be there.

I like them, I think because so many people dislike them even hate them... How can you actually hate someone you don't even know and see of them only what the producers want you to see is beyond me... but I like them and I want them to win....I think they have had a tough hill to climb throughout this whole thing...they have done well out of their comfort zone....AND they have done very well WITHOUT the Cho's...I was soo proud of that last night

I know this is not a popular opinion but oh well...

Go Lynn's..... :-)

Dfng
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08-04-2005

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfng a private message Print Post    
ughhh.... I really don't like the Bama girls and would hate to see them rewarded for <sg>. They have been mean to too many people and they are very judgemental. Just my opinion.

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
I like the BQs. I don't like Bama. I'm tired of boys winning (otherwise I like the Models). R/K eh...I can take them or leave them.
'squeek'

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Monday, November 27, 2006 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
Actually I do not think any of the teams are all that bad. None of them have done anything really underhanded or mean.

The worst thing they do is complain or make derogatory comments about the other teams. When you get right down to it, they are guilty of being petty.

Because all of the teams are guilty to some degree of petty and snotty comments, I find I am leaning more to the two teams that at least seem to be enjoying the experience. The BQs and the boys. I just find them more likable. And that is funny because I did not like either team at the beginning of the race.

As I said before, I can live with any of them winning. The teams I really disliked were eliminated fairly early in the race.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 5:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
I believe the BQs are given a lot of slack and free passes because they are blonde, beautiful and smile a great deal.

But just because they say nasty things with a smile, doesn't make them positive or nice, in my opinion.

I think because the Lyns aren't part of the "beautiful" crowd, their attitudes (which is the same as the BQs sans smile) are considered ugly.

Take the beeotch remark. The BQs called the lady a name, therefore she must have deserved it somehow for not helping them. I personally think the lady would have been a tad more ready to accomodate them if the BQs hadn't been so condesending and arrogant.

Now put the Lyns in the same situation, and have them react the same way (calling the unhelpful lady a beeotch). The reaction would be the Lyns deserved it because of their "ugly" attitude.

To me, both the BQs and the Lyns have similar attitudes and reactions....but I could handle the "in your face" HONEST actions of the Lyns over the fake "OH aren't we...um isn't everything wonderful??" snarky fakeness of the BQs.

...but I only see the BQs getting a pass....because they "smile". *insert eye roll*

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am with you Konamouse! I like the BQ's and think they have been waaaaay tougher than anyone expected. I wouldn't necessarily invite them over for Christmas dinner, but I think they have run a darn good race!!

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I think the BQ are running the best race and deserve to win this but I see their competition as the weakest in a long time or ever. I still can't get over the 6 pack strategy.

I thought from the start that these contestants were bad picks by tptb.

Jhonise
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07-10-2003

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhonise a private message Print Post    
Ditto to what Kep said.

Mamabatsy
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08-05-2005

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamabatsy a private message Print Post    
Kep said what I think but said it a lot better than I could. I'd rather see honest anger than a phony smile.

Nerovh
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06-11-2005

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nerovh a private message Print Post    
Honest anger? Hmmm. I wonder if that was "honest" anger when the Lyns were condemning Dustin/Kandace's character for yielding them when the Lyns had said flat out that they were going to yield Dustin/Kandace? I don't always like everything the BQ's do and say (although I do like them as a team), but I just don't see their atitude as being as nasty as Karlyn's. And I must admit, there have been times that I have thought or maybe even grumbled bad things about a service person when they couldn't/wouldn't help me and I thought they had a bad atitude about it. Never to their face, but after I left the counter, you betcha. I guess that mades me bad, as well.

Suzsmarmie
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07-26-2005

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Suzsmarmie a private message Print Post    
Wow, who knew an expression of honest anger was the universal finger gesture? That was a bratty thing to do, and even her partner said for her not to do it.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
"I wonder if that was "honest" anger when the Lyns were condemning Dustin/Kandace's character for yielding them when the Lyns had said flat out that they were going to yield Dustin/Kandace?"

I think that statement was hypocritical...no doubt about it. But its no more hypocritical then the BQs making comments about Asians being good at papermaking simply because they are Asian then turning around and getting "miffed" because those same Asians suggested they would have better results at doing something because they were good looking women.

I don't think any person (either in the race or on this board) as being "bad".

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
That doesn't sound like hypocrisy though, Kep. It sounds like the BQs said something a bit ignorant, and when someone said something a bit ignorant back they got a taste of their own medicine. They might even have learnt from it. Hypocrisy would be if they said they never said stupid things about people, when clearly they did. They just commented on how people were judging them, not saying they didn't judge others.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
When the Cho's made the comment about the BQ's being good looking and it getting them places, the BQ's joked about being miffed and then I recall them laughing about it and saying that the Cho's were partly right.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Allietex a private message Print Post    
I think it is interesting that some people think the BQs get a pass because of their looks and their smile. I see them being judged harshly for the same reason. I see it every time there is a team of beautiful women or men for that matter. If they are beautiful and especially if they are blond, they must be shallow and unplesant people.

And is the insinuation that we are judging the black ladies harshly because they are not blond? I think that is unfair to the posters on this board because there have been plenty of times in the past seasons when the opposite attitude has prevailed.

And even aside from race, I don't think we could call the hippies last year beautiful people, but they were clearly a favorite among the majority of the people on this board.

And you surely could not say that the Kentucky team was physically beautiful, but a lot of people liked them.

And there have been plenty of times that the "beautiful people" have been thoroughly disliked.

And why would anyone say the Bama girls are not in the beautiful croud. I think they are both very attractive ladies, especially Lyn. No, they are not thin and blond, but that is not my criteria for good looks.

I think it says something about these racers that the worst thing we can say about any them is that they bad things about the other racers and are occasionally rude to the locals.

Think about the complaints we have had about some of the teams in the past. Charges of physical and mental abuse. Whining and complaining way past what any of these do.

You know, I don't think we have to paint any team as "bad" to not favor them. Different people appeal to different folks. We value different things about people. Does not make us right or wrong, just different.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
There really aren't any gems this season pro or con.

No one I love to hate and no one I'm rooting for.

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 3:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
I watched that episode three times now and still did not hear either of the BQs call someone a name. I heard one of them say someone was unkind and unhelpful but that's not a name.

If Lyn/Karlyn had made it to the Yield first they absolutely would have yielded Dustin/Kandice. The BQs would not have liked it but they would have taken it with good grace and admitted that if they'd gotten there first it would have been reversed and shrugged it off with a smile. On the other hand we have Lyn/Karlyn talking trash about how bad they want to and will yield the BQs if only they can get there first. Then when it is reversed on them they sit there and complain, snarl, flip off, trash talk and talk about how at least they can sleep at night because their actions and hearts are so pure. I'll vote BQs any time and ITA that's what they get for slow-walking to the yield mat.

I used to think that Karlyn was the bad one and Lyn was just guilty by association but I've been watching more carefully and, even though Karlyn usually does all the snarling, Lyn is standing right there listening and nodding. Nodding does mean that she's in agreement, doesn't it? The only time I've seen her not agree with Karlyn was when Karlyn flipped off the BQs. So, methinks Lyn just lets Karlyn be the voice box for both of them.