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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 6:39 pm
Why didn't the BQ's offer to pay them and not use the yield ... that goes both ways. And notice they didn't tell E/D the whole story ... they're not playing any cleaner than anyone else ...
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 6:41 pm
Thx for filling in on the spoiling tonite, ya all did great!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 7:15 pm
interesting on the Yield...the BQ's obviously thought it was going to be an elimination leg (and I'm suprised it wasn't), and played it smart, as I think the BQ's see E/D as their strongest competition... The back-to-back NEL's makes me wonder what would have happened if E/D came in last...would they have had another 30 minute penalty added on to them or not? (I don't think they'd put a 60 minute penalty at the end of the leg...They probably would have done a 30 minute delay at the start of the next leg-since they didn't serve it last leg- and the 30 minute penalty at the end of the leg if they dind't come in first)....
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 7:55 pm
Why wouldn't it be like any other NEL? A 30 minute penalty at the next pit stop.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 8:04 pm
I was worried that little Charla was going to get blown off the top of that building ... she is one brave woman!! I didn't like how the BQ's tried to cover themselves by telling E & D that they paid the Cha's to use the yield but didn't mention it was the BQ's idea to use it on E & D.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 8:13 pm
I am not a die hard Amazing Race fan, however, I wish Eric/Danielle would not talk to violently. I'd be happier to cheer for them if not for their terrible attitude.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 8:25 pm
I don't see what is so horrible about using the Yield to a team's advantage ~ especially this close to the end. That's what it's suppose to be used for. So Eric doesn't respect the Cha Cha's anymore? Hey, Eric, the fans lost respect for you a long time ago. I am so rooting for the Cha Cha's and BQ's. Anyone but Eric and Mirna's teams!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 8:55 pm
I think that the BQ's reactions and the way they play the game is so different from both E & D and Charla & Mirna. When Danny and Oswald first said that they were going to yield the BQs, D & K both looked at each other and laughed. They understand that it is part of the game. If winning and playing a game by the rules creates bad karma then I feel sorry for …. Hmmmm … let's see, all the Super Bowl champions, the NBA champs, Tiger Woods ….. On a different topic, anyone else notice Charla standing on the table where they were preparing the food? I don't think that I'd be too eager to eat those noodles! The bouncing on the pole added a whole new dimension to watching TAR. Two non-eliminations in a row? What were they thinking? I've had enough of E & D (in particular) and Charla & Mirna. It's a game! It's a race!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 9:10 pm
at the pit stop did Eric have Chas pic taped to his ass??? I didnt like the BQ lying about the yield, they didnt have to say anything
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 9:16 pm
YAY! Great game play. Smart game move by the girls. Double Yay because the guys are still in the race. I would "yield" any and all of them for a million bucks. They are all in the race to win and the "yield" is part of the game.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 9:21 pm
He definitely had a picture taped there and from what I could see it was the Cha's.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 9:27 pm
"On a different topic, anyone else notice Charla standing on the table where they were preparing the food?" It drove me CRAZY, Jimmer, lol! So much for sanitary cooking conditions. I kept waiting for her to use her feet to flatten the flour mix. And listening to Mirna's comments blaming everyone but herself is really REALLY getting old! If I see one more commercial for music downloading that features Mirna, I'm making sure I never do business with that company ever.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 9:30 pm
Charla should have "yielded" Mirna. I mean she had just jumped off a building and Mirna is screaming at her over noodles?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 9:59 pm
Woo.. I haven't read, but I'm relieved but worried about next week. I just hope they get a good chance to catch up and aren't yielded. If Eric knew that the BQ chose them to be yielded, in other words were involved in yielding him TWICE, then he'd go after them, but, first he would have to catch up! Do we know how many yields there are this season? Phil did say it is the last non-elimination, which makes sense this late in the race. I'd think there would be no more yields and no more intersections as well. The BQ did indeed "forget" to tell E/D that they specified them to be yielded.. hmm. D/O, well clearly should have managed their money better, but GRRR at how often the FF is completely erased by having to wait for a flight or, in this case, for something to open.. D/O are one of those teams who tend to choose the harder task when given a choice, tonight putting themselves in one of those having to find a place on foot, but they also were bitten by the dreaded bad taxi driver bug. E/D have overcome much but I simply cannot like them, especially Eric and his mouth. Mirna, oy! Charla ROCKED this episode! She was awesome on that tower And she (and yeah, Mirna too) were sweet in offering money to D/O, too bad that didn't happen before they left that morning. Mirna trying to drive that thing was funny, but I of course have to wonder how I'd do.. I haven't driven stick since I got my current car in late '90. I know it would come back to me, but then having it be backwards.. yikes! They did have a disadvantage mashing the noodles, even Mirna is smaller than anyone left in the race.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 10:35 pm
OK.. just in case someone didn't get to see the show.. They started out from the pit stop. D/O were first but had only the amount they got for this leg $72? (sorry I erased already). They had to spend $50 on a jet ferry thing and more on a cab. So they arrived at Macau Tower but couldn't get in until 10 am. (They had left the pit stop at 3?30 am.) The BQ arrived and D/O made their presentation about needing money and they they wouldn't yield the BQ (they really didn't want to yield anyone). The BQ discussed it and were worried (Oswald had joked about yielding them) but decided to trust them and offered them $45. The BQ had $202 before they gave the $45) While they waited to go up in the tower to the clue box, Charla and Mirna arrived. Charla came up to D/O and they heard about how strapped for cash the boys were and said they didn't have that much money but would be happy to give them some. D/O said they wished they had talked to them first and Danny said they felt really bad about the situation. The BQ saw the other teams talking and immediately thought they were plotting against them. Not. Finally the tower opened and the three teams raced to the elevator and took that up 61 floors. (I think they already had gotten their order for the task.. but whatever, the order for the task was BQ, DO, CH. Oswald and Danny got to the yield first and per the request from BQ chose to yield Eric and Danielle. The task required one team member to strap up to a line and harness and walk around the perimeter of the tallest structure in Macau.. it was like a ring, a narrow walkeay with no railings and it was VERY windy. BQ who did it was amazed by the view, for sure. Then the person had to step off and do the tallest jump.. not really a jump and NOT a bungy but they sort of floated down. She said it was amazing and off they went. Danny did the task and also said it was amazing. Charla did the task and SHE was amazing.. the wind was really strong. Eric and Danielle caught up and of course he unleashed many angry words about D/O. I think he did the task. Next they had to choose between going to a place and rolling out noodle dough, then forming a long tube and then cutting that into thin noodles. They watched it being done and it had to meet spec. Flattening involved one person straddling a long large bamboo pole and bouncing as they move the pole up and down the noodle dough rolled up tube. One BQ did the bouncing and I think the other did the cutting. Their first effort was rejected. Mirna did the bouncing with much backtalk to Charla and she blamed Charla, who did tell her to cut them thick. I think E/D finished before Mirna and Charla, since they had to re-do the task. Meanwhile Danny and Oswald chose the other task which involved going to a certain address and picking up a drum and a dragon boat head, then going by foot to a fleet of dragon boats and fitting the head onto the one boat that matched it. But they got one of those cab drivers and he went to the boat address and not the first address, so then they had to find the correct place. Oswald was sure he knew where to go but clearly he was confused, and they spent much time going to incorrect places and not finding anyone who knew where they should have gone. Finally they found the boats and it took several tried to get the clue. Next for all of them was to go pick up an mini car and then drive that (stick shirt, backwards confiburation) to the pit stop. BQ talked to a motorcyclist and followed him. They came in first. They won a pair of jet boats? skis? Eric and Danielle, Eric driving, made up time and came in second, but then had to wait out their 30 minutes. Charla drove and had a horrible time, ended up on a curb, and tongue lashed Charla about how Charla should have learned to drive stick. She apparently thought that this vehicle might have been one Charla could have driven. They also followed someone (I think Eric did as well) and so they came in third but were considered second. Meanwhile Danny and Oswald had to get to the mini car with that cab driver, then they followed HIM (ack) to the pitstop and of course he took them to the wrong place so they had to spend time running around in the wrong place first. Meanwhile the 30 minutes ran out, so Danielle and Eric were declared third. He continued his stream of invective, sigh. The BQ made sure to tell him that they paid D/O not to yield them but failed to mention that they had specified Eric and Danielle. Eric made threats against D/O and reminded the BQ that they felt the same way about them. Finally Danny and Oswald arrived last at the pit stop and found out that it was the last non-elimination round. They will have the 30 minutes to make up. It wasn't clear to me just how far behind they are, so we will see next week.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 10:41 pm
Seamonkey, voiceover by Phil said this was the second of only two Yields in the race.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 10:54 pm
I get so disgusted every time I hear Mirna talking about how she does "all the work" in the tasks.....so I took a little bit of time and compiled who did what on each detour for this season and for their original season. So, here's what I came up with.
Season:Episode | Task | Participant | 5:02 | Remove bandana from calf | Mirna | 5:03 | Bite into chocolate | Charla | 5:04 | Eat 1 kg caviar | Charla | 5:05 | Climb ladders down shaft | Charla | 5:06 | locate scarab from dig site | Mirna | 5:07 | Open/cook/eat ostrich egg | Charla | AS:02 | Search for letters in boardroom | Charla | AS:03 | Catch/transfer fish to another tank | Mirna | AS:04 | Sort through mail bag for letter | Mirna | AS:05 | Use rat to find deactivated mine | Charla | AS:06 | Throw Rungu at clay targets | Mirna | AS:07 | Wear suit of armor, lead horse | Charla | AS:08 | Gather recycled newpapers | Mirna | AS:09 | Kick down doors to find clue | Charla | AS:10 | Walk on outside of tower, jump off | Charla | So, in season 5, Charla did 4 detours, and Mirna did 2. And that's not even counting the tasks they did together, and who carried most of the load then. Of course, Mirna will say she did. But I can't help but remember that huge slab of beef Mirna just couldn't hang on to, so Charla carried it on her back. And this season, Charla has done 5 detours to Mirna's 4. And that's not taking into consideration the physical difficulty of each detour. For a more detailed description of each detour (taken directly off of TAR's websites), take a look at the sheet I compiled. I'll upload it to my personal web space, rather than taking up room here. You can find it HERE. So, in two seasons, Charla has done 9 detours to Mirna's 6. With just two episodes to go, Mirna can't even catch up and tie Charla for the amount of detours done, let alone beat her! But yea, Mirna is the poor soul who has to do all the work in their team. Yup.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 11:32 pm
Good info! Charla is somthing else! Of course Mirna does do all the driving, but, so what?
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 1:28 am
Mirna has done 6 *Roadblocks* this season. During the double-length episode, there was an unseen Roadblock which involved rowing a boat right before the Pit Stop in Poland. The BQ made sure to tell him that they paid D/O not to yield them but failed to mention that they had specified Eric and Danielle. Eric made threats against D/O and reminded the BQ that they felt the same way about them. Well, I would also "fail to mention" that detail considering the state Eric was in.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 2:58 am
Well, sure, but they didn't have to bring it up at all, about paying money. Also I think there are plenty of crew around to protect them, and if Eric got physical, hmm, well, I was going to say that would disqualify him, but who knows?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 4:38 am
I came back to correct myself on calling them detours, when of course I meant Roadblocks. Thanks for the specification Spear! Interesting, doesn't look like the TAR website mentioned the unseen Roadblock either! In fact, it indicates that the Roadblock with the suit of armor ended with leading the horse to the pit stop. I guess they edit the episode recap to fit what they aired.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 5:03 am
Who, great stuff!! you should email it to Mirna! LOL
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 5:05 am
The BQ's first had a pow-wow over accepting D&O's offer - they didn't just jump on the chance to yield E&D. AND...they were conflicted, but said they didn't want D&O to yield THEM if they didn't take the offer. It's one of those situations where you're presented w/something, and your brain thinks about THAT, and not another option, i.e. - just giving them the money w/out any conditions attached. I have had this happen many times - I'm faced w/a dilemma, and can't see the forest for the trees... As for choosing E&D as the ones to yield - the BQs said that they were a bigger threat than C&M, so why would they pick the lesser threat? That would be dumb gameplay to yield the weaker team. As for Eric's mouth - Aiyaya! Isn't HE the one who called and canceled the Hippies' taxis during their first time on AR? And HE wants to talk about fair gameplay? The yield *IS* fair, it's part of the game, just 'cause it happens to him doesn't mean it is all of the sudden bad sportsmanship...Sheesh!
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Seattlemom
Member
05-10-2005
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 5:13 am
And if the BQ hadn't taken the offer they pretty much knew that there picture would be up on that yield! It's down to 4, it's awwwwwwnn now LOL. They have all done things to advance in the race, So the BQ did what they had to do.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 5:16 am
Exactly! Lateeda!
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