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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:00 am
Darn. I missed the very beginning of TAR last night because I expected it to start late as is usual during football season. So I didn't see Andrew & Dan getting new shoes. I did wonder why they couldn't go back for those they left behind. While his team is hardly a favorite of mine (underdogs or not), I couldn't help feeling sorry for Dan. Sometimes there's tasks that a Racer just can't get and it's hard to watch them struggle. Ken and Tina have been impressing me lately, it was great how Nick was trying to keep Starr from getting too upset, and very happy that Toni and Dallas were first. Phil was so cute & cool when he greeted them! The woman at the bakery made me smile even though she scolded Dallas. The preview about a team losing their passports and money worried me. That would suck big time and could cause problems even long after the Race is over if their identities get stolen.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:15 am
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Well, we know that one of the teams "is ultimately prohibited from joining the other teams at the finish line"- so whoever loses their passports is probably that team: In terms of actual gametime, there are only three or four days left (figure the next leg would take between 12-24 hours; a 12 hour pitstop, about a 12 hour flight to the US, then 2-4 hours at the final city to the finish line..), they wouldn't have time to get any problems fixed passportwise. | <added spoiler box -77>
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:30 am
Dallas is the sweetest guy, I love the way he talks about his mom, it's like he could care less if he wins, he just wants to win it for his mom. When he said she was his #1 girl, I cried. I hope Dylan is that loving when he is in his 20s. Toni is awesome herself, we have never seen her lose it or get annoyed by anything. I think the woman at the bakery was KGB. She cracked me up. The previews made it look like Nick and Starr lost their passport but I bet it's a red herring. It will suck if that is what causes them to lose when they have raced so well, actually all of them have raced well, except the boys
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 12:42 pm
Colour, I noticed that too about Nick and Starr wearing each other's shirt. I guess it wasn't that big of a deal since wrapping the feet and doing the march were the biggies.
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 2:19 pm
At the very least why didn't they venture out and try and find inexpensive shoes in their down time? They finished (if I remember correctly) around noon...were no shops open? I would have been trying to find the least expensive pairs of shoes that I could find. I don't think they're allowed to go out on their own during Pit Stops. Everything I've seen indicates that they're sequestered at the Pit Stop location, or, if there's an extra day, they go as a group on guided tours. I think the best suggestion I've seen is to do what BJ/Tyler did in TAR9 -- go to the Airport Lost-and-Found and find some unclaimed shoes.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 4:58 am
I am sure the marching seemed like more fun, but I didn't see why no one (initially) chose the soup! I felt sorry for those guys at the table and hoped that they had already eaten!
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 8:24 am
The marching was so funny. It's almost cruel that the speed bump is dancing. Cruel, Jimmer?? It won't be cruel for us. Dan trying to march has to be one of the funniest moments in reality TV. What he was doing was much harder than just putting his legs and arms straight out in front of him. It was like he was overthinking it. I couldn't stop laughing.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 8:34 am
I've never seen the movie Dumb and Dumber, but I would imagine Andrew and Dan could have played the parts. I don't mean to suggest they are dumb, but TAR racers they are not. If there is any possible mistake to make, they find it.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 12:44 pm
Honestly, for the life of me I have absolutely no idea how Dan and Andrew made the cut to be on this show. It is bewildering.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 12:54 pm
I watched it again and almost felt guilty for laughing so I decided to watch it again to feel bad for laughing at him but it didn't work so I watched it again and decided I was laughing with him. Now I can watch it again and not feel guilty.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 12:59 pm
Does Dan have some sort of OT/motor skills problem? I just could not laugh at him because my own son has some small motor problems and a good friend of ours has some large motor problems (though one time I did laugh inside when I watched him trying to eat a big meatball and it kept falling. It was funny but sad...)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 1:15 pm
If they had showed Dan being truly upset or hurt over not being able to do it then it wouldn't be funny. He didn't seem to be terribly upset over it though and it seems that both guys started the show with fairly strong egos so I don't think this experience is hurting them much (LOL – as I mentioned earlier, it is probably a good experience for them).
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 2:36 pm
Lex, hon, they fit the "fraternity boys" type/part. You know how they always have the parent/child, siblings, separated/divorced couple, girl/boyfriends, newly dating couple? They have a frat boys one, too!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 3:37 pm
I agree Jimmer, he took it in stride. He doesnt have a big prob or he could have shown signs in other tasks. He just has no rythum, not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 3:49 pm
He has no coordination, that's for sure. I did think it was incredibly funny; and I can't wait to see him 'dance'! 
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Oregonguy
Member
02-12-2006
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 5:35 pm
i swear if it wasnt a race for a million dollars i would think he was doing it on purpose. it was too exaggerated
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 7:22 pm
I'm sure it didn't hurt him physically and besides just because something is funny, laughing won't make it hurt less (I'm thinking of the attorney being catupulted out of the donkey cart or Charla in the little suit of armor.. Anyway, it was pretty funny and I do look forward to seeing him dance.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 8:18 pm
Tonight I was doing my after dinner walk with dh and I started marching like Dan should have been marching and someone driving by yelled out their car window "march like Dan!". LOL!!!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 10:54 pm
Ooooh Egbok, that's hysterical! Gotta tell my Sis.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 7:20 am
I love it! Nice to see the show has some viewers (and viewers with a sense of humor too)!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 12:09 am
What I find interesting is how often I find Viewers of TAR in various places. My Contractor, an older man that's not into computers, is certainly not the type to watch "Reality TV". Come to find out he's a BIG fan. One day he was feeling bad that he had fallen asleep and missed part of the previous night's episode. I pulled out the ol' VCR tape and asked if he wanted to see the whole show? Dang, I felt like Santa Claus when his eyes lit up! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 11:28 am
I just finished watching last week's episode and... was that really for real? Dan didn't even look like he was trying. There's an easy rhythm to marching and he seemed to just want to play with it. I also must've missed something... when Dan and Andrew first went to serve the borscht, there was something in the clue and Dan said "we can't do it we have to go back." So they went back to try the marching (and failed) so went back to the borscht. What was the thing that made them say they couldn't serve the borscht? Did they have to be in uniform? Since Dan couldn't get his feet wrapped and the boots on, was that the reason?
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 11:56 am
Costa, yes they had to be in uniform to serve the borscht. Once they got the uniforms on, they figured they might as well march, since they were right there and thought marching would be quicker or easier.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 4:11 pm
Ah, got it! Thanks Mak! I didn't realize that might be the reason until I posted the question here! 
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 6:42 pm
yw, Costa. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 8:37 pm
So now I would've liked to have seen Eggie TRYING to march like Dan! Hehehe! 
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