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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 7:07 pm
Yeah, you have to be extra careful with passports. I got my wallet picked out of my purse getting off the underground in London in the early '70s.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 7:34 pm
Thanks Raen, as usual you ROCK! This sounds like a really intense episode and you clearly captured it! 45 minutes to wait, I'm chomping at the bit. As hard a time as Andrew/Dan have in following clues, one truly has to wonder how/if they expect to make it thru their last year in college? I knew that last week the leaving of the shoes at the theater was going to come back to bite them in the cowsbutt!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 7:34 pm
My sister travels all over the world for work and to visit friends. On one trip to Spain, she and all her friends had their passports stolen. On another trip someone just took her entire purse. Very often these business trips are just for 2 or 3 days. Sometimes they aren't even for 24 hours. A missing passport is a pretty big deal when you are in a foreign city for one meeting and plan to turn around and come back home. Most of her trips are very spur of the moment, too. I don't know how she does it.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 7:41 pm
I remember back in the 70's when I took Mom to Europe. Ran into a pair of young women, BFs, at our hotel in Luxembourg. One had left her passport laying on the seat of the train and it was going to take nearly a week to get a new one. We felt so badly for them, her friend didn't want to leave her. But who wants to spend a week out of a 3-week vacation in Europe in the city-sized Country of Luxembourg? Given Andrew/Dan's gameplay so far, I bet they leave their passport on the trainseat. Even though there's faster response from passport offices (maybe!) via the internet, given Homeland Security stuff I'm not so sure these days. These guys are such bumblers, they really need to get the Boot! pun intended.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 7:55 pm
I'm hardly a Dan/Andrew fan but in a way I'm kind of glad that they stuck around because it is just so incredibly funny watching how bad they are at the race. I can't recall a team that performed worse and yet stayed around for so long. That marching was a laugh. I can't wait to see what they are going to mess up next. Phil said it all with that line at the pit stop. On a positive note, this has been a rather humbling experience for them and if they can learn from this it may serve them well in the rest of their lives.
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 8:08 pm
I think their funny too. The lady baker should be in the army and why didn't they have staff at the hotel find them shoes to buy before they left?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 8:19 pm
he could not have been seriously trying on that march!!!
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 8:43 pm
I had to laugh when one of the frat boys said "people always love the underdog". Um, not quite so in this case, guys, but as Jimmer said, maybe they will learn something in the end.
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 10:07 pm
I'm not an Andrew/Dan fan but I am glad they get another chance. Reading clues wrong and general bumbling their way though the challenges makes the show more real for me. LOL That marching was so funny I had to watch it again. He must have been acting silly for the cameraman, but if he really was trying ...oh my. I know people that couldn't march if their life depended on it. I was on the Drill Team in HS and all we did was precision march. It was great fun but 2 years was enough for me.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 11:59 pm
When my mum was visiting us a couple of years ago our house was broken into and her passport was amongst the things stolen. We phoned the embassy, luckily it's only about 45mins away, and they had an emergency passport waiting for her by the time we got there. They actually greeted her by name when we arrived, as they recognised her from the photo they had reproduced from the previous passport. Having everything electronic these days has its advantages! I didn't know anyone could be as uncoordinated as Dan. That takes some talent! They seemed to be in a lot better humour this time, I don't know if it was the relief of not being eliminated or just they realised how bizarre it had been! I have to hope it's the guys who lose their passport next week. Sorry guys.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 1:33 am
Dan and Andrew, for the most part, kept their cool tonight with each other and did have humor, but I do wonder why they didn't go back for their shoes? That was a major mess-up. But I still don't want them in F3, really. I knew Nick and Starr were in trouble when she dismissed that cab driver, though I do understand that he didn't seem to know his way around. I suspect that the race people maybe could help with replacement passport, but I'd rather not lose one in Moscow.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 1:34 am
11/23/2008 Almaty, Kazakhstan - Moscow, Russia
team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | avg | Road Blocks | FF | SB | E | Toni/Dallas | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.88 | T 4 D 4 | | | | Ken/Tina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6+ | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.66 | K 4 T 3 | Leg 4 | leg 7 | | Nick/Starr | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.77 | N 4 S 3 | Leg 8 | | | Andrew/Dan | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4# | 5.77 | A 5 D 3 | | leg 10 | | Terence/Sarah | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3* | 4 | 3 | 5 | | 3.25 | T 3 S 4 | | | E8 | Kelly/Christy | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | | | 5.01 | K 3 C 3 | | | E7 | Aja/Ty | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | | 6.80 | A 2 T 2 | | | E5 | Marisa/Brooke | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | 7.75 | M 2 B 1 | | | E4 | Mark/Bill | 4 | 2 | 9 | | | | | | | 5.0 | M 1 B 1 | | | E3 | Anthony/Stephanie | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | 9.5 | A 1 | | | E2 | Anita/Arthur | 11 | | | | | | | | | 11.0 | N/A | | | E1 | * Because they were stopped for speeding, Terence/Sarah will be penalized 30 minutes at the beginning of the next leg. This did cause them to start in fourth, but all teams made the same flight to Delhi. + Ken and Tina were last to arrive at the Pit Stop, but it is a non-elimination round. In the next leg they will encounter a Speed Bump that only they need to complete. # Dan and Andrew were last to arrive at the Pit Stop, but it is a non-elimination round. In the next leg they will encounter a Speed Bump that only they need to complete.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 5:05 am
About two years ago, a friend of mine was in Russia on business. He lost his passport and he was stuck there for almost a month to get a replacement.
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Missy2
Member
07-31-2001
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 5:45 am
GREAT Episode last night... omg. Andrew & Dan
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 7:20 am
One thing I'm wondering about was the money and taxi costs... I could tell when they first were shouting at cabs some teams quoted $$ and others waited till after the ride to negotiate prices... of all the shots of taxis this leg of the race stood out to me as the most questioning of money for taxis - all of the teams were concerned, but I dont think they all paid the same for the rides - or am I making this up??? I do realize in the end the driver was penalizing A/D for not having money, but it just really confused me... $125 for this leg of the race, and I know they were going back and forth between American Dollars and local currency... it just didnt seem as if $125 was enough....
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 7:34 am
Reader, it was $175 for this leg of the race. It looked like the taxis were into ripping off tourists, and luckily some of the players realized it and knew to haggle. I wouldn't have known to haggle. I am so used to a meter being there and there is no question.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 7:53 am
I love Dallas and his mom..they have such a great connection. It's really nice to see. I'm just glad that Nick/Star are still there!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 8:22 am
Biscotti, one of 'em (Dan maybe?) has already graduated. So it's total misdirection saying they are still college students cuz only one of 'em is.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 8:59 am
just saw preview and next week he has to dance!! LMAO! I cant wait! I was roaring when the guard was covering his mouth laughing so hard. His march made Seinfeld Elaine's dance look like swan lake
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 9:07 am
Dh compared his marching to Elaine's dance, too. Seriously, how can anyone be THAT bad at marching? His posture was similar to an uncoordinated ape. It was hard to remember that he wasn't trying to be goofy. The idea of his dancing is already making me laugh! I was really happy that Tony and his mom came in first, and that Nick and Star are still in it despite their bad luck with taxi drivers.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 9:22 am
This is the first season where I'd be happy with any of the teams left winning.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 9:29 am
"First you cry and then when you see her dance, you cry, cry again." The marching was so funny. It's almost cruel that the speed bump is dancing. I was happy to see Dallas and Tony finally finish first. At the same time I was also happy that Nick and Starr weren't eliminated which would have been a shame after all of their great performances. I'm pretty happy with Ken and Tina at this point too. This has been a good season!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:04 am
I wondered why Dan and Andrew didn't go back and get their shoes at the store either...it wasn't THAT far. Unless of course it had something to do with the place being closed after the racers had left...but still I would think they would have been able to regain their shoes. 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.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:17 am
My co-worker, the warehouse manager, has been doing that funny march all morning, lmao! Funny!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:42 am
Colour, what do you mean by Nick and Starr having eachother's shirts on?
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