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Oregonguy
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02-12-2006

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oregonguy a private message Print Post    
i see phil changed the time from seconds to minutes for j/k check in behind j/c. i knew last night that it couldnt have been seconds because when j/k checked in they still had that look of HOPE. i still cant believe she potentially took a million dollar pee break!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Gives new meaning to the phrase "Golden Showers".

LOL and yes, I do know what that means, but for them.. could have been VERY expensive.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
This is why I wish TAR would do a follow-up reunion-type show so we could get ALL the scoop.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
It may have been nice of Tammy and Victor to leave the note, but I think it was a bad decision strategically. The truth is that the top team almost all season has been either Tammy and Victor or Margie and her son. If they wanted to take a team out, it makes more sense to U turn Margie if they are looking to win.

3grands
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05-04-2009

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send 3grands a private message Print Post    
HI ALL

I AM NEW TO POST. LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING "THE RACE" WITH YOU.

Kittyab
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07-16-2005

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kittyab a private message Print Post    
I felt for the sisters. I would had "held" it till I got to the pit stop.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Welcome 3Grands!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Hi and Welcome 3grands!

Sadly, you're coming in late to the show, we ONLY have one more episode. Still, better late than never.

Mush
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09-09-2002

Monday, May 04, 2009 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mush a private message Print Post    
I just watched last night's episode (thank-you TiVo and Raen's spoiling). Knowing how the episode ends, I had the impression the whole episode that Jen had just reached the end of what she could handle and was ready to stop. She didn't look very happy to find out that the leg was still going on and they weren't out, and it just continued.

It's bad luck that this was the leg where they didn't get the usual pit-stop recovery so that she could regroup after the time at the pool, and that she had to do the eating task. Kisha is a great sister for being so supportive.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
You all must pee much faster than I do and I pee a lot. I would have been quite late to the mat. For the prize I may have risked peeing on myself as I probably could have cleaned up right away. Not like the marathon BB challenges were they pee & poo themselves and stand there for hours. People who travel with me are told the rest stop rules 1st thing as I do need to stop frequently. Actually, once c/j arrived at the food stand, I would have eaten much faster to get further ahead of them.

BTW, I agree with Costacat, don't get the Margie hate, I thought both teams acted childish. No doubt there is a lot of stress on the race and crap happens, emotions run high, so what if they harp on it, let them be human. And remember we see what they choose to show us for tv. They could have had dozens of other conversations not at all related to the running into one another at the clue boxes or the brouhaha at the mat. I also think the sisters were mocking M & L.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 6:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Welcome to posting, 3grands!

I don't think that L/J were deliberately mocking Luke when they smiled at the pit stop. I think they were extremely uncomfortable and nervous and a bit passive aggressive with the smiling. However, as I've mentioned, if the worse thing that someone does is smile at Luke and he can't handle that and thinks it is extremely nasty then he has a hard road ahead in his life.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Tish, I disagree. Tammy thinks that if it came to a footrace, she could beat Margie and Luke, but was pretty sure she'd never beat Kisha/Jen. While the top two teams have been T/V and M/L, the times it came down to a footrace between those two and K/J, K/J won. I would have done the same thing.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, I would have agreed with you except for their comment, shown on that very same episode, that they knew if they smiled and laughed it would just make him angrier. That makes their behavior at the mat suspicious and probably intended.

As for peeing, I have been in the situation where I held it too long (think long car drive with a then-husband who just refused to stop). At some point, it's not just an urge, it can become extremely painful - think sharp stabbing, bendover type pain.

Don't know what shape Jen was in, and maybe she should have just peed herself, but ewwww.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
If you want to win a race you cannot stop. They just had a marathon race here this past weekend. People who have watched say that runners sometimes urinate while running. One woman last year had diarrhea. They didn't stop.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I agree that they thought that by just smiling they would probably make him angrier. But I don't think that smiling at him (even to make him angrier) is the same as mocking him for being deaf which is what they have been accused of doing. They mentioned in the same comment that they do that all the time as a way to handle people in that sort of situation - it had nothing to do with his hearing.

With respect to the pee situation, I know she is not a guy but she was wearing a long dress. I wonder why she didn't just go behind a tree or building instead of looking for a bathroom.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I really think it was less than tasteful for CBS to show the whole peeing scenario. They could have just shown them wandering around the birdsnest trying to find the mat and it would have been just as dramatic. It is really kind of sadistic to show someone's distress that way.

Stacey718995
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07-05-2007

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
This Sunday is the official finale? I only ask because I am surprised that it is only an hour long.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Unfortunately Stacey, all the TAR finales are only one-hour long (which has been one of my biggest gripes about the show). I have always wished they would have longer season premieres and longer finales (as well as a reunion/follow-up show).

Stacey718995
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07-05-2007

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
I have always watched this show, but I obviously don't remember that point.

That is disappointing unless of course the cheerleaders are screaming at people then I am glad it is only an hour!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
They mentioned in the same comment that they do that all the time as a way to handle people in that sort of situation - it had nothing to do with his hearing.

Well, you said that they weren't deliberately mocking Luke, but of course they were. Whether it was over his deafness or not, might be debated, but they were mocking him.

And having worked with many people with disabilities, when people 'mock' them, it's very hard for the one being mocked not to think it's partly because they are disabled. Because they get that all their lives.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
duuuuhhh.... could I please get a mod to change "wishes" to "wisheD" and "premiers" to "premierEs?"

I was doing a hit and run post and I didn't proofread. Now my very own typos will drive me crazy.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Don't worry, Lexie. My brain still interpreted it to read what you meant to say. Isn't that funny how that works?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
As I've stated earlier I do have empathy for Luke in that situation as it must be incredibly frustrating not to be able to communicate your feelings and anger.

Nevertheless, my impression from listening to L/J discuss it is that it is their normal way of reacting to people in those situations. In this particular situation they were reacting to a deaf person and it hit a hot button with him and his mother.

With respect to them mocking him I tend to think of mocking someone as being a much more overt act than just standing there and smiling at them while they become completely enraged to the point of jumping up and down and swinging their arms around in anger but I guess it is all a matter of interpretation.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Special thanks to Jimmer for fixing my typos. I can now sleep like a baby tonight. Those typos would have had me tossing and turning all night.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, I guess we just disagree on this. When you say you will do a certain act to get on someone's nerves, than that is mocking. However, even if they were mocking him re his deafness, do you really think they would admit that? :-)