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Wick1st
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02-10-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm embarrassed to be from the same hometown as Kelly. What is her problem? <nd> She needs to take a good look at this show and see if she can see why she is not liked very well these days.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree, Gretchen makes me crazy, but Kelly is less deserving, IMO.

Raenstorm
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07-16-2004

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks everyone and I agree that Uch/Joy definitely deserved to win something this time around. I hate it when the same people win all the trips.

And, with that, I'm off. Have a good night all. I'll see ya Thurs or next week depending on what shows you watch. :-)

Wick1st
Member

02-10-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gretchen makes me crazy too Seamonkey but gosh she is also very funny. Plus, I'm not very surprised at how much she complains --- I can only imagine how worn out they both are at their age and making it as far as they have. I hope they beat Ron and Kelly. What a hoot that would be.

Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have to agree with you there...maybe they're meant for each other.

I still don't get why U & J didn't win a trip, I smell conspiracy or something. Is anybody else outraged about this besides me? Ok, maybe not outraged but something just doesn't seem kosher about it.

Wick1st
Member

02-10-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm still thinking about the Kelly remark. She has no room to call Ron "white trash redneck". She is so disrepectly to the military and what he went thru even if he does talk about it alot. I can't imagine him making a commitment to her even as a friend with her complaining attitude.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gretchen seems to be a nice human being in a happy relationship. I know she can't help the piercing, whining quality of her voice when she's stressed. I am impressed Mer/Gretch made it this far. Those challenges are not easy! I know for sure with the lack of food, and especially sleep, I wouldn't be coping with stress as well as I normally do, either. I'll try to keep all this in mind next week when my ears are bleeding, lol.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nope,

Every step, pit stop and gift is planned before the race starts.

They were going to go to Hungary but couldn't because they have a NO BEGGING law.



Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's akin to someone telling a widow that they're husband must have been afraid of commitment.


Bbk5
Member

03-01-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yea, I must say I am embarassed to know Kelly now too. She's always been a huge figure in my chuch, especially the youth group, but this show brought out the true Kelly. I sure am glad she's finally been exposed, especially since it's been on national television.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Raen, you always do an awesome job, thanks so much!!!

Wick1st
Member

02-10-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I know that Ron is not the brightest guy in the world, but he was in the military and a POW and that was obviously the most influential thing that has every happened in his life, but for Kelly to make such a comment is a disgrace to the military and those that give their lives every day for the cause of "freedom". To think that she was a role model to little children as Miss SC is unbelievable. She definitely needs to take a good look at herself and work on the attitude and hide her face from her hometown for quite a while. What an embarrassment to those that defended her when she was in the pageants. Obviously the comments she supposedly made to fellow contestants has some merit after hearing the comments she has made on this program. And, people have talked about Rob.....he doesn't have a thing on Kelly!


Padivius
Member

08-21-2003

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm so happy Meredith and Gretchen didn't get eliminated. Obvisouly, with the next two legs being non-elimination, hopefully they'll be able to pull ahead a bit before the next elimination leg.

Just a note -- every single player in this game hollers throughout the race (at their partner, at locals, at other teams, etc.) It's not Gretchen's fault if her voice is sticking out more than the others. It's too bad that she would singled out for something as trivial as that.
Also -- she was told by somebody to get into the elephant; she thought she was supposed to be there. By the time she realized she didn't, they were on their way and it would have taken too much time to get her down in the middle of the crowded street.

Sorry to see Lynn and Alex go, I would much have enjoyed seeing them beat Rob and Amber.

Did anybody notice the rough way Rob pulled kids into pushing his elephant? I was appalled to see him literally pulling on kids arms and steering them behind the elephant to help out. Other teams solicited the help of locals, but nobody else forced them.

A very good episode all in all!


Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't heard Lynn/Alex, Joyce/Uchenna, Rob/Amber, the brothers yell at each other this season. Gretchen just never stops with her mouth and Meredith is stoic but did mutter something about her stopping when he was outside of the vehicle and she couldn't hear him, in Botswana. I'm sure he has NOW heard something, well actually I hope she's watched herself as each episode airs and hope she isn't like that in real life. I agree they are in a very stressful environment, but again, several of the teams have been incredibly supportive of each other, despite the stress.

I'm looking forward to seeing the episode.. 1 hr 14 minutes to go.

Allietex
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did you catch what Gretchen said right after she told Meredith not to yell at her. She said something like, "We have never been like this with each other, ever." I think she just gets caught up in the moment and since she is very vocal, it seems she is always complaining, but she also seems to be sorry for it afterward and is very devoted to Meredith as he is to her. They are generally very supportive of each other. You can tell they worry about each other when they have to do the tasks. Her compaints seem more like a comfortable old shoe rather than the unhappy, cruel complaining of Kelly.

Csnog
Member

07-18-2002

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not sorry to see Lynn go.

He couldn't keep his eye on the prize.

He just hated Rob and Amber instead of loving the race.

Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I liked it at the pit stop when Romber tried to jump in front of Relly and Phil made sure to note that Relly was 2nd.

Tonights episode was probably the best so far this season...I still just don't think I'll ever get the fever for the flavor of a Romber.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was so happy about Lynn and Alex being eliminated ahead of Rob and Amber that I didn’t comment on Kelly’s now infamous remark.

I’m not defending her or saying that it is okay that she said it, but sometimes people say incredibly stupid things in a moment of anger and incoherence. It’s not often that they do it in front of a massive nation wide TV audience. Hopefully, she will get a chance and take the opportunity to apologise later in the show.

I think that Joyce showed considerable courage and spunk shaving off her hair, but having one’s hair shaved is not the worst thing in the world. There are worse ways to go bald than that. I do think that Uchenna and Joyce are a great team (even if they aligned with Lynn and Alex).

Gretchen’s actions and comments are annoying, but she and Meredith sure show a lot of love and determination.

It’s a shame that Lynn and Alex were so incredibly bitter and nasty about Rob and Amber. They were an entertaining team to watch, they enjoyed the experience and they have a wonderful relationship.

Rob and Amber have exceeded all of my expectations for entertainment value this season. They are amazing!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Allie, yes, that gives me hope!! Obviously they've been together for years and something is right. Unlike, for instance, Ron and Kelly, who need to look at the footage of this show and walk away, quickly.

But I don't find listening to Gretchen very entertaining. My mom was grouchy and complaining in her last years but she has some reasons.. being almost 80, end stage emphysema.. and I understood but it wasn't pleasant to hear.

Anyway, I hope they beat Ron and Kelly, and give Kelly her shirt back too!!

Wick1st
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02-10-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did anyone hear when Kelly was trying to get the locals to help Meredith push the elephant? She can be nice but then again her mouth is obviously her worse enemy when it comes to controlling a man. I am at a lost for trying to figure her out at this point.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
One would think that, being a beauty queen, she'd long ago have learned to watch what she does and says in front of an audience/camera..

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I have to ask1 What did Kelly say??? I was trying to get my brand new Comcast installation to work for the first ten mintues of the show. What could be more insulting that calling him an ignorant redneck which was several shows back??

Wick1st
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02-10-2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I use to hear comments about her in the pageant world but took them with a grain of salt. Not anymore -- she is not all that and more for sure. She knows better than to make such comments and not expect them to come back to haunt her.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She said Ron had trouble committing and he said he was in the army and she said that he got out of his committment by being a POW!! I'm paraphrasing since I haven't seen the show yet..

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sure I heard Kelly’s concern over Meredith’s well being. Kelly has said and done some nice things on the show and their relationship with Rob and Amber seems to be a very good one. Tough competitors when racing to the wire and friendly when not.

Maybe I’m a sucker but I always feel bad when someone makes a comment in a moment of anger on a reality show and then gets nailed for it afterward. Sure the comment may be horrible but most people have the “luxury” of making stupid comments to their partner without the nation looking in at them. There’s no doubt that she said it in a moment of anger – now let’s see if she apologises.