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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 9:40 am
I'm not fond of the Hippies either, Spitfire. It's true that they sort of follow..or copy. I actually didn't have a problem with MoJo and would have liked to see them in the Final 3. The Hippies seemed to have a sense of entitlement every time they lost and had everything taken away. They just expected their teammates to help them and that wasn't the case in previous years. If everyone keeps helping them, how is that a fair race? At this point, I'm rooting for Ray and Yolanda to win.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 9:51 am
Yippeee for Cricket!! Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one. BTW I ditto everything you said.....even not really minding MoJo.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:12 am
Peter Horton has been busy directing quite a few Grey's Anatomy. I think the hippies would be the first ones to help others out if they had lost everything. JMO
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:22 am
Again, I guess it is all in perception. I thought the hippies - instead of whining about losing everything - just laughed about it and started out again. In past Races we have seen other teams asking each other to help out...is this any different? And I don't think a pair of pants and a pair of sandals at this point in the Race is anything more than human decency. And once again, the hippies could be the most obnoxious human beings on the planet...but it isn't being shown in editing. Were MoJo on the Early Show this morning? Anybody see them?
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:36 am
Okay, Cricket and Spitfire, you two are the only ones who don't like the hippies. And I agree with Hypermom -- the Hippies ask for help because they would be the first to lend a helping hand. THey've helped the older team and even helped a local when they picked up a hitch hiker. They are so friendly and nice that I think they were truly shocked when Mojo was so hostile to them at the mat last week. I'm thrilled with this final 3. I'd be okay with any of them winning but of course want the hippies to be in first. Yolanda and Ray would be a fine winner but I'd like them to take second. The frat boys have played a tough and mostly smart game so I'd be okay with the win, but since they are so cocky a third place finish is my preference. Gosh, I just LOVE this show so much. I'm a bit sad that it's almost over.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:37 am
Very relieved Ray & Yolanda made third place. I was so concerned when the two teams I like the most both went for the FF. Yolanda has steadily become one of my favorite Racers ever but I like Ray too, he makes laugh plus I loved it when he introduced himself to Lake-like-the-ocean by responding "I'm Ray - like the sun.", lol! Okay, Joseph & Monica did have that ugly grudge against BJ & Tyler. And I don't consider them innocent lambs in the taxi trick from last episode given that they did know about it. And, yeah, they occasionally made some insensitive comments about the locals. But I thought they were pretty decent this episode, especially with their gracious comments to Phil at the mat. It's too bad they'll mostly be remembered for their tiff with the hippies. Although there really wasn't much else that was memorable about them, was there? Well, they did say some unintentionally funny things! I also thought Eric & Jeremy weren't that obnoxious this show. But they're going to have to rescue a child holding a puppy who's in the path of a runaway car before I'll forget about their taxi scheme. Donating flip-flops and playing sorta nice with the monkeys is only token penance in my eyes. They've been a strong & smart team though, with only one really poor leg and they definitely deserve to be in the final three. Which leaves BJ and Tyler (who is cute, unless he looks like he may throw up a bunch of crickets). I appreciate their good natured attitudes, friendliness, and joy at seeing the world and meeting people from other cultures. But I was disappointed by their feud with MoJo as well as by some of their mis-steps these last few legs. They're not exactly as strong a team as I'd thought they'd be but it just goes to show how important luck is in the Race. And I agree that they would have been willing to help out most any of teams. Some tedious, tough, and trying tasks this episode. Both Detours must have been terribly frustrating and the FF was awful. I got a kick out of the Roadblock though, of course. And the buildings in Thailand were just gorgeous.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:37 am
This season did seem to go by quickly.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 10:58 am
I LOVED the monkeys. That was my favorite part of the whole season. BJ and Tyler would have had a blast in that part of the race, but they probably would have enjoyed it so much, they would "stopped to smell the roses" and lost the the race.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 11:01 am
Forgot to mention that the red-head hippie is very adorable, even sexy. This is coming from a red-head who never looks at redheaded guys because I won't date them as I fear the mixing of too many recessive genes. 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 11:17 am
True NT!! LOL I loved the monkeys, too! I thought it was hysterical when one of the frat boys ended up with them all over him when he started giving them chips. OK, I might say the most radical thing in here at this point so hang in there Spitfire & Cricket(!) - I wouldn't mind one little bit if the frat boys won!! <ducking......!!> LOL I think they've run a good race, they've always had fun and they've always appreciated where they are and have commented on the beauty of things. I see them as young guys having fun so I'll forgive them some of their obnoxious comments!! I like the final three! At first the Hippies sort of annoyed me, but as the race has gone on, I don't find them so hokey anymore. So they're not my number #1 team but I like them enough that I'm fine with them being there. I'm glad Ray and Yolanda made it to 3rd. I'd be happy with any of them winning, but I think I'd like to see the Ray & Yo or the Frat boys, but I wouldn't be upset with the Hippies winning either. <running to hide behind Spitfire & Cricket now! heh heh>
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 12:20 pm
We have been to that Monkey Temple and it is fun. The monkeys wait at the corner and then when the light changes they cross. So here am I crossing the street in the midst of a herd of monkeys. DH just had to make a few choice remarks. I get such a kick out of seeing places on AR that we have been to.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 1:28 pm
Granny, I am a bit envious that you and many others here have those wonderful travel experiences. I'm hopeful that someday I will be able to trade stories too.
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Jooleechenlvr
Member
04-21-2004
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 2:50 pm
The hippies haven't liked MOJO since MOJO wouldn't leave them any money the first time and the hippies held a grudge even though on that same leg the FRAT BOYS didn't leave them anything other than an IOU. To me thats just a double standard. It just seems a little funny since the nonelimination rounds the hippies should have been gone twice...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:04 pm
I think MoJo (or at least Mo) ought to look up the word "karma" in the dictionary. Cheaters never win, either. I've thought that both BJ&T and E&J have done a pretty equal amount of following each other. I think it's just OK when E&J do it, but not when BJ&T do it. I've enjoyed watching the hippies because they seem to be really enjoying the ride. They have helped others (and have asked for but not expected help when all their possessions were taken away from them). But they really do seem to be having FUN (something that MoJo just couldn't grasp, I think). Yeah, OK, it's a million bucks. But if your entire life is depending on that million bucks, then you really ought not be on a reality TV show looking to get rich quick. Part of the charm and appeal of TAR is the amazing places they go and the things they do. To see a team actually stopping to smell the roses (or, in the case of BJ&T, creating good karma by picking up a Bedouin hitchhiker) just increases my enjoyment. And all's I can say is I am damned glad I didn't make it on TAR and try for that FF. Cause we'd have turned right around and hadda go back. Ain't no way no how that a cricket is a vegetable! ;)
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 3:53 pm
But they're going to have to rescue a child holding a puppy who's in the path of a runaway car before I'll forget about their taxi scheme. LOL'd at that calamity!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 5:15 pm
I'd like to know what would have happened if one of the boy/girl teams was neck and neck fighting for position 3 with one of the boy/boy teams, and when they got to the door of the temple the doorman guy asked the girl to stop but let the boy/boy team go through. Would TAR have arranged it so that the boys had to wait too? I wonder what would have happened.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 5:18 pm
LOL @ Spitfire. You don't need to whisper that you might sort of..kind of... like MoJo a wee bit. Come on behind us Watching. We're growing. I too wouldn't mind terribly if the frat boys won. They like to have a good time. Their prank last week wasn't nice, but it backfired on them as well. I didn't like the Hippies note the first time they lost to leave money or be yielded. Just hit me the wrong way, as it did MoJo. They've made me laugh at times, but I just think they went out of their way as well to fight with MoJo, esp. trying to start rumors and accusing them of cancelling the taxis before they knew the truth. Having said that, however; overall this year most of the teams seem to have been very cordial and helpful with each other. It hasn't always been like that in seasons past.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-30-2004
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 5:20 pm
LOL'd at that one too Calamity! But it seems like the FRAT Boys have created themselves some seriously bad Taxi Karma, if you ask me. Once again, last night, they had to run 2 miles to find a cab, while YO/RAY just stepped off the same ferry into the waiting arms of a taxi. There's been a few times they've had to scramble now trying to flag down a cab since they pulled their little nasty prank. The race a few years ago that ended here in Seattle, came down the the winner having/holding a taxi from Lincoln Park where one couldn't usually find a cab - period! I wonder if the FRAT boys ever saw that race episode? I was surprised to see the FRAT boys left the shoes for the Hippies. I wonder though if they figured those would be hard to run in and might slow them down. Those hippies were brilliant to check out Lost & Found! Really freaked me out to hear that they might not have even been allowed into the airport w/o pants and shoes! I'm rooting for YO/RAY and Hippies! Can't decide which I want most though. I so do NOT want this race to end!!!! Bisc
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 5:36 pm
Native-Texan...as soon as you get the kids out of the house...just go! We have always traveled economy (unless Boeing sent us) cause if you wait til you have money you don't go. Now my health is deteriating and we can't take long plane trips...now we are so thankful we did go on a trip instead of a new couch or car. It's all where your priorities are. But when you still have kids to raise...it's pretty hard. This guy helped us. http://www.ricksteves.com/ Back to thread...I am with Biscottiii..love the hippies and Ray & Yolanda. When the hippies stopped and petted that dog instead of dashing on...that showed how great they are.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:16 am
Kitt - I didn't think that was fair what they made Yolanda do especially when they got to the mat the woman welcoming them had HER arms uncovered! It wouldn't have been fair had they been neck & neck with another couple of guys. Yeah the Frat boys did create a situation with the cabs, but I clearly remember one of them making a joke at themselves when they didn't get one either and saying, "KARMA!" They knew they were getting back what they gave out! I guess that's why they don't bother me so much. Thanks for the invite Cricket! I'm here! 
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:05 pm
I like all three teams. I love the hippies. I have liked watching them enjoy the race. I like how they never snap at each other. They have been supportive toward each other like few other teams. I loved how they managed to catch up with the other teams even though they were unable to get on the same plane. I could not believe that they waited so long to go buy their tickets. Really a bad move. Could have been fatal. But wasn't it priceless to see the other teams' faces when they showed up! I like Ray and Yolanda. They also have been supportive of each other. And they are a smart team. I felt for Yolanda with the fried crickets and I appreciated Ray seeing her distress and suggesting that they go do the other task. I also think it could have turned out very unfair that the girl had to stop and cover her arms. But the girl on the mat was not in a place of worship. Wasn't that the situation? The frat boys have been much nicer ever since the pinks were eliminated and they quit making passes at every girl they saw. Except for the taxi stunt and they paid big time for that. It seems they have finally begun to see they could win this thing and that it was time to drop the "hot studs" act and get serious. They have really been consistantly the strongest team and I really could see them winning. I really could live with any of these teams winning. I think it is the first time that one of the obnoxious teams have not made the final three. But I have to admit, I am pulling for BJ and Tylor. There is just something about their carefree and funloving attitude in the middle of a race for a million bucks that appeals to me.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 6:52 am
Similar to most people I really like the Hippies and Ray and Yolanda. So I'll spend a little time "defending" the frat boys. They have played a consistent strong game. Also they have not only excelled on the physical tasks, they have also done very well on the mental aspects of the game. They rarely get into disagreements with each other and they haven't got into disagreements with the other teams. They don't seem to get very upset when things don't go their way and they are very good with their self-deprecating humor. For example, when their taxi didn't show up they simply laughed and said it was karma. All of the above are pretty good qualities.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 1:41 pm
Good one, Jimmer!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 3:28 pm
I thought it was funny when one of the frat boys said that he does gilding in his spare time.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 6:14 pm
I'm a fan of all three teams, as well. To be honest, though, there hasn't really been a team that I haven't been fond of this whole race. Lake and Michelle got under my skin a bit, and even though I thought I'd like them at the beginning of the race, MoJo turned into some kind of nasty there at the end, but really, there hasn't been any kind of Guido / Jonathan / Colin + Christie calibre of dislike for any of this season's teams. I'm still rooting for the hippies, I have been since the beginning, but their aloof attitude bothers me sometimes. I like that they appreciate their surroundings -- that's something we don't see enough of on the race -- but it's okay to stop and smell the flowers, and leave it at that. You don't need to stop, smell them, find out what kind they are, water them, then pick one as a souvenir and go on your merry way. It's a RACE! Danggummit. The frat boys, on the other hand, I don't want them to win, if only because they're the Alpha Male team and it seemed obvious from the starting line. But you can't deny the fact that for all the reasons Jimmer stated, they ran a great race -- physically did well, mentally did well, did well not arguing too much, with other teams or each other -- and do deserve to win. I'm not expecting Ray and Yolanda to win, so I don't really have any thoughts on them. They've been kinda unnoticeable to me for the most part of the race... I dunno, guess I just find them uninteresting. Though I am still impressed with Ray's ability to keep cool while the guys at the bike shop ogled his girl. This season's race went by way too fast. 
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