Emily & mom are out of there. wooo hooo!
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Gottaluvit | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 10:04 am   I am glad they cheated. I couldnt handle another night of their whining. Can you tell i am not an emily & mom fan. Bert & Ernie have made the show entertaining for me. I realize i am the minority. I dont care. I am just being honest. If Bert & Ernie dont win, thats ok with me too. I couldnt stand the fratboys at first, but they are hilarious now. I guess i want either Bert & Ernie or the frats to win. All I know, this is the best so-called (yeah, right) reality show ever for me. I have watched several of them. |
Fanny | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 10:35 am   My goodness! Well, I, too, have to confess that my pulling for Momily was mostly because they were definitely underdogs. Emily's rudeness to people who didn't speak English bothered me. I attribute it to her youth and immaturity, and it's obvious she wasn't well-traveled before the race. Hope she learns from her experiences and doesn't turn into an Ugly American Traveler which I certainly would have pegged her as, if she were any older. Mom always came across to me as too nice (I know, that's MY problem) and without much assertiveness. I was always surprised they hung in there as long as they did. But it would have been a great show if they had beat out the Guidos. |
Trinity | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 11:03 am   I don't think Emily acted like that because she's young. Damn, when I was young I wasn't that much of a brat, and I had been out of the country and had a similar experience in Senegal when I was 23. I am NOT a mom & Emily fan by far, what a little brat...I mean princess...I mean bratcess. Me, I just like the lawyers...I mean Rob's arms...I mean...you know what I mean. |
Kitt | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 11:23 am   I think Emily is very immature in many ways. When I first saw her I put her for mid-teens, but assumed she must be 18 to make the show. Then mid series she said she was 21!! But I think she'll probably mature with time, I've got to bet she's a lot better already, and with seeing herself on tv it's not as if she can hide from herself! Mind you, a lot of it could be the editing. |
Fruitbat | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 11:47 am   I will be happy with anyone winning at this point. I have my favorites but like them all. I was rooting for them to be eliminated too, Gottaluvit. The lawyers and NY guys are on the top of my list. Emily saying screw you did not bother me. She was frustrated. Sure it was rude but she was at the end of her rope. Has no one here ever said something in the heat of the moment they regretted? |
Wink | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 11:50 am   >>>Has no one here ever said something in the heat of the moment they regretted? <<<
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Car54 | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:05 pm   I think it is great they got the chance to go this far. On the CBS Site, it shows that as of last night, the teams have travelled 21,000 miles. When would Nancy and Emily ever have had a chance to spend that kind of time together. I think both of them grew trememdously from this trip. |
Fruitbat | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:08 pm   I take that to mean you are in agreement, Wink. |
Muse | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:13 pm   I don't think Emily and Nancy cheated. They just gave up. They knew they'd be penalized, and were willing to accept it. I cringed when Emily got upset (that episode in India, and again last night). I think she was out of line. But I think she just didn't handle stress well (especially trying to keep Nancy motivated - I think Nancy was ready to go home a number of episodes ago). No one ever called Karyn or Amie immature, even though they did similar things. It was just that they couldn't cope, and said things that they ordinarily wouldn't. Emily has been online recently and apologized for her meltdown in India. Good enough for me. I didn't want Emily and Nancy to win because of the fact that they lost their competitive edge, and because they got a fair amount of help along the way. But I am sad to see them go at this point. It would've been nice to have seen them beat out Team Guido just once. |
Wink | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:14 pm   Well of course Fruit. You know I always agree with you. |
Fruitbat | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:39 pm   atta girl |
Cinnamongirl | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:46 pm   I was hoping they'd beat the Guido's. Oh well. They went alot further than I thought they would. Good for them. And no they didn't cheat, just didn't realize the penalty would be a 24hour thing. At the point of Emilys snarkiness, they hadn't slept in 48 hours, knew they were way behind everyone else (because they had gone for the fast forward first) searched for the car for 2 hours and she snapped. I think I would have done worse. Not that she doesn't deserve the criticism, but I don't think we realize how much these guys go thru in a day. |
Wink | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 12:52 pm   I agree Cinammon. When I think of being in my own home with no sleep for 48 hours and what a wreck I'd be I can't imagine what they must have been going thru. |
Karuuna | Thursday, November 15, 2001 - 01:21 pm   Well, I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I always regressed to acting like I was about ten when my folks were around. Add that no-sleep, hungry, pissed at the Guidos stuff, and I would have put Emmie to shame!  |
Peachie | Friday, November 16, 2001 - 07:15 pm   Can someone post a link to the Amazing Race discussions, this is the only one I can find. Brain has went dead and cant find all of them. thanks |
Jenhavins | Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 06:49 am   I would hate to be on a reality show like this, because if I were, I would be a cross between Karyn and Emily and every one of you would hate me! I remember going to Cancun this summer on vacation. At the end of the trip, and having to go through customs, I was a bunch of frazzled nerves. My husband was with me on vacation, and believe you me, he was not much help because it was his VACATION. I had to do all the packing and unpacking and packing up again. I picked up after myself and him (he couldn't hit a trash can in the hotel room to save his life), and I was worn out by the time we came home. I know, I put alot of this upon myself, but I like to be somewhat organized. Love my laid back mostly drunk on vacation hubby (eerily like Lenny, but not to his extreme). I am a patient, giving and caring person, however, in tense situations where you feel like nothing is going your way and you can't find your passport, I don't think any of you would have liked me had I been in front of a camera. |
Weinermr | Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 09:19 am   I was sorry to see Nancy and Emily lose. They were my favorites, next to the goofy hilarious frat boys. Now that Nancy and Emily are out, I'm rooting (almost typed rotting LOL) for the frat boys to win. Yes, Emily was bratty, and Nancy far too meek for a competition like this, I still liked them the most. (And hey, if you can go gaa gaa over the lawyer boys arms, I can think Emily is a cutie) |
Fruitbat | Sunday, November 18, 2001 - 05:25 am   Hi Jen! <waving frantically> I would be the same way. I would be hated on these threads. I was on Karyn's side, NOT Lenny's. When tense, I can get edgy. My husband says I get muscular. Oddly though, when in a group I am always the one everyone sends out to take care of business and/or trouble, be it a restaurant table, ticket problems, you name it. So this quality seems to be valued by those with lesser skill.  |
Merlin | Sunday, November 18, 2001 - 09:09 am   Fruitbat getting muscular>>>>it brings forth a visual of an animal that has a facial expression of a dog baring its teeth and and the agility of a cat that could leap in your direction an incredible distance and keep its balance. Combine that with the cute little bat nose that leaves the potential target questioning their judgement long enough to turn and flee as instinct tells them..........yes, I would have Fruitbat take care of the problem also. |
Jenhavins | Tuesday, November 20, 2001 - 02:39 pm   Hi Fruit <waving frantically back!> I am the same way Fruit...My husband is very laid back, and I feel like sometimes, I have to wear the pants when issues arise such as directions, airport information, booking a vacation, paying bills or bill discrepancies, etc. I am on a limb all by myself taking care of business while he sits back and has another cocktail! However, he wears the BIG pants when it comes to saving me from spiders and plumbing problems and flat tires and taking care of the house and, the most important thing...being a very patient person and loving me and his two boys with all his heart. What he lacks in Hitler qualities, he definitely makes up for in other areas, such as compassion, hard work, and caring. In a game such as this, I think anybody would bring out my bad side. I did feel sorry for Karyn. I felt like if she didn't do it, too bad because Lenny surely wasn't going to help her out. |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, November 20, 2001 - 07:36 pm   My husband is laid back too and it's a big pain in the a$$, He is passive and I am agressive, it's a dirty job but someone has to do it. I could relate to Karyn, it must have been frustrating trying to motivate Lenny, the same for Emily, her mother was too soft to be there, Emily had to take on the mother role. Emily's rudeness was nothing to what I would have done. I hated seeing them leave because they were the underdogs, and I was rooting for them, it would have been wonderful for them of all teams to beat the Guido's. |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, November 20, 2001 - 09:10 pm   Ahhhhhhhhhhhh......understanding. Merlin summed it up just fine. Show me passive and I have fits. Fits is such a cute little word. Passive is not cute, nor are my fits. Nuf said. |
Weinermr | Thursday, November 22, 2001 - 08:35 am   I was quite sad to see those two go, My favorites are not here no mo' Last week was their end, To their homes now they tend, Mom and Emily didn't win place or show. |
Quietstorm4 | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 09:55 am   Found this article on another website. Of particular interest to me, is her description of who the winner is..."a team that played the smartest and made fewest mistakes." Kind of leaves out the Guidos. Emily's Article |
Crazydog | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:06 am   I hope it leaves out the Guidos, but I wouldn't put too much stock in young Emily's interpretation of the game. Her comment could just be a typical generic boilerplate answer as to who wins and is an answer that deflects further comment. Of course she's not going to say something like "the team that won got really lucky", she will say something nice. That said, I hope it means that Rob and Brennan win. Or Frank and Margarita. Just as long as it's not those Guidos! |
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