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Jane_Bond

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to disagree with many of you: imo the twins are vain and stupid.

Who in their right mind takes their shirts off in Cambridge England?! As my hubby pointed out: they're models, on TV - like the worst of reality TV's "contestants" they are using TAR as their portfolio.

A&A have my full support. If I could, I'd have been in Aberdeen waiting to trip the twin twits when they jogged to the castle.

Pottedplant

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 02:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
well, this seems like one Bond who has not been to England when its hot & humid. I have & it's common to see shirtless men.

Shortnsweet

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 02:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
>>Who in their right mind takes their shirts off in Cambridge England?! <<

That is why I thought it was so funny! They spread out their little blankets and laid out to catch some "rays" while they waited for the bus. It didn't even occur to them that it might not be an appropriate place to take their shirts off. I thought it was classic comedy!

Wiseolowl

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
These guys seem like ok guys to me. In real life I suspect they are responsible citizens. They have from what we can tell treated their fellow competitors with courtesy and grace, even when taunted, they seem to treat each other better than most of the others do with their partners; they have healthy egos but haven't IMO appeared arrogant, despite being called that by one of the couples. Maybe they are just camera savvy.
What surprised me was that with all of those hours in Cambridge they sat around and sunbathed . Cambridge is one of England's prettiest and Europe's most unique cities with it's 700 year old university.You can tour the central town on foot in an hour . Soak in the likes of Issac Newton and Stephen Hawking. Visit the word's best example of late gothic architecture at St. George's Chapel. - maybe a 20 minute walk from the bus depot. The stained glass alone is worth the visit.The choir which sings Evensong each afternoon is one of the world's best - it's free and you sit 20 feet away from them in the choir stalls.
This is an opportunity of a lifetime and the fact that they didn't take advantage of it or at least have the curiosity to enquire makes me wonder.

Kitt

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 03:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think they hadn't slept much after the flight, and probably were concerned about losing their place to the other teams. You'd have thought they'd try and take a look around though. I guess they had their race faces on.

P.S. You can take your shirt off anywhere in the UK. OK, perhaps not in church, but everywhere else .

Car54

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 04:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jane, glad you disagree...more twins for me!

My boys are models...it is important that you look good on camera...they were keeping up their tans.

These guys are funny, and are providing a lot of entertainment! I am going to enjoy them while they last. (and they ARE FIRST, ya know!)

Wiseolowl

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 04:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kitt : may be wrong , but I believe they could purchase their tickets beforehand. As far as being tired - these guys are 20 something - they were going to have a 6 or 8 hour bus trip in a few hours where they could sleep -
I just think these guys may be intellectually challenged or maybe like so many north american young people who have no sense of history or curiosity to explore beyond their own little worlds they lack curiosity and the desire to expand themselves. Having said that I have nothing against these guys insofar as the game is concerned - just regret their limited horizons. There's a whole wide world out there - I just can't relate to people who can't see it.

Pottedplant

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 04:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
but the race is not about sightseeing.....& I wouldnt want to stray far from the bus stop either, they would have lost their place in the queue ( #1) and what if they got delayed somewhere. Anyhow, I didn't notice anyone else go sightseeing either.
If they win some money they can take a leisurely tour.

Wiseolowl

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 05:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You guys may be right and if they had to wait and buy tickets as opposed to getting them beforehand my theory would be wrong but if it was just a matter of being in row 10 - not row one on the bus - maybe losing 30 seconds in exiting - I would have taken the risk - but then again maybe that shows a lack of competitiveness asnd if that what it takes so be it

Car54

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 05:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They learned from the Guidos...in TAR1, they had a huge lead, goofed around while they were waiting, and ended up way behind. I thought they were being very smart to stay right where they were til the bus came.

And if they win the million, they can afford to go back and sightsee.

Jane_Bond

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 07:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
PP, Kitt, my British friend and I had a good laugh at the topless Californians. Being Irish, with a Scottish husband and a British best friend, I can testify that it is a rare day when it is hot enough for Southern Americans to take their shirts off and lie around! They must have got the one day this summer when it got over 25C!

But, beyond that, I have to agree that the dippy duo further looked preposterous by a)being topless in England, b)lying around for a couple of hours in downtown Cambridge, c)using yet another oppourtunity to show off their pre-pubescently shaved chests - double ick!

Car54, you can have them. That is, if you can get their attention off of themselves!

Car54

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't need their attention...I just like them for what they are...and they are fun... and for now the ARE first! That's all.

Neko

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 06:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm take them then.
Only one's married.

Anyways, I probably wouldn't have taken off my top and sunbathed (Though I'm sure some guys would have enjoyed that)

But I probably wouldn't have wanted to leave either.
I would have had no clue as to how far behind the next team was...

Pottedplant

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jane, it gets very hot & humid in the south of England. Ireland & Scotland & the North of England, get alot fewer "hot days" So I do not find it at all unusual that any male would take his shirt off. I do not know where in Britain your friend is from, but I know from spending many years in London that it does get humid. Thats why they have so many flowers everywhere.

Bastable

Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 09:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wiseolowl, I got the impression that they had to stay in line for the bus in order to secure a place on it. I doubt if they would have gone exploring in Cambridge even if they had the time, but I really do think they had to stay there so no one else got their spot.

Pottedplant

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 11:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes & in England it is still customary to "queue" for a bus. So they would have risked losing their first place boarding, which could conceivably help them with a few second headstart.

Kitt

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have spent many a long summer, and autumn, watching scantily clad men lie around, play footy and just pose in England. Honestly, it's no big deal for men to be topless.

Maybe the twins did do a little sightseeing, but the cameras didn't follow them? But if it was me I'd be too paranoid to leave the queue in a game like that. Mind you I'm English, and we English are good at queueing .

Whowhere

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Perhaps they'd already been there and seen everything Wiseowl mentioned above, or like Kitt said, maybe they just didn't show us everything on the show.

Fanny

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 11:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
C'mon twins! Show up those brat packs who are so mean & nasty to you!!!! I want justice!!! (well, ok, maybe a little revenge, too)

Moondance

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeh!!! What Fanny said!

Bastable

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 12:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I never thought I would see a pair of perky, pec-pumped, perfect-teethed, white-boy, Southern California models as underdogs. But there you go. I'm beginning to.

Fanny

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 12:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ditto

Ginger

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 01:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hilarious! I guess it's a lesson to not judge a book by its cover. I too thought the twins would NEVER be underdogs, thanks to the fact that they are models, Californians, white, male, etc. But here they are. I'm rooting for them.

Kitt

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 01:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yet another episode where they were out front, and then lumped together with the rest. It must be so disheartening. Great for them that they stayed in the top three. Definitely my joint favourites, with the other brothers.

Bastable

Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 07:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Although I like these guys, I have to admit that I hope they don't win. The last two TARs were won by young, handsome, gifted, heterosexual white men. It's already a white man's world! I'd really like to see some other types of people take the prize.

Their intelligence seems be improving. They fueled their vehicle correctly.

But the fact their Fast Forward is spent may end up costing them in the end.