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Lumbele

Friday, June 20, 2003 - 10:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Their alliance with Millie/CHuck is kind of cute although on the face of it surprising. Somehow they don't seem to be worried about teaming up with Millie, the asthmatic and Chuck the slow methodical type. So far it hasn't hurt them though and their staying behind, sticking with Millie during her attack - hat's off.

Essence

Friday, June 20, 2003 - 11:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't care for this team and that bothers me because I can't figure out why. They've done nothing wrong, but I just can't bring myself to liking them. Maybe time will change that...

Hermione69

Friday, June 20, 2003 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I like these guys fine. I think they are number three on my list. They seem to have good hearts and a good relationship with each other.

Not1worry

Friday, June 20, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't worry Essence, that's how I feel about Monica/Sheree. Everyone else seems to love them and I still can't stand them. Sometimes you just can't like a team whether they deserve it or not.

Beachcomber88

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 01:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They are so fun. The last thing I would be doing while wading in a pile of poo would be to start a poo fight with my teammate. How gross is that? The gowns they had didn't even cover their arms!

I wonder if they got to wash their hands anywhere. I kept noticing throughout the show every time someone touched their face and thought how sick that was.

Readonly

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 08:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right now, I'm really pulling for these guys. They seem to be having such a good time and they seem happy to go anywhere and do anything (like the manure). Yet were willing to put themselves behind a few weeks ago when Millie was having her asthma attack. I hope they go far.

Crazydog

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 08:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Essence, I am the same as you. I can't really explain it, but I am not feeling it with these two. I don't really like them but I don't hate them either. Not sure why. They haven't done anything to irritate me, but it's just that I like some of the other teams so much better. Maybe it's the fact that I feel like these two think that because they are clowns that they always have to put on a show for the camera.

And Beach, I read somewhere that the non-cannonball is indeed a clown on a cruise ship.

Seamonkey

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 08:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd hate to be trapped on a cruise ship that had a clown..

Well as I said earlier in this thread, I just find myself irritated by these guys. But I don't actively dislike them.

Beachcomber88

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 10:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Clown on a cruise? I'm actually leaving on a cruise myself next weekend on Royal Caribbean. It's one of the big boats - they have a promenade area with a "Mardi Gras-like" atmosphere. Perhaps I'll see a clown there? Maybe Al (couldn't even remember his name, had to look at the thread title!) will be there ... I'll have to study the picture again -I'm not sure why I'm having so much trouble this season knowing who's who. Too many same sex teams, I guess.

Crazydog

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Beach, I would have thought that being a clown on a cruise means you are part of the entertainment shows. Maybe one night they have some kind of variety show and one of the skits is his. Or maybe you are right, he wanders around making balloon animals for kids. Either way, sounds like a fun gig. I know you get paid next to nothing as a crew member on a cruise ship, but at least you get food, a bed, and a chance to travel.

Beachcomber88

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree. It'd be fun for probably a whole month however before it start to got old. Same ports, same routine, just different people that you will never see again.

It'd be a hard job for someone with a family - is Al married? I've seen the crew rooms before - there's like three of them with bunk beds in a tiny room and no bathroom! Not at all like the cabins the passengers stay in. Reminded me of living in a college dorm and carrying my toothbrush and everything else in one of those wire baskets down to the community bathroom.

Knightpatti

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 07:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
johnny buckets

Beachcomber88

Friday, June 27, 2003 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Huh?

Crazydog

Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
a bucket/basket/etc. you put all your crap in and take to the hallway bathroom/john

Emeraldfire

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 07:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Evidently these guys are one of my favorite teams because they almost gave me a heart attack coming in second to last!

Seamonkey

Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 09:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I have nothing drastic against them, they are just like fingernails on the chalkboard for me..

Crazydog

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I still don't like them. They are such attention-seeking showboats. I can't stand how they are always hamming it up for the camera. It's like they feel that because they are clowns that they always have to be "on". I find that thing they do with the pencil on the nose to be uber-annoying. I'd be happy if they went home soon.

Seamonkey

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Very annoying. I've been catching up with the
TWOP episode summaries (very snarky) and the writer is also annoyed with them and has pointed out even more instances where they show off.

I'd want to shove the pencil right up his nose.

Essence

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 12:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that has a problem with these two. I thought it would get better as the weeks went on, but it's not. True, they seem to be nice guys, but they really grate on my nerves. I for one was hoping something would happen to these two and they would be the ones eliminated last week, but it was not to be.

I have them picked to win the whole thing, but it would not disappoint me one bit to hear Phil say....Jon and Al, you are the last team to arrive. I'm sorry but you have both been eliminated from the race.

Crazydog

Friday, July 18, 2003 - 10:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Can't seem to bring myself to like them. They have toned down the clownish behavior and now they just seem a little boring. Wish there could be some kind of balance.

I didn't like how he told that travel agent in India that he had better be sure that was the quickest route. I know he was joking, but it seemed like a veiled threat.

I'm fairly indifferent to them, I'd rank them as #3 for me right now.

Seamonkey

Friday, July 18, 2003 - 10:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
For me they might even be #2, but that isn't saying much since I really only like Reichen and Chip now. Much as I didn't want an all male win, Kelly and Millie are not deserving IMO.

Not that the Race Gods care what I think :)

Not1worry

Friday, July 18, 2003 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I love 'em. Love their unbridled enthusiam for everything and anything. Love that they aren't young and gorgeous. Love most of all they are the nicest guys. Probably the kiss of death for them.

Hippyt

Friday, July 18, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I like them a lot too. They really are just going all out for the race,and having the time of their lives doing it. They don't argue,they're polite to everyone,what's not to like about these two? I hope they win,they would be very derserving winners.

Crazydog

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Why are they so friendly? They really shouldn't have told David and Jeff where the clue was. Even after saying "right over there", David kept saying, "where where where". You can be nice without helping the competition.

Spear

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 11:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There's a clip on the CBS web pages for this week's episode where Jon explains that his wife told him that "Nice guys finish last" and he wants to prove her wrong. That doesn't really explain why he feels this way but he was surprisingly emotional and all teary-eyed about it so I guess it is something he takes seriously.

Lumbele

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 12:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good for Jon! For once I would like the good guys to finish first, too. But they are not going to do it by practically pointing their opponents' noses into the right direction repeatedly. "Over there" once and only once would have been 'nice guy' enough for this viewer.
Go Bozos!!!!

Not1worry

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 12:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They were in a tough spot with the goats. I think in the end the clowns figured that they were almost done with the task. The goats would have found it within minutes anyway, so it wasn't like they were giving the race away. You could tell they didn't really like telling them where it was, they were busy with the palm thingies, for one thing!

Beachcomber88

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 01:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't really have an opinion about these guys. Not swayed for them nor against them. I think they didn't see David and Jeff as a threat, since they were always ahead of them. One of them made the comment about David and Jeff always showing up behind them or something like that.

I'm not so sure that the Goats would have found the clue all that quickly. They don't seem to be very observant people. I don't think I would have helped them out so much either - like everyone said now, it's every team for themselves.

Tabbyking

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i like them tons...i believe either they or dave and jeff will win the whole damn thing. actually, i picked dave and jeff back about week 3, so i have to stick with them. i think the clowns are great. where did the 'cruise ship clowns' come in? are these guys clowns on a cruise ship? or just one of them? because where the hell do they shoot a guy out of a cannon and not end up with another titanic if something goes wrong pyrotechnically on a cruise ship?! lol maybe my fear is just the tip of the iceberg.....

Crazydog

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jon is a clown with the Ringling Brothers. He is the one that is married, his wife is the one that shoots him out of the cannon. I believe right now they are playing in Dallas. Al is with a cruise ship and supposedly he is the one who trains cruise ship clowns.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 03:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i thought they were both married. i was so sorry to see them go; also i was bummed that we were out to dinner and the vcr didn't record correctly...we ended up missing the entire episode.
thanks for the info on the guys, crazydog.

Hippyt

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 06:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For all the sad clown fans a photo of Jon! It's a little blurry,sowwy. (We got this at the circus,it's really a fun toy,the little Jon flies across the room!)
Jon

Hippyt

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh,sorry. I made the thread all wide.