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phew

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I love the great equalizers on AR that wipe out leads, like flight times and opening times. I wanted to see that couple have to climb down into a tomb at midnight - I thought some mummies might be walking around in there - but noooo they had to wait til morning.

I couldn't help but laugh and cringe at schmirna saying "this is fun for me!" running down into the tombs. Maybe she's really a troll, not a little person.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link

She was recalling happier times down in the mines of Moria.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link

HAUL ASS!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Riddle me this: how are the villains in TAR constructed? Are they of the Hatchian variety, who use deft and machiavellian manipulation and assorted smoke & mirrors to gain advantage, or is it more of a garden variety back-stabby motion combined with general jerkhole-isms who, by chance or by dance, end up in or near the lead?

― Mr. Tony Plow (Leee), Friday, 13 August 2004 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link

The latter. But most of the time the teams aren't truly fucked by other teams, but just by their own poor skills or bad luck. Most of the between-team conflict is just bitchiness.

― na (Nick A.), Friday, 13 August 2004 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Godspeed, Charla and Mirna. We shall never forget you. :(

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link

No, but really. They helped make the show this year. The first sequence in the airport tonight was priceless!

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 02:07 (nineteen years ago) link

OK, I gave in after reading the updates on The Practical Nomad I'm hooked again and am currently Torrenting the files.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 06:05 (nineteen years ago) link

COLIN GOT SERVED - a nasty ostrich egg, that is.
Despite the fact that Colin & Christie still came in second, it was awesome to see happy-go-lucky Chip (the self-proclaimed "Michael Jordan of eating") breeze his way through the egg-eating to beat miserable, obnoxious, vomit-spewing Colin. What a cock that guy is.
Riddle me this: why did Mirna/Charla and the Bowling Moms STAY in the Gulf Air office after buying their tickets that would have gotten them there faster? Wouldn't this have clued the other teams into what their plan was?

― eat fudge banana swirl (Nick A.), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I think they were still in the process of booking the tickets when the other teams spotted them, but I could be wrong.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link

"Look, it's a symbol of God's Promise!"

― Huck, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link

I was wondering how long Chip and his wife would stay and eat watermelon at the chair place after delivering the chairs. Yeah, yeah, Mother Africa and all but you're in a race!

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link

They're still in the lead, though! It was kind of nice to see a couple of racers who looked like they were having the time of their life and genuinely appreciated all of the places they are seeing along the way.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link

And what the fuck was up with Church-Fro boy and the $100 bus ride? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Even Mirna and Charla got on for $3!

― Huck, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link

There was something really creepy about watching americans acting all grossed out about having too much to eat in front of a crowd of african children.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link

That did seem in poor taste.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link

"Look, a symbol of God's Promise!"

― Huck, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Godspeed, Charla and Mirna. We shall never forget you. :(

Nuts, I knew I shouldn't have peeked in here before watching this week's episode.

I'm in mourning!

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link

it's a shame they came up short

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link

It even made Phil cry! Though those may have been tears of relief, since Mirna won't be around to grab and molest him anymore.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm gonna miss that crazy wtf?-accent of hers around the world. "vee need to go veddy fast, salut!"

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I think she may have even said Bellissimo again last night.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:42 (nineteen years ago) link

They were really my favorite reality show contestants evah.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I usually try and suspend disbelief when i watch these shows. i don't really want to think too hard about the logistics and editing cuz where's the fun in that? I mean, how DO they get cameramen on all these last-minute flights with 2 seats left? Do they buy up all the seats except for two? But anyway, they REALLY made it look like that bus that ran out of gas was left in the dust and yet they end up ahead of Mirna's bus. Veeeeerrrrryyy tricky.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Mirna and Charla's bus had a lot more people on it though, so it may have had to make a lot more stops than the one that ran out of gas.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link

ah, that makes sense. i didn't even think of that! thanks for putting my mind at ease, Leon.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Good commentary on the episodes (from a cheap traveller perspective) on http://hasbrouck.org/blog/

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Reposting a hilarity from the TWP message forum:

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Unintentionally funny caption for one of the photos in the episode slideshow at the official TAR5 site at CBS.com:

Mirna & Charla get a clue

You can read it with lots of different combinations of punctuation and emphasis, and it's all so true. My fave? Imperative sentence, with a comma after "Charla."
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― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 22 August 2004 08:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, man! I'm so angry at that cockfarmer Colin who didn't want to pay for the taxi. And now he's in first place. I would like to punch him.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link

I wanted a camel to fall over and crush him.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link

And then to have his girlfriend apologize! He should have gone to jail. That taxi driver should have been compensated extra for the time he had to spend getting the police and waiting. It was this gross arrogance -- "This will take 5 minutes" -- like because he's a white American they'll all just let him dictate prices. Uggh.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I took great pleasure in seeing the hassle he went through and wished he was actually incarcerated. Christie needs to dump him fast.

TAR should reword its "the last time will/may be eliminated" cos it absolutely drained whatever drama there was to be had.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 05:03 (nineteen years ago) link

But they're going to win, aren't they?

Did anyone else enjoy Chip's idea of karma? In that he wouldn't have been put into a situation whose extrication required good karma if he hadn't been giving $20 tips?

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 05:15 (nineteen years ago) link

chip's logic was a little hard to figure. "if i give a cabdriver in one country extra money, then a cabdriver in another country will have to let me ride for free!" I think I have that right. Cab karma is weird. (chip's karma ran over your dogma mister dubai cabdriver and you are shit out of luck!)

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 09:04 (nineteen years ago) link

And Colin....what do you say about someone like Colin? He's everything you could possibly hate about a person all in one person! He's so pissed-off and angry that his face has actually frozen into some gruesome mask of unpleasantness. But, you know, he DOES make a great villain to root against.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 09:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm not sure if I heard right .. but when everyone else got to the cabs in Dubai, they said they all paid $9.. (except Brandon, who paid $20 ..) But when Colin got out of his cab, he said "34? Oh, 44?" Was that his cab fare, or something else? (wishing it was his cab fare because he's such an asshole...)

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 12:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Didn't you just cringe when Colin said, "Send the policeman in, send in your president. I don't care. I won't pay." He has no respect! And his girlfriend is such a pushover. She just keeps apologizing. Ay ay ay.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:01 (nineteen years ago) link

AND he said "Hakuna matata!" HAKUNA MATATA, PEOPLE! Colin is the living embodiment of cock.

I am rooting for Chip & Kim, but I don't doubt that they will eventually lose.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Nothing more to add, except that if the TV cameras hadn't been there, Colin would be vulture meat.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, I have a feeling he would have the mother of all beat-downs if the cameras weren't around. It's a pity he escaped unscathed.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:41 (nineteen years ago) link

I hope his girlfriend gets some serious self-esteem counseling. Colin's all "I want her to support me whether I'm right or wrong. This isn't the kind of relationship I want."
She's this close to showing her backbone, and then she caves. I felt so bad for her. Girl needs to step out on her own.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link

I am pretty curious about how the camera and behind the scenes folk keep up. They must have a hellicopter or something for the taxi chase scenes?? And maybe each team has one camera person assigned to them?

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:49 (nineteen years ago) link

When they were running to the Aeroclub to do the skydiving, I think the trailing team's camera dude caught the leading team's sound guy giving up the chase. I'm not sure, but there was a white dude running behind them and then he wasn't.

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:52 (nineteen years ago) link

When they were in South America, at some point, they were getting into taxis, and I think I saw this white guy in a business suit with a briefcase standing right near Chip & Kim. Or I was hallucinating.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link

You think they're CIA?

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:02 (nineteen years ago) link

That's what my neighbor's dog told me.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link

They should do a behind the scenes at the end, showing the crew making fun of the contestants.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:20 (nineteen years ago) link

You know the crew has a hate-on for Colin, why else would they have shown that utterly loathsome shot of him in the elevator demanding a kiss from his g/f?

― Huck, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link

I think it would be funny if the twins somehow bumble their way to victory - kind of like how the autistic guy emerged at the end of "The Cube."

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link

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