Posted on 02/24/2005 8:35:27 AM PST by Veto!
Line of the night by team fudge, "we're used to bringing up the rear".
You know this East coast West coast thing makes sharing a thread difficult.
I watched it tonight.
I told you Rob was ruthless!
Yes, I wrote it down for the recap when I get around to writing it. The gay boys are funny. And doing well, too. Susan and Patrick are imploding, LOL. Pa-a-a-a-anicking.
I loved the show tonight, but got spoiled last week with the two-hour show. Tonight it seemed too short and over too soon. Plus, I was miffed that we got THAT close to Machu Pichu and didn't see it. But Santiago was much more beautiful than I'd imagined.
Rob sure got all the alpha-ish males on his side and indebted to him. Don't know how much good it will do him, but each of the other guys with testosterone owes him one now: Ron, Ray, and Uchenna, who came in second, third, and fourth thanks in part to Rob's conniving. He's such fun to watch. He and Ambuh will probably break the bank at Paradise Island.
I have to sign off for a couple of days, as I have a client who's about to kill me and I have to get some work done for a change. I'll miss the fray here. Back soon.
Rick and Bubba, Rick and Bubba pass the gravy please. MOst definately the 2 sexiest fat men alive. :)
They got rid of the FF on each leg on TAR5. IMHO, the FF was a great idea because it injected a bit of strategy into each race plus there was two "races" in each leg:
1) to be the first to the pit stop by completing the entire course
2) to be first to the FF to bypass the remainder of the course and possibly win.
Now there's just the foot races from bunch-up to bunch-up - no real strategy. I'm not counting lying / screwing over other teams as a sustainable strategy because it's a plan of diminishing returns as a team PO'es the other teams.
So far, none of these are panning out...
Self Ping
No kidding! I was so excited about a mother/son team at last, and this? Our Lady of the Hyperactive. Chill, toots - otherwise you'll be a puddle when the killer fatigue starts to sink in.
But no way! Rob is great! He's playing to win and he's willing to screw everybody. It's great. He is really funny and about 40 yards smarter than all the other idiots. The paying the guy not to open the back doors trick on the bus was hysterical, and the fact that he tricked the other teams into paying for it, while he kept his money in his pocket, was icing on the cake. Seriously, he adds a whole new wicked element to the game.
The gay guys are not horrific, but the pulling up the rear comment almost made me hurl. I loved their hissy fit in the market. That was classic. They are a self-parody, so that's a bit fun.
I was rooting for the hillbillies at first - out. Then I was rooting for the hotties - out. Rob's great to watch but I think I'd like to see the two dumb brothers wise up and start hitting back tactically. I've gotten over their faggy matching bandanas from Week One, and now find them dopey laidback cool, like Phish fans. They're definitely going to be trying to score a dube at some point.
The gay guys are going to start fighting dirty. So will the winning-obsessed athlete guy, but I don't think either of those teams have the smarts to outwit Rob.
The black married couple is flying low under the radar. I don't know what they've got. I hate to say it, but the POW doesn't seem to have enough on the ball, and doesn't seem particularly driven to win this thing.
I hate the two kissy chicks. They're very annoying.
I hated the old couple when they were the exact same old couple last season! Are all old people that whiney and annoying? And do they all say things like, "What we lack in speed and strength, we'll make up with our intelligence and experience." And do they always do really stupid things right after they say that?
Far and away, my "can't wait to see them lose" team is the umbilical team. I work with a lady who is the carbon copy of that woman in every way, and I can't stand either of them. I want them off my television now!!
It must be all that coca-flavored water she's been snorting drinking since arriving in Peru.
As I recall, jreimer, your statistics showed Megan and Heidi in the first-three-to-be-eliminated category too, and they're gone. And Susan and Patrick are sinking fast.
My original assessment of Susan and Patrick as Kerry voters is panning out too. Who but dyed-in-the-wood liberals would spend all their money before everyone else and expect perfect strangers (Taxpayers) to pay their way?
Ole Rob said when faced with the shop-or-schlep challenge, "we're running out of money, we'd better schlep." And proceeded to schlep in a careful, workmanlike manner. Brains and brawn. He's looking really good at this point.
dead, your term, "Umbilical Team" is a hoot.
But I don't agree that this season's AARP Team is just like the others. They seem 'way out of balance to me, with hubby thoroughly henpecked. Last season's pair gave us a classic TAR moment when hubby, the doctor, applied surgical skills to stuffing sausage and tying it off with surgical knots. And she hacked her way up the ice wall faster than some of the young hunky guys. I liked them a lot.
So right on the money. (pun intended)
Agree, and boo hiss to the producers who must have assumed that any son willing to go around the world with his mother would have to be gay.
You sure hit the mark, sweet diane. Hope you were watching last night, as Rob gave a boost to Ron, also to Ray and Uchenna, helping them come in 1,2,3,4. Could be these four have formed a posse, at least for now, with Rob the self-appointed leader.
Can anyone tell me how Ron and Ms. SC got in 2nd place last night? I missed the first 20 min. of the game and couldn't figure out how they got from last to 2nd. I have a feeling their "romance" will end by the end of the show. She is way too controlling. Rob is definately competitive. I watched both Survivors that he was on and he manipulated very well. No one ever figured him out until it was too late.
What did he do to help them out? I missed it. :)
So far Rob&Ambuh look like winners, but he's not as fast a runner as some of the other guys. So who knows?
Last season's pair gave us a classic TAR moment when hubby, the doctor, applied surgical skills to stuffing sausage and tying it off with surgical knots. And she hacked her way up the ice wall faster than some of the young hunky guys. I liked them a lot.
They really lost me when they tried to whine their way out of the IKEA challenge. (“But we’re very old and we can’t count anymore!”) And I did get sick of hearing them talk about how smart they were, even though they were constantly making really bad decisions (and they couldn't count!).
Plus, some found it endearingly sweet, but I found his constant crying cloying and annoying.
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