Posted on 02/24/2005 8:35:27 AM PST by Veto!
ROFL! yup...it was rove.
Also, I find it hard to believe that from any point of destination into the U.S. that this would be allowed.
Oops, I meant from any point of "departure".
I think Rob and Amber will be just fine in either case, and Uchenna and Joyce were a class act from start to finish. I am sure that I wouldn't be as nice as they were throughout the race. Maybe there really is "Karma".
I am female, and I agree that Kelly is ridiculous. The POW comment just enraged me. Many women can't seem to understand that when a man says "I am not ready to get married" it means "I don't want to marry YOU."
Great to see you stalwarts picking through the entrails this morning. I've been tossing and turning all night about that airplane door. Seemed a huge stretch to me. The race definitely needed two teams to land in Miami on the same plane, or there would not have been a race to the finish. Viewers might have switched channels, horror of horrors, so I do see Juchenna getting some sort of boost. But I smelled a boost for Romber at the Lima airport on the first leg of the race, so perhaps there were equal opportunity boosts for all.
The customs issue: SeeBS probably notified them in advance to cut their pre-cleared racers mucho slack. The occasional scratchy agent might have balked, but in general the teams cleared all customs easily throughout the race.
As for Romber throwing the race, no way. Not intentionally anyway. They blundered bigtime at the bridge and also in Calle Ocho. The bridge did look like an extremely peculiar mistake for them, especially since they (probably) had a decent sleep at the hotel while others napped in cars. Did someone slip stupid pills into their morning coffee?
(I loved watching delicate little Amber leap into the water ans swim like a fish. Had she been there when the men were, she might have outraced both of them.)
Romber was truly lost and stupid in Little Havana as well. Rob at his best would have found a place with lots of people and asked until he had a decent answer. I've been to Calle Ocho, and there are plenty of little coffee shops and restaurants with people sitting around at all hours. But whatever was up with them, they absolutely were not trying to lose. Did you notice that vein about to pop in his head as they taxied to Fort Lauderdale? That was real stress.
Juchenna and Romber ran great races for sure. I would have preferred a Romber win. But hey.
As for Relly, they did bicker their way into third place. Had they been working as a team, Ron simply would not have missed that exit to the airport. Period.
And as for host/producer Phil, a big Booo Hisssss for being extremely cold and nasty to Romber at the finish line. They ran a great race and brought millions of new viewers to the show and certainly earned a pat on the back. (Earned. Not deserved.) But they were damned by faint praise by the fellow who made millions on their participation in his show.
Amateur psych analysis of Kelly:
She's used to men falling all over themselves to woo and win her. She requires that kind of attention to feel real. Ron did not give it to her. She has no coping mechanisms for perceived rejection. Except perhaps to apply more lipstick.
Digging a little deeper, she's riddled to the core with fear of rejection, probably a trait common among beauty pageant girls who think they ARE their looks. I was friends with a Miss America for awhile. She was incredibly self-centered though she tried really hard to be "nice" and often did a good imitation. Not a bad person at all, just not best-friend material. Such women make excellent trophy wives for executives, are not good helpmates.
Ron anbd Kelly were mismatched from the start. I wish she'd handled his rejection with more grace, but as I said, she just didn't know how. He was pretty stupid about getting along with her too, you know. If he'd told her she was beautiful 25 times a day, they might have won.
Oh My! I thought that only happened when I was in the doghouse (forget birthday/anniversary/Christmas ... LOL)
A case in point is the bridge event, why did Romber mess up there, why or what caused them to miss the way to the bridge? The editors didn't show us, the next thing we see is Romber running down the hill and realizing something was wrong.
I would have liked to have been shown where they missed the marker that should have directed them to the bridge. Or am I wrong here, in this case was there not any marking, just written instructions as to how to get to the bridge that Romber miss-read?
Either that or making too much whoopie in the hotel room having that same said effect.
All I saw was a sign marked "Jump" with an arrow or "To Jump".
How about also when Romber is nearing the finish line in the cab and Rob says something like "There's Uchenna!" and then they come in what seems like 5 minutes behind 1st place? Lots of creative editing there, I think. I was expecting a close foot race, although I thing Uchenna and Joyce were the stronger runners (Amber almost always seemed out of gas)
Did anybody else hear Rob say, "There's Uchenna" or something like that or did I dream it?
I missed the sign. Ironic that team Romber the only team that got a good night's sleep was the team making the most mental mistakes last night. Or perhaps as I speculated to Veto, perhaps Rob and Amber weren't doing much sleeping in that hotel room.
Also, you know that the arrival of team Relly had to have been staged. They no doubt got there quite some time after the first teams.
"We're gonna have another million, Bay-Bee!" [start porn guitar music (not that I know what that is...no, of course not. LOL!!!)]
Just checked with my wife an avid TAR fan. She said that yes Rob did say, "There's Uchenna and Joyce".
I never saw a guy look so happy to get dumped, and on national TV too.
Princess Kelly was the definition of "anchor".
Well, I guess I am the only person in the entire world who has some sympathy for Kelly. She is a young women who wanted to get married and was dating someone who didn't feel the same way. I don't think she handled it in the best way, but she is (was) only 25! I honestly don't know too many people who have handled similar situations better. Unfortunately for Kelly, she was being filmed at the time.
The show highlighted every silly comment that Kelly made, and probably ignored footage that showed Kelly in a better light. I remember how they made a big deal about Uchenna and Joyce at the orphanage, but it was Kelly who showed the most warmth to the kids. She ran right over to the kids and started hugging them and said how much she wanted to stay with them. They highlighted how Uchhenna gave them clothes, but didn't let on that Kelly did so also. I don't blame them for playing up the relationship story, but I don't think it paints the full picture.
They did show times when Kelly was supportive and helpful to Ron, but I think the other things are more colorful so that is what people remember.
I am not sure why Kelly loved Ron, because they didn't show much love between them, but I am sure he did things to make her think he loved her. She was probably right about Ron not being good at (relationship) committments. He is divorced and has a son (who was never mentioned for some reason.) And clearly, he is not interested in a committment now.
I just watched the Early show, and they did say they are just good friends now (what a relief.) Kelly admitted she said things she wished she hadn't said but it was a stressful race and she can't take it back. I thought she looked great and presents herself well.
I'm not exactly sure why I feel the need to defend Kelly. :-) It may be because I was in her situation (while I was even a little older and smarter hopefully) and it is not easy. It might also be because she admitted on TV that she voted for George W. Bush and I liked that. :-)
Okay, I'll change my opinion of her a bit. :-)
Yes, I heard Rob say that too. You can only imagine Romber's anguish as they heard the cheers for Juchenna while they were being held back at the gate. IMO, Phil officially sux.
As for Romber's wild night, I sincerely doubt it. They were both absolutely bushed. If anything, they overslept in the morning and began the race groggy and half-awake. Another little factor was the heat and humidity. As I recall, Romber tired more easily in tropical locations and performed better in cooler climes. (Brilliantly in London!) Juchenna is from Houston, Romber from the NE, so one might argue that ending the race in the Carib and SoFlo instead of Alaska gave them an advantage. But TAR wouldn't do that intentionally, would they?
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