The Amazing Race - 4/26/2009 - (Live Commentary/Discussion)
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Okay, you can add me to the "get rid of Luke and Margie" camp now. Kisha and Jen were ready to just let it go and move on, but Luke and Margie refuse to get over it. I also had to roll my eyes when Margie was bitching about how Kisha and Jen didn't "honor the order we came in" when they went to get plane tickets. It's a race, for frak's sake! 
Okay, you can add me to the "get rid of Luke and Margie" camp now. Kisha and Jen were ready to just let it go and move on, but Luke and Margie refuse to get over it. I also had to roll my eyes when Margie was bitching about how Kisha and Jen didn't "honor the order we came in" when they went to get plane tickets. It's a race, for frak's sake!
True. But then most of the teams turn bitchy at each other at this point in the race every time.
Plus, Margie and Luke have won a lot of legs this season, so that's probably adding to their abrasiveness.
I cannot stand either of the female couples. Lakisha and Jennifer were both just completely stupid, and who knows what happened between legs when they were at the pit stop? They have 12 hours to bicker back and forth. We also only see about 35 minutes a week, out of an entire leg. There could be lots of fighting. Still, all the whining they did about the foot massage and then the swimming? It's fucking WATER, you moronic bitches! If you're so afraid of water, how the hell do you bathe?
As for the other pair, oh they need to fuck off. They were actually complaining about someone in China not speaking English. Um, hello? Once again, they demonstrate the stereotype of the "ugly Americans" ... I really hope they see themselves on tv and get so embarrassed they're forced to kill themselves.
Tammy and Victor - No opinion, really. *shrug* Sure Victor's cute, but other than that? I got nothing.
Margie and Luke - they're still my favorites. I really hope Luke wins. er, Luke and Margie.
As for the other pair, oh they need to fuck off. They were actually complaining about someone in China not speaking English. Um, hello? Once again, they demonstrate the stereotype of the "ugly Americans" ... I really hope they see themselves on tv and get so embarrassed they're forced to kill themselves.
Tammy and Victor - No opinion, really. *shrug* Sure Victor's cute, but other than that? I got nothing.
Margie and Luke - they're still my favorites. I really hope Luke wins. er, Luke and Margie.
The Look on Jamie, Cara, and Phil's face at the end of tonight's episode was priceless. 
Now I hope Tammy and Victor win the whole thing. I can't stand the other three teams left and definitely don't want the Cheerleaders to win. As for the whole thing between Luke, Margie and the other girls, I'm really trying not to care. Get the heck over it.
Now I hope Tammy and Victor win the whole thing. I can't stand the other three teams left and definitely don't want the Cheerleaders to win. As for the whole thing between Luke, Margie and the other girls, I'm really trying not to care. Get the heck over it.
The Look on Jamie, Cara, and Phil's face at the end of tonight's episode was priceless.
I loved that.
I figured something was up when they kept showing Jamie and Cara complaining about never finishing first.
I gotta give credit to Kisha for supporting and encouraging Jen at the pool, but I have to wonder why they tried the synchronized diving in the first place. What made them think they could dive in unison when one of them was that afraid of the water? Seeing how much Victor and Tammy (who at least had forsight to take swimming lessons) struggled should have clued them in that sticking with the swimming (with life jackets) was the better option.
I was glad to see Luke volunteer for the foot massage (much to Margie's surprise). Those foot massagers seemed to really enjoy the pain they were inflicting! I'd like to see Luke and Margie win, but I won't be too disappointed if Tammy and Victor win the race. I'm glad they renewed the show for another year - I just hope they ramp up the challenges for next season - and that Phil learns to do something more than perpetually scowl.
Then, by definition, they obviously weren't as simple as a viewer might think.
Pulling for Victor and his damned cute and charming sister! (My, she has nice legs!)
--Ted
I don't buy that.
The fact that team members couldn't swim made it a challenging task for them, but that doesn't really make it a complicated challenge.
I was just thinking along the lines of...
1. Everyone on the same flight.
2. Cab.
3. Everyone gets a timed foot massage.
4. Cab.
5. Swim (the slower teams took 5 minutes more than the faster teams).
6. Cab.
There's actually very little time there that varies between the teams (with the exceptions of time wasted starting one task and switching to another and the time spent mentally preparing yourself to take the plunge).
I don't mean to belittle how frightening jumping off that board would be for someone who isn't comfortable with their swimming skills (the old lifeguard in me nearly jumped off of the couch after a couple of those dives), I guess that I'd just consider swimming a basic skill.
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Yeah, I was a little surprised that everyone aside from Margie and Luke proclaimed to be terrible swimmers. I mean, I'm no Olympic athlete or anything, but I'm a pretty decent swimmer. I know how to keep myself from drowning. I figured most people would consider swimming to be a basic skill one should learn, even if you live in, say, Kansas for example. 
It always surprises me when people don't know what to do in the water. I have a fear of water and I have never learned to swim, yet I at least know how to doggie paddle and get myself from one side of the pool to the other. Or at least do the breast stroke, which is pretty easy for anyone to do. I would not have been able to dive off that board - way too freaky and high, gives me bad memories of when someone tried to make me dive off one when I was six - but swimming across a pool? Seriously not that hard. Did they never play in a pool when they were kids??