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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #470 on: April 27, 2009, 06:24:01 pm »
Well, this is very true, and agreed if I was on it I would also try to make sure I had everything covered but if you have a paralising fear you can understand why you freeze when it actually came to it.. even if you ahd mentally prepared yourself for it and she did do the swimming in the end.

Did you notice Tammy said she had had swimming lessons before she came on the race? You go girl!

Which brings me to another point which you mentioned- why do they never learn how to drive a geared car? WHY!? It's honesty not hard once you get than hang of it. For gawds sake go get some lessons cos you KNOW you're going to encounter a stick shift on the race. Geez!



I guess I don't understand not knowing how to swim.  I mean, we were fish once, lol!  

I have a funny swimming story:  My older sister taught me how to swim when I was 4 or 5.  She gave me lessons in secret so we could surprise my parents.  Not a good idea, as you can well imagine.  One day we were all at the cottage, which was on a river with a strong current, my sister and I were on the dock and my parents and other relatives were on the deck relaxing.  We thought with the audience there it was the perfect time for the reveal, so my sister called out to my parents then picked me up and flung me into the river without a lifejacket.  I remember dog-paddling, ever so proudly, all the way to the neighbour's dock.  (The current was too strong to swim against it so we always swam downstream to the next dock and then ran back on land to do it again.)  I was busy swimming so I missed my father's near heart attack as he bolted down to the dock and dove in after me, thinking I was about to drown.  My mother was still white as a ghost when I got back to the cottage.  My sister got into big trouble for that one, lol!

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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #471 on: April 28, 2009, 05:09:51 am »
*sigh*


not even in here can we lay the America bashing aside.

Are you telling me it WASN'T ugly amercanism?  ::)

If it had been UK contestants I would have said 'ugly UK-ism' or something along that line.

And oilgun - I *Love* that story!!! so cute! But i can imagnie scary as hell for your M&D!

Anyway, back to TAR....

They're in China again next week, seems a bit unfair - as when they planned the legs they must have known that potentially this would mean if T&V remained in that they would be at a great advantage... i would be a little pi55ed if I was in the final 4 and had been in China for 4 legs with people that spoke fluent mandarin!

But then they're in their 'home' city - soooooo many teams have been eliminated in cities theat they are familiar with becasue they think they have the home advanatage... so lets hope T&V dont get complacent.



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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #472 on: April 28, 2009, 08:09:11 am »
oh yeah, I am sure you would have.

Uhm.....yeah... I would.

You obviously dont read my post holiday posts here on BM much. It's my pet hate when you hear some chav from the UK while on the beach in e.g greece going...

 "The food here is horrible.. it's all greek crap...."

 :o :o

Ehhhm HELLLOOOOOOO!!!!! You're in Greece! Go to Blackpool if you don't like the food in Greece. Jesus-H!

That's one that irrates me about some people on TAR - they have this AMAZING opportunity that many people would kill for, and then they moan!

Fair enough if you have a little panic attack, that can be excused to a degree, but hello, have you watched the show?



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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #473 on: April 28, 2009, 09:07:04 am »
I am for anyone to win except for Luke and Margie. I am pulling for Jen and Keisha, but again anyone other than Luke and Margie will do. I just cannot stand them. They are such poor sports plus they are very mean and hateful. It seems that Luke can push anybody around and then cry about it. He is major spoiled and Mother Margie just makes it worse. He always has to get his way. It seems ok to them when they laugh at people as well. They showed that way back when they started with their dirty business. Get eliminated please.

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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #474 on: April 28, 2009, 09:14:29 am »
I am for anyone to win except for Luke and Margie. I am pulling for Jen and Keisha, but again anyone other than Luke and Margie will do. I just cannot stand them. They are such poor sports plus they are very mean and hateful. It seems that Luke can push anybody around and then cry about it. He is major spoiled and Mother Margie just makes it worse. He always has to get his way. It seems ok to them when they laugh at people as well. They showed that way back when they started with their dirty business. Get eliminated please.

I'll bet there is a U Turn in the next epsiode. It'll be interesting to see what they're reaction will be if anyone U Turns them.
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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #475 on: April 28, 2009, 09:38:07 am »
Uhm.....yeah... I would.

You obviously dont read my post holiday posts here on BM much. It's my pet hate when you hear some chav from the UK while on the beach in e.g greece going...

 "The food here is horrible.. it's all greek crap...."

 :o :o

Ehhhm HELLLOOOOOOO!!!!! You're in Greece! Go to Blackpool if you don't like the food in Greece. Jesus-H!

That's one that irrates me about some people on TAR - they have this AMAZING opportunity that many people would kill for, and then they moan!

Fair enough if you have a little panic attack, that can be excused to a degree, but hello, have you watched the show?





I'm the same with what we call the "Tabernackers" , the rude & loud tourists from Québec who invade the beaches of Cuba and Costa Rica and get pissed off because they can't get good fries and nobody speaks French.  ::)

And Injest, relax about the anti-americanisms, it's not like the US doesn't deserve a few. (In fact, after the last disastrous eight years we owe you some, big time! ;)) Besides, I can't even avoid homophobia on this site. 

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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #476 on: April 28, 2009, 08:26:36 pm »
well Oilgun I have friends in Canada so you wont' see me trashing the entire country because I dont' like one person or a particular policy. Maybe if the left would look at people as people and not as "groups" they would have a bit more compassion and tact.

And what does left & right-wing politics have to do with obnoxious tourists and The Amazing Race?

Edit:  It just occurred to me:  Are you saying we should be more Politically Correct!  I love it! ;D

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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #477 on: April 29, 2009, 03:55:13 am »
And what does left & right-wing politics have to do with obnoxious tourists and The Amazing Race?

Edit:  It just occurred to me:  Are you saying we should be more Politically Correct!  I love it! ;D

I'm betting Lakisha and Jen aren't the biggest political activists!

On a more TAR realted note - did you guys know that the 15th season of TAR had been given the green light a few weeks ago? YAY!! *PHIL & TAR love*


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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #478 on: May 04, 2009, 06:30:18 am »
What the hell was Jen going to the toilet for? I mean HELLO!!!
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Re: The Amazing Race (Was Season 12 & 13, now Season 14 chat)
« Reply #479 on: May 04, 2009, 09:01:35 am »
What the hell was Jen going to the toilet for? I mean HELLO!!!


I know!  I couldn't believe it!  I realise that sometimes you REALLY have to go ( I'm at that age now, lol!) but while running to the pitstop?  You'd think that adrenaline would take over, I mean the chance at a million buckls was at stake and she knew it.  I can't say that I felt very bad when they arrived last, after that mistake.