have you ever wonder maybe the contestents on this show are hired?

there is no way people cant read a map. like none of them could....

Most people can't read a map. Go out into a public area and throw a dart, you're bound to hit one.

We'd all like to think we would perform to the best of our abilities when watching from afar. I think the reality is a much different story when you're actually under that pressure.

I have a pretty crappy sense of direction and don't do well with maps myself. :p

Chew takes a dart from Groucho

Well, if those two idiots took the time to read their clue instead of wasting time looking for the next one at the wrong water tower and then wasting time to change their clothes to hopefully make some impression on Phil, then maybe they would have beat the old couple out in the end.

Exactly. I was going to make the same comment. I didn't actually hear Lynn's comment, but I was thinking this morning that if anyone else had said what Uchenna did that it would be fodder for these boards.

What a drive they had last night! U&J, R&A, and the bros were enjoying the sights regardless of the race. On the other hand, Ron and Kelly did the same drive and had a miserable experience. She is pretty unlikeable in my opinion, at least in the context of this show. I liked Brian & Greg, but they screwed up so bad last night that they couldn't even take advantage of horrible blunders by not just one team, but two teams. In addition, the car troubles of Lynn & Alex gave the bros yet another team that had misfortune that they could've taken advantage of.

My, my, my. We have some really annoying and generally unlikeable teams remaining now that the brothers are gone. I too would like to know how much time between the Old couple and the brothers. Changing clothes was hilarious (how funny would it have been if this was a NE point? :D ) but also pretty stupid considering it wasted valuable time. The hapless bros. made a few other costly errors though. Climbing up the wrong water tower. WTF? The clue said UNDER, not to mention the part about driving through Maun. -ohbfrank- Read people, READ!

I was rolling when Meredith was looking down reading and drove right past the last clue. Gretchen continues to be annoying. Oh, that voice! Make it stop!

I think people here are too hard on Ron. Putting up with Kelly has got to be hard work! Talk about high maintenance. Sheeeeesh.

But right now and for the past several legs, Lynn and Alex are by far the most hated team for me. Damn they are some idiots. They should have had to change that flat tire. It's his own fault he ran over a log.

Uchenna and Joyce are nice people, but I still am pulling for Rob and Amber. They are the best racers, hands down.

But then again, most people who can't read map don't sign up to be contestants for the Amazing Race.

Maybe they have trouble with the maps because they're in different languages.
Kelly = hot

[QUOTE=Schloob1]Now hear is where I got confused, in the past it has usually been that if you did something wrong or forgot something on a task you were assessed a time penalty typically based on what kind of time advantage the show thought it gave you.

LB: They weren't given a time penalty because what they forgot to do (Uche/Joyce not grabbing the post and Meredirth/Gretchen not grabbing their clue) didn't give them an advantage at all. (Well maybe Meredirth/Gretchen saved a minute or so there since they would have had to stop and read the clue. Actually their mistake should have been a real disadvantage but somehow they found the pit stop. Meredirth said route markers when Phil asked him, which I would believe since there probably are some as there are tons of different roads teams could take in the "wild"-getting them really lost out there.) So having them go back finish the task or getting the clue was enough of a "penalty" in my opinion. Teams got penalties in the past because they took a cab to the pit stop instead of walking or deciding not to finish a task or losing a clue/taking another one which are all advantages.

I dont get why Lynn and Alex didn't have to change that tire themselves. Why put a spare tire on the back of each truck unless you're expected to use it?

The brothers got screwed on this leg. The teams didn't have to go anywhere or do anything. Basically just drive down the street and move some logs. They had no chance to catch up. So many teams screwed up big time, and that didn't even give them enough time. I say it was a conspiracy to kick them out after they nearly killed the camera guy.

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You'd think they would start learning how the minute they find out that they are going to be a contestant...I mean, it ain't rocket science.

They got screwed in the sense that there was no bunch up part, which I think is great.

However, there was a great opportunity to catch up and that was at the detour - if you were able to do the balance-walk. U&J were and they made up time.

Like I said, I didn't think they deserved to advance to this leg to begin with since they were responsible for wrecking the car in the previous leg. They should not have received a replacement vehicle last leg.

Didn't the brothers only start the leg 10 minutes behind Meredith and whatshisname? And since a team even finished behind M&G, the brothers had plenty of chance to catch up. That goat milking seemed to take quite a while and everyone was gone by the time B&G got there. They just screwed up big time.

A repeat of "House" on FOX brought in a 9.6/15 in the 9 p.m. hour. CBS' "Amazing Race" was second with a 7.6/12. ABC's "According to Jim" and "Rodney" held down third, with NBC's "Scrubs" and "The Office" averaging only a 4.0/6. Both The WB's "Starlet" finale and a new episode of "Veronica Mars" on UPN had a 1.9/3.

Does anybody have screencaps of the brothers arrival on the mat in their stylin' get-ups?

Kelly # hot
Kelly's rack = hot

[QUOTE=LaxBandit]I agree with you in that having them go back was enough of a "penalty". But by your logic in your first sentence, then why bother having them go back at all then? That is my whole point and the point of what the rules state that there should have been a penalty. In the past when something was not done or done that should not have they would for example give them a 30 minute penalty even when what they did may have given them only about 5 minutes of an advantage.

As far as the brothers wasting time changing clothes, first I feel that they may have wasted 2 minutes tops. This being when whoever was driving had to change, and who knows maybe he had the trunks on underneath his shorts already. Also, becasue of editing, did the brothers perhaps see the old couple come back and grab their clue and head back to the pit stop while they were still doing their task? As you could see, the brothers basically "knew" they were last so that is how I figure they decided to do what they did and did not waste any time by doing what they did.

The brothers screwed themselves by not reading the clue carefully and going to every water tower they saw....that is the ONLY reason they came in last. Ok, maybe not the only reason...

The brothers were on the CBS morning show this morning and had this to say: they knew they were hours behind every team, because they "never saw a single team the entire leg of the race". They spent 35-40 minutes "chasing goats" (:whofart: ), which wasn't shown. The 2-3 minutes they spent changing clothes didn't matter in the end.

The editing made it look like they were in it though. I have a hard time believing they were "hours" behind. This is why it would be nice to have a running clock show onscreen as each team checks in.

That's what I figured. Milking those goats had to take quite a long time and considering they had no overlap with another team at that stage told me they were way way behind despite the edit job.

I would like to know if it was just them or if the other teams that milked the goats had that much trouble corraling the goats.

I've gotta take exception with this. Uchenna's statement was about how his father was from Nigeria, and that balancing stuff on their heads was part of the culture in his village. So Uchenna was referring to a close link, while Lynn was saying that since they are both black, they have an unfair advantage in "african" stuff.

now someone should post a kelly screen cap