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When will the teams get it through their heads that alliances are for other reality shows like Survivor and Big Brother, but that here it's every team for themselves? Alliances make no sense.

Alliances absolutely make sense at the beginning of the game; if you can band together with three or for other teams and sabotage at least four other teams out of the compatition, you're putting yourself into a better position later on in the game.

Also, wrestler girl needs to learn how to count. She also needs to take a page from the Chip and Kim book of strategy: Don't finish last.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I was hoping the boatman was going to push Yellowshirt into the water. It looked like he wanted to.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, and Hellboy's girlfriend filling the SUV with gasoline when it was CLEARLY marked as taking diesel cracked me up.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Also, Icelandic men are hot.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Blonde sufferer: Sit down, Jonathon. The boat driver needs to see.
Yellowshirted asshat: YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT THE WRONG THINGS!!!!!!
Boatman: Please remove yourself.
[YS sits.]

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link

I was wondering if any of the maps they were using had milage on them. By the way they were navigating, it seems as if the maps may have been drawn by Billy from Family Circus.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:28 (nineteen years ago) link

(Sorry, the boatman actually said "Move aside." I also loved the shot where they were celebrating finding the clue and the boatman was visibly thinking, "If I tip the boat over now, we will freeze to death in 45 seconds... Ah sweet release, how I crave thee, but I cannot make this cameraman suffer for the sins of others.")

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link

"We're models, so we're familiar with the nuances of airports."
So we went to the Air Canada desk to get Iceland via Mnpls.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link

hahaha! so true! and why was the father/daughter team driving so SLOWLY? geez, speed it up. you aren't starring in the made for tv version of the tortoise and the hare.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link

This was awesome, especially when they started out in Chicago. OH MY GOD! WHERE IS THE BLUE LINE?!?!?!?! I just knew at least one team would go to a station without the blue line. It's just funny to see them all freaking out over the el. And then when they get on the train, they show it speeding down the tunnel, but we all know it's going pretty slow and they'll be on there for quite a while before they get to O'Hare. Good times.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link

I really like the father/daughter team, but the dad has got to go!

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link

No wonder the state of U.S. intelligence is what it is, if he's in the CIA.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Perhaps he roots out terrorists on the side. Iceland being such a hotbed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link

This show made Iceland look so lovely. It made me want to go there more than ever.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link

An impulse most understandable. I wonder if there's some sort of way I could swing by en route to Europe next summer, like db did. That'd be great fun!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:14 (nineteen years ago) link

"With my yellow and your blue, we're like superheroes!"

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I understand that they are in a race, but it really irks me that some of the contestants are so rude to the "locals" when asking for directions.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I liked how when they introduced the cast, he said he was a dictator and his gf is like, "Yeah, I do whatever he says."

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link

The other funny thing about the Chicago/el stuff is that they edit it so that it seems really crucial which train to the airport the teams get on, but at that time of the day, the blue line to O'Hare is going to be coming at least every 5 minutes.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link

The main thing I'm worried about right now is that NONE of the teams seem that likeable. The Brooklyn bros were ok, but now they're gone. Some of the indistinguishable pretty young couples seemed nice enough, but I can't tell them apart. So there's not really anyone to root for (a la Chip & Kim), at least not yet.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:14 (nineteen years ago) link

the grandparents! i loved it when they were jogging to the waterfall and decided they should slow down and not sprain an ankle.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link

But, c'mon, you know they're going to lose next week, right?

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link

I liked the sisters, they were a little spacey but they really seemed to enjoy and appreciate Iceland and the things they got to do.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link

RIP New York nerds. Next time, maybe think about how big a 7 square mile lake might be.

So, I wonder: one of the women, upon hearing that their first stop was Iceland, remarked something to the effect of "Great! That's where my favorite band is from!"

My question is...is it Sigur Ros? The Sugarcubes? Bjork? I can't think of any other obvious choices.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 18:07 (nineteen years ago) link

I caught that too. I prefer the ambivalence!

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link

er, ambiguity even.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know, I'm pretty ambivalent.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I immediately did the same thing! It was the model sisters, wasn't it? That was the basis for my asusmption that she meant Bjork/The Sugarcubes.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link

Do Mormons like Bjork though?

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 20:30 (nineteen years ago) link

My favorite quote of the episode was one of the indistinguishable model girls whining "The waterfalls aren't on this map!"

― Pup. E. Dawg (rocknrolldetox), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link

One of the girls looks like the long list triplet of Christie/Nicole.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 22 November 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

REVIVE! I think we missed an episode during the horrordays. Who got eliminated?

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Last one I saw was a couple of weeks ago (due to band practices on Tuesdays OH NO!) and it was weird because they didn't eliminate anyone or even get to the checkpoint, instead it was TO BE CONTINUED... It was looking grim for the wrestlers at that point though.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I think that was the last one that aired...

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link

There was a recap episode last week, so no one got eliminated then. I don't know how much more I can take of Jonathan, to be honest. If he and his wife aren't eliminated in the next couple of episodes I might have to skip the rest of the season.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link

i hope by eliminated you mean eaten by wolves.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Or eviscerated by a cab driver.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link

They really are like the dregs of humanity, aren't they?

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I hope by "eaten by wolves" you mean "set on fire and thrown into the endless abyss after being beaten senseless by children across the globe".

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link

(er xpost)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link

On that last episode I saw, Jonathan got all mad at Gus & Hera for somehow "stealing" his plane tickets (I'm not really sure how that's possible, but if it was possible, THAT'S PART OF BEING IN A RACE YOU DOUCHEBAG, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING HERE?) and proceeded to harp on about it whenever he saw them for the rest of the episode. WHAT A COCK.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Gus is so awesome!

JONATHON: How did you get those tickets??? Those were our tickets!
GUS: Little bastard.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Gus was in the CIA, he should have found a way to make Jonathan disappear.

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, I like Gus, but his daughter vacillates between being mildly annoying and total invisibility.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link

So Bluehair never got in trouble for shoving Doormat? We thought that might have been addressed. I would think there would be some rule against physically abusing your teammate.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link

You would think so, but apparently not!

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Did you guys read the Television Without Pity summary of that episode? It's seriously one of the greatest things ever written about a television show.

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=76&story=7258&limit=&sort=

I would never have thought that I could find anything amusing connected to that whole meltdown but this really hit all of my evil buttons.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Sorry, Jonathan-hataz, but he and Victoria are too strong to be eliminated so soon. He's always on the verge of a meltdown but they're always in the top three. They'll be around for a while yet.

He's quite a fascinating character -- watching the recap show, I was reminded of that scene in Senegal where he was all chilled out, playing with the kids and handing out candy. How can this have been the same guy who acted so horribly at the Brandenburg Gate and countless other times? Strange.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link

"I want to have children so I can dominate them and make them submit to my tiny tiny penis."

― Jonathan Amazing Race 6 (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link

"that's not the candy I had in mind"

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 January 2005 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link

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