~ The Amazing Race ~ Season 16 ~

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I was glad it was non-elimination, only because of the taxi mess. I like to see teams lose on their own merits, thank you! That said, I won't be sad when either of the last two teams get eliminated, I don't care for either of them. I thought both girls were wimps on the beer and sauerkraut challenges. it always annoys me when (invariably) women hang back and let their men step up--come on, you agreed to do the race, suck it up, Buttercup! I'm way too wimpy to do it, myself, but if I were out there, I would be swilling down stuff like nobody's business.

To be fair--the detectives had the same issue. One drank most of the beer and the other ate most of the saurkraut. They weren't shy about admitting it either. They came in first though.

 

[Kirby]

I was really shocked that Jeff gave up so easily That seems really out of character for him. I also think they are gone next week, it looks like some one yields them

For some reason, I thought it was the gay couple that received the yield. I guess we'll find out.

 

[puffkin]

For some reason, I thought it was the gay couple that received the yield. I guess we'll find out.

That is the same impression I got as well, but who knows....they always are tricky with their promos.

 

[boyob13]

I feel sorry for everybody who HASN'T had a beer ever and are going to wake up with a massive hangover in the morning (especially Steve, who drank THE WHOLE THING by himself)

 

[jen0610]

With the way they showed Carol was eating the kraut, I was really suprised they finished in time. And the belch, she let out getting into the cab. Holy Cow, did she let it rip. Made them seem more down to earth, less snobish.

I know for DH and I, I would have been the main kraut eater and he would have been the main beer drinker. And that would have been fine, as I know eating that would not have been up his alley and drinking the beer would not have been my forte.

 

[jrmasm]

Saurkraut. Vile, vile stuff. Blech!!!

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I was glad it was non-elimination, only because of the taxi mess. I like to see teams lose on their own merits, thank you! That said, I won't be sad when either of the last two teams get eliminated, I don't care for either of them. I thought both girls were wimps on the beer and sauerkraut challenges. it always annoys me when (invariably) women hang back and let their men step up--come on, you agreed to do the race, suck it up, Buttercup! I'm way too wimpy to do it, myself, but if I were out there, I would be swilling down stuff like nobody's business.

Ditto the bolded parts. How does covering your ears help you eat something don't like? But then, it was the two girls who did the bungee jump together, so they stepped up there, anyway.

We also cracked up that the cowboy's hat stayed on in the bungee jump! How does that happen? Dh asked if he had one of those little chin straps on, or is it super-glued to his head?

Did I miss something at the begining? Weren't the cops the final team to leave the pitstop? How did they get on the earliest flight with the cowboys, while the rest were on later flights?

Oh, and our dinner last night was pork schnitzel, Bavarian potato dumplings, green beans and apple streusel cake for dessert.

 

[kaytieeldr]

The hat stayed on because hats are well-fitted to the head of the wearer, plus they form themselves to the wearer's head over a period of use.

Not shown, but the cops must have asked the right questions at the airport and gotten on the 'right' flight - i.e. with Jet & Cord. Remember, those first two had an eleven or so hour wait at the airport; plenty of time for everyone to show up and get tickets before any plane left.

I do think the shows need to be longer - ninety minutes, maybe? No WAY are they showing us enough detail!

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Not shown, but the cops must have asked the right questions at the airport and gotten on the 'right' flight - i.e. with Jet & Cord. Remember, those first two had an eleven or so hour wait at the airport; plenty of time for everyone to show up and get tickets before any plane left.

I do think the shows need to be longer - ninety minutes, maybe? No WAY are they showing us enough detail!

yea, but usually most of the teams ask what flight will get them there the soonest. Odd that every one of the other six teams didn't figure it out. Or maybe the flight was fully booked, then someone else cancelled between the second to last team to get to the airport and the cops?

They need to show us these things! I agree, it needs to be more than one hour.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Oh, and did anyone else catch when Joe and Heidi were talking about teaming up with the father/daughter team and Heidi kept saying "we come from a good family, they come from a good family. Good people should stick together."??? What was that about? Are the other teams not "good people"?

I thought that was a strange thing to say.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Ditto the bolded parts. How does covering your ears help you eat something don't like? But then, it was the two girls who did the bungee jump together, so they stepped up there, anyway.

We also cracked up that the cowboy's hat stayed on in the bungee jump! How does that happen? Dh asked if he had one of those little chin straps on, or is it super-glued to his head?

Did I miss something at the begining? Weren't the cops the final team to leave the pitstop? How did they get on the earliest flight with the cowboys, while the rest were on later flights?

Oh, and our dinner last night was pork schnitzel, Bavarian potato dumplings, green beans and apple streusel cake for dessert.

B/c there was such a looooonnnnnnggggg time until the flights--they didn't show any of the departures. We have no idea how close the teams were or what transpired in the ticket purchasing.

All I know is that you need incredible lead time between departues to solidify getting an earlier flight if seats are limited. If they were all within 60-90 minutes of one another....they could easily catch up depending on the navigation of their driver.

This is why I hate that editing.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

B/c there was such a looooonnnnnnggggg time until the flights--they didn't show any of the departures. We have no idea how close the teams were or what transpired in the ticket purchasing.

All I know is that you need incredible lead time between departues to solidify getting an earlier flight if seats are limited. If they were all within 60-90 minutes of one another....they could easily catch up depending on the navigation of their driver.

This is why I hate that editing.

Yes, and usually they show us when something happens to shift the order of the teams so greatly! I know there are a lot of things that could have happened, but I want to know what actually did happen! I want a two hour show!

 

[nikkistevej]

I would love a longer show too- I know it's because its so many of them right now- but 90 minutes would be great!!

 

[OhMari]

=Mrs.Toad;35740871]
We also cracked up that the cowboy's hat stayed on in the bungee jump! How does that happen? Dh asked if he had one of those little chin straps on, or is it super-glued to his head?

Did I miss something at the begining? Weren't the cops the final team to leave the pitstop? How did they get on the earliest flight with the cowboys, while the rest were on later flights?

I shouldn't be reading this at work, everyone is looking at me funny, when I am laughing.


With your second question, they really skipped over the whole airport/flight/ticket situation. Maybe they figured the viewers were tired of watching everyone scrambling to get tickets and it just worked out this way. Seemed a little odd, how the pairing worked out with the bungee jumping. Maybe they were asked to team up before the flight departure and that is how they got their airline tickets.

 

[irishbosoxfan]

I love how at the intersection the cowboys waited for the cops to read their clue then they shot their arms up in the air like "pick me,pick me!!!" practically jumping up and down.

 

[travelbug24]

I love how at the intersection the cowboys waited for the cops to read their clue then they shot their arms up in the air like "pick me,pick me!!!" practically jumping up and down.

They are so dang cute, polite, good natured and funny

 

[wdhinn89]

I just figured the cops stoped at a travel agent or internet cafe and purchased their tickets earlier like the cowboys did and the rest of the teams waited until they got to the airport.

 

[PixieDust32]

I just figured the cops stoped at a travel agent or internet cafe and purchased their tickets earlier like the cowboys did and the rest of the teams waited until they got to the airport.

The cops took a cab after the bongie (sp?) thing, and the cowboys took the train, that took a lot of time, the people that took cabs got to the next clue faster.

 

[MIGrandma]

Saurkraut. Vile, vile stuff. Blech!!!

I saurkraut. I'll eat it straight from the jar, even cold from the frig, as a snack. I wouldn't have had any trouble with that eating challenge.

Now the bungee jumping would be another story. I will never, ever bungee jump.

I would have been happy to help DH with the beer though. *hic*

Hated to see Jeff and Jordan get a crappy cab driver and end up coming in last. But was glad it was a non-elimination round. I'm fearful for them next week though, especially if they are the ones getting yielded but since they already have to do an extra task I'm wondering if it just looks like that's what happens, but it's actually someone else that gets the yield. I hope so!

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Urgh, Cowboys GO HOME!

They're so annoying to me. It's pretty pathetic when a girl can out drink you "men".

With that, I'm on Team Steve and Allie!