TAR: I wish that the producers would set a rule stating that racers can't use a local as guide without paying them, as they do the taxis who lead them to locations. That would most likely cut down on the amount of shanghai-ing involved.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Dec 04, 2006 7:29:32 am PST #4326 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
beth b - Dec 04, 2006 7:37:43 am PST #4327 of 10007
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
y'all made me eat an orange.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2006 7:46:44 am PST #4328 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(TAR) What's the objection to using locals as guides? Everyone has equal opportunity to ask people for help, and the locals certainly aren't being forced into anything. (And since many people do say no, or bail once they've gotten the first free ride, I don't really follow the logic that the racers are unfairly "inconveniencing" anyone. The people who don't have time to spend all day following tourists around aren't the ones agreeing to help.)
sarameg - Dec 04, 2006 7:48:52 am PST #4329 of 10007
My answer is floppier than Gumby in a microwave.
AWESOME.
Liese S. - Dec 04, 2006 7:54:07 am PST #4330 of 10007
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
TAR: I don't know. I just think it depends on cultural standards, I suppose, how obligated the person in question feels about helping out a desperate-seeming (albeit with full crew & camera) stranger. Do the producers take them back to where they were or want to be? I know it's their choice to go along for the ride, but it just seems so brusque and somehow indifferent to that person & their day. I'm sure they just think it's fun and odd and whatever, but it just seems off to me, somehow.
Megan E. - Dec 04, 2006 7:56:54 am PST #4331 of 10007
AWESOME.
Strangely enough, it was not a spam message about Viagra.
Sean K - Dec 04, 2006 7:58:22 am PST #4332 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
(albeit with full crew & camera)
S and I have talked about this re TAR before -- That it's not just racers asking a local for assistance, but racers and their HOLLYWOOD CAMERA CREW!
We feel this is particularly advantageous when racers are trying to talk airport personel into getting them on to planes that are supposedly full or have their doors closed for departure already.
sumi - Dec 04, 2006 7:59:54 am PST #4333 of 10007
Art Crawl!!!
George Clooney's pet pig has died.
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2006 8:02:30 am PST #4334 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
As for finding a successor, "No," Clooney insists. "I think Max covered all my pig needs."
Heh.
Allyson - Dec 04, 2006 8:03:12 am PST #4335 of 10007
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm sending an APB out for Strega. If you see her in some thread, being contrary, please send her my way.
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