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Yeah... It seems like the pilot has gotten thrown by their general Fail last leg and they're taking it out on each other.
More drivers who don't know stick!?
It appears the non-BB team who did the salami task had significantly less problem with it. Even if I think food tasks are to be avoided at all costs.
I was with some friends on Sunday and made the comment about why teams go on Amazing Race without learning how to drive stick. I forgot that my friend's nephew is involved with the production and actual travel skill is not high on the casting list. Which, yeah they want the drama, but come on!
But you have some time between being cast and actually doing the show, right? Learning how to drive stick is one thing you could reasonably learn in a shortish amount of time that is a skill you most likely use on the show! (As opposed to, say, trying to learn a foreign language when you don't know where you'll be headed.)
Getting cast on TAR may be the only thing that could motivate me to learn shift...don't tell my husband. (He wants me to learn so I could move his car if necessary.)
But you have some time between being cast and actually doing the show, right? Learning how to drive stick is one thing you could reasonably learn in a shortish amount of time that is a skill you most likely use on the show!
Yeah, like people who live in New York and go on Project Runway and don't bother to check out Mood.
Yeah, like people who live in New York and go on Project Runway and don't bother to check out Mood.
Or people who go on Top Chef without a single dessert recipe memorized.
Or people who go on the Colbert Report without being aware that it's a satire show.
Yeah, like people who live in New York and go on Project Runway and don't bother to check out Mood.
You'd think they'd shop there already, you know?
Survivor: fire.
Historically, some of the winning contestants on Amazing Race have gone so far in their race prep to take extensive notes about past challenges, when non-eliminations tend to be scheduled, not to mention memorizing facts about the lists of countries that they are likely to visit.
Minimally, I'd take an intensive ropes and climbing course beforehand even if I had to hire a private tutor. (I already know stick!) Also get a prescription for Ambien, so when there was an overnight train trip or whatever, I'd be better rested than my competitors.
And remember to bring a solar-powered calculator!
Not a TAR watcher, but I learned how to drive on a stick AND taught a couple of people how. It isn't difficult to learn. It takes an afternoon and a road with no traffic, which is how my father taught me. Or one night and an empty parking lot, which is how I taught Hubs.