ARGH I can't believe I forgot about TAR AGAIN! I was looking forward to seeing the Blondes losing it. And I was home moping. I could have totally watched it and I'm sure it would have brightened my mood.
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lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:02:43 am PST #2754 of 23273
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Jessica - Dec 03, 2007 5:15:02 am PST #2755 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm really bummed I missed last week's because it sounds like the U-Turn dealie was a pretty big deal. Anyone want to fill me in on exactly what went down?
Jesse - Dec 03, 2007 5:24:20 am PST #2756 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ronald is one stubborn dude, isn't he? Christina seems to be managing him better.
I absolutely adore Nicolas and Donald (grandson and grampa).
I'm pretty impressed with both of those teams.
Actually, at this point, I like a lot of the teams (including the Goths and TK and Rachel)! Team Trainwreck, OTOH, can't crash and burn soon enough for me. I hate the couples that just yell at each other.
Jesse - Dec 03, 2007 5:26:09 am PST #2757 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Anyone want to fill me in on exactly what went down?
Oh, um, the blondes thought they were in second-to-last (they weren't), and one of them pushed to U-Turn what's their names, who the blondes thought they saw coming up behind them (it wasn't them). At the time, I don't think it seemed like such a steamroller, but I guess the other one didn't like the negative reactions of the other teams? I could be wrong about any or all of this.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2007 5:27:45 am PST #2758 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And what does the U-Turn entail? How is it different from a Yield?
lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:29:29 am PST #2759 of 23273
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And what does the U-Turn entail? How is it different from a Yield?
The team that is U-Turned has to complete both Detour tasks. And they don't find out until they have completed one and gone to get the next clue.
lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:30:12 am PST #2760 of 23273
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So it's actually much more interesting than the Yield where a team is just sitting around for half an hour.
SuziQ - Dec 03, 2007 5:30:49 am PST #2761 of 23273
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Perzactly. Though I don't recall them showing them actually DOING the second task - just turning around to go do it. But I could be misremembering.
lisah - Dec 03, 2007 5:31:50 am PST #2762 of 23273
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Though I don't recall them showing them actually DOING the second task - just turning around to go do it.
I think they were able to do it pretty fast (after the guy figured out that you have to stand in the water to get the gold effectively) and they were remarkably good natured about it.
brenda m - Dec 03, 2007 5:32:30 am PST #2763 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That's about it. They thought the last place team was on their heels, so they did exactly the right thing and U-Turned them (made them do both detour tasks before they could go on).
(As it was, the actual last place team was far enough behind that they wouldn't have caught up anyway. Without realizing it, the blondes had caught up to and passed a different team, who were the people they saw coming up behind them.)
Cue the usual variety of reactions, which for the most part, @@. But whichever one of the blondes it is seems to have bought in to the whole "unfair! dirty play!" shit. Not sorry to see the last of their bickering and second-guessing.