I laughed when they caught Christina saying that she really didn't want to drive in Japan. I bet the cameraperson had to restrain themselves from doing a little jig when he/she got that.
I wonder how long that drive took!
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Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
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Theodosia - Jan 07, 2008 7:54:53 am PST #3063 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
SuziQ - Jan 07, 2008 8:03:00 am PST #3064 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Like going on Survivor without knowing how to make fire, how do you go on Amazing Race and expect not to drive. With the amount of driving they do through the race it would be unrealistic to expect your partner to do all the driving.
megan walker - Jan 07, 2008 8:08:53 am PST #3065 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
My housemate says driving in Japanese cities is crazy making.
The roads are really narrow, there are tons of one way streets, and then there's the whole driving on the left thing.
Jesse - Jan 07, 2008 9:01:04 am PST #3066 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was thinking, being able to drive has got to be a requirement, huh.
megan walker - Jan 07, 2008 9:04:47 am PST #3067 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I believe they ask you on the application, but I may be misremembering.
I notice the cars didn't seem to be stick so they probably took into consideration that both partners might not be able to drive stick (as is often the case).
brenda m - Jan 07, 2008 9:27:42 am PST #3068 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
She didn't say she couldn't drive, just that she was crappy at it (though I was wondering a bit when she was first starting the car). We've seen people before who were all "I don't know how to drive stick!" but I think this is different, and less fixable, probably.
Sue - Jan 07, 2008 9:30:01 am PST #3069 of 23273
hip deep in pie
I was thinking, being able to drive has got to be a requirement, huh.
Well people could get around it. They could be like me, with a legal driver's license, but having had little actual driving experience.
megan walker - Jan 07, 2008 9:31:17 am PST #3070 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
though I was wondering a bit when she was first starting the car
Well, you never know. My sister and I rented a stick car at CDG airport, drove to the Loire Valley, parked it at our B&B, and could not get it started the next morning. We were trying for 15-20 minutes until our host finally came out and explained we needed to press some button below the dash called (I kid you not) "le starter". We felt pretty dumb.
sumi - Jan 07, 2008 9:31:48 am PST #3071 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Clearly she knows how to drive but she doesn't like it and so avoids it wherever possible. (I mean, they wouldn't allow somebody who couldn't drive at all to do that task, would they?)
Farmer's Wife - new CW reality show. It looks like what they wish Smallville actually was about.
Jesse - Jan 07, 2008 10:10:58 am PST #3072 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well people could get around it. They could be like me, with a legal driver's license, but having had little actual driving experience.
That's me, too. But I know people who don't even have licenses.