Is that the methane of a Caite edit upswing?

Blame Canada lesbians!

Please. Please. Please. Let it be a Survivor-style foreshadowing.

As in "yer azz is getting Philiminated tonight."

Not gonna hold my breath on it happening tonight...

Does it feel to anyone else that someone told her not to call Carol & Brandy the lesbians anymore?

Yes!

It seems like months since I've seen an episode.

We're going to need months to scrub Caite from our brains. And lots of therapy.

We start in Singapore.

Dan and Jordan are the first to leave at 4:47 pm.

We're off Shanghai, China!

Brent and Caite are next at 6:18 pm. A hour and 31 minutes later than the brothers. Big gap.

Jet and Cord at 7:04 pm.

And finally Louie and Michael at 7:35 pm.

Bunching point at the airport as the next flight out isn't until 12:55.

Caite makes her storytelling as ugly as possible.

Dan & Jordan take custody of the brain.

Michael forgets about the existence of his Karma t-shirt.

Off to Shanghai and the village of Zhu-something or other, the Venice of China.

Okay, they are real cowboys, who else would get engaged then runoff for a trip around the world leaving their beloved behind?

Ok, ok, US marines might

Sicily?

I just identified every last Italian neighbor in a three-mile radius -- or I will as soon as I trace back the screams.

Brent/Caite: (on a boat in Shanghai being pushed by their version of a gondolier) "It feels like we're in, like, Sicily."

At least they got the country right. I was amazed!

*blinks*

So this is what triggered that last scream...

Must make noodles by hand.

Make 1 kilo of noodles.

Then worlds shortest man will give them the clue.

Ironically enough, there is a similar challenge tonight on Chefs vs. City that took place in Atlanta, inside the US's largest Asian market.......

LAST EDITED ON 04-25-10 AT 08:14 PM (EST)

Make noodles.

And when they're done, the world's shortest man will give them their next clue.

Eerie. I just looked him up -- He Pingping passed away on March 13th, after the filming of this show.

At least he knew he was larger than Brent's IQ.

LAST EDITED ON 04-25-10 AT 08:17 PM (EST)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/he-pingping-worlds-shorte_n_499625.html

He Pingping, the world's shortest man, has died at the age of 21, AFP reports. Pingping was 2 feet, 5 inches tall. His death was announced by the a spokesman for the Guinness World records.

My brain is a scary place, I thought I remembered he had passed away recently.

LAST EDITED ON 04-25-10 AT 09:30 PM (EST)

Yeah, Pene said "didn't he die recently?" so I looked it up, and ta da, she was right.

The chain smoking couldn't have helped.

Does anyone else get the feeling Caite's true goal is to be the last woman alive on Earth?

Now that is what I call a proper road block.

Developed in the country? Yes.

Not something related to what racers have done in the past? Yes.

Requires care and attention? Yes.

Love it.

I think that they made noodles before, but in a different way. There's a guy somewhere in China who kneads dough by bouncing up and down on a long wooden pole and I remember TAR doing this. Lot's of phallic jokes were made for that task.

We're swinging between climates here. Jordan may be overreacting after the Singapore heat -- or it could be just above freezing and working with your hands in cold dough.

December in Shanghai, looks like highs in the 50's and lows in the 30's

So it could be cool enough depending on the day to be awfully cold, especially coming from the tropics.

Whoop that Pasta.

What did PingPing die of? Lung Cancer?

Either lung cancer or Caite poisoning.

From being kissed by Caite after he gave her the clue.

You think someone would have warned him that smoking would stunt his growth.

Wiki says lung and heart problems when he was filming a show in Italy.

Thanks.

Choose a model. Find the right pieces of clothing that match the sketch to get the clue.

Cowboys thinking of a job in fashion.

And since Caite is no longer able to help on the full quota on over-the-air stereotyping, the cowboys will be filling in. Aren't they gentlemanly?

However, if Jordan shows up and blows through this in a basic-in-some-fact two minutes...

The cowboys have fun doing the fashion, but Caite says it is going to be hard because she is not wearing the clothes !!!

Cops almost walk by the store.

Also, is it me or does their model look scared of them?

Wouldn't you be nervous around known idiots who can legally carry guns?

You mean the ones who in the taxi say they 'want' a shooting task?

Too bad they didn't go on the South America edition.

The cops can't find the Fashion House even though the clue box was directly in front of it.

To Serve, Protect, And Help In The Creation Of Militias.

Assemble a puzzle that gives you a seat number to get the next clue.

Oooh, this is going to be a tough one.

Using a small picture, try and put the pieces of the puzzle together, then give them to the audience and if they flip it over correctly, the section, seat and row number will be revealed.

This could take a *long* time for some teams and has definite melt-down potential.

More like it will 'BLOW' their minds?

The wind isn't helping either... it's blowing the puzzle pieces for Brent and Cord all over the place - Brent's gotten the worse of the deal so far.

Instant karma for Caite's gloating? Wheee.

The brothers should have waited for those stockings to become available, hidden the last pair they'd used, and then gone for it -- but they were a little too worried about the rush.

And I can see one very large, very solid production Slap on the horizon. This could be the longest Roadblock of all time -- or the first one that's truly impossible to complete.

Either the wind dies down in a hurry and we fast-forward through a lot of tile-spreading, or we could be looking at a Superleg.

Egad that Keh dollar sign Hah song is everywhere.

Time is running short and no one has completed the second Roadblock. I am liking the two roadblock thing, though.

I like the requirement that the second team member must do it.

This is a twist I want them to keep.

I liked that as well.

That was what I liked best about it - this twist is a keeper. Now if they just eliminate or rework the U-Turn...

I'm not sure I like having an U-turn at all... I think teams should finish where they finish based on merit or ability to get through tasks, instead of being eliminated because of a personal vendetta.

LAST EDITED ON 04-25-10 AT 09:42 PM (EST)

Agreed - I would prefer it be eliminated but if we are stuck with it I hope they figure some way to make it not an automatic elimination.

eta- When did they repeal the lazy azz Kim rule anyway?