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"Mirna -- blech"
Posted by tamarama on 02-19-07 at 11:30 PM
Watching ep 1, I was surprised at how much this harpy annoyed me right out of the gate.

Here we are - how many years later? - and every time she opens her mouth I STILL want to smack her. The WHINING!!!

Worst I think are the pathetic attempts to speak Spanish - made even more ridiculous when you hear Danny & Oswald actually speaking the language in the next car.

And here's a clue -- speaking English with a phony accent will not make Spanish-speaking people understand you more.

Yes, Charla was doing this too, and I know others have done it, but somehow when Mirna does it....urgh.

I can't believe this woman made it through law school.

Fingers crossed for a quick elimination.

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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Seana on 02-20-07 at 00:08 AM
And here's a clue -- speaking English with a phony accent will not make Spanish-speaking people understand you more.

I think what makes it worse here is that she appears to be using a Russian accent. She actually said "vith" instead of "with".

It makes me laugh so. hard. that she was actually *on* TAR before and didn't figure out that she should improve her standard driving skills.

I also think it was quite rude of her to snort derisively when Charla said they'd have to win a foot race. Way to encourage your partner, there.

Nevertheless, there are other teams that I either hate more or am more ambivalent about, so I don't want Charla and Mirna gone right away.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Dizwiz on 02-20-07 at 08:05 AM

>I think what makes it worse
>here is that she appears
>to be using a Russian
>accent. She actually said
>"vith" instead of "with".

Perhaps she's a vampire? She vants to suck your blood!


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 02-20-07 at 08:16 AM
Being that Mirna and Charla are of Armenian descent, that could be why her "accent" came out the way it did.

But it's still phony even so.


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They're from my home state. #shame#

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by dabo on 02-20-07 at 09:11 AM
Hah, is beeg treeck, jes! But Moose and Squirrel are biggezt fanz uff Boris and Natasha, plan is vorkink!


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 02-20-07 at 11:38 AM
So, you have spoiler info that this race is visiting Potsylvania?


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You've been warned, so don't complain.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Seana on 02-20-07 at 12:14 PM
Armenian, huh? That's one of those languages that doesn't have a family. So not Slavic after all, though Armenia was once in the USSR (I think).


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by dabo on 02-20-07 at 12:23 PM
Charla and Mirna were born in Syria (one month apart) and came to this country as children with their families.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 02-20-07 at 03:03 PM
Considering Charla's last name is Faddoul, that makes more sense. Thanks, Dabo!
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by dragonflies on 02-20-07 at 08:07 AM
I'm with you tamarama. I couldn't stand Mirna when they were first on, and nothing has changed for me since.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by nailbone on 02-20-07 at 10:06 AM
Count me in this group, too. I was SO disappointed (and afraid I will be for awhile) that they weren't eliminated first. They're the only team I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see gone.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Estee on 02-20-07 at 10:24 AM
Hark to the programmed words of the self-confessed Ambdroid.

For sale: one annoying cousin. Cheap.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by jbug on 02-20-07 at 04:58 PM
I'm in this group too! Off all the AllStar teams, this is one I really did not care to see on the list.
Please be gone soon!!!!



"POST REMOVED"
Posted by Bebo on 02-27-07 at 03:16 PM
No spoiler discussion here, folks. Please remember that for those folks who want to remain spoiler-free.

"RE: POST REMOVED"
Posted by HobbsofMI on 02-28-07 at 04:10 PM
Sorry about that Bebo.....I must have forgot were I was....

Can I still hate Minra?...lol....


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by zipperhead on 02-20-07 at 11:07 AM
All I have to say is thbbbbt

Rapido thbbbbt!



Come to the "Be the Racer thread" and say that to my face!
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Max Headroom on 02-20-07 at 12:22 PM
Uh oh, better hope Bebo isn't looking -- she'll kick your butt for that post!


Just ask bystander and me, we have the bootprints to show for similar transgressions!

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by mysticwolf on 02-20-07 at 02:32 PM
I'm with you. I was soooo hoping they'd be eliminated first. If anything they are more anoying than last time.


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Earl Colby Pottinger on 02-20-07 at 10:15 PM
I still like Charla, silly as the wheelies seem it shows she is at least trying to improve her game play.

Mirna! Nothing! It is like she never was on the first race. With Charla's small size there are things that Mirna must step up to do, and it does not look like she is ready.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Seana on 02-26-07 at 00:48 AM
Okay. I see now. I didn't understand before, but now I completely understand.

The woman turned into a shrieking harridan with that local. There are just so many possible alternate reactions to a situation like that. Hers was clearly the worst choice.

What kind of a lawyer is she? Can you see her as a trial lawyer? Her objections must be colourful.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Tazluli on 02-26-07 at 09:12 AM
LAST EDITED ON 02-26-07 AT 09:13 AM (EST)

I didn't see their season, but I now understand the Mirna hate. I can't believe what an absolute shrew she was.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by ladybugen on 02-26-07 at 09:14 AM
And the non-believers start to see the light. LOL!
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Seana on 02-26-07 at 09:45 AM
I'm so sorry. Really.


*hangs head in shame for placing them 3rd on last week's Love List

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by ladybugen on 02-27-07 at 12:00 PM
>I'm so sorry. Really.
>
>
>*hangs head in shame
>for placing them 3rd on
>last week's Love List

we'll forgive you, it's easy to be fooled. afterall, haven't we all been brainwashed into believing good things come in small packages? ;)

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Estee on 02-26-07 at 10:41 AM
Tell me about it.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by sweetpea9898 on 03-11-07 at 08:01 PM
i am soooooooooo mad that amber & rob just now was last and mirna & smirna made it ahead of them with help. i would not use mirna as a lawyer any more that i would have charla be my real estate agent. they are both ignorant. can't wait for them to finally come in last place. since of listening to the "WHINNING" mirna. probably why both of them are single.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by dabo on 03-11-07 at 11:27 PM
Welcome aboard! Actually, they're both married, to milquetoasts I would expect.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Earl Colby Pottinger on 03-11-07 at 11:35 PM
You know I always assumed they were both single, not just because of their personalities but simply because I never heard them mention a SO.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Seana on 03-12-07 at 00:02 AM
Wow. So much more to bug me about Mirna this week:

At the Detour, they were carrying a big pole and a box of wooden arrows up some stairs, and she kept harping at Charla to get moving, like that's going to help.

She claims to be compensating for her partner more than anyone else: "I do more than any one single person has had to do ever in the Race."

To paraphrase from The Ref:

You know what I'm going to get you next Christmas, Mirna? A big wooden cross, so that every time you feel unappreciated for your sacrifices, you can climb on up and nail yourself to it.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by jbug on 03-12-07 at 08:05 AM

>To paraphrase from The Ref:
>
>You know what I'm going to
>get you next Christmas, Mirna?
>A big wooden cross, so
>that every time you feel
>unappreciated for your sacrifices, you
>can climb on up and
>nail yourself to it.
>

Something tells me this is not part of Mirna's belief.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by SaveFarris on 03-12-07 at 09:58 AM

>Something tells me this is not
>part of Mirna's belief.
>

Mirna claimed to be a Christian during TAR5 when they partnered ever-so-briefly with Brandon & Nicole. Of course, 2 episodes later, she was calling Christie a "#####", so Mirna's ethics are presumably flexible.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by ladybugen on 03-12-07 at 10:08 AM
You know I always assumed they were both single, not just because of their personalities but simply because I never heard them mention a SO.

I believe that the man on Charla's shirt this week was her husband. It said "I miss you" and had some man's picture much like the Cho brother's shirts. It wasn't someone I recognized as a previous racer so I assumed it was hubby.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by justmyhumbleopinion on 03-12-07 at 02:15 PM
Yes, they are both married. Mirna newly so - as hard as that is to imagine. In one of the pit stop videos on cbs.com she tells another team about her husband. I can't recall which team.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by maryellennaco on 03-12-07 at 03:35 PM
She's a hideous pig. Last night, I thought I was going to puke while she waxed on about all the work she had to do to make up for any "shortcomings".... Why didn't she just stick Charla in the eye with a two x four?? Way to be a lawyer, chickie.... Dumb bunny!
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by maryellennaco on 03-12-07 at 03:40 PM
And with that one post, I have mentioned every farm animal but one... Horse's azz. 'Nuff said.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by PsychoKitty on 03-22-07 at 08:51 PM
Hahahahahahahhaahahaha! That's hysterical!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in total agreement meryellennaco!

Not that I have an opinion one way or another ;)
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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by jbug on 03-12-07 at 03:37 PM
I wonder what she is thinking about her actions and words as she is watching with the rest of us! Think she has any regrets at all?


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"Interesting article"
Posted by Silvergirl1 on 03-12-07 at 03:53 PM

Warning: The comments to the article in the link below contain spoilers, so don't read the comments if you don't want to know.

Rob and Amber lose to Charla and Mirna.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by brvnkrz on 03-12-07 at 06:37 PM
GAH. This is my least favorite team of any and all reality tv shows. I can NOT stand them.


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Earl Colby Pottinger on 03-17-07 at 07:44 PM
I really have to wonder how she acts in court when the case comes under pressure? Does she blame her client? Yell at the judge?

Does anyone know what type of law she practices? I assume something like real-estate law where she spends most of her time just doing paperwork.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 03-17-07 at 09:32 PM
The Maryland Bar Association lists her and her firm, but doesn't state her practice.

And you can't pay me enough to find out.


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You've been warned, so don't complain.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Estee on 03-18-07 at 08:04 AM
She's an estate lawyer.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 03-18-07 at 10:56 AM
Bwahahahaha! She helps to drive her clients into their graves, no doubt.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by JD8 on 03-18-07 at 08:46 PM
They dislike I feel for this team is insane I am almost always in the spoiler section but felt the need to bash.. I have a physical reaction to this team and it's not a good one. The two of them make me cirnge. I hate the way they talk to people. I hate they way they talk to each other. I thought they would have realized after the first time they were on the show I gave them the benefit of the doubt saying once they realize what they appeared like they would probably feel horrible but they are the same. The talking in an accent to people drives me up the wall .. I mean it really is the rudest thing I have ever seen/heard. It is so rude.

Anyway I think I am done for now but I reserve the right to come back into the forum and bash some more.

"Please do not post spoiler speculation in the Basher thread"
Posted by zipperhead on 03-18-07 at 10:54 PM
LAST EDITED ON 03-18-07 AT 11:00 PM (EST)


Otherwise, I agree with your assessment of Myrna and Charla. They're not that bad.

There have been teams that have been a lot more abrasive than the two of them. And I can not see how anybody would appreciate Eric + Danielle more than any other team - including Myrna and Charla - at this point.



"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by ladybugen on 03-19-07 at 09:12 AM
Her "instant accent" when she is talking to locals grates on me too. As if that makes her more understandable?!?

She (and another team) were speaking Spanish to some of the locals. Did they not realize they were out of South America? I mean, I know they had stayed there for a while, but really, you're in Africa! The official language of Mozambique is Portuguese.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by CattyChat on 03-19-07 at 09:41 AM
I wish one of the locals would tear into Mirna for her mocking of them by immitating their accents. That is basically what she is doing in each country, is slightly changing her accent to parrot the locals' broken English. IT IS A DISGRACE and nothing irritates me more than people who perpetuate the ignorant American traveler stereotype.

The only reason these two are still in the race is because they bully the locals into helping them. If they weren't women, they would probably be thrown in jail. They go into their high-pitched, obnoxiously loud & mocking accents and grab the poor local and force them to go with them to "help" them find & do their next task.

Mirna is a disgrace to Americans, women and shockingly even lawyers; and Charla is a disgrace to little people and all other people with disabilities or challenges. Just once I want to see a local fight back, but I think locals are afraid that these two are so crazy, who knows what they might do.

Also, I bet $100 the next NEL is going to be on a leg when Mearna and Schmearna come in last. Hopefully I'll be in Europe before that happens and won't have to suffer through listening to these two. Most irritating racers ever (yes, even worse than Flo and Jonathan/Victoria )


One nation, under Romber...

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by tamarama on 03-19-07 at 11:18 AM
>>slightly changing her accent<<

Most confusing to me: The Italian accent & use of the word 'grazie' in Africa. (I think it was Mirna who said 'grazie,' but I know Charla was speaking like Fr. Guido Sarducci) Wha?

2nd most confusing: a few weeks ago, Charla was talking like a Yiddishemama while somewhere in South America. Oy vey.

>>Most irritating racers ever (yes, even worse than Flo and Jonathan/Victoria)<<

You've given me the courage to admit that I've been thinking I'd rather see J/V than these two. I'm surprised I feel that way, but there you have it.

"!"
Posted by JD8 on 03-19-07 at 05:10 PM
I would much rather see Johnathan and Victoria.. I mean they were entertaining it was hard to watch. But similar the way looking at a car accident is hard you know you shouldn't but you will. You can't help it. They were scary entertaining

M/C are just annoying rude, and they do fit that american traveller stereotype with the accent - Everytime I think of it my eye physically twitches.

Rapido! Rapido! they say this to every cab driver in every country they did it last time. And it makes me ill.

"RE: !"
Posted by bostonrobfan on 03-20-07 at 11:18 PM
I agree. J/V were annoying but entertaining. Mirna is annoying, grating, and a big pain in the rear!

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by mysticwolf on 03-19-07 at 06:14 PM
I have a bit of an accent and, when I'm in other English speaking countries where their accent is essentially a stronger version of mine, I find mine getting stronger. I'm not mocking them, it's totally unconscious on my part. But, that wouldn't explain what M/C are doing.

However, I don't find myself in a non-English speaking country speaking English using the accents and inflections of the non-native English speakers. I.E., I don't speak English with an Italian accent when I'm in Italy. There's not much room for forgiveness when that happens, as it seems to with M/C.

And, if I'm going to speak in a foreign language I try to use the local language, not a mish-mash of whatever foreign language words I know. If confronted with someone I need to commnicate with where neither of us speaks the other's language I may try to find common ground in a third, however. Again, that doesn't seem to be what M/C are trying to accomplish.

We've actually wondered if M/C are laboring under the misconception that they (or the rest of the world) are fluent in Esperanto.

There's a whole list of reasons I dislike this team more than just about anybody else, but their accents have been really low on the list. I guess I should pay more attention. It could rise higher when I think about it.


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by CattyChat on 03-20-07 at 06:38 AM
I totally understand what you are saying, Mystic, and I can safely say that I know you treat people (and animals) with respect and do not act abnoxious, loud and abrasive. I'd also say what you are talking about and what MC do are two totally different things.

When I travel, I too try to speak in the language of the country I am in to the best of my ability and if it's a language I am not at all a little bit fluent in (Czech), I at least get a few key phrases down, especially the phrase "Do you speak English?" and if they respond yes, I speak in clear English.

When I am in countries where I know a decent amount of the language (Italy/France) my Italian and French accent strengthens, because I am hearing it all around me. This is what I think you are talking about and it is in no way a mocking thing, it is more of listening and adapting to the culture and you are respecting them by trying to speak THEIR language as best as you can.

I do not think Mirna & Charla are doing this "subconcious" accent changing. I have noticed it as the race has gone on that their "broken English" changes accents slightly. In watching one of the extra videos on the TAR Web site, it made it 100% clear that they are parroting the locals NOT speaking their language, but speaking a broken English immitating the locals' speech.

There is a clip where Mirna "abducted" a Mozambique local to guide them to their destination. The 3 of them are crammed in the backseat of the pickup truck. This man was speaking broken English and there you can hear that Mirna changes her accent and starts speaking the SAME broken English as he was doing. He even asks them "Where are you from?" To which Mirna responds "America." He looks a little surprised. Mirna then goes into this broken English speech how they will hide him in their bag & take him to America . . . how he should take a "vacation" from work to take them where they need to go . . . he should tell people he took two ladies to ??? or just keep it a secret. All the while she is immitating this poor gentleman's broken English and accent.

That was really the last straw for me, as it was 100% obvious that is what she is doing. To me, it insults their intelligence and it is mocking and an embarassment to fellow American tourists. I just have very little tolerance for rudeness & ignorance and these two are the queens of rude & ignorance.


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by mysticwolf on 03-20-07 at 03:13 PM
Absolutely agree. They are queen beyotches of the highest order. I just haven't paid that much attention to their accent changes as the show's been aired. There's just been too much other carp they do that was more obvious to me.

And I haven't looked at any of the extra videos. If I did, I certainly wouldn't be looking at any of them. It's bad enough they're still on my tv once a week. I don't want to infect my p.c., too.


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"Idiots"
Posted by nailbone on 03-26-07 at 11:41 AM
Phil: You have each won a 12-foot catamanran.

Mirna and Shmirna: *dumb look* What's that?

Phil: Dual-hulled sailboats

Mirna and Shmirna: *less-than-enthusiastic* Yay.


Make tham go away, please!

"RE: Idiots"
Posted by Tazluli on 03-26-07 at 11:56 AM
At least they could have done was be a little bit more enthusiastic. Maybe even pretend they knew what a catamran was.

Yikes!

"RE: Idiots"
Posted by sporkman on 03-26-07 at 12:43 PM
I'm still not sure they even know what a Dual-hulled sailboat is.

"RE: Idiots"
Posted by dabo on 03-26-07 at 12:46 PM
It means you can sit side by side in the head, of course.


"RE: Idiots"
Posted by tamarama on 03-26-07 at 02:09 PM
Orthagonally.
"RE: Idiots"
Posted by Prof_ Wagstaff on 03-26-07 at 01:47 PM
Phil should have slowly said; "Amigas, eet eez boats. Wit sails."

Might have helped.


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"RE: Idiots"
Posted by jbug on 03-26-07 at 03:48 PM
Great! A little warning next time would be nice
(~~~ going off to get paper towels~~~)



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"LMAO"
Posted by brvnkrz on 03-26-07 at 06:21 PM
Too damn funny, Prof. Still giggling over your post. *giggle*


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"RE: Idiots"
Posted by Tazluli on 03-29-07 at 01:23 PM
LOL!

Good one!

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Loree on 03-29-07 at 09:13 AM
They have ruined this season for me. I am not even bothering to watch the show live anymore. I am recording it and then I FF when I watch the ep. Mirna and Charla have made me realize there is not one other couple that has been on TAR in all the seasons that I would have disliked seeing more. And that is pretty bad. Because there have been alot of bad pairs on this show. But Mirna and Charla do not have one redeeming quality. They are not entertaining or even fun to hate. They just grate on my nerves. Why did they ever invite them on the All Stars show? Did they bully TPTB and wear them down too?

I think I need to go to a happy place and calm down.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by ladybugen on 03-29-07 at 02:32 PM
I'm not at all saying that I like these two, but I do think I'd rather see them than Flo. Zach would be perfectly fine to see again, but I could not stomach Flo.....especially knowing she won the first time around.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by zorayah on 03-29-07 at 10:22 PM
I don't like them either. But I gotta say they are making me laugh this season.
Also I would have to say they played smart in the last episode.
"RE: Mirna -- don't let her tune your piano"
Posted by MajorImpact on 04-01-07 at 09:24 PM
None of are experts on EVERYTHING, but it still amazes me how a person who's booksmart enough to become a lawyer could be so incredibly dense in other areas. In tonight's 2 hour episode when they got to the piano tuning task and watched the demonstration, Mirna said something about cleaning off the piano wire, TWICE.

WTF?!? Why would dusting it off a little bit suddenly bring it in tune? Then after she made an adjustment to it and it was still horribly out of tune she said it sounded good, and in the end they ended up giving up because they were so lost. Nice going, Dustin had it figured out in less than a minute.

Then at the end when Charla is trying to lead the horse Mirna tries to get its attention by telling it that she had sausage? Sure didn't sound like she was joking. 1. She didn't have sausage. 2. Horses aren't carnivorous. 3. Kudos to the editing team at CBS for consistently making her look like a nut.

"RE: Mirna -- don't let her tune your piano"
Posted by tbrussell7 on 04-16-07 at 02:58 PM
Major, my question re:sausage, is this. Where did the harpy get the sausage? Did she cheat on the previous task?????
"RE: Mirna -- don't let her tune your piano"
Posted by dabo on 04-17-07 at 00:30 AM
Welcome aboard! She was fibbing about the sausage. Time-honored reality show strategy, fibbing like that, not at all a dishonorable way to play like, oh say, using a yield or being nice to locals.


"Am I a bad person......."
Posted by okaychatt on 04-01-07 at 10:47 PM
.....for laughing so hard tears formed when Charla was leading the horse in circles?

"Walk straight, Charla. Walk straight!"

And then when Charla did a face plant? That finished me off.

One of my all time favorite moments on TAR.


Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

"RE: Am I a bad person......."
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 04-02-07 at 02:43 AM
I was in stitches when Mirna was berating the poor Polish cabbie. Whenever it seemed she couldn't go any further over the top, she ratcheted up a little more.


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You've been warned, so don't complain.

"RE: Am I a bad person......."
Posted by Danullyre on 04-02-07 at 03:33 AM
LAST EDITED ON 04-02-07 AT 03:34 AM (EST)

Oh my God, just when I thought Mirna's voice couldn't screech any louder! My dad actually yelled from a floor below me to turn down the TV because her voice made him want to put his head through the wall.

"RE: Am I a bad person......."
Posted by dabo on 04-02-07 at 09:00 AM
Lordylord, that was like the most insane possible takeoff on the Elephant Man "I am a human being" speech ever.


"RE: Am I a bad person......."
Posted by Cyndimaus on 04-02-07 at 12:11 PM
What cracked me up was Charla's responses to Mirna after the Polish cabbie incident. Mirna is yelling at her about not finding the clue.

"What are you doing back there?!!!"

"I'm doing nothing," in a deadpan voice.

Then Mirna yells out, "Am I supossed to do everything?"

Charla replies, "No, you're just supossed to yell at me."


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"RE: Am I a bad person......."
Posted by Tazluli on 04-02-07 at 08:56 AM
May I sit by you? 12 hours later I am still cracking up over that. It was so funny!

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by zorayah on 04-02-07 at 00:27 AM
They got what they deserve in Poland )
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by maryellennaco on 04-02-07 at 09:53 AM
Oh..My..Gawd.. Could that woman be ANY MORE ANNOYING??? I kept hoping that 1) the Polish guys she was whining to would just drive them off a cliff somewhere or 2) the horse would trample her dumba** just to shut her the hell up!! I cannot take that stoopid weird accent she comes up with in these foreign countries either. In one word.... VOMIT!
Please get her off my TV screen because I'm about to break the dang thing into a million pieces!!
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by nailbone on 04-02-07 at 01:42 PM
Actually, they have TWO stoopid weird accents. In Latin countries, they speak with a bad Hispanic accent with an "O" on the end of everything. In Germanic type countries like Poland, they speak in a strange Swedish accent.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by maryellennaco on 04-02-07 at 10:02 AM
And another thing. WHAT in the WORLD was she yammering on about at Auschwitz? Something about their relatives being exterminated by the "Turks"??? I mean, COME ON.... Again with the barf bag - You'd think the dumba** would just shut her piehole for once and LOOK like she has a freakin' clue!!
Impossible??
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by aquariaqueen on 04-02-07 at 10:34 AM
As much as they get on my nerves, there was an Armenian holocost around 1915 or such....I don't think she said anything wrong at all.

Try a google search for Armenian Genocide.


"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 04-02-07 at 10:48 AM
I agree. That was one of the few times that Mirna made sense.

Armenian Genocide

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Earl Colby Pottinger on 04-07-07 at 03:41 PM
The problem I have here is while what happened to their past Armenian relatives were a set of horrible events, with the Turks planning to wipe out as many people as possible - it was not the systematic, industrial complex that the Nazis set up.

In that sense she brushed over how far the Nazis and other people who agree with them about racial purity will go to kill those they hate. She was in a way belittling the death camps.

Both gay teams related directly between their lifestyle and that they would be in those same camps if they had been born earlier - they connected themselves directly to the inmates of the death camps.

U&J did not spend the entire time talking about slavery, but rather how much injustice man can inflict on their fellow man. They did not connect to the inmates, but they did connect to the mental states that allowed the death camps to operate.

S&M came across to me as a pair of children, claiming their holocaust was as big and important on the world stage as the Nazi's engineered one. They were trying to avoid the import of the location to so many other people out there.

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by tamarama on 04-08-07 at 01:15 PM
>>S&M came across to me as a pair of children, claiming their holocaust was as big and important on the world stage as the Nazi's engineered one.<<

Thank you for this Earl -- I felt that too, but thought maybe I let my general disgust with them color my reaction.

It did feel like a sick one-upmanship.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that way!

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by PepeLePew13 on 04-08-07 at 02:41 PM
> The problem I have here is while what happened
>to their past Armenian relatives were a set of
>horrible events, with the Turks planning to wipe
>out as many people as possible - it was not the
>systematic, industrial complex that the Nazis set up.

I don't know... I'd have to watch the scene again, but I initially had the sense that Mirna was commiserating with the victims of Auschwitz by talking about how she can relate with the feeling of your ancestry being part of a genocide.

The thing is, while the Holocaust should never, ever, be forgotten or downsized in magnitude, a lot of people seem to forget the Armenian genocide ever happened.

Plenty of Western scholars view this as the first genocide of the 20th century and a campaign of state-sponsored ethnic cleansing and mass extermination. For example, some Western sources point to the sheer scale of the death toll as evidence for a systematic, organized plan to eliminate the Armenians. The event is also said to be the second-most studied case of genocide, and often draws comparison with the Holocaust. (Thanks, Wiki)

Second-most studied case of genocide? Really? As a history buff while growing up and a field of study during my university years, I can only recall studying the Armenian genocide once over the years, while the Holocaust has been brought up countless number of times.



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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by HistoryDetective on 04-08-07 at 03:40 PM
The thing is, while the Holocaust should never, ever, be forgotten or downsized in magnitude, a lot of people seem to forget the Armenian genocide ever happened.

I agree, Pepe. As much as I dislike Mirna the Harpy, I don't think that she was trying to "one up" the Holocaust when she mentioned the Armenian genocide. As some of the comments from our own community make clear, the Armenian genocide is often forgotten and overlooked. I thought Mirna provided context about humanity's inhumanity. I just don't see how it is any different for her to say "this place resonates with me because of my family's experiences" than for Oswald to say "this place resonate with me because of my experiences living under and oppressive government." They both applied their own experiences and knowledge to make visiting the concentration camp especially relevant to their own lives instead of "something that just happened in the past."

"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by Cygnus X1 on 04-17-07 at 08:41 PM
Pssst. Don't tell any of this part of the thread to the Turks. They still officially deny having anything to do with the Armenian genocide. That's one of several reasons why Turkey will never join the European Union.

FTR, I wasn't bothered by C&M's reaction.


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by jbug on 04-02-07 at 10:33 AM
So Mirna figures by repeating "my friend" to the cabby she can 'undo' the ugliness of everything else she said to him?

When no one would help them, I figured that their reputation had preceeded them to Poland. Mirna had it coming!


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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by maryellennaco on 04-09-07 at 03:45 PM
I was wondering which accent they'd assume, the hispanic one or the eastern european one, in Malaysia. Seems they went for the KOO-KEYS sort of eastern european one. Or is this one especially for the people of Malaysia??? It's hard to understand, that's for sure!!
Once again, Mirna shows her a** when she tells those kids, "STAY IN SCHOOL! BE GOOD! DON'T USE DRUGS!" blech! Whatever, Mirna...
"Cooo-keeeeys..."
Posted by udg on 04-09-07 at 04:45 PM
Was totally a Sesame Street accent.


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"RE: Cooo-keeeeys..."
Posted by finallytyping on 04-09-07 at 06:05 PM
I can not express the level of irritation she caused
me by repeating "cookies" ad nauseum. Her voice is like nails on
a chalkboard. I don't think I'll ever be able to eat another
cookie without grinding my teeth. Tnanks for that.
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by jbug on 04-16-07 at 03:24 PM
Taken from realitytvworld recap:
........Realizing how far along it was in the competition and hoping to take advantage of his feelings towards the beauty queens, Mirna attempted to strike a deal with Eric. "We have been screwed over one too many times by the bubbly, giggly girls," she told Eric...............................

Just HOW have the BQ's 'screwed' over the cousins? I just don't get it.
So when the cousins and BQ's were doing the intersection together, I guess they were all faking the "cooperation", huh?
Mirna is very 2-faced, IMO.



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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by PsychoKitty on 04-16-07 at 07:20 PM
She is just an amazing drama queen. And quite evil. She was literally trying to steal the BBQ's plane tickets. So rude! I already posted in the "Cheaters" thread that they are so awful, they are making me start to miss the Weavers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now THAT's saying ALOT!

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"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by zorayah on 04-17-07 at 11:35 PM
I can't believe I'm saying this but I am currently travelling and doesn't have access to viewing TAR (thank God for this site!) but here we go... I'd rather suffer watching the Schmirnas rather than no TAR at all. Waaahhh!!!
"RE: Mirna -- blech"
Posted by ladybugen on 04-17-07 at 01:28 PM
Thinking back on this season and all the examples we have of how vile Mirna is (her fake accent, the broken english, the hypocrisy, etc), what absolutely bothers me the most is that she hasn't changed.

We saw the Guidos as a kinder, gentler team. Even Romber was less manipulative than his previous season. Yet Mirna is just as annoying as she was on her first season. How can she live in such a bubble that she doesn't comprehend these undesireable characteristics? If I were a contestant, I would watch the show and still be on message boards (at least lurking/reading, if not allowed to post) in large part to see how people reacted to me. Then, assuming of course that negative things were pointed out, I would work on correcting those parts of my character.

Now maybe she's doing that this time around and we won't have the opportunity to see the resulting change, but why didn't she do it the first time? I honestly cannot understand this.

"Editing"
Posted by curveball on 04-17-07 at 03:14 PM
the show is better with a villian. Every year someone is edited to be the villian. Guidos were nicer this time around because (a) they were older and wiser - maybe taking action based on their last race and the negative publicity, and (b) the Guidos didn't need to be the villian.

now I acknowledge that c/m don't need any editing to be the villian (of course I base this on my interpretation of the show AFTER it has been edited) because they seem like nasty people, however I am quite sure that if they were to ever do/say something pleasant - it wouldn't make it on the show.

I think that c/m read the posts and think that "people just don't understand", which may or may not be fair (aka Jeri's breakdown on Survivor All Star Finale)

Don't get me wrong, I hate them. I root for them to lose. But ultimately I hope they make it to the finals, and Myrna stops right before the footrace to the finish to put on her makeup, and Charla puts on her "too hot to handle" shirt, and someone (anyone) ends up passing them in the race to the finish - because Charla cannot run as fast as taller people.

As a sidebar - I am TIRED of hearing how people underestimate her because of her size, and that she can do anything. She can't do everything. She can't drive, she can't run fast, and she couldn't have reached that clue Eric found ABOVE THE DOOR.

"RE: Editing"
Posted by Earl Colby Pottinger on 04-29-07 at 07:25 PM
First, none of the racers - I repeat none of the racers show signs that they have improved as much as I would expect a second time around player to be.

But I was shocked to hear Mirna say that she still could not drive stick-shift, and worse try to blame Charla for not being able to!

As for Charla I loved her in her first race, but like you say all this whining has really turned me off her.

"RE: Editing"
Posted by zorayah on 04-29-07 at 11:38 PM
Yikes I think Charla DO need Mirna's harping so she can get something done. Being left on her own, all she can do is whine whine whine.