TARGAY Journal, Week Six
By Larry Johnson

By popular request, this is my SHORT weekly column on The Amazing Race, reminiscent of my critically-lauded series entitled Gay Survivor Journal. It will be posted here every Thursday, and is a Basherboard exclusive!

FASHION CITATION
This week’s citation goes to Ken and Gerard, for a truly un-Diva-like moment. As they dug for clues in the sand, Gerard assumed a dog-like pose and flung dirt between his legs, as Gerard shouted “Go, Fido, go!”

(Strangely, this reminded me of a scene from a really kinky porno I saw once. But that’s another story.)

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT OF THE WEEK
Ian and Teri rose to obnoxious new heights this week. Early in the show, Ian reprimanded Teri: “Don’t berate me!” And yet, while he can’t take it, he certainly appears to be able to dish it out to his partner/slave. Defining their Master/Dog relationship was this simple interaction: (Ian, to Teri, as he pointed at the ground.) “Teri! Come!”

(Perhaps Ian should team up with doggy Ken?)

LOOK OF THE WEEK
Jill wins Diva points this week (in an outfit you might expect to find on J. Lo or Madonna) with black racing-striped track pants, topped by a white string-tie tank. Completing the ‘casual elegance’ look were her tres stylish Gucci sunglasses, and lips so shiny you could see yourself in them. She may have been on the run, but you never saw her sweat… and her lip gloss stayed shiny for hours! You go girl!

CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
As Ian won the fast-forward, he toasted to the obviously Muslim carpet-salesman: “L’Chaim!”

CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE OBSERVATION OF THE WEEK
Okay, maybe I’m going crazy, but this week I SWEAR the Traditionally-Attired Moroccan man actually WAS Adam Sandler.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Flo, after commenting about what a b!tch she has been to Zack so far, had this to say about their experience: “It’s definitely been like one really long stressful dirty date.”

(I wonder if Zach would describe it in such loving terms.)

DIVA OF THE WEEK
This weeks Diva is Flo, who shook her ass to sell snails at the Glacier Café. (If you have this on tape, for a laugh, take a look at the astonished locals pointing at her in horror.) Any Diva knows that Sex Sells!

(Advice to Derek: Man, you can’t sell snails to save your life! Next time, try taking off your shirt. Now THAT would draw a crowd.)

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LAST EDITED ON 11-15-02 AT 00:17 AM (EST)

FUNNY! =P

if my memory serves me right, derek looked sooooo helpless when trying to sell those bowls.

=(

i didn't notice, but im not surprized about "the astonished locals pointing at her in horror". first of all, in that country ladies were treated low. noticed that some ladies had black covers on their face? they had to hold it up to eat their snails. and now we have this lady standing on a chair showing how well she can shake her ass.

Funny stuff.
Lots of very disrespectfull behavior(ugly Americans)in this episode...
How about when the brothers alliance had to tell guns and hoses to stop running in the Temple.....

<How about when the brothers alliance had to tell guns and hoses to stop running in the Temple..... >

...or their other idiot moment of the week, when guns and hoses got themselves and their crew detained for trying to enter the mosque? didn't you totally have a creeped out feeling the whole time they were in the wrong town? something just didn't feel right, but maybe it was just me.

Once again, you're dead on about the teams.
Thanks for the laughs!

CULTURALLY INSENSITIVE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
As Ian won the fast-forward, he toasted to the obviously Muslim carpet-salesman: “L’Chaim!”

DIVA OF THE WEEK
This weeks Diva is Flo, who shook her ass to sell snails at the Glacier Café. (If you have this on tape, for a laugh, take a look at the astonished locals pointing at her in horror.) Any Diva knows that Sex Sells!

My jaw dropped at both of these occurences. Don't these people know that they are in a Muslim country?

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Great Job as usual.

Yep, though these contestants forgot that in a foreign country one should do as they do, we must also slap the TAR staff for setting up the situation. Come on, in America we think nothing about alittle bump and grind to sell things. There, a woman would only sell to a woman, and then not among men. So Tar did set this one up and they are lucky a riot did not happen.

Larry...

Your comments about Ian and Teri while funny to laugh at, actually make me quite sad. Could you imagine living with a man with such an utter superiority complex? He yells at Teri for every little nit-pickin' thing...yet when Ian makes a mistake (ala diesel) then Teri is expected to "buck up" and "shut up". I am sorry to admit that Ian behaves like my father, and Teri "takes it" like my mother. I guess this is why I find the dynamics of this duo so sad. (You now understand why I do not visit my parents for any holiday "celebrations".)

Regards,

Larry, I'm so glad you do this column - I NEVER look at their clothes. What kind of woman doesn't pay attention to clothes? Well, this one - I just never think about it.

And thanks for a few reminders - I must amend my recap to include the L'Chaim toast. Man that was just too weird, but thanks for the reminder.

Red Lady, I'm sorry to hear about your parents - it must be kind of hard to watch the ITs. I'll be posting the recap later, after the official one goes up. I do hope you're able to get some laughs out of it, as there is a lot of IT stuff.

"Red Lady, I'm sorry to hear about your parents - it must be kind of hard to watch the ITs. I'll be posting the recap later, after the official one goes up. I do hope you're able to get some laughs out of it, as there is a lot of IT stuff."

Awww...*smooches* Amai! Thanks! I always love your summaries, so I am sure I will be ROFLMAO! I will look forward to your post!

Regards,

Larry, another fabulous journal! Thank you so much for sharing these with us.