{yoo hoo, over here!}

Yes, racers, welcome to our loverly little Hotel City Hall. Great to see you were able to get a taxi out of Bingo B I N G O .. and Bingo was his name-o because here in town, for some strange reason, there wasn't a single cab to be found!

Now, don't mind about that BFSPCA agent over there in the corner ... he's not really out after you, but he does have a couple of questions concerning chickens, net sacks, baby goats and bungie cords.

I also want to congratulate all of you for your wonderful performances introducing the world to American Burkina Faso Idol. I'm also pleased to see that some of you have picked up a couple of words of French -- these will come in handy as you travel throughout West Africa. I'm confused, though, since when did rapido and gracias enter the francophone lexicon?

Does anybody remember me?

Phil, if we're done, I'm heading over to that gold mine --- pulling a full ounce out of the ground in 10 minutes, and nice big nuggets, too -- pays a heck of a lot better than this job.