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"No tea for me, thanks..."
BoyWndr 22 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson"
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04-13-05, 03:14 PM (EST)
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"No tea for me, thanks..." |
I don't normally post in bashers because I can never find anything witty enough to say to be basher worthy but the detour choises last night really irked me. What was up with every team choosing the tea task? Do they all have Rocks for brains? IMHO, the Coal task would have been much faster, a perfect opportunity to get ahead. Instead they take the moronic route of choosing to go running around in a completely foreign environment looking for people whose names they cannot even pronounce. Any time teams can avoid running around strange city (or in this case a strange buolding in a strange city) looking for people/things, They should do so. U/J squandered an oportunity to get ahead, and Rob proved that he may not be as smart as many over in fanatics give him credit for. My girlfriend wondered if the teams have to base thier detour decision on the title of the task? (similar, i think, to the way the road block decision works). Anyone care to comment? "Golly, The batcomputer is none too frisky today, Batman."
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kvasir |
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Seana |
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BoyWndr |
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kvasir |
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Seana |
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iatovttotx78 |
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tn_peachie |
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okaychatt |
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kvasir |
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nailbone |
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okaychatt |
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joatmon |
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Tahj |
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zipperhead |
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Jealousy |
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BoyWndr |
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kvasir 51 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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04-13-05, 03:37 PM (EST)
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My thoughts exactly. I'd think the tea task was hard and was surprised that all the teams ended up doing the same task. had that happened before?I would choose the coal task if it was me. It also showed none of the remaining teams feel confident enough in the strength department, which is probably true. If the brothers are still in the race they would probably pick the coal task. Really, the task isn't that tough. coal is easy enough to chop into small pieces to put in the bag as they are pretty brittle. 100 kg (i can't remember the exact required weight) can be carried easily by 2 ppl on to the cart. Was it only one person can bike over or could they alternate if one got tired? That would be a quick task to do i would think.
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Seana 5044 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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04-13-05, 03:46 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: No tea for me, thanks..." |
I'd have picked the coal one too. I was really surprised that Uchenna and Joyce didn't pick that one. They are young and strong. Maybe Ron and Kelly could have done it, but they did so badly schlepping books...M/G and L/A don't seem like very physical teams to me, so no surprise there. And Rob is well-suited to any task that involves interacting with people, so no surprise there, either. And? That tea looked disgusting. When Gretchen said she could use some tea and Meredith agreed? I shuddered. It looked like sludge. Ew.
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kvasir 51 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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04-13-05, 05:01 PM (EST)
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yep just how the brits like them. They have a similar thing in Hong Kong. Red tea with milk.
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Seana 5044 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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04-13-05, 08:01 PM (EST)
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By golly, you learn something new every day!
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tn_peachie 77 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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04-13-05, 10:47 PM (EST)
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It was chai, not tea. Indian chai is the best I have ever had. It is a "spicy" tea. Indians drink chai all of the time. When you ride on the train in India at every stop, vendors come on to the train to sell the chai. The vendors walk up and down the aisle saying, "Chai, Chai, Chai."
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Jealousy 109 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson"
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04-18-05, 07:10 PM (EST)
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Chai is pronounced like the ch in church. Or it better be, because that's how I've been saying it...
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nailbone 27263 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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04-14-05, 10:00 AM (EST)
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i think the list contained both the name and the department of the person they were to find.
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Keep lookin' up, cuz that's where it all is. o-
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tn_peachie 77 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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04-13-05, 10:51 PM (EST)
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I agree Tahj, it is tough in India. It is very stressful, especially as a Westerner. When I was there, being blonde and blue eyed, I stood out like a sore thumb in crowds. No matter where I was I knew I was always being stared at. After awhile, the stress of being constantly watched is extremely stressful.
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BoyWndr 22 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson"
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04-13-05, 03:56 PM (EST)
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LAST EDITED ON 04-13-05 AT 03:57 PM (EST)>I think they had to >get 175 lbs of coal, >which Meredith said was how >much he weighed. All >the teams are man/woman except >L&A and we've seen they're >not much in the strength >department. The brothers might >have done the coal option, >but being male/male would make >that the smarter choice. The coal option is the smarter choice for any able bodied team, not jsut the all male ones. 175 lbs, split into two bags, and carried on the back of a delivery cart is not really that strenous. M/G would have been the only team that fouind it difficult. Certainly no more than running up and down stairs in an office building with no elevators. besides, the tea task left a lot up to chance. Finding the right people/ floor dept... or some schmo to help you out. In a race like this, I would want to be the captain of my fate as much as possible. Culture shock is enough of a factor in this race as it is, why add an extra element of chance to the equation when you don't have to. "Golly, The batcomputer is none too frisky today, Batman." - Robin, The Boy Wonder
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tn_peachie 77 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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04-13-05, 10:54 PM (EST)
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24. "RE: No tea for me, thanks..." |
They were in India, in late November - early December, it wouldn't be that hot or humid. I was in Lucknow during July, and it was extremely hot and humid (and I am a southerner used to hot, humid summers). It can be exhausting.
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joatmon 68 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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04-13-05, 10:11 PM (EST)
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>>>Its only looking that way because Romber are ahead of them.<<< That made me laugh. But you left out 'always'.
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zipperhead 3442 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity"
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04-13-05, 06:41 PM (EST)
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LAST EDITED ON 04-13-05 AT 06:42 PM (EST)For what it's worth, I definitely think Uchena and joyce should have done the coal. That guy could probably haul a hundred pounds on his own, without a cart. Besides, the coal challenge was only a mile away while the tea challenge was 3 miles away. Some have said that the Racers may have been too tired. But from what? They started their day by taking a small plane between towns in Africa, then a jet to India. What would have worn them out? A missed opportunity, I think, for someone to pass R/A.
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Jealousy 109 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson"
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04-13-05, 11:11 PM (EST)
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I think unlike the roadblock task, where it seems that the contestants can only decide who will do the task based on the title, the detour task, the contestants are allowed to read the instructions. I notice contestants discussing amongst themselves about which sounded easier. If I remember correctly, in season 6, I think, there were people who were trying to decide whether they wanted to ice climb or ice search and they were debating if the 7 mile radius?? (is that correct) would make the ice search long and difficult. I also think that Debbie and Bianca debated on whether the llama task or the basket task would be easier. Not sure if one brought up the distance they had to walk if they did the basket task.
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