Monday, November 2, 2009

YOU MUST CUT DOWN THE MIGHTIEST TREE IN THE FOREST WITH....A HERRING!: A solid leg of the Amazing Race: a counting task, a reading comprehension challenge, and an in situ Philimination!

There has been almost no airport fu on this Season. I cannot believe that the one flight to Amsterdam from Dubai leaves at midnight and that the teams simply accepted that. Nothing via Frankfurt or London that might have shaved a few hours? One team specifically asked for a non-stop, so that may have been an off-camera restraint. Still, it was one of my favorite parts of the show in earlier seasons and it seems to be all but gone.

Now with the Roadblock, how did Megan and Cheyne manage the detour together and not be hit with at least a 30 minute penalty? On a counting task especially, smart doubling-up can avoid a lot of errors. [Ed -- Oops. I was confused, two folks from different teams worked together, my bad. Watched this early a.m. on TiVo and had yet to wake up fully]. Erika was at that task for at least two hours with no help. Good tasks on the Detour but no task should be essentially impossible for smaller women to perform. After 70+ attempts, they never got it above about 2/3 up the post, something less than half the force required. That's unreasonable.

Next week - Hay Bales!

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