I'm back everyone! Sorry for the delay - it's only because I flew to Brazil to meet up with the teams and interview them! Unfortunately I never found them because I thought they speak Spanish there and I tried looking for them under a clue in the sand. DAMN YOU AMAZING RACE! I learned it from watching you!
We start off at the last pit stop where teams have come to rest and the scandal of all scandals occurred...
Christy accuses Starr of knocking her sports bra off a ledge while it was drying!
O....M....G!!!!!
I know right?! And what do Nick and Starr do?
Have a good cackle and claim innocence.
I could see Starr doing it - but not our cute lil' gay Rambo. Seriously - how many articles of camouflage does this boy own? No matter how straight you try to dress sir - you can't hiiiiide!
Ken and Tina are the first to leave and they're headed to the new stop - La Paz, Bolivia. I wonder if everyone will try to speak Italian there since it sounds Italian. Although this place is 12,000 feet high - so maybe they'll just gurgle and spit and hope for the best.
Mark & Bill tell us that even though it may take them more time to analyze a situation before they jump into it - they think it'll pay off. Foreshadowing anyone!? It's either going to go very well or very bad for these two!
Sarah says that she's starting to realize that "this is not a popularity" competition. No shit - and be happy it isn't!! You're douche-nozzle of a boyfriend would've sunk your battleship.
Dallas says he wants to use this race as a way to get to know his Mom on "another level". Uh oh. Oedipus tried that too and he ended up blinding myself. Actually the thought of that makes ME want to blind himself. His mom's not a looker. Sweet lady though.
And then my favorite - Starr says you have to be careful about pissing other teams off - because it'll come back to bite you. REALLY?!? Were you there when your brother shot Sarah down at the "wall" challenge?! Ask Sarah about it if you'd like to have our face blown off. She's a lil' bitter.
Meanwhile Kelly and Christy say they won't get annoyed with each other - they'll just laugh at other people. Riiiight. I love how these people set themselves up for the fall.
Andrew and Dan say they think they're in shape enough to win it AND they're satisfied with the way they look. I don't mean to be shallow...
But satisfied? You don't think you could make the slightest improvement? Well... here he is ladies... all yours!
Brooke and Marisa comment how every team seems so surprised when they catch up to them. They think the other teams are underestimating them. No... I'd say they're estimating about right.
As teams arrive in La Paz they begin to find it hard to breath because of the elevation. I can't wait to see how this affects the brain power of the Divorcees and Blondes. Where are we?! Who are we?! AHHHH!!!
Let's not leave out Starr though - she asks the cabbie to bring them to the statue of Simon Boliviar - not Bolivar mind you - Boliviar. Sadly the cabbie understands her. I would have stood there and made her say it 100 times before I went "OH! BOLIVAR!!! No I don't know where it is."
Teams arrive at the statue and they find out they have to sleep on the cold, hard ground. WTF?! Since when has Amazing Race started to look like Survivor?! There's a sweet Bolivian lady there handing out blankets - but really? I'd be like "Ummm - where-o is four-o star-o hotel-o?!"
After a restful night sleep on cold concrete in the middle of 2 busy streets, the teams wake up and: A) Plan their day? B) Find out information on La Paz and/or Bolivia? or C) Put make-up on. If you said "Are you fucking kidding me - C?!?" You'd be right!
A beauty mark?! What is she, a French aristocrat?! Idiots.
Before they start the day, Nick approaches the Divorcees to try and smooth over any animosity regarding Sportsbra-Gate. Their response? "We don't care if people don't like us." WOW. I just can't understand why they're divorced. Good luck to you!
Surprisingly, Sarah is wise enough to get some poor, unsuspecting girl to volunteer to get dragged around by them. I'm pretty sure she'll ditch them after Terrence opens his mouth. Annoying people transcend the language barrier.
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Comments (8)
I read an interview with the nerds where they talked about how much the altitude screwed with them. They said at one point, one of them couldn't figure out how to tie his shoes. I lived for a while in a city that was at 7000 feet and I believe them. I didn't have too many problems but others were severely affected.
1 of 8 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on October 20, 2008 3:59 AM
I don't love Nick and Starr, but the divorced idiots drive me crazy, so if I have to pick a side I'm with the Brother/Sister team all the way...
I have to agree with you, though, Dallas and Toni are quickly becoming my favorites, Ty and Aja don't bother me, but everyone else is pretty annoying.
I can't wait till next week's recap - with the BEST PITSTOP GREETER EVER! Thanks for making me laugh.
2 of 8 | Posted by Lonebutterfly | Posted on October 20, 2008 9:09 AM
seriously one of the funniest recap lines ever....
I really wish they did on-the-spot interviews with people like this poor girl. She was just going about her day when some moron with a bird-feather helmet ran her down on a bicycle made of popsicle sticks. I'm sure this show does great things for foreigner's perception of Americans
3 of 8 | Posted by sls0320 | Posted on October 20, 2008 10:47 AM
I was beginning to wonder where the recap was, but you got it up, and once again didn't disappoint. I literally cannot stand Terrence and Sarah so this little gem had me cracking up..."Sarah says that she's starting to realize that "this is not a popularity" competition. No shit - and be happy it isn't!! You're douche-nozzle of a boyfriend would've sunk your battleship". HILARIOUS!!!
I was really sad to see the nerds go home this week, and over something as trivial as not reading the clue right. Hopefully the remaining teams can learn something from that. One could dream anyways...
4 of 8 | Posted by JustJesse | Posted on October 20, 2008 12:52 PM
Great recap. So far, this season there isn't someone I really love to hate, but most of the ones that left were ones I liked.
I have to agree with your favorites at this point, Dallas and his mom.
I couldn't believe the whole sleeping on the street in traffic part! I wonder if the blankets were at least clean?
5 of 8 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 20, 2008 1:28 PM
Once again hilarious recap! The line "Blondes blow by the Fat Frats making the only time the word "blow" will be used in the same sentence as "Blondes" and "Fat Frats" is comedy GOLD! I like Dallas and Toni mainly because he looked so damn good in that leotard. I like Starr and Nick too. I wonder how many times Christy's ex replayed the scene where she jumped the curb and did a face plant into a cement wall (I know I watched it three times and I didn't even lose half a house to her). BTW who names their kid Terrance? Was Todd already taken?
6 of 8 | Posted by soapboxx | Posted on October 20, 2008 2:12 PM
Guess I still have no taste, coz I still do moody Dan. I also realize the other frat looks a little Seth Rogan ish, but somehow, Seth is hot, and he is not! Glad he digs himself, probably talks dirty to his hand while it's servicing him--okay gross!!!
Terrance is still the weirdest, strangest, I can't even describe needy oddball . . . in the words of Sybil's shrink, "What did that monster do to you!"
And speaking of shrinks, Glad you're picking up on the icky closeness with Dallas and Mom, ew . . .
7 of 8 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on October 21, 2008 11:18 AM
That Nick is SO queer. It's time to tell the world, girlfriend.
You know that Tina is starting to grow on me. I don't find her nearly as offensive as I did before.
8 of 8 | Posted by Mr Dangerous | Posted on October 21, 2008 4:20 PM