Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was semi-confused about the cheese task. It seemed like a team had a cheese roll down the hill and they went to retrieve it. Then they added it to their stack. If that was legal, why not just chuck four wheels of cheese down the hill, pick 'em up at the bottom and stack 'em up? That would be a lot faster than trying to carry them down.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Yeah, I was on another site where was addressed. But someone made the point that if they all did that it would probably get confusing as hell whose cheese is whose and someone also mentioned it was probably a rule NOT to do that, but was simply cut out in editing since it wasnt necessary to mention, but JUST a guess. And that contraption they were using was flimsy as hell. I KNOW people dont use those things to take the cheese down that hill, at least not anymore. Switzerland is advanced enough where they might have wheelbarrels or something .
Originally Posted By trekkeruss It was probably one of those contraptions that was designed for carrying cheese but never actually used since the design was so crappy. Makes me think of the Mythbusters and how they test stuff to see if something really worked or was just a theoretical design.
Originally Posted By velo those carriers were really, really old. That's why they broke so easily. And, I'm pretty sure that the cheese was put on top of the hill on purpose - normally it would be kept inside to age I would think.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 help! I think the Amazing Race is going to conflict with my Academy Awards Sunday night.....
Originally Posted By Rsey103 The glass gazebo that was behind them at the start of that leg of the race was used in The Sound of Music film...... Glad to see Mel & Mike and Luke and his Mom doing well in the race... Do you think those non-TAR trail markers that confused Victor and Tammy were put up by the production to throw the contestants off?
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Who knows they are kind of similar. I think the I would have enjoyed spearing "bloody" antique frames on a spike
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I was wondering about those other markers... I liked that Mel stuck it out and got to jump. I think Victor is bossy and needs to listen more -
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Being a Chinese guy, I was rooting for Victor and Tammy from the get-go, and for the first two legs they seemed like a strong team. But last night showed they have a serious chink in their armor. He is way too bossy, and she just puts up with it. Even at the end of the leg, he couldn't even own up to the fact that he was wrong, and that it nearly cost them the race.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >The glass gazebo that was behind them at the start of that leg of the race was used in The Sound of Music film......< Thanks for the bit of trivia, I actually pointed the gazebo out to my mom ("look at the pretty gazebo, mom") but didn't know it was the one from that movie. Glad to see Mel and Mike doing so well. - kch
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Good show. That was amazing how Jaime guessed Chekhov on the first try... That coaster looked like fun.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I know it's only a few shows into the new season, but this one in particular seems the most turbulent. The leader board has been all over the place, as has the overall finishing order. I'm not sure I like the idea of the Blind U-turn; I don't think it's much of a compelling twist to the game.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I did think it was a bit amusing that they thought it was other people - and thought the mom and son would be sad for them. I am thinking they are going with the blind U-Turn to have people use it and not cause problems during the race. It's much easier to use it, if you don't have to have the team know it was you.
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Wood go boom! I like that it feels much more like a race again. What I was thinking though is even if you don't like Trek (Those people exist?!) you'll have at least subconsciously know the word "Chekov". Of course if you read all the more power to you.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby I thought the same thing about the "Star Trek" connection. Sad that, what, only 3 people knew who it was. Interesting to note that all the remaining teams are either friends or family members, no spouses or boyfriend/girlfriend. Really enjoying the show, haven't watched it since the season before the family edition. - kch
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains You just knew at least one team would have a girl in a thong! LOL!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Me too... I was ready to see Victor go... His sister seems nice, but he is too annoying!
