The Amazing Race - 2011-12

OK, IJAG, I was going to send you a bottle of Nobilo, and I get the old ones?

(This is how you know she didn't rig this thing.)

 

I even waited a few extra days to do the draw, waiting for it to show up. But nooooooooooooooo.

So you got screwed.

I mean, BLIND DRAW!

(the oldies did a good job last week!)

 

I got the old folks too, which is par for my life of late.

 

Does the winner get a prize?

 

I'M ALREADY RUNNING SECRET SANTA AND JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR A PRIZE!

I mean, um, you get bragging rights?

 

LMAO.

 

WEEK 1 OF OUR POOL:

STOP READING IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE EPISODE

Pool 1:
schieza 14
JayFarrar 8
Iron_Chet 7
IJAG 6
MTM 5
DrewWilson 4
Liesl 3
bumpy mcgee 2
*Wenders 1

Pool 2
bydesign77 14
KYSW 8
Pete 7
StormSurge 6
SpeedTchr 5
beanpole 4
TigerVols 3
Huggy 2
* ArnoldBabar 1

* = TAR team eliminated

 

Bill and Cathi might easily be the oldest contestants, but don't count them out - they're using their smarts. When Bill got the Buddah clue, that was the coolest moment of the episode.

And, I won't say who got eliminated (for those of you out West), but one of the team members that finished last said they were afraid that they let down their daughter because they were eliminated so early. They did not let down their daughter - they hustled to the end, which is nothing to be ashamed of.

A good, close episode in which you didn't know who would be eliminated until nearly the very end.

 

They gave them the answers, too. I think my team should get bonuses for that.

 

GIVE ME FIVE, AB! We should get a special round for having our contestants go out first.

I really liked how none of the teams gave up this episode. There were some points where a lot of teams could have really just whined about being far behind, but they attacked it with the thought of, "Well, we're just going to try our best."

The snowboarders are really growing on me. They are a strong team.

 

New drinking game: Take a shot every time Marcus Pollard mentions he played in the NFL.
You'll get drunk every episode.

 

That's who I'm rooting for this season.

It does seem like the producers have ramped up the difficulty of the tasks this season. And what's with the clue being in that basket at the restaurant instead of the traditional mailbox on a post?