You Sullied My Sports Bra. Prepare To Die.

Monday, October 13, 2008 at 08:24am by freakgirl

This season of The Amazing Race seems to have a lot more Pit Stop drama than recent installments. From Terence’s hissy at the first Pit Stop, to the Mysterious Falling Sports Bra at this one, teams seem to be looking for a reason to dislike each other.

I must admit my favorite part of this episode might have been in the beginning, when Sarah informed us that she was shocked to discover that, on this RACE, people seem to be out for THEMSELVES, and are — wait for it — in it to WIN. Can you believe it? How dare they.

Anyhoo, this leg of the race takes us to Bolivia, where several Racers suffer from altitude sickness. I’ve never been anywhere where altitude could be a problem for me, but I’ve heard it’s awful. I will use it to excuse the Comic Book Guys for getting eliminated in the most humiliating way imaginable — for not reading a clue correctly. I wonder had they finished that Roadblock in better time, could they have saved themselves?

It matters not — the boys are gone. Oh well. I was kind of tired of looking at the red-headed one’s sweaty head, anyway.

Back to the beginning of the leg. Apparently Kelly & Kristy, the Gay Divorcees, believe that Star pushed one of their sports bras off a ledge during the last Pit Stop. As Nick put it, how the hell would that give them any sort of advantage? “Oh, I would have won that leg if my boobs had been given more comfortable support, Phil!” But don’t side with Nick and Star so soon. During the Detour, a terrifying high-speed ride on a rickety bike, Nick and Star ask Aja and Ty to U-Turn the Divorcees if they get a chance. Um, how about you speed it up and do it yourselves?

Aja and Ty, obviously, pass on that request. And later, to my delight, Aja tattles to the Divorcees, ensuring this stupid feud will last a good while.

This week’s Roadblock will go down as a classic for Amazing Race; even Phil couldn’t contain his glee while introducing it. Team members have to wrestle a cholita, and learn a wrestling routine to be performed in front of a live audience. Ken, to his credit, ROCKED IT and Tina and her eyebrows got all hot and bothered.

My favorite team this week is definitely Toni and Dallas. They began the leg in last place, and even with Toni obviously suffering from altitude sickness, they made some smart choices and got some good cab drivers and ended up finishing in second place. Good on  ya, Motherboy!

Order of Finish:

1. Ken & Tina
2. Toni & Dallas
3. Terence & Sarah
4. Marisa & Brooke
5. Aja & Ty
6. Nick & Starr
7. Andrew & Dan
8. Kelly & Christy
9. Mark & Bill – ELIMINATED

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5 responses for this post

  1. 1.   Jack said  ( Monday, October 13, 2008 at 11:55 am )

    It’s so depressing to see Terrence & Sarah run kind of a crummy leg, but still manage to come in 3rd. Ugh. I fear they will be around for a while. Plus some teams seem to get out in front for a bit, and then somehow bleed time and drop back again. Nick & Star and Andrew & Dan to name a couple.

    I liked this week – the homemade bikes but especially the CHOLITAS!! made for an entertaining episode. And I don’t think I heard anything about how divorce makes you stroooongerrrrr.

    I would love to read “Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Flying Sports Bra.” If anyone could get to the bottom of this, it’s Encyclopedia Brown and Sally Kimball. (Am I the only one that remembers these books?)

  2. 2.   freakgirl said  ( Monday, October 13, 2008 at 12:20 pm )

    Of course we remember “Encyclopedia Brown!” And yes, he and Sally would totally get to the bottom of Sports BraGate.

    I forgot to mention the ASTOUNDING amount of makeup some of the women put on in the morning. Who does that? And I swear one of the Gay Divorcees actually drew on a mole. WHY?

  3. 3.   GeekBoy said  ( Monday, October 13, 2008 at 4:41 pm )

    Dude, I wanted to BE Encyclopedia Brown growing up.

  4. 4.   Joanne said  ( Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 9:17 am )

    I have to say I have been thinking about the title of this post all yesterday and this morning and it is cracking me up, it’s just perfect.

    I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t want to be married to those divorcees, they seem so nice and charming. Maybe that’s why all the makeup? To cover up the horribleness in their soul and eyes?

    I loved Encyclopedia Brown, even though I could *never* figure out the mysteries. He was kind of a skinny, nerdy kid when I read him but I saw some books a few years ago and now he is a real dreamboat! Isn’t that awful?

  5. 5.   Yahtzee said  ( Friday, October 17, 2008 at 11:14 pm )

    The wrestling challenge was outstanding and the uniform fit Dallas well in all the right places.

    La Paz is at 14,000 feet? That’s pretty amazing. I’ve gotten altitude headaches while camping/hiking out west. Not fun and that was nowhere near 14K.

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