The Amazing Race: A New Olympic Sport?

I was glad that Azaria & Hendekea fell back a number of slots. They get on my nerves.

I'm rooting for grandpa (I always root for the old people on thsi show) but I'm afraid he's not much of a contender to win.

The goths are starting to win me over.

I think in the end, Ronald will be a better Dad to Chirstina. I just wonder if it happens during the race, or if it is happening now as he is watching himself being a jackass on TV. Something gives me the feeling Ronald wanted a son.

Here's a question: During haul it, did they have to tie the ropes on the furniture a certain way, or did it just need to be whatever safe/secure knot they could tie? Specific knots I would have been bad at, whatever would work I'd be good at.

EricC, I don't think they had to tie the knots a certain way. I think they just had to make sure the furniture was stable enough to be safely hoisted up.

I too am liking the goths more and more. I think they're my faves along with TK & Rachel and Lorena & Jason.

Grandpa in his skivvies covered with mud--oh my poor eyes! I loved the task though, and I am positive I would have gone splat in the mud myself.

Listening to Ronald berate his daughter is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard. She is showing remarkable restraint in not telling him exactly where to go.

I don't really have a favorite team yet--I just have my least faves. The goths are cool though. It was funny to hear some of the teams call them "hippies."

If I had been Christina I think I would have drowned Ronald in the mud ditch. How awful he is to her. I hope he is really ashamed of himself when he watches this. She is showing an amazing amount of restraint.

I thought it was interesting that Azarea and Hendekea knew enough to get directly on the train and buy their tickets there instead of wasting time at the station ticket window. That was a good move. They must have traveled in Europe before.

My favorites are the Pinkies (Goths) and the Hippies (TK and Rachel) because I like their attitudes toward each other. I was sorry to see the Ministers go though cause I liked their attitude too, especially when they said, with a wink, that they didn't think God really cared one way or the other if they won or not. Three cheers for them... maybe they could sit down and spend some time with Amber from BB8 and straighten her out a bit about priorities.

Last comment... it's a good thing that none of the racers were color blind because some of the color combinations on the bikes would have been totally impossible for them to see if they were... especially the orange and green. I wonder if they even thought about that when they planned the task!

I enjoyed last night's episode and had to call in my roommate to watch too, since she lived there for 6 months. She was fortunate enough to catch the part with Gramps stripping down...yuck!

I know that it may be edited to be seem worse than it is, but I don't think I could handle a running commentary on what I'm doing wrong from my dad (or anyone else). That's really going to hurt them if they aren't really working together.

I don't mind the goths as much as I thought I might. I'm also enjoying TK and Rachel and Lorena and Jason.

It seemed like they spent too much time showing people trying to get to the airport, and not enough time on the tasks. I don't like the guy who had his grandfather take the pole vaulting task. He's really rude, and should have offered to do the task, instead moaning about it. The Asian father is annoying, as well. He can't seem to shut up. I like most of the other teams so far.

The women killed on the furniture moving task! I couldn't believe that those guys could not tie secure knots.

I know editing has a lot to do with it, but Christina is a saint. The parent/child dynamic is always tricky, but Ronald needs to realize that Christina is an adult and can make her own decisions. I think she might be better off if she binds and gags him and just carries him along for the entire race.

I can't decide if my favorite part of the ditch vaulting was Gramps in his underwear, one of the blondes taking a header in the ditch or Marianna flying over in one fell swoop (apparently she did track in university and vaulting was her speciality).

Love The Amazing Race! Before I had kids it gave me some great travel ideas...now I'm just green with envy at all the cool places they get to go.

I know editing plays a large part in all reality shows but the knot tying...I would have been unable to do that as well..not sure if my wife could have done better though. Ronald needs to shut up and stop thinking like the engineer he probably is. Nathan is going to get his ass kicked by Jennifer before this is over...he needs to shut up like Ronald.

I don't have a favorite yet...I typically like the teams that embrace other cultures and are respectful to the locals...sometimes that seems to be hard for a lot of teams. Invariably someone will come up with a racist comment like back in India a few seasons ago when one of the girls said"eww...look...they keep breeding" about some poverty stricken kids...just the attitude we need for the Ugly American stereotype to continue.

My personal poll on the worst tourists I have ever seen:

1. Israeli tour group in Thailand throwing food and trash into a pristine river.
2. German tourists flicking cigarette butts into a nationally renowned nature preserve.
3. Older British couple throwing a hissy fit at a hotel over cold toast.
4. Australian "lager louts" drinking their way through Europe with zero stops at anything remotely historic or artistic.
5. Group of American teenagers taking a tour of the Vatican giggling and laughing.

Not sure why I am on such a rant right now..sorry for taking up so much space!