11-05-2005 08:03									#1
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OMG!!!!!

Of course, she was inside at work, but the race just ended, right next to where she works in Ft. Lauderdale. Well, the race ended a few months ago, since in Jamaica, the Xmas decorations were still up, but still. Wow.

And YAY JOYCE AND UCHENEN!!!!!!!

Shows what a positive attitude will get you. They came from last place with no money and won a million bucks!!! The had to beg for their money for cab far from Jamaica to Puerto Rico to Miami and finally in Ft. Lauderdale, they had to beg up $45 before the cab would let them go in, and they still won!!!

	11-05-2005 08:04									#2
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How special. Go stand near Kuciwalker.

	11-05-2005 08:17									#3
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Joyce and Uchenna made an amazing comeback.

Even though I wanted to Rob and Amber to win - because Amber is hot and I wanted to see the look on everyone's face when they won - I think J & U really deserved it and are all around very good people. Begging for money before completing the race was classy.

	11-05-2005 08:45									#4
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R & A were the beauty pagent and POW? Right? Man she was a whiney *****.

	11-05-2005 17:19									#5
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Does anybody wanna clue me in as to what this is all about?

	11-05-2005 17:20									#6
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Too many sugar drinks, it seems.

	11-05-2005 17:32									#7
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Does anybody wanna clue me in as to what this is all about?

You never watched The Amazing Race?

	11-05-2005 18:31									#8
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no.

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Too bad for you.

	11-05-2005 18:49									#10
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I started watching a couple of weeks ago. Okay TV show. However, I can't help but get the feeling the Uchenna and Joyce helped out by the producers. They begged for enough money to get 4 major cab fares (distances rangeing from about 15 miles to 87miles) and 2 sets of plane tickets (one from Jamacia to San Juan and the other from San Juan to Miami) in two days. Hell, why work if its so easy to get so much money for nothing? It just seems a little fishy.

Then to top it off, at the San Juan airport, Rob and Amber were in a flight that was IMPOSSIBLE to get on by anyone else (it was already delayed about 40 minutes). Hell, the passenger loading walkway had already been pulled away from the plane. Then, incredibly, the pilots of the plane say to rextened the walkway so these two can get on? That would never happen. Unless, so powerful people, with deep pockets persuaded it to happen.

Just seems a little fishy.

However, I am glad it happened. Rob and Amber certianly don't need it, and Uchenna and Joyce are good people. I wish them the best of luck on getting pregnant (or adopting).

	11-05-2005 18:55									#11
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"R & A were the beauty pagent and POW? Right? Man she was a whiney *****."

No. That was Ron and Kelly . Rob and Amber were the ones that had won on the survivor series.

	11-05-2005 19:02									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Donegeal They begged for enough money to get 4 major cab fares (distances rangeing from about 15 miles to 87miles) and 2 sets of plane tickets (one from Jamacia to San Juan and the other from San Juan to Miami) in two days. Hell, why work if its so easy to get so much money for nothing? It just seems a little fishy.

People who are begging for money while a tv camera man stands behind them are probably a lot more likely to get money.

quote: Then, incredibly, the pilots of the plane say to rextened the walkway so these two can get on? That would never happen. Unless, so powerful people, with deep pockets persuaded it to happen.

Again, same principle.

	11-05-2005 19:04									#13
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Those tickets and cab fares had to cost over $1,000 all together. Yes the camera helps, but over $500 a day? I'm in the wrong line of work!

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I'm not a fan of the show but watched the last half hour of the finale while waiting for the news to come on.

quote: Originally posted by Donegeal Then to top it off, at the San Juan airport, Rob and Amber were in a flight that was IMPOSSIBLE to get on by anyone else (it was already delayed about 40 minutes). Hell, the passenger loading walkway had already been pulled away from the plane. Then, incredibly, the pilots of the plane say to rextened the walkway so these two can get on? That would never happen. Unless, so powerful people, with deep pockets persuaded it to happen. Just seems a little fishy.

My exact thoughts. Something was not right with how that went down. I smell a rat.

	11-05-2005 19:17									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Donegeal Those tickets and cab fares had to cost over $1,000 all together. Yes the camera helps, but over $500 a day? I'm in the wrong line of work!

The tickets of all contestants are paid by the show. Most likely, they are probably comp'd by American Airlines, since it seems that's the only airline they can use unless they are someplace AA doesn't fly.

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Their airfares are covered by the show, so they only needed to get enough money for cab fares. Still, the whole getting on the already departing plane thing was fishy. I'd say it had more to do with the presence of the cameras than anything else, just like the success in begging, like Che said.

	11-05-2005 19:32									#17
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Oh! I didn't know that about the airline tickets. That makes ALOT more sense! Ok, so the begging for money part isn't that fishy anymore.

But the fact remains that the plane was already delayed and the loading dock had been removed. Just having cameras present doesn't sound like a very good reason for what happened to happen.

	11-05-2005 19:34									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki Their airfares are covered by the show, so they only needed to get enough money for cab fares. Still, the whole getting on the already departing plane thing was fishy. I'd say it had more to do with the presence of the cameras than anything else, just like the success in begging, like Che said.

Begging for cash with cameras is no doubt easier, hence that was not what I found hard to believe. It was the plane incident that doesn't jibe. Did the pilot see the cameras through the closed ramp door?

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He might have seen the ones at the gate, or the gate attendant might have told him it was (obviously) part of a show - they may well have even known which show. They didn't exactly air the dialogue between the gate attendant and the pilot, so we don't know exactly what happened. I'm obviously speculating, but it seems to make sense to me.

	11-05-2005 19:41									#20
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What Kontiki said.

Any of the three teams would have been great tv. The POW (forget about the whiny pagent queen) would have just made America swoon. The plucky Black couple whose positive attitude and friendly spirit just made you want them to win. The winners of CBS's Survivor win again!!!!

Anyway you play it, the producers win.

On the other hand, it may well be that the producers had the flight delayed in order to have a race at the end for suspense, since being an hour behindd really seemed to hurt the last couple.

	11-05-2005 19:53									#21
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We were rooting so hard for Uchenna and Joyce to win.

I was pretty much going to be happy so long as Ron & Kelly didn't win.

	12-05-2005 00:06									#22
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Haven't watched the finale yet on DVR. Haven't read a post in this thread, and won't. I don't want to spoil it. But I have to say this:

Uchenna & Joyce are the only decent couple left, and I'll be very sad if they don't win. I even had a dream last night (this is pathetic) where I watched them win, but then I was talking to my dad and he said "No, you must have been dreaming, because Rob and Amber won." I woke up very sad.

I think I need therapy.

	12-05-2005 00:29									#23
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara You never watched The Amazing Race?

No. Is it a reality show?

Last time I watched a reality show, terrorists attacked the WTC, killing the winner on the very day he won.

Bad luck, I am.

	12-05-2005 00:52									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov I need therapy.

Hmm.. out of context, this could make a very good quote...

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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Last time I watched a reality show, terrorists attacked the WTC, killing the winner on the very day he won.

Wha!?!

	12-05-2005 01:20									#26
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Murder in Small Town X. Final episode was originally scheduled to run on September 11, 2001. The winner, NYC firefighter Angel Juarbe, was killed in the WTC attacks when Tower 2 collapsed.

However, since the show was such a total bomb, FOX ran the final episode back-to-back with the next-to-last episode, on September 4th. So Angel had a week to enjoy the fact that he won $250,000 and a Jeep Grand Cherokee (or whatever SUV/Truck that he won.)

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Link. Of course he actually won earlier, but I was going by airdates in the above post.

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I think nice couple won.. I like them because they were nice to everyone. They stayed to beg for money to pay the cab dude instead of just saying screw it let's run and win million dollars. Had they stayed begging if rob and amber had come there and they saw them approaching, nwo that's the real question .

But all in all, they stayed nice and positive throughout the race, so.. I've said it before, in amazing race you win with positive attitude, it doesn't help any to yell the cab driver to hurry up every 5 minutes and say 'we have a bad driver' right next to him on TV. Doesn't help any.

Then again it was pretty stupid that the plane actually rolled back in to get the winning team in, would never happen in real life, so the cameras did the work.

However, it's ok, rob and amber had a million already, and nice couple won a million so it all went nice.

And I'm glad to see Miami still looks nice even though che is trying to make it super poor ghetto with his commie ideas.

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I remember that show too, JohnT. It's so sad that it did so terrible in the ratings, not only because Angel didn't get the send-off he deserved, but also because the show was incredibly awesome and original in its own right. I wish they'd resurrect it for FX or something, but no...

Incidentally, if you watched the current season of The Apprentice earlier this year, you probably recognized another familiar face from MiSTX - Kristen, who played the role of "The Annoying ***** Detective Who Just Wouldn't Die" (seriously, she survived the killer's game like five times in a row or something...)

	12-05-2005 09:38									#30
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WOOOHOOO UCHENNA & JOYCE!!!

I'm so happy.

That was a nail-biter. But thank that AA pilot for letting them on the earlier flight to Miami--that's what saved them. And after being zeroed out on cash from the previous pit stop, too!

Awesome. Suck it, Rob & Amber! HAH!