March 16 review

Finally, a tough roadblock! A feast it was . . . of Cow ribs, cow intestines, cow udder, pork sausages, blood sausages, a whole cow kidney, and parts of cow saliva glands. A veritable feast of roasted cow innards. But little meat. I wonder what kind of spices were used? Nummy!

To the teams:

Alex/Lynn: Team numero uno. Lynn: "If you can't do it, Barf it up." Alex: "That's the last thing I want to hear is 'Barf it up.'" He did anyway, and felt a whole lot better afterwards. Give it to that guy, this was a tough roadblock, and 3 of the 9 teams didn't complete the task. They kicked butt in the raft rowing against Team Survivor, but why didn't they win a trip or money or something for finishing first on this leg?

Rob. Not Rob and Amber, anymore, not now anyway, since she's just baggage that he's carrying around. Amber hasn't done a thing but whine occasionally. He's an army of one, and we haven't seen her step up -- yet. You have to hand it to the guy -- only Rob would be able to quit a roadblock task and turn it to his advantage. Genius. I still don't like him, but he's a smooth player. Who's been this crafty in the amazing race like this before?, Susan/Patrick: Team Mama's boy. Somebody stop me, but I'm missing Hellboy Aaron. Shut up and eat the "Argentina Feast" -- flies and all -- whiny boy. He finally did it, but would have been done an hour earlier if he hadn't taken so much time to discuss why he couldn't possibly do it. They must have been re-enacting some family scenes of when Patrick was a baby and wouldn't eat the strained peas. Only this time, mommy is telling him to vomit. The real problem was, it took them 1 1/2 hours to get out of Santiago, and it's amazing they still aren't there driving around looking for the "Al Norte" exit.

(Amazing FACT on the Amazing Race: Gay racer Alex is 22, Patrick is 26!!! Doesn't it seem like Patrick is the baby of the race?)

Meredith/Gretchen: Very endearing and nice old folks. Their concern for the others was touching, and they show alot of class, as well as smarts, for going along with Rob's suggestion to quit, even though they were taking a chance.

Rob/Deana: And why was the smaller team member doing the eating? He must out-weigh her by 80 or 100 pounds, he should have done the roadblock.

Uchenna. Not Uchenna and Joyce, she's another invisible who needs to step up. As for the big guy, he had no trouble with the 4 lbs. of "cow's everything" except when Alex vomited at his feet. Even more impressive, Uchenna sat there and ate! I'd of gotten up and moved away from the vomit. Downwind . . . across the circle . . . anywhere. I liked Joyce's quip in the car later, "Do you want a mint?" Was she trying to tell him something, or, oh wait, did he vomit too?

Ron/Kelly: If he mentions one more time he was in an Iraqi prison, I'm gonna barf.

Gregg/Brian: The bros took a goofy view of the detour - who would pick a 7 mile bike ride (over train tracks, no less) over a river flowing at a speed of about 20 or 30 mph, and with 3 other rowers in the raft to help out? I'm beginning to wonder about the smarts on these two . . . they can't suck every week, but at least they've got determination. Yeah! Pick up the wreck of a bike and run with it! Yaaaaah!! Dudes, get your sh*t together -- soon!

Debbie/Biana: The "childhood" friends blew it. "Love you." "Love you, too." [averted gaze] The girls drove 2 1/2 hours PAST Santiago to the ocean when the clue clearing mentioned something about them driving through the Andes Mountains. Hmmm, what could be wrong here? They could have placed well, since Deb kicked ass eatin' 4 lbs of meat - the only chick to do so. But with the long drive, they went from first place to eliminated. At least they picked up $20,000 for winning last week . . .