The Amazing Race 7: Episode 9
A diversion before we get to the heart of the matter: I've finally figured Gretchen out. For most of the Race she seems to always be complaining, but the complaining is not annoying or grating but rather somewhat endearing. And I figured out why tonight. It's not that she's complaining, it's that she's required to narrate every moment of her life good, bad or indifferent. And it truly is Amazing that they have made it this far in the Race, as their navigational skills are so week I'm surprised they can make it out of their bed to the floor each morning.
It was a non-elimination leg this week, so that means that we're stuck with the hated one a bit longer, but this is the week that it cracked. This is the week that his smarminess worked against him, and his stupidity gave him unwarranted confidence.
The teams are flying from India to Istanbul. They all make the same arrangements to fly through Delhi. Leave 10 am today, arrive 8:30 am tomorrow. So that morning at the airport in India Rob makes a smart-ass comment to Gretchen, "Hey, did you make it on the earlier flight?" Rob doesn't know of an earlier flight - he just wants to psych the team out and throw them into a tear frantically searching for this earlier flight.
Armed with this knowledge, Uchenna convinces a local to let him use a cell phone to call a Delhi travel agent. And there is an earlier flight. It's got a connection through Dubai, but gets into Istanbul (not Constantinople) two hours earlier. Uchenna and Joyce and Meredith and Gretchen all get ticket put on hold for them to pick up when they get to Delhi.
When the teams land in Delhi Rob and Amber go in search of an earlier flight, but there was a travel agent that did not succumb to the charms of the Boston lothario (and, perhaps, didn't know of this alternate flight available), and told Rob he was on the best flight available. the folks at Turkish Air corroborated that the direct flight was the fastest way there.
And thus Uchenna and Joyce and Gretchen and Meredith gained a 2 hour lead on Rob and Amber and Ron and Kelly, all thanks to the smarm-master trying to psych a team out. HIS SLIMINESS WORKED AGAINST HIM! IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE END!
And here's where the stupidity comes in. Initially, all the teams had the same plane reservations. Leave Jodhpur at 10 am, fly through Delhi, arrive in Istanbul at 8:30 am. When Uchenna and Joyce, Gretchen and Meredith didn't get on the plane to Istanbul while in Delhi Rob's initial reaction was, "Oh, we're ahead of them now."
Let's think about this for a minute. You're on the same flight you've been scheduled on since yesterday. You're on the same flight the other teams have been scheduled on since yesterday. You had a several hour delay in Delhi. You're running a race. Do you think that the other teams were just so overwhelmed with the beauty of Delhi they decided to stick around for a while? They're so incredibly stupid they can't make it from one gate in the airport to another in the many hours they had at the airport? Are so intimidated by you and in awe of you they just decided to give up? Give me a break. Uchenna and Joyce are rocking it hard without having to grease any palms and you're jealous of them.
Which leaves me with just one final question this week. Apparently it is a common custom in Istanbul for people to weigh you on the street. I've tried searching in Google every which way I can and can't find an answer to the burning question: WHY? The only person who gets paid to weigh me is my doctor, and even if I'm in Istanbul (not Constantinople) and I'll feel skinnier because the number will be smaller because its kilograms instead of pounds you ain't getting me on a scale. I'll pay you to refrain from the practice, thank you very much.
And the final final question: If they're in a race around the world, heading East up until now, why did they just fly from India to Turkey? I'm intrigued as to where the route will take us next week.
It was a non-elimination leg this week, so that means that we're stuck with the hated one a bit longer, but this is the week that it cracked. This is the week that his smarminess worked against him, and his stupidity gave him unwarranted confidence.
The teams are flying from India to Istanbul. They all make the same arrangements to fly through Delhi. Leave 10 am today, arrive 8:30 am tomorrow. So that morning at the airport in India Rob makes a smart-ass comment to Gretchen, "Hey, did you make it on the earlier flight?" Rob doesn't know of an earlier flight - he just wants to psych the team out and throw them into a tear frantically searching for this earlier flight.
Armed with this knowledge, Uchenna convinces a local to let him use a cell phone to call a Delhi travel agent. And there is an earlier flight. It's got a connection through Dubai, but gets into Istanbul (not Constantinople) two hours earlier. Uchenna and Joyce and Meredith and Gretchen all get ticket put on hold for them to pick up when they get to Delhi.
When the teams land in Delhi Rob and Amber go in search of an earlier flight, but there was a travel agent that did not succumb to the charms of the Boston lothario (and, perhaps, didn't know of this alternate flight available), and told Rob he was on the best flight available. the folks at Turkish Air corroborated that the direct flight was the fastest way there.
And thus Uchenna and Joyce and Gretchen and Meredith gained a 2 hour lead on Rob and Amber and Ron and Kelly, all thanks to the smarm-master trying to psych a team out. HIS SLIMINESS WORKED AGAINST HIM! IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE END!
And here's where the stupidity comes in. Initially, all the teams had the same plane reservations. Leave Jodhpur at 10 am, fly through Delhi, arrive in Istanbul at 8:30 am. When Uchenna and Joyce, Gretchen and Meredith didn't get on the plane to Istanbul while in Delhi Rob's initial reaction was, "Oh, we're ahead of them now."
Let's think about this for a minute. You're on the same flight you've been scheduled on since yesterday. You're on the same flight the other teams have been scheduled on since yesterday. You had a several hour delay in Delhi. You're running a race. Do you think that the other teams were just so overwhelmed with the beauty of Delhi they decided to stick around for a while? They're so incredibly stupid they can't make it from one gate in the airport to another in the many hours they had at the airport? Are so intimidated by you and in awe of you they just decided to give up? Give me a break. Uchenna and Joyce are rocking it hard without having to grease any palms and you're jealous of them.
Which leaves me with just one final question this week. Apparently it is a common custom in Istanbul for people to weigh you on the street. I've tried searching in Google every which way I can and can't find an answer to the burning question: WHY? The only person who gets paid to weigh me is my doctor, and even if I'm in Istanbul (not Constantinople) and I'll feel skinnier because the number will be smaller because its kilograms instead of pounds you ain't getting me on a scale. I'll pay you to refrain from the practice, thank you very much.
And the final final question: If they're in a race around the world, heading East up until now, why did they just fly from India to Turkey? I'm intrigued as to where the route will take us next week.
posted by Swankette at 10:08 PM
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Does this mean they're headed to New Amsterdam before the season is over?
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