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There are few things in life that bother me so completely as people who squander opportunities or don't realize the opportunities they have.

Jeff and Jordan - I don't like returning people. I think that someone that's run the reality show gambit (win or lose) had their shot. All-star editions are somewhat of an exception, but I still think it takes away some of the fun of getting to know new personalities. Still, they are an engaging team. Not smart, to be certain, but engaging. Jeff is funny (intentionally) and Jordan is unintentionally funny. I don't know if any inept racers have ever made it this far in to the race. They can't win. Jeff pointed out the elephant in the room that if you have a one in eight chance to win a million dollars you move your ass. How people get this is beyond me. Jordan has her half a million, so I guess she doesn't care so much.

Map girl and Tool Academy candidate - Receiving a time penalty of about 50% of the legs is very telling. Some people can't read instructions. I think the editors had fun trying to find the instances that paint them extremely poorly. However they do seem to appreciate the opportunity. He's still a tool, and she's still not the brightest bulb.

The team that just got eliminated - Felt bad for them. However, that's why you get cocky whilst not around others.

The detectives - Have finally pulled it together, and seem to be enjoying themselves. I thought playing the u-turn when they did was dumb, but see below.

10 percenters volume one - The brothers seem to be enjoying themselves despite themselves. Could they argue more?

10 percenters volume two - The lady with the short dark hair does not deserve to be on the race...at all. I would have loved to see her try to decipher the morse code. I didn't sign up for this? Wow. Just wow.

Cowboys- my fav. team.


How not to use a blind U-turn (and have it work for you)

The beauty of a blind U-turn is that you can use it and no one (unless you're stupid) will know for sure that it was you. You're in first place, you have two teams less than 10 minutes behind you. You use the blind U-turn it's not going to do anything other than piss off the team you U-turned. Add in the fact that there is a very inept team literally 3 hours behind you that has a secondary task to do and you are just wasting the opportunity.

Of course the reliance of the population at large on technology to do anything means that something that nearly every adult male used to know how to do is now a forgotten skill. Honestly I don't know how well I would have been able to decipher the code either, but I think over the course of several hours I would be able to crack it.


Where do we go from here?

The is a surprising lack of teams that are really good. The cowboys and the detectives are the only two that really seem able to step it up. That leaves at least one spot in the top three that is up for grabs. I can't believe that the two intellectually challenged teams can make it (I'm sure Map girl and toolboy do, though), so that leaves the two 10% teams and the father/daughter team. Time will tell.

//10 percenters is not meant to be in any way disparaging.

///Mapgirl and toolboy is meant to be disparaging.