Water Cooler Talk from Two Guys Who Look Alarmingly Similar
Episode 7
Well, we can tell we're going to have a difficult time writing this particular recap, having just flipped channels to CNN and hearing the incredible Breaking News Update. That's right, Britney Spears is pregnant.
We're faced with all sorts of questions. How will this affect her career? Will this result in another increase in the cost of gas? What effect will it have on the election of a new Pope?
And let's not forget the question we're all asking, namely "Who gives damn?"
Let's just try to move forward as best we can.
A 15-year-old reporter delivers important Breaking News on CNN.
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At the beginning of tonight's show, Alex and Lynn talked about how the experience of the race has brought them closer together as a couple. We're thinking they've been pretty close throughout; if they were any closer, it would take surgery to remove them from one another.
The teams began another long trek, leaving the Khwai River Lodge in Botswana, for Lucknow, India. To begin the journey the teams had to board some very small planes, one of which was actually operated via winding a giant rubber band.
While arranging flights, Rob and Amber aligned themselves with Ron and Kelly, apparently for the entertainment value of listening to them snip at each other, and because they wanted to hear how each new locale compared to Baghdad.
Rob luckily found an official Boston Red Sox headdress to wear into the palace.
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Gretchen spent some time shopping around for a backpack while she was waiting for a plane. Since she had very little money to spend, she had a hard time finding one in her price range. She eventually reunited with Meredith, sporting a really attractive ziplock bag.
Once the teams arrived in India, they had to adapt to the complex highway system. You have your three basic lanes: The Passing Lane, The Slow Lane, and "Look Out! Another Damn Cow!"
Teams rode to the Bara Imambara Palace, where they had to wear traditional headdresses, most likely as a practical joke.
If we were in charge of the Amazing Race, we'd constantly be telling the teams that they had to wear various "traditional" garments at every stop of the race, even if it involved full frontal nudity, just to see if they'd comply with it.
Ron spots some cows, much like the ones he saw in Baghdad.
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Ron thought his headdress looked very similar to those he saw in Baghdad.
The clue at the palace instructed teams to head to the Steel Emporium via a horse-drawn tonga. One member of each team had to dig through hundreds of steel boxes to locate one that contained a clue.
Amber, using her X-ray vision, managed to find a clue very quickly. Gretchen used the opposite of X-ray vision, staring blankly at the outside of boxes for several days before finding her clue.
Once Gretchen finally found her clue, she and Meredith headed off to their next stop. The couple mysteriously drew a mob of autograph seekers who paraded around them and followed them step for step. The locals apparently thought the cameras were filming a new episode of The Golden Girls.
Tampax introduces its new line of boat repair products.
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We believe it was at this point of the show that we saw a rather disturbing commercial break.
We've been personally using a lot of NyQuil lately to control our various cold symptoms, so we may very well have completely hallucinated this particular commercial, but we swear we saw a tampon ad during which a woman used one of the products to stop a raft from taking on water.
Next thing you know, you'll see a commercial where a young child loses a balloon at a festival, and Trojan Man comes to the rescue.
Anyway, the next clue directed teams to a portion of town called Aishbagh. Teams had to hire a cyclist to transport them to a gas station, which Ron noted was in an area filled with donkey crap, much like he saw in Baghdad.
The gas station guy gave the teams a choice between transporting a bunch of coal from a depot to the store where Santa Claus does his shopping for ornery children, or they could head to an office to serve tea to a bunch of cranky, yet thirsty workers.
Every team opted for the tea challenge. Teams were given a list of office workers to whom they had to deliver tea. The tricky part was that everyone who worked at this particular office was named Raj.
Phil's alter-ego, "Evil Phil," emerges to announce that the teams have not yet finished this leg of the race.
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Rob and Amber managed to deliver their tea to the various Rajes the fastest, and they headed off to the next Pit Stop.
The productivity at this office suffered greatly during this particular task. Not only was the day constantly interrupted by people prancing through their offices, shouting "Are you Raj!?" but all of the workers spent the rest of their day peeing.
Just as we thought we were about to see Rob and Amber pull off another first place finish at the Pit Stop, Phil gave our favorite couple the most unusual facial expression we've seen since we saw the look on the guy's face after his girlfriend used her tampon to stop their boat from leaking.
Turns out this leg of the journey isn't complete at all, and we'll all have to wait until next week to find out what the deal is. We're betting that some of their adventures will look mighty similar to what our soldiers might be experiencing in Baghdad!
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