You have to team up with another DUer in the Amazing Race

[yvr girl]

Who do you pick and why?

I have to pick a guy, for brawn factor. I'm torn between Raging in Miami because he can speak Spanish and function in other cultures or Matcom because he'd be entertaining.

[RagingInMiami]

1. I'm not entertaining?

Baby, you'll be laughing so hard it would hurt.

[yvr girl]

4. OK, forget Matcom

We're a team.

[RagingInMiami]

10. We're a team

I don't even know who will match up against us.

[yvr girl]

17. I think we'd be unstoppable

You're not going to yell at me are you? I don't want to be the bickering couple.

[RagingInMiami]

20. Well, that depends

Do you take forever to get ready?

Do you insist on wearing high heels everywhere you go?

Are you going to get mad if I want to stop and have a few beers with the locals?

I think we will be fine. I don't like to bicker.

[yvr girl]

23. Well, let's see

I can get ready very quickly - the race isn't about glamour.

High heels have their place, but it isn't in a race.

Can you confine the beers to rest periods or when we have to wait for something to open?

I HATE bickering.

[RagingInMiami]

25. another thing

I am very completive, so the beers will not get in the way of winning.

The beers and the high heels will come during our victory celebration.

[RagingInMiami]

26. I meant to say "competitive" in the above post

It just won't let me correct it a second time after I stupidly allowed spell check to fix it the first time and then submitting the post without double-checking. It chose the wrong word.

[yvr girl]

27. I'll buy some heels after we win

I am not hauling them around the world.

You have to eat anything gross or smelly. I'm OK with getting dirty though.

[RagingInMiami]

28. I've never watched the show

Does it entail eating gross shit like that fear factor show? If so, I'll bring plenty of tabasco.

[yvr girl]

29. Not as bad as Fear Factor

There might be a couple of challenges that involve icky food (otherwise known as local delicacies.)

[RagingInMiami]

30. Well that is where the beer comes in

Beer and Tabasco will wash it down, if it means winning the race. Maybe some local liquor as well, to kill the taste buds.

And then it's a few camera shots of the locals and we're on our way.

[yvr girl]

31. You do need to take some time to enjoy the journey

And pics are a must.

[RagingInMiami]

32. And I always insist on picking up a few phrases of the local language

before I leave. My MO is that I sit around drinking with them, asking them how for the basics in their language, i.e., how to order beer, food, coffee, room, ect. How to tell someone to fuck off, how to greet someone.

Then I have them sound it out slowly so I can write it down phonetically.

And I always retain these phrases after I leave. Just part of my traveling habits.

[yvr girl]

51. that's a good skill to have

except that we're hardly in any place long enough to use it.

[RagingInMiami]

52. We're not bickering already, are we?

Just let me finish this beer and we're on our way. By the way, you look great without make up.

[yvr girl]

54. No, we're not fighting.

It's just that there isn't a lot of downtime during the race.

You'll be finishing my beers too, because it takes me forever. One will last me an entire hockey game.

I don't wear tons of make-up, so natural me doesn't come as a big shock...but thanks.

[RagingInMiami]

57. Then why did you order it if you're not going to driink it?!!!

Just kidding.

[yvr girl]

58. I have beer when I want a really cheap night out

I don't have the same problems with cocktails or wine.

Besides, beer is one of the safer things to order in 3rd world countries.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. I'd pick DS1

Don't know that we'd do anything worth a shit, but it'd be goddamned hilarious!

[CottonBear]

3. It would be Matcom or Cuban Liberal or BOSSHOG.

Matcom: entertaining

Cuban Liberal: he speaks Spanish

BOSSHOG: fellow southerner and good gardener

[progmom]

5. I'd pick Rev or yvr girl.

Y'all could flirt your way out of anything!

[yvr girl]

9. I warn you though anything icky will be your department

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. Well yvr girl already teamed up with Raging.

So that just leaves you and me kid. :P

[progmom]

14. How are you with spiders?

:scared:

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. How are you with snakes?

:scared:




Actaully.... I may act like a big baby, but when push comes to shove, I am wonder woman! (where is JJ's flying smiley...?)

[progmom]

21. I am fine with snakes.

But I am totally not ok with spiders. I obsess about them. I have nightmares about them, during which I have flung myself off the bed...and woken up to discover that I have put a hole in the wall. Seriously.

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. Ok, we'll do fine then.

I'll keep the spiders away you, and you keep the snakes away me. :7

[Kire]

6. Pick Me! Pick Me!

I think this is why I was always picked last on the playground.

[tjwmason]

42. If you're the sort of person who says 'sod the race'

And jollies down to the nearest pub, I'll join up with you in an instant.

I too was always picked last, and then given instructions to stay as far away from the ball as possible (which suited me fine) - though occassionally the teacher would try and get me more involved (never with any success).

[Ready4Change]

7. I'd quit!

If I did the Amazing Race with anyone except my wife she'd fricassee me. She LOVES that show!

[MrScorpio]

8. Commie Pinko Dirtbag, because RIO is on the itinerary

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

70. You just know WHAT song popped into my head, don't you? (nt)

[Floogeldy]

11. I'm too fat to run

No fucking way.

B-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

13. I would pick loafie

because she's my girlfriend and if I didn't pick her I'd get my ass kicked. :)

[Bluebear]

15. Skittles

And we WOULD kick ass.

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. Shit... I could just quit if you two were playing.

:evilfrown:

[yvr girl]

19. I was wondering who was going to pick Skittles

You better pull your weight, or she'll kick your ass.

[kick-ass-bob]

62. whatever.

:eyes:

:P

[Bluebear]

74. whatever what?

:)

[KitchenWitch]

24. I will let someone pick me

There are just too many people that I think would be wonderful teammates!

[GalleryGod]

33. I Pick Ramsey! Because She's

Incredibly Smart:wow: and Fearless!:yourock: :pals:

[LynneSin]

39. Screw you then!!!

:sarcasm:

[JimmyJazz]

34. Is there someone out there not afraid of heights? I couldn't do any

of the height challenges without having an accident. :(

[progmom]

53. I'm good with heights

Are you ok with spiders?

[JimmyJazz]

59. You already picked yvr girl or Rev Acts ahead of me.

Too late for you :P BTW - I'm fine with spiders and I can read a map NEENER, NEENER

[progmom]

61. yvr girl is paired off, and rev acts quit b/c of Skittles

so you're stuck with me.

[JimmyJazz]

63. So I'm your *third* choice?????

You are going to do a whole lot of ass kissing if you want me to be your partner after making me your third choice! :D

[progmom]

64. like this?

[JimmyJazz]

65. It's a start.

:P

[progmom]

68. listen here

I'm a pretty good catch myself. I'm tall and can be really intimidating when needed, I speak Dutch and can make my way around with French and Italian. I'm quick on my feet and can get by on 3-4 hours of sleep a night. I am very good at BS-ing my way into and out of situations.

Oh - and I have lots and lots of really good music on my iPod. That HAS to count for something.

[JimmyJazz]

69. I speak Russian and am a former

gymnast who can STILL read a map :D

Mmmmmh - maybe we would make a pretty good team!

[progmom]

72. It's a deal

You kill the spiders, I take care of the heights, and we're all set.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. LynneSin. Why you ask? Because our minds are always seemingly

going in different directions, so I figure we would have every thought process covered. That and we still get along so very well. :hi:

[LynneSin]

37. Kewl, you're on my team then

:bounce:

I can see how we're marketed: Friends who can't agree on Football or Silent Movie Stars

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. ...and they'd be tuning in every week. The ratings would be through the

ROOF even!!! :bounce:

[LynneSin]

43. I can see it McNabb/Chaplin vs. Farve/Keaton

:eyes:

[matcom]

36. i'm entertaining AND i SPEAK SPANISH!!

well, a good 'broken' Spanish anyway ;)

I'm a TWOFER! :bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. ...and then what happens when they send you to Germany?

:P

[yvr girl]

44. I didn't know you spoke Spanish

Now Raging is fluent...what else do you got?

[matcom]

45. a cute ass

and an ugly dog :D

[yvr girl]

46. I'm glad it was a picture of the dog!

I don't think you're allowed to bring your dog. How do you think the cute ass will help during the race?

Mrs. Matcom isn't going to have issues with you racing with some Canadian chick is she? I don't want to be cursed or anything.

[Scooter24]

41. I'd choose BlondieK143...

I would think we would probably spend most of our time "man-hunting" than making acutal progress.

:)

[BlondieK143]

47. Good point!

We'd be sent home really quick. But at least we'd have helluva good time doing it! :D

[VelmaD]

48. Well, if we can have banned DUers too, I'd pick DarkPhenyx...

because he's very handy and resourceful. If not, maybe Pitt or short bus for entertainment value. Will could always chase off wild animals with a Chef Boyardee can. :)

[yvr girl]

49. Where would Pitt get a can of Chef Boyardee?

Is he going to lug it around the world?

[LynzM]

50. My husband, Briarius

Unless that's cheating... but, I know we work well and cooperatively together, we travel well together, do ok on little sleep, are creative with resources, and are both in decent shape. But we'd have to convince someone to baby-sit while we were on the race... any takers? :)

[SarahB]

55. The same one as it always is.

For the brawn factor, for the brain factor even more, and for emotional reasons most of all. I'm just a big doofus though at this point, so I'll just stay by myself and get lost in the desert if I'm lucky.

[Arkana]

56. I plead illness and back out

because I'd rather have my fingernails pulled out than go on that crappy-assed reality show. :puke:

[kick-ass-bob]

60. StopTheMorans.

We would be unstoppable.

[terrya]

66. Well, that team would be pretty awesome.

:-)

[dolo amber]

67. No contest...Skittles

Smart, funny, and can KICK YOUR ASS!!! :7 :bounce:

[bobthedrummer]

71. I'd like to be her partner too.

She threatened to KICK MY ASS once in 2003. And she has a commanding way with words.

[SOteric]

73. DS1

He'd kick butt and out-snarl anything that came along. He's smart, saavy and he's funny as all hell. I can cover more than a few languages and the cooking and fileting. He'll take care of the navigation.