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north09:
--- Quote from: DianeC on December 02, 2009, 05:54:21 PM --- :colors :-[ :-[
OMG..LMBO..Now what's a speedbump.....?
I have watched TAR but not recently, so plz excuse the dumb questions...I knew what a NEL was, just didn't recognize the abbreviation....TYSM
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When someone comes in last on an NEL, they are spared from elimination but must encounter a speedbump on the next leg, which is a task only they must do as a result of comming in last.
DianeC:
:kuss:
Thx muches....
chill_sd:
--- Quote from: DianeC on December 02, 2009, 05:54:21 PM --- :colors :-[ :-[
OMG..LMBO..Now what's a speedbump.....?
I have watched TAR but not recently, so plz excuse the dumb questions...I knew what a NEL was, just didn't recognize the abbreviation....TYSM
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The speed bump is just an extra task that the team must perform as a penalty for being the last team to arrive on the previous leg.
If you watched earlier seasons, you know that they used to take away a team's belongings and cash as the NEL penalty. But having Americans beg for cash overseas wasn't a very good image, so they developed other penalties for the NEL teams.
In the most recent episode, Ericka and Brian had to go to that bar and mix an Absinthe drink and drink it as their speed bump.
DianeC:
:jumpy:
Glad they did away with the begging! Thx for the update....
apskip:
It would be nice if they had done away with the begging, but no such luck. Teams can still beg, but not in U.S. airports and not where a country prohibits it. Many teams beg on airplanes and in foreign airports (almost all the ones used in each Amazing Race) in order to build up a strategic financial reserve that can be used for encouraging taxi drivers to go above the speed limit, for hiring taxis to follow when self-driving, for extra snacks or whatever. The fact that there is no requirement to do so after finishing last in an NEL makes the need for begging a little less but does not by any means eliminate it.
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