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Belle Book:
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--- Quote from: theschnauzers on November 02, 2011, 06:44:35 PM ---(The last one I can remember was a detour task involving pianos and music in Russia; I'd have to look up which Race and leg that was.)
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TAR17 Leg 6. Nick & Vicki came in last that leg and didnt had to perform a SpeedBump during the next one.
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That's because there were quite a few people who got the piano music right and weren't properly told that.
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lovetherace:
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--- Quote from: lovetherace on October 31, 2011, 10:51:50 AM ---
Andy (or Tommy) are shown, as they drive away, saying "That guy said to take the truck so we ran over. This could have been their truck, who knows."
So they did have an idea they were taking someone else's truck. Can't say they made a mistake by taking the chance when offered; we've seen this (and worse!) in other seasons. It was one of the shop people who apparently told them they could have it.
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I don't think Andy or Tommy had any knowledge that they were taking someone else's truck, they were told by the person at the bed frame place to take that truck, and that's what they did. If there was a mistake, it was a production mistake, not a Racer mistake. And it's very rare for the show to make any announced adjustment for it. (The last one I can remember was a detour task involving pianos and music in Russia; I'd have to look up which Race and leg that was.)
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Have to respectfully disagree; I do think they had an idea it might be someone else's truck based on their comment, plus the fact they would've seen Jeremy and Sandi when they got to the shop and knew they were ahead of them.
However, agree that it wasn't their mistake, if they were told by the people at the shop to take it. In fact, to me it's always been part of the game to take whatever chance you can, so even if they had taken it without being told to, that's part of how things are played. It's always hard to tell from the editing, but it looked like things were moving fast; a truck came, they were told to take it, and didn't wait around to sort out what was doing with the other teams.
Rather than reminding me of the Russia/piano situation this reminds me more of the Cowboys last season - didn't they take the Globetrotters' waiting cab at one point?
I was originally responding to posters upthread who thought it was really bad for Andy and Tommy to take the truck. It might not come across as the most polite thing to do, but unless there's a penalty, it's allowed.
Still a little confused about Laurence and Zac's situation though.
north09:
I don't think Andy & Tommy were intentionally stealing the truck from Jeremy & Sandy, but rather taking the truck assigned to them by the guy at the shop. If I was in a race for a million dollars and was told that was my truck, I'd take it. There isn't any time to play wait in line and pass up a truck because it's polite. Who could know when the next truck would arrive.
lovetherace, the clue said you should call a truck, not you must. Teams were free to transport their beds to the pitstop however they needed to. It was obvious that every team would have a truck driver transport them, just how they got it was open for the team to decide. At least thats my interpretation.
mswood:
Yeah, I can't see how any rational being would think that Andy & Tommy took another's truck.
They don't go for it, until the local tells them too. Even Jeremy & Sandy just say it might be there truck (they have no knowledge on if it is theirs). Andy & Tommy after that occurs and the truck is pulling away say it might have been the other teams.
Might doesn't mean it is. If you are told by the local it's your's the it's yours. Period. Thats the way the race has always occurred.
There isn't a que. There isn't a line, nor do they draw a number. They are entirely dependent on what the locals tell them.
I mean seriously how many episodes have occurred where some one calls for a cab, and it isn't the first one to arrive? Ever been a group where that happens, I have.
First you would have to know where those trucks were dispatched from (which we don't). Then we would have to know if this truck was even one of the ones which were dispatched (which we don't know).
Season Nine Fran and Barry call and reserve a cab, Joseph calls a cab later. Guess what Fran and Barry accuse Mojo of stealing their cab. But what happened is their cab never arrived (and it cost them the race). And its not the first time, cabs from a later caller arrived first.
It is not nor has it ever been up to the racers to get clarification from another source that the local is in fact correct or in error.
Simply thinking Andy & Tommy took it, is irrational. Pure and simple. Or that it was done with advance knowledge. No facts that are present support that belief.
Prophet:
What I wonder is how Jeremy and Sandy had laid some mysterious claim to that particular truck. Sandy seemed to think that since they arrived second they had a right to that one. But it wasn't some kind of pull of numbers task. It was a very chaotic environment where people were stopping trucks in the road and there were trucks being called. It's just the way things work in Africa. It seems like Andy and Tommy were trying to go tell the guy to call them a truck and he pointed out that there was one over there so they took it. The later teams to arrive seemed to abandon the idea of calling one.
Besides all that, it is a race and I would take anything I could to get ahead being in their shoes. You never know if you are in a race with whoever you can see for last place. No one has time to stop and have an argument about the semantics of truck calling :lol:
IMO, those trying to accuse Andy and Tommy of such a thing are those who hate\dislike them for no particular reason. I would like someone to give me a legitimate reason to hate\dislike them.
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