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Amazing Race coincidences/irony/karma/poetic justice
Jobby:
The most recent one that screamed in my mind. Bunnies thought they were being smart by not telling or helping everyone else that there's a table with additional dates sample at the Detour.. and they eventually still ended up finishing the task LAST.
Not that I wanted the other teams to be helped by Bunnies.. but it's just an irony or some would even say karma.
ryanmissing27:
--- Quote from: Jobby on November 20, 2013, 02:02:46 PM ---The most recent one that screamed in my mind. Bunnies thought they were being smart by not telling or helping everyone else that there's a table with additional dates sample at the Detour.. and they eventually still ended up finishing the task LAST.
Not that I wanted the other teams to be helped by Bunnies.. but it's just an irony or some would even say karma.
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I can understand your classification of this as karma; however, I disagree that they only thought they were being smart: in my opinion it was a smart move. The Bunnies had an up and down race, they were prepared to take any advantage they could get their hands on and that is fair enough. It was Leo and Jamal who asked them for help: The bunnies owed them nothing, they were in no way obliged to help them and so their decision not to is in my eyes valid. Furthermore Leo and Jamal had been notoriously deceitful up to that point, would you trust a promise or a deal from them? I digress...
Tim and Danny had a hard time with the Polka task in Poland, not just with the dance but with having to dress as a woman. This task became their intro task video snip reminding us all of their embarrassment weekly (it must be difficult to watch for them if they haven't yet come to terms with it :S) to me that's a pretty harsh example of poetic justice (I don't think I condone the humiliation - my opinion)
Nicole and Travis u-turn the Afghanimals (S23E8) for being dishonest/not playing the game by Nicole and Travis's moral paradigm (my least favourite use of the u-turn is as a punishment: see season 16 and both u-turns in the mentioned leg). In the next leg Leo doesn't allow Nicole to see his completed roadblock instrument, punishing her for trying to break her own moral paradigm. Poetic justice, comeuppance, revenge, what you will.
This one is not concrete but it's still interesting: elephants appear in the legs that eliminate blonde girls
see christie and jodie, liz and marie, and ally and ashley.
Notable exception: dustin and kandace (like i said, not concrete)
Platrium:
TAR22's & TAR23's 2nd w-turns have some similarities.
There were 2 types of teams that received the w-turn:
1.) A team that had to perform a speedbump
2.) A team that received a u-turn earlier in the race.
In TAR22, the team that had to perform the speedbump survived.
In TAR23, the team that was u-turned earlier in the race survived.
toanglobal:
--- Quote from: RaceUntilWeDie on May 21, 2013, 06:43:58 PM ---Posted this a long time ago on the other topic "Some interesting facts, records..." :
TAR 21:
The team that finished 2nd on the first leg were eventually the 2nd team eliminated from the Race. (Amy & Daniel)
The team that finished 3rd on the first leg were eventually the 3rd team eliminated from the Race. (Caitlin & Brittany)
The team that finished 2nd-to-last on the first leg made it to the finale and placed 2nd overall. (Jaymes & James)
The team that finished 3rd-to-last on the first leg made it to the finale and placed 3rd overall. (Trey & Lexi)
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There status would not occur if the blonde girls taught with the Chipps the location of red dressed woman with an abacus, in this case the chipps would out run the blondes and finish 3rd, the blonde in 4th place and so on, Rob/Sheila still eliminated
Note the teachers, the rockers and the twinnie finished same place of first leg and last two legs before eliminated!
jetishidae:
Remember when Justin jokingly asked the cab driver in Cambodia, which Zev & Justin make friend with
"If we told them the wrong direction, does it count as bad karma?"
Neither Zev/Justin told anyone a wrong direction, it was purely a joke.
But ironically, Zev lost his passport in this very same leg where they finished 1st for the first time.
Which can appear as a "bad karma" IF they really did tell someone a wrong direction. That is why it's ironic. I remember Phil seems really sad with this unfortunate incident
i don't necessarily believe in karma, but i understand how it works.
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