On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, G wrote:
>
> "Ito****" <ito****@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:muj6f4d2edbucbt0psdibcr79bg1de4g42@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:16:41 -0400, "ricok987"
>> <ricok987@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> I knew the geeks were going home after the first 5 minutes of the
show-I
>>> even knew it was going to be due to a mental error. The remark about
how
>>> they were mentally better by taking extra time to think over their
>>> gameplans-than the other teams was a dead giveaway. I wished they
could
>>> have lasted a little longer, but to make a mistake like not reading
the
>>> entire clue is enexcuseable, and they deserved to go home.
>>
>> They didn't lose because of that; they lost because the dude couldn't
>> do the wrestling task.
>
> I disagree, although it took him a long time to complete the task, he
did
> complete it and they were able to get to the pit stop in the 8th
position,
> but because they didn't read their clue they had the 30 minute penalty
and
> that got them in the end.
>
Of course, we don't know how much time was wasted with the team member
having to redo the wrestling task.
Had he zoomed through there in one try, the penalty likely wouldn't have
mattered.
So it's neither one or the other, but a combination. They didn't read
the clue properly, they couldn't do the task rapidly, and thus they
are gone.
Michael
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