AR #3

Well, this week's episode was quite a geography lesson, wasn't it? Raise your hands--how many of you had ever heard of Burkina Faso? It looks like a fun place. Just saying the names of the two places we visited is fun; Ouagadougou and Bingo. A few other random thoughts:

1. I feel a little bad for being so hard on Ron last week. He has repented and, despite a painful hernia problem, was quite a trooper tonight. His singing gets a little old, though.

2. Is there anything funnier than watching a grown woman fall to the ground in hysterics because she can't properly milk a camel?

3. Grandpa is a perv. Between stripping down to his speedo underwear last week and making suggestive comments about the Cuban sisters this week, I'm nominating him for the "dirty old man" award.

4. The hippies may lack some of the whimsy and joi de vive of the original AR hippies, but they are growing on me.

WARNING--MY NEXT COMMENT MAY BE PERCEIVED AS A LITTLE POLITICALLY INCORRECT. IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO SUCH THINGS, SKIP #5.

5. Why, whenever an African-American team finds themselves in some fly-infested, dusty African hell hole do they ALWAYS say, "I feel like I've come home?" They are American engineers, for goodness sake! And darn smart, as they proved again tonight. They have about as much in common with tribal camel herders as I do.

Well, it was good-bye to the Cuban sisters tonight. I can't work up too many tears--I don't feel like we really got to know them. Next week's episode (with the American Idol remark) looks pretty funny. Until then, leave your comments on this week's episode.