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I still refuse to judge because I do not have enough info. And it's actually none of my business.

A lot of kids get to a stage where they don't want their parents showing affection in front of their friends and/or other people. (I remember going through a period like that.) That's what the commercial is showing. It's not about hugging your kids being creepy. It's about kids trying to be cool in front of their friends.

I love that one! Kid can get his own band aid. But even if I didn't like it, I wouldn't blame the actress. That's like hating on Jack Gleeson because his Game of Thrones character was horrible. Actors are just doing a job. Unless someone is a big star, making a living by acting is not easy. Turning down something as innocuous as the Sheba commercial would be pretty damned dumb for a jobbing actor. They have bills to pay, too.

Eh, I've seen a lot of family cases in the court where I work, and situations are often not as they appear. Just because the mother says she wants the daughter to see him, doesn't mean she told the truth to the tabloid reporter. And since he required a paternity test, it sounds like there were a lot of problems in that relationship. So I'm not judging him based on a situation where I don't have information.

My understanding is that they needed to do it slowly to ensure they got a good melt on the adjoining edges. The teams who took multiple tries were rushing it. I don't think they've been that under-served by the editing. They don't seem to have been particularly competent, just slightly more so than Sunny & Bizzy. At least that way other teams had to do their own navigating. Helping other teams is what got Angie the help she needed in the mega-leg so I'd say it paid off for them pretty well. She certainly wasn't performing better in that first road block last time; without Amber's help, she'd probably still be there.. But it's down to few enough teams now that they do need to stop. I'm with you on them. I'd found Leticia a little annoying in a previous leg, but she's winning me over. And yes, Rod's respect for her really shows. That's pretty much the point of alliances on AR. It certainly worked out for them.

I'd much rather listen to Melissa and Yvonne sing. Hey now, that's his only redeeming quality. Oh, she is, but it wouldn't matter either way because Vinny wasn't going to listen to her (or anyone else, probably) anyway. It's his way or else. Danny can only do 1 more so they're going to have to choose very carefully from now on. She should've done the face painting task from leg 2.

I'm assuming they're not, given that sad sack interview face Amber had. Run, Amber, run. Sure, she's probably annoying but he's verbally abusive. And they are now the team I want gone asap. Idk about other commenters, but I've found most of them pretty interesting. Not all of them, sure, but that's every Race for me. I'd like to think I'd have done okay with the welding since my dad occasionally welded things in his shop, but probably not. Sure, but he's so, so much worse. And far less good at those things than he thinks. He was also pretty good at the welding, and both he and Angie rocked the drum task. I have decent rhythm and would've probably been good with the drum task, but I'm not sure how my BFF would do. Although she did take tap dancing as a child, so maybe there's some rhythm still in there.

I liked all 3 of last night's contestants, but I'm glad Amy won. FJ was an instaget for me. The Montgolfier brothers = hot air balloons (thanks, Monty Python's Flying Circus for that bit of info), and what sort of lighter than air craft would need such a separate smoking room other than a zeppelin. Voila! The Hindenburg. She did, but since I was pretty nervous during my game, I could relate to her. I'm stealing this. The irony is that the fire wasn't in any way related to the smoking room.

On one hand, in your face, Chelsea!!! On the other, this weekend might be slightly awkward with my Chelsea-supporting best friend.

Doesn't help that the guy can't sing.

This was one which sounded really interesting to me, so I hope HBO eventually changes their minds.

I did get UNCF but did the same thing you did with CERN. My dad used to have some sort of obsession with Toshiro Mifune. Not sure why, as he didn't watch foreign films, but I guess the actor was in a WWII movie he saw. Dad loved his WWII movies. (Edited to note: Some googling gave me Hell in the Pacific with Lee Marvin - that had to be it.) I remembered the commercials I used to see for it, with the aforementioned "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" as the tagline. That's how I knew it. I also remember this infamous Vice Presidential moment: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." (Vice President Dan Quayle - this was part of his address to the United Negro College Fund, whose slogan is "a mind is a terrible thing to waste")" Me too.

I said Standard Oil only because standard was in the clue. Oh well. Okay, yes, Nam was incredibly annoying in his intro. Glad Mark won.

And most of the time there's only one shift of detectives, even in a big city.

Exactly. That's what I hate the most about these commercials.

She didn't want the husband to know about the pregnancy and was afraid if she went to a clinic, he'd find out because of the time it would require. So she tried getting the medication over the internet but unfortunately what she received was not the right medicine. She had a tumor, but they weren't sure it was malignant until after the surgery to remove it. At least that was my understanding.

I also said Margaret Mitchell even though I knew it had to be wrong as hell. I was thrilled to get Indefatigable correct. Thank you, Ioan Gruffudd and your flawless cheekbones! I must've looked away and missed that. So I didn't find him annoying. But he better not do it again. Totally. He couldn't help the way the lighting worked. And I think that's why I didn't notice it in his first game, because he was in a different spot. I'm familiar with her novel from it being on every single high school reading list when I worked at Borders (or so it seemed anyway), but the name just didn't come to me. So I said something I knew had to be wrong, but maybe not as wrong as Sylvia Plath.

All we need now is for Arsenal to win the rest of their matches and City to draw one. Not holding my breath since I've been burned before.

I didn't think it worked at all. I thought it was schmaltzy crap with a stupid koombyah ending which would never happen in real life. I only watched it for the Irish scenery and even then I felt like I completely wasted my time.

I adored the first two seasons but stopped watching after they got rid of the original Ray.

Personally I was happy when they did since I never cared for the holiday movie marathons. And I don't even like NICS that much. Oh no! I didn't realize they'd cancelled it. I don't watch it every week but I've enjoyed the episodes I've seen. And now I see they renewed that horrible Elsbeth crap. Damn.

Fabien Frankel was driven off Twitter by fans who couldn't accept that someone could be a fan of characters they don't like, so I don't blame him for being careful with his words. The HOTD fandom there can be quite vicious to the actors for being on the wrong team as they see it.

I don't think he does. He just is so adrift at the moment that his perspective is pretty screwed up. There was something about him not liking that he spent all his time condemning buildings and throwing people out on the street. About the time when he met the Indian RAF veteran and acquired the cat. He moved to social work because he wanted to help people. He took care of it but didn't put the deed in their name. He kept it in his own so I imagine that will be an upcoming crisis. That last part I understand, having watched my father struggle when he lost his job shortly after I graduated high school. The situation really was a huge blow to his self-image and It was difficult for him to accept that he needed help. So I see Matthew as being in a similar mental place at the moment, with not wanting their friends to know what happened. Not that Trixie was wrong to think of the idea or suggest it, but he might've been more receptive if she'd talked to him first. I really wish we were seeing more of this storyline because it's something we haven't seen before on the show and it sounds quite interesting. That is the policy to my understanding. A few people had posted references to things which are apparently going to happen in future episodes, and those should be spoiler-tagged. She didn't tattle on Trixie. She rightfully spoke the truth because she didn't want her fellow student to take all the blame when a lot of it should and did fall on Trixie.

I'd just gotten it out of my head when it turned up in a rerun of The Big Bang Theory. It was an instaget for me because I'm familiar with the Commedia dell 'arte from whence Harlequin comes. I know about the comic book character only through cultural osmosis. I don't dislike him but I found his prominent adam's apple disturbing in this game. It reminded me of two X-Files episodes in which people died when giant spore-created creatures(?) burst through their throats. Once I thought of that, I couldn't unsee it. Isn't she being played by Lady Gaga in the sequel to the Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie?

Strong? Not really. She came across as whiny and totally out of touch with what to expect in her price point to me.