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Of course, I no more type those words and lo and behold, Joe and Heidi let Carol and Brandy cut in front of them in line at the Santiago bus station, which puts them in front of and on the wrong side of police detectives Michael and Louie. The boys in blue are particularly put off, especially when the dastardly duos get the only four seats on the first direct bus to Puerto Varas. So getting on the next bus that arrives an hour later are brothers Dan and Jordan, father/daughter Steve and Allie, lawyers Monique and Shawne and Michael and Louie.

The cowboys, who are still working on their own, decide to check other bus lines for an earlier departure time. Jeff of Team Big Brother has a similar idea and they actually show him rereading the clue to make sure that this wouldn't violate the rules. See, boys and girls, all you have to do is read the clue and reread if you have any doubts. Initially, I was unsure about Jordan and Jeff because of the Big Brother connection but they seem to be both have a very positive outlook on the race. I just hope they sustain that optimism along with their sense of humor. If so, they may be this season's Globetrotters. Sadly for my tastes they appear to have unofficially aligned with Team South Carolina. All three of these teams will be connecting through the town of Temuco and which puts them at the destination eight hours before the line-cutting alliance, who are oblivious to their standings actually as fourth and fifth place and not first and second.

That leaves grandmother/granddaughter Jody and Shannon back in the original bus line and settling for a bus that gets in 45 minutes after the second direct bus.

In Temuco, the cowboys' connection is 30 minutes after Big Brother and South Carolina. In the process of checking for availability on that earlier bus, Jet and Cord find out that the others' connection is at another terminal down the street. With this new knowledge, I would like to introduce a new game called "What Would You Do?"

There was debate last season about whether the Globetrotters' browbeating of Mika into quitting on the water slide was mean-spirited and dirty play or just smart strategy. So, if your competitors were standing around waiting for a bus that you knew wasn't going to show at that terminal, what would you do? For my money, there isn't even an iota of doubt that I would never divulge this nugget of information. Undoubtedly, some people are going cite karma in this instance and accuse Jet and Cord of being sneaky when if wouldn't have really mattered since they were the first three teams. To that I say, "Then you wouldn't stand a chance on this race." Telling them about the terminal would be like Saints announcing on the Jumbotron that they were about to do an onside kick, so the Colts would be able to prepare.

Of course, the cowboys keep it in under their hats (sorry for that) and the others scurry off to the correct terminal, where their bus has already left. So, it's time to rush to catch the cowboys' bus...which they don't. Oopsie for them but Brent acknowledges that it was their own fault for not checking the terminal schedule. Way to own up to the mistake. They are now stuck at the terminal and waiting until 1 a.m. or six hours after Cord and Jet, who arrive at the aforementioned marked path to see it doesn't open until 7:30 a.m.

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