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Blaring horns bring us to Karnak temple, where Chip and Kim are first out of the cabs, followed by the rest of the teams. In a development that surprises no one, Colin is urging Christie to run. Uh, "baby." There is some running around in confusion as teams try to find the place where they buy tickets. And now, the ticket booth. People line up in the little queuing space, and Chip and Kim get tickets first, followed by the moms and Twinkies, and then Colin and Christie. The way the ticket lines are set up, the only window that appears to be open has handrails in front of it that clearly delineate where the line is -- it's like cattle going down a chute. Next to that line is a row that's basically empty, that people are using to leave after they get their tickets. That's how Chip gets out -- he ducks under the bar between those two chutes and leaves that way. As Colin and Christie are leaving, Mirna tries to cut the line by walking up the exit row and squashing in ahead of a bunch of people who are already standing in line. She squeezes by Christie, but when she goes by Colin, who does indeed turn his shoulders somewhat to get around her, she gets squashed against the side by his shoulder and his pack. Interestingly enough, the only person with a raised arm -- and specifically an elbow in the air -- is Mirna. From the width of the space they were squeezing through, it clearly wasn't even possible for them to pass without bumping each other, because she's going in one direction, and he's going in the other, and it just isn't wide enough to accommodate two people, one of whom has a big pack on. So they jostled each other.
Of course, Mirna feels that she's been violently wronged. You can actually see that she successfully maneuvers herself in front of Brandon, who appeared to be waiting in the correct line. As she stands there, having just cut in line, she whines, "Don't push me like that again! Where did that guy go?" It's just completely comical. She butts in line by going against the flow of traffic, and when she gets jostled, she decides that Colin should have...I don't know what. There was literally nothing for him to do. Did he enjoy it a little? Yeah, probably. That's how adrenaline works. As I said on the forums, if that had been two guys, I don't think anybody would have batted one eyelash, and I'm not inclined to get all morally outraged, as if Mirna is going to break in half just because she's a girl. You try to force your way into a line, you get bumped a little. That's life in the big city, Mirna.
And now, in a voice-over, Mirna's delusions truly begin to take flight. "I think Colin is jealous of me," she says. Yes, that would be the very jealous Colin, who has finished ahead of her for several legs, and who is ahead of her as we speak. "And he has a Napoleon complex," she says. Yeah. You know, Colin may not be especially tall, but he's not short enough for that to be a particularly good dig, particularly when he's taller than she is, as you can see when they pass each other in line. "This crazy person is trying to assault me," she adds. And by "crazy person," she means "person who keep beating me in every leg," and by "assault me," she means "go faster than I'm going." She goes on to lecture that Christie is "submissive," and Colin can "dominate her." The interesting thing is that that may or may not be true, but I don't see why it would give Mirna anything to crow about. ["I think we can file that one under 'Even a broken clock is right twice a day.'" -- Sars] Furthermore, I would love -- love -- to see her reaction if any other team did what she just did, ignoring the line and butting in front. She would have them arrested for attempted murder.