Sleep Deprivation Is Really Starting To Irritate Me

MoJo arrives at the amphitheater, and they both run around counting heads. Elsewhere, Eric and Jeremy follow BJ and Tyler as they run toward the swordfish guy. Finally, they all find him, and they all pick up their 32-pound fish and sling them over their backs. This is the part where Trash started wondering where Charla is when you really need her. Tyler asks his fish, "Hey, buddy, what's your name? You come here often?" I suspect that's not that much worse than his actual come-ons, really. For his part, BJ thinks it feels like "holding a wet cat." A wet�cat? Feels like a giant swordfish? He has dealt with some large cats, apparently. And possibly even ones wearing scuba gear. "Big-a fish-a comin' through!" BJ yells to a bunch of locals who, once again, I'm sure cannot get enough of that. Someone really should invite these guys to speak at a conference for people with speech impediments, because they would kill.

Monica and Joseph are finished counting, and he got 40, while she got 41. He decides to go with her number, so when they run down and find the groundskeeper, they manage to give the correct answer. I kind of like the way he just takes her answer on faith, like he feels like they need to go ahead and pick one, and if he's going to pick one, he errs on the side of picking hers rather than his, since they have absolutely no way of knowing which is best. It's very efficient, because it avoids squabbling and the interference of pride. That was a good move. They get the Detour clue and decide to do the Big Fish. He promises her that she can carry that much, and a third of a mile isn't all that long. Which is true, not that I've ever done it with a 32-pound fish on my back.

Eric and Jeremy find the market, and as BJ and Tyler run into it behind them, Tyler shouts, "Ehhhh, pizza pie!" It's so embarrassing, you almost have to look away. Embarrassing for Tyler, embarrassing for the locals, and embarrassing for the country in which Tyler lives, which really doesn't need unskilled help, international-PR-wise. Both teams hunt for the right vendor, and Eric and Jeremy find him first. A lot of locals stare with what certainly appears to be an utter lack of amusement as this group of assholes tries to mug for the camera in a way they apparently believe is going to be charming. What's creepy is that none of them seem to notice that nobody is laughing. It's like�when you do your act, and you're exerting yourself this hard, and not a fucking soul is laughing? You should notice. At any rate, when these teams are finished not amusing the locals, they get a clue to drive themselves more than 40 miles to Siracusa, where they can fail to amuse a new group of people entirely. Then they'll find something I'm roughly reciting phonetically as Ponte Umbertino, where there will be a clue box. There is more loud yelling as BJ and Tyler run back through the market. Tyler ultimately yells, silly accent intact, "There's something awfully fishy about this place!" It's remarkable how BJ and Tyler originally claimed that they look for the "funny and ironic" in life, since most of their material is actually very much like the punch lines from Family Circus. Can't you see Jeffy having a conversation with Grandpa in which Grandpa turns to him at some point, probably while discussing either a fish market or a large boat, and says, "There's something awfully fishy about this place!" Ho-ho! And then there would be a dotted line showing where Jeffy ran all over the fish market. The Choad Family proceeds together until they encounter MoJo, at which point BJ and Tyler make a great show of hugging all over Monica to demonstrate how bad they smell, which she indulgently notices.


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