Monica, for her part, is very grossed out by the abundance of fish guts and goop and juice that is currently running down her arms. They pass Fran and Barry in the market, but they have some trouble finding the right vendor. All of a sudden, Monica gets really flustered, I think from the sheer gross-out factor and the chaos, and she starts to get teary. I instinctively reacted to this with the thought that she's a major wuss, given that if I had a nickel for every time I've had to carry a giant fish as part of a novelty competition on television, I'll tell you, I could retire wealthy.
Finally, Fran and Barry sell a kilo of fish to a lady who kind of looks like she's taking pity on them. She does not have a "What luck; I was just looking for fish just like these!" kind of look on her face. It's more like, "Uh, okay." Joseph and Monica keep looking, and she's rapidly losing it. At this point, he's looking while she sits on the ground just holding her fish. Finally, she looks around and says, "This is the worst thing I've ever done." It would be really neat if that were true, because it would make her the luckiest person in the history of time, and I'm amused that the luckiest person in the history of time would wind up as a contestant on The Amazing Race.
Commercials. "There may be bugs on some of you mugs" will haunt me always, apparently.
Joseph and Monica continue to struggle. Finally, they find a guy who seems to know where the right seller is, and Monica picks up her fish so they can go. She's skeptical of the directions, while Joseph has become so frustrated that he openly ponders stabbing a local through the head with a swordfish, which is not very friendly, to say the least. Finally, they make their way to the right guy, who takes their fish and gives them their clue. "Did we not ask that son of a bitch if he was him?" Joseph wonders. They are very frustrated as they get the clue for Siracusa and take off. I certainly hope that the guy didn't deny being himself. That sort of frustrates the purpose of the game.
Fran and Barry see MoJo leaving, and Fran notes with what appears to be amusement, "She's cryin'." I think now I know what they meant when they originally said something about not being able to play the nice old grandma and grandpa. My grandma was never that happy when I was crying. ["Mine seemed to feel that it was beneficial to the health to let it out. Drinking buttermilk and weeping at will were kind of her tips for long life." -- Sars] They sell two kilos of fish to some guy, and then they sell one more, and they're done. That looks to have been very, very easy. When you only have to sell four kilos total and people buy two at a time, that task is too easy. They collect their clue for Siracusa and chuckle as they leave in fourth place, although they and MoJo are basically leaving at the same time. As they leave town, Monica notes a woman walking by, saying, "Aw, look how cute and clean she is." She starts to chuckle, which is a good thing. "And I've got fish guts all over me." Laughing at yourself when you have fish goo on you is a good first step toward retaining (1) your sanity; and (2) your boyfriend. Fran and Barry, meanwhile, are looking up the city on their map. As they're sitting there looking�