February 9th, 2012 | 
Author: Stephanie faces off against Ted and wisely sits down to lower her center of gravity (I learned this in physics). Ted still man-handles her into the water at which point Stephanie reaches up and grabs him by the foot and pulls him down. Jeff continues to speak to that group of playground bullies who for the first time in their lives are made to follow rules to win, “Stephanie, what are you doing? You were in the water. You weren’t even close to the attack zone.”
ShiiAnn_vs_TedShii Ann once again faces off against Ted while everyone on her team explains how all she has to do is grab onto him and pull him into the water. He reaches out with one hand and brushes her off into the water as if she were a stuffed animal. She clings to him as her team suggested and it was like clinging to the trunk of a tree: Ted didn’t budge.
Brian heads back with a basket and Jed runs at him to knock him off. They both tumble into the water, but as the show turns into slow motion, it’s clear that Jed’s food is just barely on the gold trim. And since he needed to be in the black attack zone, yet another member disqualifies himself. Jeff reprimands, and it sounds like he’s getting annoyed, “No! Jed! You weren’t in the attack zone when you first made contact. Come on, guys. I’m like a broken record.”
The score is now 9-4, Team Church Social winning. All that’s left on Team Skateboard is Penny and Shii Ann, with a combined weight of maybe 195 pounds. Ted kneels down in the attack zone and Penny contemplates which would be the least painful way to be thrown off. Instead, Ted allows her through but only after Clay runs ahead with the tenth basket.
And for the first time we hear Jeff shout, “Chewie Gum wins Reward!”
This was enjoyable to watch. Not only was it a fun challenge, but it was also a pleasure to see people actually lose because they break the rules. Too often this is not the case, especially when it comes to playground games and politics.
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