mexican blanket, really?

it's official. mtv no longer has any respectable challenges left in its gauntlet vault. they have exhausted their physical challenge-brainstorming muscle (maybe they should watch old double dare epis for inspiration). if you haven't seen last night's show, i present to you...

tada! MEXICAN BLANKET (no seriously, that's for real).

meet brad. he was originally on real world/san diego in 2004, before being sucked into the riptide that is the real world/road rules series of challenges. this is his FIFTH challenge. but i digress into judging him.

in the pic, brad is wrapped in a mexican blanket. i believe at this specific point in the episode, he is complaining because it's really hot in the sun, being wrapped in a blanket and all, and he wants to scratch his nose but can't because his arms are bound.

here is the set-up for the challenge (which took embarrassingly way too long to put together, particularly after i discovered call-outs on ppt):

the objective of this game? for each team to successfully roll all of its members from one end of the sand pit to the other. no, there are no malicious crabs ready to pince the shit out of someone or anything equally dangerous/entertaining. they literally just have to roll from one end to the other, unmaimed.

meanwhile, the quote of night (there were several choice candidates, including frank's blathering rant about being well-rounded or some such and tj lavin's double zinger as casey left) was from your fave vet (and not mine!), katie:

"I have ears and I hear people talk."

i know, i know. that pic is ridiculous. i mean, jorts AND (what i hope is) a bikini bottom? it just seems redundant somehow. kudos to the 17 accessories she has on, though. certainly makes up for NO SHIRT.