# Amazing Race 10.18.09: "I'm Like Ricky Bobby" Probable Football Delays **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248 "2009-10-18T21:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/61 "2009-10-19T18:55:28Z")
Mika, honey, so far we have learned that you are afraid of water (remember her panicking in the boat), just learned to swim and are terrified of heights. Maybe this was not the best reality show for you. OTOH, you are drop dead gorgeous so none of these things will likely matter in the future. Team Zebra-wait-do you mean to tell me that Ericka’s _black_ and Brian’s _white_??? Good thing you told me or I never would have noticed. (Also-am I the only one whose mind went to a very bad place when she was sledding and screaming “I’m coooommmminggg”?) Just me, then? I apparently am the only one who likes Malibu Barbie and Ken. They’re strong, relatively drama-free, and good racers. I also sort of get her attitude this episode. She probably had to wait around for an hour or more while he underwent the training and raced. It’s like having to wait at a roadblock and not being able to help. It can be frustrating. Still loving the Globtrotters and father/son. Lance-one last word. Steroids are NOT your friend. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/62 "2009-10-19T19:39:36Z")
Oh and btw…I had no idea the world’s tallest building is in Dubai. I thought it was in Shanghai. Or Malaysia. Dubai has the sailboat building and the indoor ski place…😕 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/63 "2009-10-19T20:15:34Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Oh and btw…I had no idea the world’s tallest building is in Dubai. I thought it was in Shanghai. Or Malaysia. Dubai has the sailboat building and the indoor ski place…😕 The [Burj Dubai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai) isn’t officially the world’s tallest building yet, since it’s still under construction. The current record holder is either [Taipei 101](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101) or the [Shanghai World Financial Center](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_World_Financial_Center), depending on which world’s tallest list you’re looking at. When the Burj Dubai finally opens, it will be the record holder in all categories. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/64 "2009-10-19T20:27:40Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Oh and btw…I had no idea the world’s tallest building is in Dubai. I thought it was in Shanghai. Or Malaysia. Dubai has the sailboat building and the indoor ski place…😕 Yeah I had thought that since 2001 the record was held by the Petronas Towers, but looking on Wikipedia I see there are a couple taller than that by now, with the Burj Dubai being almost \* twice as tall\* (not counting the spire) as the WTC! Holy crap, I didn’t realize it was that tall seeing it on TV! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/65 "2009-10-19T22:38:01Z")
Seriously? “Can I kick him?” The man is a complete tool. Sure, I’m watching the elimination right now, and he seems terribly gracious about losing, but … just _gah._ ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/66 "2009-10-20T01:38:48Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Mika, honey, so far we have learned that you are afraid of water (remember her panicking in the boat), just learned to swim and are terrified of heights. Maybe this was not the best reality show for you. OTOH, you are drop dead gorgeous so none of these things will likely matter in the future. She also can’t sled. _Sled._ One year olds can sled! Theres nothing to it. Also, if I had a sizable lead, or I knew I was in dead last with no chance of catching up, I would’ve taken the “find the snowman” task just so I could go down that hill. Then run over and build the snowman. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/67 "2009-10-20T02:06:27Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > She also can’t sled. _Sled._ One year olds can sled! Theres nothing to it. Yeah, that got me. How can you not be able to sled?! Does she defy gravity against her will or something? You get on the piece of plastic and slide down the hill! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/68 "2009-10-20T12:42:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Yeah, that got me. How can you not be able to sled?! Does she defy gravity against her will or something? You get on the piece of plastic and slide down the hill! Don’t forget, she’s a fundie and gravity is just a theory after all. ---
**Author:** ![evilhomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/43a26b/32.png) [@evilhomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhomer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/69 "2009-10-20T13:50:09Z")
I think the “can’t sled” was really more “don’t want to get on the scary chair-lift”. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/70 "2009-10-20T14:09:17Z")
She’s from Nashville, it’s entirely possible that she’s never sledded before and doesn’t have a clear idea that it only involves sitting down and letting gravity take over. She may have thought it requires some kind of control skills. I’m not going to be able to offer that excuse for the water slide, though. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/71 "2009-10-20T14:33:44Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > She’s from Nashville, it’s entirely possible that she’s never sledded before and doesn’t have a clear idea that it only involves sitting down and letting gravity take over. She may have thought it requires some kind of control skills. I actually wondered if maybe she got confused and thought they’d have to ski down, too. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/72 "2009-10-20T15:12:09Z")
I’ve only watched 2 seasons of this show, but I don’t remember people on the last season being so painfully _stupid_. Granted, I blame most of it on Mika (who managed to go through her whole life without learning the metric system, apparently), but the gay brothers are not quite all there either. Trying to book a flight to the Persian Gulf? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/73 "2009-10-20T15:55:58Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > but the gay brothers are not quite all there either. Yeah, much as I hate to say it, the good genes all settled at skin level… ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/74 "2009-10-20T18:26:56Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I’ve only watched 2 seasons of this show, but I don’t remember people on the last season being so painfully _stupid_. Granted, I blame most of it on Mika (who managed to go through her whole life without learning the metric system, apparently), but the gay brothers are not quite all there either. Trying to book a flight to the Persian Gulf? Actually this group is miles and miles smarter\* than the last bunch of seasons. The last four or five seasons have been cringe-inducing embarassing, IMO, compared to the early seasons. (Remember some of the clues in the first few seasons? Being dumped in India with your clue being the name of a hotel stamped on the bottom of a mini-Taj Mahal (which was in another city) or being given an unmarked mystery flag (which turned out to be Tunisia) and being told “Fly here” \*To whatever extent smartness is measured in miles. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248/75 "2009-10-20T18:45:14Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Actually this group is miles and miles smarter\* than the last bunch of seasons. The last four or five seasons have been cringe-inducing embarassing, IMO, compared to the early seasons. (Remember some of the clues in the first few seasons? Being dumped in India with your clue being the name of a hotel stamped on the bottom of a mini-Taj Mahal (which was in another city) or being given an unmarked mystery flag (which turned out to be Tunisia) and being told “Fly here” The Taj Mahal clue was from season one. As I recall, the clue giver had to take the clue giving the name of the hotel from underneath a model of the Taj Mahal. Team Momily somehow missed the Taj Mahal and so couldn’t figure out where to go. This lead to the all-time classic meltdown of mother and daughter weeping in the middle of Delhi. Despite this setback, they still went pretty far in the race. I’m glad to see the return of this type of more cryptic clue. There’s more opportunity for amusing incidents like trying to book a flight to “the Persian Gulf”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-18-09-im-like-ricky-bobby-probable-football-delays/514248.md?page=3)