# Amazing Race 3/14: "I Am In Russia Playing With The Dolls" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388 "2006-03-15T00:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/1 "2006-03-15T00:11:24Z")
Not to step on anyone’s toes but usually there’s a TAR thread up by now so if no one else posted one and I just missed it, here’s one. Nine teams left, and we’re off to Russia. Will Team Gonads add a third continent full of women to the list of those who won’t have sex with them on the race? What will be written on Team Double-D’s butts this week? How many minutes in to the episode before Team Frankenberry start whining about being eliminated? Remember the time change, it’s still an hour later! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/2 "2006-03-15T00:38:14Z")
Yay! It’s _Amazing Race_ night! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/3 "2006-03-15T00:42:53Z")
You guys, this 10:00 nonsense is kicking my butt … and TAR is absolutely the only show on TV worth waiting up for! I do not wish to be mean, but I hope Frankenberry are out, because they work my nerves something _awful_. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/4 "2006-03-15T00:46:16Z")
I kinda like the 10:00 time slot. Now I can watch _Scrubs_ live (as it were), and then _TAR_. And my pick for “I’m sorry to say you have _bean_ eliminated” is Team Frankenberry. The jet lag is gonna do them in something _awful._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/5 "2006-03-15T01:03:58Z")
I would like the 10:00 time better if I weren’t such a lame-ass. But, alas, I am. So, you know. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/6 "2006-03-15T03:10:40Z")
Five of the most beautiful words in the English language: “Previously on ‘The Amazing Race’ …” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/7 "2006-03-15T03:20:02Z")
If it doesn’t turn out that Dani and Danielle’s associating with Team Gonad at the pit stop is part of some strategy to use the boys and dispose of them like Kleenex then I will retroactively lose all respect for them back to today. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/8 "2006-03-15T03:22:46Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > If it doesn’t turn out that Dani and Danielle’s associating with Team Gonad at the pit stop is part of some strategy to use the boys and dispose of them like Kleenex then I will retroactively lose all respect for them back to today. You will not be alone, I don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/9 "2006-03-15T03:25:12Z")
Oh, and because it needs to be said? “In Soviet Russia, Race amazes _you._” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/10 "2006-03-15T03:27:10Z")
**AAARGH!!! HIPPIE GROIN SHOTS!!! MY EYES!!!** ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/11 "2006-03-15T03:48:50Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > **AAARGH!!! HIPPIE GROIN SHOTS!!! MY EYES!!!** _Zee googles, zhey do nozhink!_ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/12 "2006-03-15T03:50:10Z")
OK seriously, Yolanda and Mama Salsa? You’re at a big swimming pool. The clue is “who’s ready to take the plunge” and you are terrified of the water. Did it not occur to you that maybe, just maybe, sending you to a pool and talking about plunging might involve swimming and you just might be the wrong person to take the Road Block? On another note, the blonde Gonad has pierced nipples, which is hot, but now I find myself wondering about how he gets through airport security. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/13 "2006-03-15T04:03:48Z")
Was I the only one flashing on the Python “Cheese Shop” sketch at the doll detour? All I could hear in my head was “Shut that BLOODY bazouki up!” Seriously…the music would have derailed the sanity train for me within 5 minutes. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/14 "2006-03-15T04:05:31Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > **AAARGH!!! HIPPIE GROIN SHOTS!!! MY EYES!!!** I thought he was kinda hot without the baggies. And it looked like he was packin’ some un-huh-un-huh, if y’know what I mean… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/15 "2006-03-15T04:05:48Z")
_Are you there God? It’s me, **rockle**. Listen: **I. Lurve. You.** I know it’s early and all – only three episodes in – but this might be **the** best season of the Race ever! Moscow! Nesting dolls! **Tasks I would actually enjoy doing!** Plus, Phil looks so adorable in his coat with the pretty fur collar. Seriously, God, as they’d say in St. Basil’s Cathedral: Вы трясете! Also: Вы! Way to go, God!_ ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/16 "2006-03-15T04:14:33Z")
Didn’t expect a to be continued so early in the race. Don’t the parters have to alternate missions? That’s the only reason I can think of for Yolanda and Mamacita’s decision. Or maybe they were attempting to save the stronger partner for a more physical mission. Speaking of Yolanda, someone last week mentioned what an amazing body she had. After seeing her in that swimsuit I have to agree. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/17 "2006-03-15T04:27:27Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I thought he was kinda hot without the baggies. You’re dead to me. Now Lake, OTOH, was looking mighty fine. If his personality could only be removed, he’d be acceptable. > [@Wolfian](#): > > Don’t the parters have to alternate missions? The rule is (or was, they haven’t said thus far) that no team member could do more than six Road Blocks. There was no rule that they were required to alternate. One would think that a major rule change like that would be announced. Lemme look at the TWoP recaps to see who Roadblocked the first time: > [@TWoP](#): > > Roadblockers: BJ, Desiree, Dave, Jeremy, Lake, Joseph, Ray, Fran, Joni, Danielle. So Lake did two in a row, which I guess means no alternating rule. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/18 "2006-03-15T05:07:50Z")
Ha! I caught it when they read the clue that said “Look for Phil…” Smug mode ENGAGED. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/19 "2006-03-15T05:29:29Z")
My niece is visiting and hasn’t been watching thus far this season, so we were having to catch her up, thus far too much talking over the show. I’m going to have to rewatch it tomorrow to see what all I missed tonight. I was kicking myself for not noticing there was no greeter beside Phil – but in my defense, I wasn’t interested in looking anywhere but at Phil at that point. Phil is phine, especially in his handsome parka! That nesting doll detour? With the music and dancing? One of my top five favorite race challenges _ever_. It was great seeing the language barrier do so many teams in! Although I was sorry there was only one good connection from Sao Paolo to Moscow, with lots of seats on the flight; the Old Folks should be grateful, between that and the hours of operation at the zip line, they caught up a more than four-hour deficit. It’ll be interesting to see if they can keep it up now. Lake is officially an ass. “Turn right here, Lake.” “No, we have to turn left!” [Turns left, promptly gets lost.] “Hay-ull, **we** couldn’t even get out of the Pit Stop without getting lost.” Uh, no, Lake, that was _your_ decision to ignore your wife and turn the wrong way. Ass. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388/20 "2006-03-15T06:36:00Z")
> [@Mama Tiger](#): > > Although I was sorry there was only one good connection from Sao Paolo to Moscow, with lots of seats on the flight; the Old Folks should be grateful, between that and the hours of operation at the zip line, they caught up a more than four-hour deficit. It’ll be interesting to see if they can keep it up now. Lots of annoying bunching in this episode. “Let’s have them all wait for a few hours to do a completely pointless zipline so they call all bus in three bunches to the airport and all take the same plane to Russia.” Brilliant! Why not just tell them to go straight from the Pit stop to the airport? I guess they had some time to fill. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-14-i-am-in-russia-playing-with-the-dolls/348388.md?page=2)