# Amazing Race 3/8 - "It Was Like A Caravan of Idiots" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779 "2009-03-08T23:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/1 "2009-03-08T23:37:35Z")
25 minutes to air time, and nobody’s started the thread yet. Has TAR jumped the shtark? Tonight: Sub-freezing temperatures in Siberia. Who will fall back on the cliche “shared body warmth”? ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/2 "2009-03-08T23:44:08Z")
I was thinking the same thing re nobody starting the thread, but you beat me to it! ---
**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 9, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/3 "2009-03-09T01:01:49Z")
I swear to god, Jaime and Cara trigger my brain to think, “It’s Debra Messing and her clone! Cool!” ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/4 "2009-03-09T01:02:33Z")
I believe I mentioned it last week, but this season’s theme is “Natives drinking and laughing at Americans.” ---
**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 9, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/5 "2009-03-09T01:04:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I believe I mentioned it last week, but this season’s theme is “Natives drinking and laughing at Americans.” I meant to mention that…this is 4 for 4 with that. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/6 "2009-03-09T01:05:00Z")
I officially have no idea who is going to win this Race. I missed the first 10 minutes. Can someone tell me how three teams that started last (except Tammy & Victor, who wound up in the main pack) got such a big lead? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/7 "2009-03-09T01:06:31Z")
There were four flights into Moscow, and some of those flights missed the connection. Everybody on those flights was in the second pack. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/8 "2009-03-09T01:18:33Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > There were four flights into Moscow, and some of those flights missed the connection. Everybody on those flights was in the second pack. Weather, mechanical, or dumb luck? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/9 "2009-03-09T01:25:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Weather, mechanical, or dumb luck? I think they didn’t say – which means dumb luck. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/10 "2009-03-09T01:48:27Z")
I did not get the impression any of them booked the connection from Moscow to Lower Slobbovia. They all seemed concerned only with getting to Moscow, and might have been trusting in finding the next leg once they got there. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/11 "2009-03-09T01:50:00Z")
Sad about that team. I liked them and figured they would go a lot farther. Loved the bobsled ride! It’s neat that Mel has got to do the “fun roadblocks”. First he paraglided and now the bobsled. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/12 "2009-03-09T02:27:59Z")
I’m really not liking the team that used the U-turn. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/13 "2009-03-09T02:30:30Z")
Another fun episode, with the best (and truest) title EVER. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/14 "2009-03-09T02:31:02Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > I’m really not liking the team that used the U-turn. Pfft. It’s part of the game. It’s the teams who get all morally butthurt about it that I end up not liking, because the U-Turn and the Yield are _part of the game_…there’s nothing immoral or wrong about using them. Acting like these things are evil or nasty is like acting like tackling in football is wrong and nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/15 "2009-03-09T02:40:59Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I believe I mentioned it last week, but this season’s theme is “Natives drinking and laughing at Americans.” Didn’t the first team arrive at something like 8:30 AM? That’s a nice time of day to be dancing and doing vodka shots. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/16 "2009-03-09T02:42:06Z")
I thought Margie & Luke were smart to use the U-Turn. I also thought they were smart in the team they chose. Kris & Amanda were known to be behind them, and he’s known to be a strong guy who could probably do a task like stacking wood well (too bad it fell!). I did think it was funny that they said they did it to help Cara & Jaime. (And I agree with whoever said they constantly think it’s two Debra Messings racing.) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/17 "2009-03-09T03:02:58Z")
The U-Turn worked perfectly. Kris & Amanda were in last place by the time they got to it anyway, so all it did was insure they’d be the ones gone. I doubt they’d have been able to make up the time anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/18 "2009-03-09T03:07:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Pfft. It’s part of the game. It’s the teams who get all morally butthurt about it that I end up not liking, because the U-Turn and the Yield are _part of the game_…there’s nothing immoral or wrong about using them. Acting like these things are evil or nasty is like acting like tackling in football is wrong and nasty. I didn’t mean the reason I don’t like them is because they used the U-turn. I know that’s part of the game and if they hadn’t, someone else would. What I meant was, I really don’t like them period. But, I’m still not sure of everybody’s names, so I used the U-turn using as an identifier. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/19 "2009-03-09T03:12:14Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s the teams who get all morally butthurt about it that I end up not liking, because the U-Turn and the Yield are _part of the game_…there’s nothing immoral or wrong about using them. Acting like these things are evil or nasty is like acting like tackling in football is wrong and nasty. I agree completely, jayjay. There they were complaining about how it was “shady.” No, it was _smart_! A strong team was eliminated – the perfect outcome for Luke & Margie. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779/20 "2009-03-09T03:57:41Z")
Dumbass placement for the U-Turn though. The way the leg was designed, it was an instant elimination. I don’t want an Amazing Race where someone can be voted off the island so to speak. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-3-8-it-was-like-a-caravan-of-idiots/488779.md?page=2)