# Amazing Race 7/24/03 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779 "2003-07-25T01:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![djbdjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/41 "2003-07-25T20:19:55Z")
drat, my post got zapped. Again: It puts less force downward to pull a wheelbarrow rather than pull it. No teams pulled their barrows. Last night I was thinking this was a slight mistake, but today it seems that if the ground is smooth, and the tire able to handle the increased downward force, there is not much to be gained from pulling rather than pushing. Can you believe Millie wanted to toss 25 lb., spikey basketballs at Chuck (hehe, get it) and have him redirect them into the truck as if they were juggling tennis balls? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/42 "2003-07-25T21:13:29Z")
The fact that they showed the clowns getting lost next week makes me confident that they won’t be eliminated – a little bit of misdirection. As others have said, it’s likely to be a non-elimination leg anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/43 "2003-07-25T21:40:29Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by BiblioCat_ > > What was the note taped to the steering wheel in Chuck’s car? It may have been in all the cars, but I only saw it in Chuck’s…[snip]… > > \*Originally posted by fiddlesticks \* > …[snip]… I presume the rest of the teams were conscious enough to pull the note from the steering wheel before setting off. …[snip]… I saw the card first on the clowns’ steering wheel, then in a later shot it was gone, so I’ll agree they all had it but most of them pulled it off early on. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/44 "2003-07-26T00:28:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Interrobang!? \* > \*\* (For those wondering: I don’t really care about their snarkiness between the two of them, but their juvenile name-calling, especially when they’re sharing it with other teams, drives me up a wall. It’s not funny, it’s petty and catty. Also, Jon’s an ass.) > > I’d rather see Jon and Al or the Goats win than Chip and Reichen, but any of them are preferable to the Terrible Twosome. \*\* Apparently, we are long lost twins, seperated at birth. I couldn’t have said it better m’self. (except that I’d much rather see the Clowns win than the Goats\* Fenris \*“The Goats”? Why “the Goats”? ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/45 "2003-07-26T02:14:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*“The Goats”? Why “the Goats”? I got it from the other teams, in case you hadn’t picked up on that. I suspect it’s because they both have goatees; that or they climb like mountain goats. But I prefer the facial hair explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/46 "2003-07-26T04:14:06Z")
What’s the big deal about whether or not they pulled the card off??? I don’t think it makes a difference one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/47 "2003-07-26T15:03:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trigonal Planar \* > \*\*What’s the big deal about whether or not they pulled the card off??? I don’t think it makes a difference one way or the other. \*\* It’s not a big deal. It’s just that a few of us saw it for a split second and wondered what it was. I didn’t catch any of the printing on it awnd had no idea what it was, until **fiddlesticks** explained what they saw and gave a very valid explanation (thank you **f** ). I was just curious about what it read and if all the cars had them. ---
**Author:** ![Tradnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@Tradnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tradnor)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/48 "2003-07-26T20:05:35Z")
There have been cards on the steering wheels in several other episodes. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/49 "2003-07-26T21:41:56Z")
I just started watching this show, I saw an episode a couple of weeks ago and then this part Thursday. I don’t particularly care about the personal meltdowns, but the race itself looks like a lot of fun. Before I send in my application for the next race, someone tell me, is there always bungee jumping? I’m great at map-reading, and I’m pretty sure I could shift a transmission with my left hand, but tying a string to my ankles and jumping off a high platform is not my forte. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/50 "2003-07-26T22:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*is there always bungee jumping? \*\* There are always several challenges for thems as are afraid of heights – swaying footbridges, hang-gliding, rapelling, or, as we saw in this week’s episode, tall ladders, in addition to bungee jumping – but, IIRC, it’s usually at a detour, where the team has a choice of doing the really scary stunt or a safer, but more time-consuming alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/51 "2003-07-27T02:05:56Z")
Anyone know when they usually start accepting new teams? They aren’t taking applications right now. ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/52 "2003-07-27T03:06:34Z")
I doubt they’d have another **Amazing Race** , I don’t think many nations would welcome Americans with open arms. I hope they get another one going, but with the War on Iraq still going and all… and I think it’s only open to the American public and not Canadians. I guess checking the **CBS** website wouldn’t hurt at all either. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/53 "2003-07-27T03:51:53Z")
I’ll try to find a link, but I read that the president of CBS said they aren’t sure yet whether or not they’ll be doing another Amazing Race. Apparently the ratings aren’t as high as they had hoped, so I guess we all need to encourage more people to watch the remaining episodes of this one so we can get another one. And **Madawc** ’s right, it’s only open to Americans. I know my Dad’s hoping they either do a Canadian version or manage to open up future editions to Canadians so he can try out for it, but I wouldn’t exactly count on it. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779/54 "2003-07-27T05:50:19Z")
I’m a little worried this is the last Amazing Race. In the past they usually insert little 10 second blurbs during the show to visit [cbs.com](http://cbs.com) to apply for the next Amazing Race. Not so this year. ☹ As for Americans not being well liked in the rest of the world, it was refreshing that this season has a notable lack of Ugly Americans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-7-24-03/190779.md?page=2)