# Amazing Race Family 10/11 - "I Don't Kiss, I Make Out!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794 "2005-10-11T19:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/1 "2005-10-11T19:53:30Z")
Pleaseplease_please_ let it be Phil who says those words … to myveryownself … _sigh_. From last week’s preview, looks like there is at least one really cool task this week. Here’s hoping there are no heart attacks tonight. (I’m talking to you, Papa Aiello!) (Also you, Papa Bransen!) Hmm … I really wonder who gets tonight’s Title Credit? I will be listening very closely. ---
**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 11, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/2 "2005-10-11T21:27:15Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Hmm … I really wonder who gets tonight’s Title Credit? I will be listening very closely. Just as long as it’s not Carissa this time… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/3 "2005-10-11T23:25:22Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Just as long as it’s not Carissa this time… I had half a thought that it might be Billy, actually. It’s totally the kind of idiotic thing that I would say when I was ten and I wanted people to think I was cool. “Kiss? Heh! I don’t kiss, I _make out!_” Of course, I had ABSOLUTELY ZERO idea what that meant until I was, oh, 16 or so, but all the cool older kids were talking about it … ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/4 "2005-10-12T00:45:22Z")
Lyn and Alex (from TAR 7) have predicted on Canadian TV that the Bransens are the one that should go this week. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/5 "2005-10-12T01:46:59Z")
> [@detop](#): > > Lyn and Alex (from TAR 7) have predicted on Canadian TV that the Bransens are the one that should go this week. Not so much on that one 🙂 And HOLY CRAP, WHAT A PRIZE! :eek: Gas for F-in LIFE!?! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/6 "2005-10-12T01:58:26Z")
Hey, I just quoted what they said 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/7 "2005-10-12T02:01:30Z")
I liked the pseudo-Planet of the Apes music over the first centrifuge ride. Dammit, the Paolos and the Weavers both made it. I was really hoping they’d be the next two teams out. The Paolos because I want to shoot all of them in the face every time I see them, and the Weavers because I am sick. to. fucking. death. of teams who call on Jeebus every 45 seconds. Maybe if you spent less time demanding divine intercession and more time learning how to read a damn map you might free up a little Jeebus for the rest of us. But that being said, _damn_, next week looks it’s gonna suck for them. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/8 "2005-10-12T02:01:53Z")
Wow, what a boring, poorly designed episode. Once they revealed that the pit stop was just about immediately after the centrifuge, I thought for sure that it would be a non-elimination leg, since there would be no way for the last team out of the centrifuge to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/9 "2005-10-12T02:05:25Z")
> [@detop](#): > > Hey, I just quoted what they said 🙂 I was more remarking that they were SO completely wrong. And I wanted to say again, DAMN that was a prize. Makes all those trips look pretty lame. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/10 "2005-10-12T02:07:19Z")
Sorry, misread you. Move along folks, nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/11 "2005-10-12T02:07:45Z")
This season has been \*\*The Kinda Interesting But Not Much More Than That Race \*\* rather than **The Amazing Race**. But a heckuva prize for finishing first in this leg of the race, and at the rate that the price of gas is going up may be as valuable as the prize for winning. 🙂 One thing that’s surprised me is that I actually like the Gaghan family. I didn’t expect that. But geez, they need to learn to ask for directions. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/12 "2005-10-12T02:12:27Z")
I am gobsmacked. Best. Prize. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/13 "2005-10-12T02:30:56Z")
> [@](#): > > _Dear **Amazing Race** : > Spaceships are pretty when they’re all lit up, Phil is so darn cute when he’s spinning around in circles really fast, and that first-place prize rocked my socks. I love you so very, very much. Do you love me too? Check: [] Yes [] No > Love, **rockle**._ Oh, Family Aiello. I adore you all, but between you and me? I’d have cut and run on the Muddy Waters detour option after the fifth try or so. Certainly I wouldn’t have gone through that _fourteen (!!!) times_ before changing drivers. (At least, that’s what it looked like they did.) Even though you knew before you got into the Centrifuge that you were hosed, you still kept on truckin’, which I appreciate. Ma Weaver? _Please. Shut. Your. Pie. Hole._ (“The Froot Loop” - heh.) I am glad I am not the only person who doesn’t like her. None of the other racers do, either, so it would appear. What was the context of that weird interview, where she said her family wasn’t going to change for anyone? Sheesh, defensive much? Listen, lady: Nobody expects you to change, but would it kill you to invest in a good conditioner? _ **Damn.** _ Alberto V05 Hot Oil is like two bucks. I’ll mail you a check. Just do _something_ about that hair. You’re making Jesus cry with that mess on your head. I’m convinced that the Paolos have inherited Team Guido’s “luck of the evil.” Christ on a bike! If they last much longer might head might explode. Is CBS going to pay for this family to go into therapy immediately following this Race? Are they going to pay for _my_ therapy? I need it more than ever now. Everybody else: Nice work! Way not to have a heart attack, Pa Bransen! (And if you ever need another kid, I also have lovely long blonde locks.) Way to handle 3.2g’s, Billy Boy Gaghan! Way to be a cool stepmom, Char Schroeder (Hunter’s teenagerdom notwithstanding)! Way not to fart in the Centrifuge, whichever Linz you were! Way to … be Godlewskis, Godlewskis! Did anyone catch who uttered the title line this week? I totally missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/14 "2005-10-12T03:24:55Z")
Wazzat? Did teams actually get on _planes_ this week? With not one, but _two_ bunching points! Wow. Team Pa\*\*\*olo gets on my nerves, but they’re mildly competent. Team Gaghan does well, mostly because they seem to have a knack for picking tasks where weight is a factor. But Team Weaver-- y’all are just annoying, mostly because of the HAIR! Good god a’mighty, they got some powerfully ugly hair on the four of you! ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/15 "2005-10-12T03:39:47Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I am gobsmacked. Best. Prize. Ever. Totally! Are all those Branson girls licensed drivers, I wonder. ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/16 "2005-10-12T03:43:44Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > But Team Weaver-- y’all are just annoying, mostly because of the HAIR! Good god a’mighty, they got some powerfully ugly hair on the four of you! It’s the skin, too. . . except for the boy child who looks pretty good. But Ma Widder Lady has skin of leather and the girls have acne galore. Combine that with the Jesus-ness and . . . The Hair. . . and you’ve got a family you don’t want even living in your ZIP Code! I was really hoping they’d be Philiminated tonight. . . but the punishment of having to go to Talladega kind of makes up for it. Now if we could just have Tony Stewart whiz by and mow the four of them down. . . . Naw! That’s too much to ask! ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/17 "2005-10-12T04:07:11Z")
Team Weaver got a little nutso, but I still like them OK. When we see a good 12-24 hours of racing compressed into an hour long episode, we’re bound to have a few prayers edited our way (and even then I only remember one from tonight). I hope they hang in there. I was ambivalent about Team My Three Sons-In Law getting philiminated. I liked them OK, but the cattyness tonight over Team Weaver was way too _Lynn and Alex v. Rob and Amber_ for me. We get it, you don’t like them, now shut up and RAACCCEEE!!! And they definitely should have quit the muddin’ task after a couple tries. They’re lucky they didn’t miss the bus all together. I wonder if they learned that it’s likely easier to do that with all of 300 pounds in the car (Team Rugrats) than the good 800 pounds they loaded in. Hoo wee, did that one Desperate Housewife (Team Godlewski) wake up on the wrong side of the bed or what? :eek: I sense trouble-a-brewing! Paolos? Shut up please. Frickin’ heck. Overall just a so so episode. The centrifuge challenge? Lame. What was supposed to happen? Someone get to 2.8Gs and give up? They should have had Matthew Broderick shoot 'em full of radiation or something (sorry, can’t think of a space joke, so that’ll have to do). And free gas for life? Woah! ---
**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 12, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/18 "2005-10-12T04:10:39Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > And free gas for life? Woah! Seriously. I’d be like, “Load up the car, Ethel! We’re driving to Vegas this weekend! And Toronto next weekend. And Tijuana the weekend after…heck, just fill up the calendar, baby!” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/19 "2005-10-12T05:26:12Z")
That was an absolutely pathetic roadblock to happen so close to the end. Here’s the challenge, grab a number, and that’s the way you will finish. Bah! Sucks! Bah! One of the worst episodes ever. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794/20 "2005-10-12T05:45:17Z")
Ma Weaver’s skin color/texture, is pretty typical for women over 40, in the South. For some reason, brown and leathery is considered more attractive than smooth and white. The latter will cause total strangers to ask you if you’ve been ill, and suggestions of getting out more. As for her hair, bleached and permed to death. Again, pretty typical. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-10-11-i-dont-kiss-i-make-out/325794.md?page=2)