# Amazing Race Family 12/6 - "The Family Christmas Card" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379 "2005-12-06T17:04:05Z")\ **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:** [December 6, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/1 "2005-12-06T17:04:05Z")
Blahblah boilerplate blahblah _effing Weavers_ ba-da-bing. > [@Yahoo! TV](#): > > One teammate’s performance overwhelms the rest of the family and gets them out of a potential jam. And if you act now, as an added bonus, you also get the following items for FREE! > [@CBS.com](#): > > On the way to the Pit Stop, one Team gets pulled over by the police. Will this cost them the race? Tell a friend and we’ll also include this Extra Special Offer! > [@CBS.com](#): > > Tensions rise when one Racer breaks from the Team to perform a task on her own. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that it’s our very own Phil who utters this week’s title line. In my imagination he says it to the _effing Weavers_, as they stand on the mat at the end of the episode, defeated and humiliated, covered in mud and tar and feathers and half-rotten apple cores and red coffee beans and pages torn from the Book of Mormon, the Last Team To Arrive. And Phil will snap a picture with some product-placed digital camera and laugh this heretofore-unheard truly evil laugh, and he will say, “Here’s the family Christmas card this year, _bee-yotches_!” And he will slink away, still laughing that evil laugh, as the Weavers stand on the mat in the middle of nowhere while the darkness settles all around them, and the screams and moans of a multitude of demons rise around them like a dense fog, waiting to swallow them up and bring them home. Hey, a girl can dream, right? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/2 "2005-12-06T18:10:45Z")
I’m just glad that someone finally gets the boot. It’s been what, 3 weeks? I also hope the Linz’s camera-person gets a new battery for the camera. And brings a spare. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/3 "2005-12-06T18:41:02Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that it’s our very own Phil who utters this week’s title line. I was thinking along the same lines (team members covered in mud and muck, saying something about “Here’s the family Christmas picture”), but I was thinking it’d be a Linz who said it. They’ve got a few more siblings at home, right? I bet their mom dressed them all up in cute red and green outfits when they were little\* for a family photo to enclose with the Christmas cards. - Or maybe even last year, who knows? 😃 Back to the OP: Blah, blah, Effing Weavers, blah, blah… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/4 "2005-12-06T18:45:08Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I bet their mom dressed them all up in cute red and green outfits … _Mmm_ … Nick and Tommy Linz in cute little red and green outfits … I’m sorry, _what?_ ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/5 "2005-12-06T18:56:49Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > _Mmm_ … Nick and Tommy Linz in cute little red and green outfits … I’m sorry, _what?_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/6 "2005-12-06T19:12:52Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > 😃 And a review of the CBS website indicates that Tommy is 19, so I don’t even need to feel dirty or anything. Plus, I love me some frat boys, so of course the Linzes are right up my alley. _Mmm_ … shirtless Nick Linz … how am I supposed to concentrate for the rest of the day? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/7 "2005-12-06T19:16:56Z")
Nineteen? :eek: That’s a little too young for me. He is cute, though. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/8 "2005-12-06T19:34:30Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > _Mmm_ … Nick and Tommy Linz in cute little red and green outfits … I’m sorry, _what?_ Heh. You can have Tommy. Nick & _Alex_ - yes. Definitely my favorite team now the Paolos are ::sniff:: gone. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/9 "2005-12-06T19:45:16Z")
Oh, I like all three Linz guys - I just didn’t realize Tommy was so close to being jailbait. Heh, I’ll take whichever one’s left, except Megan, 'cuz she’s just not my type. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I like the Linzes. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/10 "2005-12-06T20:30:15Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > You can have Tommy. > [@BiblioCat](#): > > I just didn’t realize Tommy was so close to being jailbait. But the young ones can still be _trained!_ And they have such _stamina!_ They don’t know what they’re doing, but they can do it for hours, and _they can be trained_ - that’s the point! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/11 "2005-12-06T21:42:41Z")
I just came in to sign up for the Linz Brothers Rotation, and mumble something about the effing Weavers. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/12 "2005-12-06T22:24:48Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > But the young ones can still be _trained!_ And they have such _stamina!_ They don’t know what they’re doing, but they can do it for hours, and _they can be trained_ - that’s the point! Ooooh, yeah, stamina. I like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/13 "2005-12-07T02:15:15Z")
I’m not telling you people again, _I dibsed Nick Linz_. I notice there wasn’t a “last week’s most amazing moment” segment this week. Even CBS admits that there were no amazing moments last week. Aaaaand, we’re bunched. And the Weevils bitch about being bunched, despite bunching being the only reason they’re still in this race. Well, bunching and the Divine Love Of Our Lord And Savior of course. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/14 "2005-12-07T02:17:04Z")
\She prayed for wisdom.\ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/15 "2005-12-07T02:27:55Z")
“You’re torturing us Phil!” “Yeah, I’m torturing you!” Hee. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/16 "2005-12-07T02:31:44Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > \She prayed for wisdom.\ Oh please, don’t discourage her, it’s the only glimmer of self-awareness she’s shown this entire race. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/17 "2005-12-07T02:32:54Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Heh, I’ll take whichever one’s left, except Megan, 'cuz she’s just not my type. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Besides, I called dibs on her. Same area code and everything. 🙂 I know this is blasphemy, but God do I hope the God-whatever-skis get the ax. How are they still around? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/18 "2005-12-07T02:37:37Z")
Searching for balls…it’s the task the Linz boys have trained their whole lives for! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/19 "2005-12-07T02:50:04Z")
Killer Fatigue, thy name is Godlewski! Aaaaaaand, it’s multiplied by like 4,000. _Damn._ Christine talks too much, but she’s no fool. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/20 "2005-12-07T02:53:46Z")
“Buick is a great vehicle!” I swear I saw Phil slip Wally a tenner. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379.md?page=2)