# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/81 "2005-12-09T07:44:56Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > OK, you’re on the shortlist. Can you learn to drive stick soon? I’ve already tried, and I wrecked three transmissions. Hey, I took my driver’s test on stick! No waiting! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/82 "2005-12-09T13:23:00Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > Hey, I took my driver’s test on stick! No waiting! Really? Awesome! We’re in, then. Team Straight Dope. **Draelin** will be our official source for directions and stuff, and she’ll know it’s us calling, because I’ll be screaming _“Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiian!”_ into the phone to get her attention. Oh, and you have to do any Roadblocks that involve bugs, unless it’s killing them. In that case, I can do it. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/83 "2005-12-09T13:27:35Z")
Can I be on your shortlist **rockle** , if everyone else bails? I can drive a stick, and I can read a map. We live close enough to actually take our picture together. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/84 "2005-12-09T13:55:18Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Can I be on your shortlist **rockle** , if everyone else bails? I can drive a stick, and I can read a map. > We live close enough to actually take our picture together. Wow, all this attention! OK, you’re on the shortlist too. How do you feel about bug challenges? And also, what kind of cute matching outfits can we wear in our quest for Total Race Domination? I was thinking something with sequins … ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/85 "2005-12-09T14:00:26Z")
Sequins? Three words: No. Freaking. Way. We could do cute shirts like the Bowlings Moms, something like “Internet” for you and “Buddies” for me. 😃 Or “Ian” for you and “Fans” for me. 😃 Mix up the reality shows, that’ll confuse 'em. ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/86 "2005-12-09T15:06:35Z")
The promo for the finale shows some folks on a trapeze. That makes me wonder if they go to Cirque du Soleil headquarters which is in Canada. Could be curling there, too. Wow! A truly international Family Edition if this is the case. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/87 "2005-12-09T15:24:43Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Sequins? Three words: No. Freaking. Way. > > We could do cute shirts like the Bowlings Moms, something like “Internet” for you and “Buddies” for me. 😃 > Or “Ian” for you and “Fans” for me. 😃 Mix up the reality shows, that’ll confuse 'em. Oh! Oh! Oh! We can have these T-shirts, and we’ll each have a few that say “Call Me” on them, and then we’ll each have a few with different Reality TV Boyfriends’ names on them. Like, “Call Me” + “Ian” or “Call Me” + “Burton” or “Call Me” + “Phil” or summat like that. I’ll just put the sparkly stuff on MY T-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/88 "2005-12-09T15:33:59Z")
So, you’ll ‘Be-Dazzle’ yours, right? Just like Joy on _My Name Is Earl_? 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/89 "2005-12-09T16:45:00Z")
Y’all should Be-Dazzle some baseball caps, too. \ It’s just beautiful! And **rockle** , don’t forget a “Call Me” + “Jeff” t-shirt. You might want to add a line. “Leave your hat on the Island.” ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/90 "2005-12-09T16:52:46Z")
I just got emailed this snippet: next week is a **THREE-HOUR FINALE** starting at 9 p.m. How? > [@](#): > > From the “it ain’t over until it’s over” department, CBS’ Amazing Race finishes its season, and then continues with Teams #2 and #3 in a playoff to see which team wins a new GMC car. The play will take place not on broadcast TV, but on the internet at [CBS.com](http://CBS.com) where it will be streamed on December 13 immediately after the show’s official finale on the west coast next Tuesday, December 13 (9-11p). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/91 "2005-12-09T17:01:43Z")
Next season should be The Amazing Race: The SDMB Edition. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/92 "2005-12-09T17:38:10Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > So, you’ll ‘Be-Dazzle’ yours, right? Just like Joy on _My Name Is Earl_? > 😃😃😃 **Hell yeah!** > [@Devena](#): > > Y’all should Be-Dazzle some baseball caps, too. **Double hell yeah!** (If such a thing exists.) > [@Smeghead](#): > > Next season should be The Amazing Race: The SDMB Edition. I would add a **triple hell yeah!** here, except I don’t know if anybody would want to watch a bunch of Internet junkies racing around the world on their rocket-propelled couches bitching about how they can’t find a signal for their wireless cards. > [@Barbarian](#): > > I just got emailed this snippet: next week is a THREE-HOUR FINALE starting at 9 p.m. … “CBS’ Amazing Race finishes its season, and then continues with Teams #2 and #3 in a playoff to see which team wins a new GMC car.” Guh. Just … guh. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/93 "2005-12-09T18:18:41Z")
Okay, I’m late today, 'cause it snowed. I seem to have lost my place as “the other cute blonde one”, which is actually okay by me, as I’m actually a redhead. I know the mechanics of driving stick, but have not practiced–although you bet I would, if I were entering the race. Maybe me and **BiblioCat** will have the Bedazzle-Free team. But I wouldn’t mind matching t-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/94 "2005-12-09T18:23:03Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I seem to have lost my place as “the other cute blonde one”, which is actually okay by me, as I’m actually a redhead. !!! I’m stunned. I don’t know why, but I always took you for a blonde. Sorry 'bout that! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/95 "2005-12-09T19:45:05Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Where real estate is so insane that they build a high-rise hotel _over_ the freeway. And we can see today how well [that’s](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/09/hotel_over_turnpike_evacuated_due_to_fire/) going. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/96 "2005-12-09T19:49:15Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > !!! I’m stunned. I don’t know why, but I always took you for a blonde. Sorry 'bout that! S’okay, you assumed I was exactly like you, and you weren’t far wrong. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/97 "2005-12-09T20:16:00Z")
I was discussing the Effin’ Weavers with DeHusband and he asked what their first names were. When I said I thought the mom’s first name was Linda, he said, “Doesn’t Linda mean pretty in Spanish? Boy, was she named wrong!!” So, good little net fiend that I am, I go to [Babelfish](http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/). Ya wanna know what the Spanish to English translation of the word Linda was? _It is contiguous._ Personally, I think she looks more _contagious_, but that’s just me. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379/98 "2005-12-09T21:31:43Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > And we can see today how well [that’s](http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/09/hotel_over_turnpike_evacuated_due_to_fire/) going. And on such a nice day, too. **lorene** , care to join us over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=321765)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-family-12-6-the-family-christmas-card/334379.md?page=4)