# Amazing Race, May 2nd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091 "2010-05-03T00:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/61 "2010-05-04T21:38:46Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I’ve always just assumed the cowboys were friends, because they look not a thing like each other. But last night I noticed the graphic calling them brothers. This may have been explained long ago, but I guess their lack of resemblance caused me to assume they were just buddies. I’ve heard them mention it before, but it’s very rare. Likely an editing decision to cast the brothers as The Brothers and the brothers in jeans as The Cowboys. > [@Skammer](#): > > When Brent and Caite were in the bathroom and the Cowboys found Brent’s stamp, would it have been against the rules to put the stamp back in a section of the shop that B&C had already searched? That would have been devious. I don’t think it would have been because you’re not allowed to mess with other racers stuff, but the stamps were an free-for-all and as long as they didn’t pocket it, it shouldn’t be against the rules. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/62 "2010-05-05T00:22:45Z")
Justin–I think it _would_ be against the rules. The midget stuntmen a season or two back tossed some bicycle pumps(?) that the other teams had to use under a blanket or other stuff and got a 30 minute penalty and a stern talking-to from Phil. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/63 "2010-05-05T00:31:36Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Justin–I think it _would_ be against the rules. The midget stuntmen a season or two back tossed some bicycle pumps(?) that the other teams had to use under a blanket or other stuff and got a 30 minute penalty and a stern talking-to from Phil. Yeah, but they actively hid the pumps in an area where teams had to look for them. Putting a stamp that you know another racer needs in another part of the store (while still keeping it in the “race area”) doesn’t break the letter of the rules. Possibly the spirit (and Phil’s eyebrow would likely be angry), but not the letter. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/64 "2010-05-05T01:28:27Z")
As much as I wish to see Brent and Caite go, that kinda thing isn’t the sort of thing that Jet and Cord would do, and that’s why I’m rooting for them. 😃 I’m not sure if that would have slowed Brent and Caite down too much anyway, I think they went over the chops a few times. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/65 "2010-05-05T02:32:10Z")
Based on how careful all the teams were in picking up the chops and putting them back where they were it may very well have been in the instructions that they had to leave everything but their own where they found them. Otherwise my strategy would have been to knock entire shelves onto the counter so I could easily see many bottoms at once and then just put them back willy nilly if putting them back was required. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/66 "2010-05-07T16:18:36Z")
It sounds like Phil is foreshadowing a Caite/Brent win: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap\_en\_tv/us\_tv\_amazing\_race16](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_en_tv/us_tv_amazing_race16) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/67 "2010-05-07T17:01:20Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > It sounds like Phil is foreshadowing a Caite/Brent win: > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap\_en\_tv/us\_tv\_amazing\_race16](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_en_tv/us_tv_amazing_race16) Isn’t it more likely that the Lesbians plan to bitch out Caite for being “stupid”? Besides that, Phil’s too savvy to accidentally (or purposely in this case) spill anything about the winner. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/68 "2010-05-07T17:59:17Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Isn’t it more likely that the Lesbians plan to bitch out Caite for being “stupid”? Not unlikely, but I think it would be pretty darn unsportsmanlike if they did so. Being frustrated and bitchy in the middle of a race when you’ve been set back by another team is at least somewhat understandable. After you’ve had a week or so to cool down? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/69 "2010-05-07T18:05:45Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Isn’t it more likely that the Lesbians plan to bitch out Caite for being “stupid”? That’s what I took from the bit about “Keoghan foreshadowed that Upton and Horne are confronted by another team at the mat.”, with the other team being the lesbians. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/70 "2010-05-07T18:07:54Z")
Yeah, but his whole line about how people wouldn’t be happy about the result? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/71 "2010-05-07T18:21:52Z")
He said “the ending isn’t necessarily happy for everyone.” Which he followed with the models being confronts. I don’t think he was referring to the fans being unhappy. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/72 "2010-05-07T18:45:48Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Likely an editing decision to cast the brothers as The Brothers and the brothers in jeans as The Cowboys. I thought the teams were allowed to “name” themselves. This came up in the season with “The Virgins”…when people here were a little miffed that the Amazing Producers would choose to label them as such…but eventually it came out that Chuck and the Girl Virgin were just damn proud to be Virgins and chose that label for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/73 "2010-05-07T18:51:57Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > I thought the teams were allowed to “name” themselves. This came up in the season with “The Virgins”…when people here were a little miffed that the Amazing Producers would choose to label them as such…but eventually it came out that Chuck and the Girl Virgin were just damn proud to be Virgins and chose that label for themselves. Huh, I’ve never heard that before. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091/74 "2010-05-08T01:41:18Z")
If the cowboys lose to team brainless and witless I will be PISSED [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-may-2nd/538091.md?page=3)