# Amazing Race Oct. 24th Delayed by Football \*\*\*SPOILERS\*\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230 "2010-10-24T23:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**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 25, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/41 "2010-10-25T18:55:27Z")
Oh! I almost forgot another great line. I think it was Jill(?) talking about Thomas and the bridge Roadblock. “He grew up in the mountains. They do this all the time.” Huh? I grew up in the mountains, too, and I don’t recall anyone who wasn’t in military training (or ROTC) doing any rappeling. Hiking, yes. Camping, yes. Rappeling, no. It’s not like he grew up in the mountains in the 1910s and there weren’t any roads and you had to rappel down to town from your rickety house-on-stilts clinging to the side of a cliff. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/42 "2010-10-25T19:51:48Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Brooke and Claire are fast becoming favorites as well. I love how they truly do seem grateful to be able to go to all the cool places on the race,… Yes, but Brook seems to assume that all the people in those cool places are also grateful to have her there. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/43 "2010-10-25T19:54:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh! I almost forgot another great line. I think it was Jill(?) talking about Thomas and the bridge Roadblock. > > “He grew up in the mountains. They do this all the time.” > > Huh? I grew up in the mountains, too, and I don’t recall anyone who wasn’t in military training (or ROTC) doing any rappeling. Hiking, yes. Camping, yes. Rappeling, no. It’s not like he grew up in the mountains in the 1910s and there weren’t any roads and you had to rappel down to town from your rickety house-on-stilts clinging to the side of a cliff. I’m not sure how old you are, but rockclimbing has become a very popular recreational sport, and it involves rappelling. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/44 "2010-10-25T20:19:29Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Glad that the volleyballers are gone. They were some serious mean bitches, and nowhere near as good as they thought they were. Watch this week’s Elimination Station. Very interesting. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/45 "2010-10-25T20:29:50Z")
For those of us who can’t, can you summarize? you got me curious. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/46 "2010-10-25T21:23:15Z")
> [@running\_piglet\_cheese](#): > > As mentally challenged as Nick and Vick are I had to give her props for her performance today. She smoked that bridge challenge. Couldn’t tell how long it took from the editing, but she seemed to really at least match the speed of the stronger guys. She didn’t just match their speed, she _crushed_ it. When she started the climb, Chad was pretty close behind her, and when she got to the top Chad was much farther behind. ---
**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 25, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/47 "2010-10-25T22:15:35Z")
> [@kiz](#): > > Watch this week’s Elimination Station. Very interesting. That _was_ interesting. First of all, away from the cover of a loser’s edit, Tony and Ron set my gaydar SCREAMING. Second of all, I had no idea there was (apparently) some kind of bad blood between Team Volleyball and Team Darker-Oswald-and-Danny. I wonder if it’s because Tony and Ron are black, because they’re gay, or because of some incident that didn’t make the edit on the race itself? [Youtube Link to Elimination Station in question](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMYFis0iDh4) ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/48 "2010-10-25T22:30:48Z")
One of the women on Team Volleyball seemed a LOT more into the Race and overall, more of a regular, down-to-Earth woman, while her teammate was fairly unpleasant to everyone she interacted with, including her partner… (the more attractive of the two was the unpleasant one, FWIW) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/49 "2010-10-25T22:55:43Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That _was_ interesting. First of all, away from the cover of a loser’s edit, Tony and Ron set my gaydar SCREAMING. > > Second of all, I had no idea there was (apparently) some kind of bad blood between Team Volleyball and Team Darker-Oswald-and-Danny. I wonder if it’s because Tony and Ron are black, because they’re gay, or because of some incident that didn’t make the edit on the race itself? > > [Youtube Link to Elimination Station in question](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMYFis0iDh4) I don’t know because Ron and Tony strike me as thoroughly likable people. Really charming, kind, and funny. I mean, maybe they are secretly horrible, but they sure don’t come off that way to me. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/50 "2010-10-25T22:56:38Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > [Youtube Link to Elimination Station in question](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMYFis0iDh4) Blocked here on copyright grounds. Screw you, CBS! ---
**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:** [October 25, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/51 "2010-10-25T23:22:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Second of all, I had no idea there was (apparently) some kind of bad blood between Team Volleyball and Team Darker-Oswald-and-Danny. I wonder if it’s because Tony and Ron are black, because they’re gay, or because of some incident that didn’t make the edit on the race itself? Hmmm, Tony & Ron fell behind so far and fast in England, I would think the only interaction between them and the rest would have been in the Boston airport or on the plane to London… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/52 "2010-10-26T00:28:59Z")
Not only did Tony and Ron fall behind in England, there were on the early flight, with Chad/ Stephanie and Jill & Thomas. American Airlines. The other 8 teams were on Virgin Atlantic. I am not familiar with Logan Airport, but a site says that American is in Terminal B and Virgin Atlantic is Terminal E. So they may have had little to no interaction with Team Gleek, Team Reunited Mom/Daughter, and Team Volleyballers. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230/53 "2010-10-26T02:42:41Z")
That Elimination Station video is funny. But I was hoping the other teams would do their “Waa-waaaa” sounds when the volleyballers showed up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-oct-24th-delayed-by-football-spoilers/558230.md?page=2)