# Amazing Race - Two Fer Tuesday **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543 "2005-09-26T19:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [September 29, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/121 "2005-09-29T14:31:09Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > The Blacks! I really liked them. They soothed me. Maybe they were too calm. But still, that’s a bummer. Actually, what killed them is one of the two\* deadly AM sins: They couldn’t read a map. On at least two legs of the race I noticed, Mrs Black threw up her hands and said “I can’t find \< location \> on the map. Let’s just drive around.” This is instant doom. You _cannot_ recover from bad map-reading skillz. I still liked 'em though. Fenris \*The other is “Me and my team-mate are having relationship problems, we’ll use The Amazing Race as a substitute for therapy” (or “I have something to prove to my dad/mom/husband/partner, I’ll use TAR as a substitute for therapy”.) ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/122 "2005-09-29T15:19:22Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > They couldn’t read a map. On at least two legs of the race I noticed, Mrs Black threw up her hands and said “I can’t find \< location \> on the map. Let’s just drive around.” > > This is instant doom. You _cannot_ recover from bad map-reading skillz. I still liked 'em though. **AMEN.** Although I would like to propose a Third Deadly Sin of “The Amazing Race”: Not knowing how to drive stick. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/123 "2005-09-29T22:13:26Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > **AMEN.** Although I would like to propose a Third Deadly Sin of “The Amazing Race”: Not knowing how to drive stick. I totally agree with this! I cannot believe how many contestants can’t drive a stick. I mean, you’re going on a game show where you know you’ll be driving at least some of the time…and you don’t go learn how to drive a stick? I don’t understand that. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/124 "2005-09-29T22:45:45Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I totally agree with this! I cannot believe how many contestants can’t drive a stick. I mean, you’re going on a game show where you know you’ll be driving at least some of the time…and you don’t go learn how to drive a stick? I don’t understand that. I thought there was a rule that at least one person had to be able to. It’d be silly not to anyway, of course. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/125 "2005-09-29T23:06:45Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > I thought there was a rule that at least one person had to be able to. Hah! I think they have an opposite rule. If I were interviewing for this show and they asked me about cars I’d be like, “stick, what’s that?” Ka-ching! _You’ve selected for further consideration!_ “Do you know what regular, unleaded, and diesel mean?” “Nope.” Ka-ching! _Congratulations, you’ve been selected for the show!_ ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/126 "2005-09-30T11:31:36Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > **AMEN.** Although I would like to propose a Third Deadly Sin of “The Amazing Race”: Not knowing how to drive stick. I hate when one person does _all_ the driving. I think they should make a new rule, like the Chip & Kim Memorial Roadblock Rule. The teams need to take turns driving, maybe switching off on each leg. If one doesn’t know how to drive a stick, learn. And fast. Incidentally, these Deadly Sins made me think of one of the Deadly Sins of _Survivor_: Not knowing how to swim. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/127 "2005-09-30T12:16:10Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I hate when one person does _all_ the driving. I think they should make a new rule, like the Chip & Kim Memorial Roadblock Rule. The teams need to take turns driving, maybe switching off on each leg. If one doesn’t know how to drive a stick, learn. And fast. I kind of agree, but some people are better navigators. Let me use me and my husband as an example: If we went on the Race, he would _always_ be the Designated Driver, because (1) he can drive stick, and (2) he can’t read a map to save his life. _Seriously._ If the map had only one road on it (say, Interstate 80) and the clue said drive from Point A to Point B along that one read (say, from Tannersville, Pa. to Danville, Pa., along I-80W), we’d still get lost if he was the navigator. _Completely_ lost. Like, we’d-end-up-in-_Miami_ lost. And while people getting lost can be funny, it isn’t when it happens to us. I have a big mouth and I cuss a _really_ lot when I get mad. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/128 "2005-09-30T13:48:15Z")
Well, what about Charla? She can drive, but she does need to adapt a car somewhat to do it. This is fine for everyday life, but the Race producers wouldn’t make any changes at all to accomodate her (which is cool, since she wouldn’t really need anything like as many changes as people might think) and that would include, say, pedal extensions on cars. So she was unable to drive on the Race through no fault of her own. An “everybody must drive” rule would exclude anybody who needs any sort of car adaptation from the Race completely. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/129 "2005-09-30T14:07:36Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Hah! I think they have an opposite rule. If I were interviewing for this show and they asked me about cars I’d be like, “stick, what’s that?” In my attempt to fill out an application, one question was “What are you afraid of?” I knew that if I said heights, every challenge would involve bungee-jumping. My answer? Boats, and small furry animals. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/130 "2005-09-30T14:19:01Z")
You’re missing the point: they _WANT_ their contestants to screw up in funny ways and provide lots of drama from their fears. So if you want to be selected: Reason you want to be on this show: My friends keep teasing me about how often I get lost, I want to prove them wrong. Also, I’ve never been outside my home county so I want to see the world. Fears: heights, dark places, confined places, flying. Handicaps: cannot eat more than a few bites of food at a time, don’t know how to drive. Languages spoken. English. Ummmm. Do C++ and Java count? Life’s ambition: hair model for shampoo commercials Relationship with other: He’s my ex-husband who cheated on me with my sister so I married his son in revenge, but now we’re trying to make a go of it again. Shoe in, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/131 "2005-09-30T14:29:31Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > In my attempt to fill out an application, one question was “What are you afraid of?” > > I knew that if I said heights, every challenge would involve bungee-jumping. My answer? Boats, and small furry animals. 🙂 Detour: Flotillas or Chinchillas. In “Flotillas,” teams must play shuffleboard on the Lido deck of a luxury cruise ship docked in the port of _[insert tropical cruise ship destination here]_ until they win three games against a team of competitive suffleboard players. It may take the teams a long time to find the ship, but the competitive shuffleboard players are each 86 years old and half-blind, and there will be a lot of frosty drinks with rum and paper umbrellas served. In “Chinchillas,” teams must select one of the animals from the Vanilla Gorilla Chinchilla Ranch and carry it with them for the rest of the race. It will be easy to find the farm, but the animals are so cute that it will hard to choose just one, and petting their soft fur for the remainder of the race might prove to be a distraction later. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/132 "2005-09-30T14:30:52Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Detour: Flotillas or Chinchillas. You made my coffee come out my nose. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/133 "2005-09-30T14:34:20Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > You made my coffee come out my nose. Same here. Well, tea, but still. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/134 "2005-09-30T16:06:58Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > You made my coffee come out my nose. > [@jsgoddess](#): > > Same here. Well, tea, but still. Hey, I’m just working with the material y’all give me. “Boats and furry animals.” Just imagine Phil describing that Detour, saying “flotill-_er_” and “chinchill-_er_” as he is wont to do. He’s a damn fine looking man, that Phil … maybe I will name my chinchiller after him. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/135 "2005-09-30T16:15:35Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > He’s a damn fine looking man, that Phil … maybe I will name my chinchiller after him. I won’t argue with the assessment, but his eyebrows freak me out too much. I cede any dibs to you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/136 "2005-09-30T16:17:36Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I won’t argue with the assessment, but his eyebrows freak me out too much. I cede any dibs to you. 🙂 Dibs? There are dibs for Phil? Dammit! He was 10 miles away! 😃 ---
**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:** [September 30, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/137 "2005-09-30T16:21:21Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > Dibs? There are dibs for Phil? Dammit! He was 10 miles away! 😃 It’s okay, baby doll. I’ll just cock my eyebrow at you when I get home tonight. It’ll be just like having Phil around. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/138 "2005-09-30T16:23:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s okay, baby doll. I’ll just cock my eyebrow at you when I get home tonight. It’ll be just like having Phil around. 😃 LOL. You made me snort soda yet again! Now get back to work! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/139 "2005-09-30T16:24:37Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > LOL. You made me snort soda yet again! Now get back to work! Don’t hafta! I’m on lunch! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543/140 "2005-09-30T16:48:06Z")
> [@supervenusfreak](#): > > Dibs? There are dibs for Phil? Dammit! He was 10 miles away! 😃 There are always dibs for the Boyfriends. Phil is _totally_ a Reality TV Boyfriend. He might be the _original_ Reality TV Boyfriend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-two-fer-tuesday/323543.md?page=8)