# So where's the TAR10 thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115 "2006-09-18T00:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/1 "2006-09-18T00:10:23Z")
Do I have to do everything \*myself \* around here? Here it is, premiere night for the next The Amazing Race season, less than a half hour away in the eastern US, _and there’s no damn thread up yet_! Come on now, people, let’s shape up a little bit and at least ogle the cheerleaders a little, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/2 "2006-09-18T00:31:58Z")
Sorry, **ElvisL1ves**. I often start these threads, but I was dealing with Family Drama and also Fantasy Football Fiascoes all day today, and this is the first I’ve been around since this morning. I _promise_ to try to do better next week. Well, I can’t promise to _try_, but I can promise to _try to try_. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/3 "2006-09-18T00:37:45Z")
_ **In** _teresting. A lesbian, for one thing. Has there ever been an openly gay woman on TAR before? I don’t think so. Phil is promising surprises! Hee! I love surprises! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/4 "2006-09-18T00:52:55Z")
Cheerleaders _and_ beauty queens. Sigh. I miss Kevin and Drew. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/5 "2006-09-18T00:59:58Z")
“thrifty is a rental car place? am I supposed to know that?” Seems kind of like general knowledge type stuff to me, maybe even too general to really count as knowledge. 'Course, people keep telling me I’ve got a really impressive sounding job, so maybe I’m just biased. And I’m pretty sure there’s been at least one more eyeroll worthy comment from someone. And that was before they got to the airport. Sending the teams to China first seems to be kind of dumping them in at the deep end. I’m not so keen on this first Roadblock. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/6 "2006-09-18T01:05:10Z")
OH HELL It conflicts with Family Guy and The Simpsons. We have but one Tivo. I wonder if it’ll be On Demand. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/7 "2006-09-18T01:12:45Z")
Damn it all to hell. It’s not On Demand and I’ve missed the first half-hour of it. Can we get a recap, please? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/8 "2006-09-18T01:13:14Z")
Dude! When he said, “We have no control over what the Creator does”, do you suppose he was talking about Bertram Van Munster? All I could think about was how, in recent years, contestants would talk about the vomiting that followed the food tasks. I can not imagine throe=wing up a bunch of eyeballs. Eeeew. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/9 "2006-09-18T01:14:15Z")
Ah, hell. That would be _throwing_ up. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/10 "2006-09-18T01:26:46Z")
So, here I am concentrating on putting papers in alphabetical order, when I think I hear Phil’s voice. So I look up, see Phil’s face, and hear him say “You were the last team to arrive, even though this was not officially a Pit Stop, you have both been eliminated from this race”, and I take a good look at who just got eliminated and I can’t decide whether I’m just as happy not to see them stick around (see **lorene’s** post for why, or whether I’m missing out on something by having them gone. I was kind of looking forward to seeing the Muslim team pray on street corners around the world, but I guess not. The cheerleaders or beauty queens would have made me much less ambivalent. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/11 "2006-09-18T01:42:34Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Damn it all to hell. It’s not On Demand and I’ve missed the first half-hour of it. Can we get a recap, please? [/QUOTE] The short version: Twelve teams. Phil promised us _surprises_. Eyebrow pop. Seattle to Beijing. A Chinese restaurant that nobody’s ever heard of. Roadblock. Fish eyeballs. No flotillas _or_ chinchillas. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/12 "2006-09-18T02:00:09Z")
Surprise: last team to arrive at the place they went to after the fish eyes was eliminated. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/13 "2006-09-18T02:00:31Z")
Oh! I’m so sad that they were eliminated! They seemed so nice. I hate Kentucky already. Oh my gosh, I just want to punch them. That’s not very nice, is it? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/14 "2006-09-18T02:04:15Z")
I like Kentucky. She doesn’t atke any crap from him. I don’t like the Single Moms. Bitchy. ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/15 "2006-09-18T02:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Oh! I’m so sad that they were eliminated! They seemed so nice. I hate Kentucky already. Oh my gosh, I just want to punch them. That’s not very nice, is it? [/QUOTE] Hey! The Muslim guys were from Cleveland. That’s punishment enough. I’m not sure I like Phil’s little surprises for the season! And I kinda like the Kentucky couple. I don’t like the Bionic couple! At all! My favorites are the WIN brothers: Godwin and Erwin, but so for they aren’t showing me much. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/16 "2006-09-18T02:06:56Z")
Was I imagining this, or did Team Kentucky actually go “quack, quack” to their taxi driver in Beijing? And did anyone else have a Team Guido flashback when they introduced this season’s “We’re gay and we’re not here to make any friends” duo? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/17 "2006-09-18T02:11:02Z")
The ex-junkie/models are some delicious eye-candy, huh? I like them to win even if it is too early to tell anything. I also like the triathletes. And the Korean brothers. That wall climbing looked _tough_. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/18 "2006-09-18T02:13:50Z")
I’m personally rooting for Team Triathletes, and ogling Teams Cheerleaders and Beauty Queens. The sudden mid-leg elimination was moderately annoying, it didn’t give us a chance to form any real opinion about Team Muslims From Cleveland. I agree with **Eureka** , I wanted to see them stop and pray mid-activity, just for the drama. I’m expecting that future surprises may include “leapfrogging” – I thought that this first surprise would have the last team to arrive depart at 6:45, ahead of all the other teams. Who’s doing the Raj Ratings for this season? ---
**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 18, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/19 "2006-09-18T02:14:11Z")
I already can’t stand Rob and Kimberly. He reminds me of the love child of Jonathan and Duke (from last season) and she reminds me WAY too much of Kendra. Did anyone notice the cheerleaders at the airport, after meeting Balil and Sa’eed? “Do Muslims believe in Buddha?” :eyeroll: ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115/20 "2006-09-18T02:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I hate Kentucky already. Oh my gosh, I just want to punch them. That’s not very nice, is it? [/QUOTE] I don’t like them, either. I like Erwin and Godwin, and Peter and Sarah. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-wheres-the-tar10-thread/373115.md?page=2)