# Somebody forgot to tell me a new "Amazing Race" has started! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [October 26, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134 "2023-10-26T16:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/41 "2023-12-08T20:26:43Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > My faves are Joel and Garrett, but I cheerfully admit they are underdogs- thats maybe why I like them. I enjoy them as well. I especially like the way that the on-screen titles stubbornly insist on calling them “Joel & Garrett,” while they themselves always say “Strasser” and “Smythe.” ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/42 "2023-12-14T05:13:44Z")
I used to work right across the street from Marymoor Park. There’s a bike path that goes right from Kenmore Air to the Park. That might have made a good challenge (very Seattle-specific), although probably not at night. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/43 "2023-12-14T22:35:30Z")
Looks like that’s a decent distance as well. Teams should be glad they didn’t have to paddle the kayaks across the water in the right order, then swim back to get the next one. That would be a killer fatigue task. As it was, I was happy with any of the final three teams winning. The Texans I would have rooted against, but they didn’t quite make it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/44 "2023-12-15T14:36:18Z")
I really enjoyed that final leg. Seattle is one of my favorite cities to visit. I liked the scramble, and I liked the memory test with a physical component to it. And I would have been happy with any of the final three teams winning. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/45 "2023-12-21T23:02:59Z")
I am answering my own question here but I just happened to stumble upon the answer > [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Anyone know what type of cars they were driving? I did not recognize the emblem on the steering wheel. I’m pretty sure it was a [Cupra](https://www.cupraofficial.com/cars/tavascan). ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/46 "2023-12-25T17:04:17Z")
A bit late — sorry. He signed the quote word for word, verbatim, not in the grammar or syntax of ASL. The only thing I remember him fingerspelling was “widow,” which I have to assume has an ASL sign; maybe he just forgot it for a second. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/47 "2024-01-03T04:55:00Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > A bit late — sorry. Also sorry for my lateness, but I thank you for the answer! I had no idea sign language COULD be use for word for word translations, outside of finger spelling everything, I mean. TIL. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134/48 "2024-01-04T19:15:53Z")
You’re welcome. I should add that just signing the English words is not ASL. It’s called “signed English,” for obvious reasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134.md?page=2)