# TAR 13 November 2015 -- Krakow, I'm Gonna Get You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515 "2015-11-14T01:17:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 14, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/1 "2015-11-14T01:17:05Z")
Thread started in anticipation of tonight’s mispronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/2 "2015-11-14T03:42:00Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Thread started in anticipation of tonight’s mispronunciation. The menu items certainly provided ample opportunity for word mangling. Justin and Diana had a clean, easy leg this time. They’ve become my favorites just on sheer capability. Chris and his double work at the salt mines baffled me. Logan and Chris, in fact, just grate on my nerves. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/3 "2015-11-14T04:36:05Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > The menu items certainly provided ample opportunity for word mangling. I thought I heard someone refer to the restaurant as “cleanser house”, but wasn’t sure. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/4 "2015-11-14T04:37:17Z")
Yeah, listening to them try to pronounce Yiddish was almost as much fun as listening to them try to pronounce French and Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/5 "2015-11-14T05:28:00Z")
Charro-set. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/6 "2015-11-14T06:38:31Z")
The Texas Lunkheads are too stupid to live. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/7 "2015-11-14T07:39:52Z")
Never seen anyone so excited to go to Poland. And yeah, I would probably butcher most Yiddish words, but even I know it’s pronounced “lot-kuhs” and not “lot-keys”. I’m really starting to think that rumor that they get paid to mispronounce words has something to it… ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/8 "2015-11-14T16:35:34Z")
Hey Texas boys…it’s a race! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/9 "2015-11-14T17:18:41Z")
Team Alabama makes a surprisingly strong showing. Team Texas, on the other hand, WTF happened to them? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/10 "2015-11-14T18:31:46Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought I heard someone refer to the restaurant as “cleanser house”, but wasn’t sure. I heard " \ hoise", which was jarring. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/11 "2015-11-15T00:02:06Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Team Alabama makes a surprisingly strong showing. Team Texas, on the other hand, WTF happened to them? They want to get in to some cheerleader pants. That was really stupid on their part. I kind of get it, the women did help them, but they did work together after she had done it once or twice. Who knows what might have happened if they didn’t work together. Will this be the first Speed Bump this season? I don’t remember any others. Though this season hasn’t been that exciting for me so I haven’t paid as much attention. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/12 "2015-11-15T02:35:33Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Will this be the first Speed Bump this season? I don’t remember any others. Though this season hasn’t been that exciting for me so I haven’t paid as much attention. I think this was the first true “non elimination leg” so far, so yes. They did have an earlier “you’re still racing” leg which is kind of like a NEL except no Speed Bump on the next leg. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/13 "2015-11-15T02:52:11Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > I heard " \ hoise", which was jarring. That’s the way it was spelled - HOIS. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/14 "2015-11-15T03:23:18Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I think this was the first true “non elimination leg” so far, so yes. They did have an earlier “you’re still racing” leg which is kind of like a NEL except no Speed Bump on the next leg. I see looking at [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_27) for this season it’s the first. There were two legs they kept going. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/15 "2015-11-15T13:45:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > That’s the way it was spelled - HOIS. So we can see that I’d be among the word-managers,too. I was reading “haus”. :smack: ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/16 "2015-11-15T14:07:16Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Hey Texas boys…it’s a race! See, I thought that was a classy move on their part. When the last two teams cooperate on the last task in a leg, how should it play out? To be fair, they didn’t know at the time that the Pit Stop would be right in the same restaurant. He might have figured they’d cooperate on the Roadblock and then pass the cheerleaders in the footrace to the Amazing Mat. Something similar played out last week. Team ChacAttack (ugh) and Team Alabama knew they were the last two teams, and were together at the train station. I think ChacAttack wins in a footrace, so they should have stuck to Alabama like glue until the Mat was in sight, then outrun them. As it was, they chose to take a different train[sup]\*[/sup], and by separating from the other team they lost. - An odd decision point for both teams, really. CA took an earlier, local train, and 'bama took a slightly later express. Can’t they read a timetable? You should be able to look and see when they’re due at the destination. > [@lorene](#): > > So we can see that I’d be among the word-managers,too. I was reading “haus”. :smack: Well, presumably it’s Polish so who knows how they’d spell/pronounce it. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/17 "2015-11-15T17:55:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > As it was, they chose to take a different train[sup]\*[/sup], and by separating from the other team they lost. > > - An odd decision point for both teams, really. CA took an earlier, local train, and 'bama took a slightly later express. Can’t they read a timetable? You should be able to look and see when they’re due at the destination. Team CA clearly couldn’t read the timetable, as the train they took didn’t actually go to their destination. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/18 "2015-11-15T18:32:52Z")
Nice of them to let them use phones to book their flights, just so they could get in another cheap plug for Travelocity. I was surprised that there was only one set of tickets for the early flight. Might as well have just given Justin and Diana the prize for winning the leg right there since no other team conceivably had a chance. (Unless the early flight had mechanical problems or was delayed.) ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/19 "2015-11-15T20:27:26Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Team CA clearly couldn’t read the timetable, as the train they took didn’t actually go to their destination. I don’t think that’s correct. As I recall it, both teams were at the train station in Rotterdam and needed to catch a train to The Hague (looks like only about 6 miles on Google maps). That’s where they split up; CA on the local and Alabama on the express. Then, from the station in The Hague they had to take a tram to the Pit Stop (Wikipedia reminds me it was at the Peace Palace). Hard to tell with the editing, but it looked like the local train arrived first, but that’s when CA got on the wrong tram. So, yes, it was their own mistake that killed them, but they could have avoided it by shadowing Team Alabama and outsprinting them to the Mat. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515/20 "2015-11-15T20:29:48Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Nice of them to let them use phones to book their flights, just so they could get in another cheap plug for Travelocity. Actually, I kinda liked that part; let the teams do the work of searching flights and finding connections rather than fobbing the job off on some travel agent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515.md?page=2)