# The Amazing Race 10/2/2011: The Sprint of Our Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380 "2011-10-02T22:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/1 "2011-10-02T22:34:19Z")
Warning: Football game on CBS. There’s likely to be a delay, so set your DVRs accordingly. Catch up with you all after the credits! ---
**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:** [October 2, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/2 "2011-10-02T23:08:21Z")
Not likely, there will be. ---
**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 2, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/3 "2011-10-02T23:15:13Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Not likely, there will be. Yes. Two-minute warning at 7:14PM. Which means they MIGHT be done by 7:30. ---
**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 2, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/4 "2011-10-02T23:24:15Z")
Okay, looks like 60 Minutes officially began about 7:20, so there’s your mark. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/5 "2011-10-02T23:41:00Z")
Two in a row delayed by football. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/6 "2011-10-02T23:48:44Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Two in a row delayed by football. CBS has the doubleheader on 10/9, 10/30, 11/20, 11/27, 12/11, and 12/18, so you can go ahead and expect delays on those days at least. ---
**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 2, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/7 "2011-10-02T23:52:36Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > Two in a row delayed by football. > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > CBS has the doubleheader on 10/9, 10/30, 11/20, 11/27, 12/11, and 12/18, so you can go ahead and expect delays on those days at least. Yes, this is par for the course for the September season of TAR. The February season has less of it, but that runs into March Madness and they apparently have a few Sunday games, as well. It’s what comes from having an Institution in the lead-in slot…60 Minutes NEVER gets shortened or cancelled. It gets pre-empted, but they always run it in full. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/8 "2011-10-03T00:00:12Z")
I wasn’t about to start this thread after what happened last week. thanks JayJay ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/9 "2011-10-03T00:14:25Z")
Well, if I may continue the conversation…I used to want delays because we always tried to put our kids to bed before it started, but now that we let them watch it, I hate delays. 9:22 is kind of late for them just to be getting into bed. But trying to get them into bed at 9, with them aware that there is a double elimination coming, might be difficult. I don’t have a DVR, so I guess we’re letting them stay up. Ah well, I’ll already be at work in the morning when my husband is trying to get them up and ready for school. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/10 "2011-10-03T00:39:19Z")
Cathi sounds just like actress [Debra Jo Rupp](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750468/). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/11 "2011-10-03T01:20:39Z")
So only 3 out of 11 teams read the sign at the orphanage? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/12 "2011-10-03T01:26:34Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > CBS has the doubleheader on 10/9, 10/30, 11/20, 11/27, 12/11, and 12/18, so you can go ahead and expect delays on those days at least. So, CBS is running their Sunday night network schedule on time 61% of the time… I would fire one of my guys if he had a 39% tardy rate. ---
**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 3, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/13 "2011-10-03T01:31:51Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Cathi sounds just like actress [Debra Jo Rupp](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750468/). That’s EXACTLY who she put me in mind of tonight! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/14 "2011-10-03T01:35:36Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So only 3 out of 11 teams read the sign at the orphanage? I guess so. This race has actually be interesting. They have changed a lot of things around and caught almost all of them off guard. I don’t think I would have seen the sign. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/15 "2011-10-03T01:37:10Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > So only 3 out of 11 teams read the sign at the orphanage? :thinks: :counts on fingers: The Snowboarders, Laurence and Zach, and the Showgirls, I think? I am thrilled beyond belief Bill and Cathi are still in it! Isn’t usually the second leg that most of the “older” teams are eliminated, if memory serves me correct? I couldn’t stop cringing hearing the brother and sister (Justin and Jen?) bicker. I like twists like this. It not only gives the lagging teams a fair shot at catching up, but it also throws a splash of reality into those who thought they were cruisin’ with Earl and kickin’ butt 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/16 "2011-10-03T01:51:28Z")
I liked the twist, too. Especially since the Survivor team got eliminated. I just found them too smug in that opening interview tonight—_it’s good we came in fourth on that leg…make people think we’re just a regular team, even though we’re not_. Well, no, you’re an **eliminated** team. 😃 I did think there was going to be more searching for the mask and sword down in the cave, but I suppose that would have been difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/17 "2011-10-03T02:09:47Z")
I was less disappointed in the gay couple’s elimination than I expected to be. In their interviews, they seemed nice and level-headed and pleasant, and I wanted to like them as Racers, but they never seemed to be racing. If I’d had my druthers, the sister from the brother/sister team would have had another bratty snit, sending them home. He seems okay, but she’s already working my last nerve. And color me surprised that the snowboarders and the showgirls noticed the “give all your money” instructions on the first try. I predicted that neither of those teams would be that observant. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/18 "2011-10-03T02:13:27Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > I was less disappointed in the gay couple’s elimination than I expected to be. In their interviews, they seemed nice and level-headed and pleasant, and I wanted to like them as Racers, but they never seemed to be racing. Yeah, they both seemed like really nice people, they remind me of people I know, and I wanted to see more of them. But I don’t know why they always seemed so _slow_. It’s like they weren’t even trying to race. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/19 "2011-10-03T02:19:06Z")
I would’ve _loved_ to do the cave rappel! StG ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380/20 "2011-10-03T03:20:40Z")
What I’m curious about is whether people will start being more careful going forward – scan the scene instead of just running in and running out again. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-10-2-2011-the-sprint-of-our-life/598380.md?page=2)