# The Amazing Race 11/30 - "Oh %#$@!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056 "2008-11-30T14:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [November 30, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/1 "2008-11-30T14:44:59Z")
Actual quote: “You’re Gonna Get Me Killed!” The promos for this week’s episode highlight one of the teams committing the cardinal sin of losing The Amazing Fanny-pack and their passports. So the REAL quote that sums up the episode almost certainly uses one (and perhaps all) of the profane words in George Carlin’s famous sketch. Also from the promos: Dan & Andrew, after their infamous disaster with marching in step, have to perform a Speed Bump of a local folk dance. Will they complete their task, at all? Or just take the skipped-task penalty as the lesser loss of time? Other things likely to appear in tonight’s episode: [ul] [li]There has not yet been a double-length leg. Will tonight be extra long, or did TAR production tire of the gimmick?[/li][li]Only one U-turn has been shown this season. Tonight is the best chance to see the other one.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/2 "2008-12-01T00:04:26Z")
VCR Alert: It looks like the show will be delayed at least half an hour because of football. Since my team’s winning, I can hardly object. Go Pittsburgh and go Dallas (and Toni)! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/3 "2008-12-01T01:17:26Z")
I’m kind of disappointed that it was a lost or stolen Amazing Fanny Pack that caused the failure to finish. I had been hoping someone would finally get arrested. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/4 "2008-12-01T01:20:46Z")
I have to make one final comment about last week’s episode and say that my kids were doing some pretty great marching the other day, complete with arm movements. They are 4 and 6. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/5 "2008-12-01T01:48:17Z")
This is our first full season of TAR, and we’re loving it. If I ever feel blue, I just summon the memory of Dan “marching,” and dissolve into laughter. I’m looking forward to seeing the frat boys eliminated, but there’s a lurking fear that the Luck of the Stupid will hold and they’ll be finalists. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/6 "2008-12-01T01:48:20Z")
It seems to me that they are not showing teams’ start times on this leg. That must mean that the Pit Stop was not 12 or 36 hours. ETA: And the hatch opened to admit three teams at once. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/7 "2008-12-01T01:55:15Z")
I’m liking this task (counting statues, getting a book, etc.). Way more creative than some of the brute strength/sheer speed/ability to eat disgusting stuff tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/8 "2008-12-01T01:56:51Z")
“Okay, Lenin, you’ve got a mustache. Stalin has the hair…” Sheesh. They’re only two of the most important figures in the last hundred years. It’s not like they’re asking you to identify Chernenko. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/9 "2008-12-01T02:09:17Z")
And the big fat OOPS happens! Can the team recover? (Team name suppressed as spoiler protection.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/10 "2008-12-01T02:09:38Z")
Noooooooooooooo!! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/11 "2008-12-01T02:10:19Z")
I’m guessing Dallas and his mom just lost the race. They can’t leave the country without passports(or cash). ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/12 "2008-12-01T02:13:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m guessing Dallas and his mom just lost the race. They can’t leave the country without passports(or cash). Oh, what do you know? You’re the Viscount of Nail Biting, Nervous Tapping, and Other Such Anxious Gestures. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/13 "2008-12-01T02:15:11Z")
As I suggested last week, the OOPS was a moment of stupid, it could have happened to any team. And now they are traveling by a different method – that could hurt them bad. ETA: And so it does. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/14 "2008-12-01T02:18:16Z")
They might have been able to save their bacon if they had stopped and contacted the taxi company. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/15 "2008-12-01T02:23:20Z")
So this leg is neither double-length nor has a U-turn. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/16 "2008-12-01T02:28:56Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Oh, what do you know? You’re the Viscount of Nail Biting, Nervous Tapping, and Other Such Anxious Gestures. Don’t pressure me! Ahhhhhhhhhhh! 😃 Where did you see that? I haven’t used my signature in forever! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/17 "2008-12-01T02:33:42Z")
Signatures appear automatically, it seems. I thought the same as **Scuba Ben** , but am still figuring there may be something the Amazing Editors are not showing us. Does Ken remind anyone else of [Ryan Stiles](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/799/000108475/ryan-stiles-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/799/000108475/&usg=__pCDDuSGQaAqNbj2Tw8cA25ab2B0=&h=280&w=202&sz=12&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=OmdAwVSll5-4nM:&tbnh=114&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dryan%2Bstiles%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN)? ETA: Oh…crap. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/18 "2008-12-01T02:35:03Z")
And Toni & Dallas get a personal visit from Phil, they don’t even have the opportunity to pick up the postcard. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/19 "2008-12-01T02:37:02Z")
Phil came out of that building so I think they were just directed to go to the hotel. They must have been several hours behind. ---
**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 1, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056/20 "2008-12-01T02:47:50Z")
Bummer of an ending for a cool team. A small heads-up to TAR fans, you might want to check out [this book](http://www.amazon.com/Ridiculous-Race-Steve-Hely/dp/0805087400/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228099367&sr=1-1). Two friends from Los Angeles decided to have a race around the world, in the tradition of an adventurous gentlemen’s wager. No planes allowed. One went east, one went west. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-30-oh/475056.md?page=2)