# The Amazing Race 11/7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829 "2010-11-07T22:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/1 "2010-11-07T22:54:32Z")
This is a placeholder šŸ™‚ So ā€“ the preview I saw for this week is something about a circus performance, a bunch of teams misreading a clue, and one of the Team Home Shopping accidentally (I hope!) thwacking Phil with a stick or something? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/2 "2010-11-07T23:17:41Z")
And will likely be _very_ late tonightā€¦add an hour to the DVR recording! ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/3 "2010-11-07T23:54:20Z")
With eight minutes left in the network time period, the football game just started a fifteen minute fourth quarter. Fifteen minutes of football time equals ninety minutes or so, doesnā€™t it? SFG! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/4 "2010-11-08T00:11:37Z")
I suspect that TAR will be between 30-45 minutes late. The 7:10 pm est, and there is 9 minutes and 39 seconds left in the Oak/KC game. ---
**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 8, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/5 "2010-11-08T00:29:05Z")
Itā€™s 7:30 and thereā€™s still 3:40 left in the Indy Phili game. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/6 "2010-11-08T00:50:12Z")
and the football game goes into overtimeā€¦ doesnā€™t this mean they get to play for another hour or so? ---
**Author:** ![tsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tsm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/7 "2010-11-08T00:53:41Z")
Thankfully NFL overtimes are sudden-death. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/8 "2010-11-08T00:54:11Z")
Well it could be as long as 45 minutes, or as short as one minute. Looks like programming is going to be delayed at least an hour. {sigh} ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/9 "2010-11-08T00:55:15Z")
I was afraid of all the football ā˜¹ Then thereā€™s 60 Minutes, so weā€™re talking at least an hour late, possibly later if the game goes into OT :grr: ---
**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:** [November 8, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/10 "2010-11-08T00:56:08Z")
I guess football fans are more important to please than the regular viewers of network programming. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/11 "2010-11-08T00:58:40Z")
So watch The Simpsonā€™s ā€œTreehouse of Horrorā€ in the meantime! ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/12 "2010-11-08T01:02:10Z")
8:00 and game still on. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/13 "2010-11-08T01:02:27Z")
Football is over! The Race should ā€œonlyā€ start about an hour a couple minutes late. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/14 "2010-11-08T01:09:39Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > I guess football fans are more important to please than the regular viewers of network programming. Well, and I say this as a fan of TAR, football gets better ratings. Also, the principle that sports are shown to their end is carved in stone since the Heidi Game. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/15 "2010-11-08T01:11:33Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > So watch The Simpsonā€™s ā€œTreehouse of Horrorā€ in the meantime! Damnit I read this 10 minutes to late! Iā€™ll watch the rest though. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/16 "2010-11-08T01:17:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, and I say this as a fan of TAR, football gets better ratings. Also, the principle that sports are shown to their end is carved in stone since the Heidi Game. I was fondly remembering the Heidi game a little while ago ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/17 "2010-11-08T01:54:04Z")
Clearly they did not consult me. I like my TAR a few minutes late (to get the kids to bed, although lately weā€™ve been letting them stay up until 9 to watch) but not very late. This will not do. OK, this will just barely do. ETA: I was all set to make a joke about the Heidi game being something about the lovable Swiss orphan, then I Googled it and found out that it really was to do with that! ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/18 "2010-11-08T02:52:29Z")
Did I miss the speed bump? I was out of the room to settle my daughter for just a a second. ---
**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 8, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/19 "2010-11-08T02:55:09Z")
> [@RachelChristine](#): > > Did I miss the speed bump? I was out of the room to settle my daughter for just a a second. Was there supposed to be one? I donā€™t remember seeing one. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829/20 "2010-11-08T02:55:31Z")
Werenā€™t Nick and Vicki supposed to have an extra task to complete for coming in last on the previous episode? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-11-7/559829.md?page=2)