# The Amazing Race 12/09/07 - "The Cherry on the Sundae... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-12-09-07-the-cherry-on-the-sundae/429421 "2007-12-09T21:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-12-09-07-the-cherry-on-the-sundae/429421/81 "2007-12-11T18:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=randwill] About the meal thing. There must be rules that state that all teams and their crew take a pre-determined amount of time for each eating period, to keep the playing field level, right? [/QUOTE] As far as I know, no such thing exists. Additionally, the crews are swapped at each rest stop so that no one team becomes are overburdened, or bond, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-12-09-07-the-cherry-on-the-sundae/429421/82 "2007-12-14T21:31:16Z")
[QUOTE=light strand] As far as I know, no such thing exists. Additionally, the crews are swapped at each rest stop so that no one team becomes are overburdened, or bond, or whatever. [/QUOTE] It would have to be on a set schedule too. If it was random some poor souls would get stuck with Jen 3 times in a row and go postal in an airport. According to the [FAQ at TARflies](http://www.tarflies.com/article.php?_f=detail&id=29#film2), the racers don’t have to stop for anything, but if the crew needs to stop and eat or use the restroom, the racers have to stop. Good reason to keep on the good side of the crews. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-12-09-07-the-cherry-on-the-sundae/429421.md?page=4)