# The Amazing Race 3/18: "Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence" : LIKELY DELAYED **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165 "2012-03-18T21:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/41 "2012-03-19T21:11:25Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > What happens in Rachel, stays in Rachel? Nothing could be less true…what happens in Rachel, to Rachel or around Rachel gets broadcast to the world, usually at high volume and maximum drama. In the last season of Big Brother, live feed folks got to hear all about Rachel’s missed period and that she might be pregnant, etc., etc. Fortunately for the world, it was only a pregnancy SCARE (and a truer description of a possibility of reproduction was never uttered) and not the real thing. But the live feeds were full of it for a week. ---
**Author:** ![Lusus\_Naturae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Lusus\_Naturae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lusus_Naturae)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/42 "2012-03-19T21:16:51Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > What happens in Rachel, stays in Rachel? Thank you for making me throw up a little in my mouth, and my lap as well. Also: [QUOTE=obfusciatrist] I’m just trying to explore for possible friendly readings of things since it seems unlikely that she honestly has no idea what a beard is. But then maybe I have more moments of real words seeming fake than most people. I still remember a 4th grade, in-class, spelling bee where I was given the word “of” and responded with “uv? UV? There’s not such word as uv?” Then spent the next three weeks being mercilessly teased for stupidity. [/QUOTE] Well, yeah… There HAVE to be ways to interpret it as her not being a total dingbat, but you really have to dig for 'em. I was hoping for SOME sort of in-show evidence that she wasn’t being completely dense, but she pronounced it right, yet seemed to have no connection with the sounds that came out of her mouth to the meaning of the word. OF/UV I can totally understand, regional pronunciations being problematic for many, but… BEARD. It’s not like she said “Beeee…AAAArduh? WTF is that?” I’m sorry, I’m reading way too much into this and I’m going to stop now. But I maintain my position that she’s an utter dingbat. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/43 "2012-03-19T22:00:53Z")
I’m curious what regional pronunciations of “of” there are. It was said to me in exactly the way I pronounce it. It was just that in the moment my brain rejected it as a completely made up noise. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/44 "2012-03-19T23:21:47Z")
> [@zut](#): > > I haven’t viewed this particular episode, but I have had problems in the past with (a) full-screen mode, or (b) switching between open browser windows while the episode is running. Try running just the small embedded viewer, and keeping the CBS browser window as the active window. If that still doesn’t work, then I dunno. ## By avoiding full screen mode, I was able to watch the entire episode, so thanks again for your help. I was impressed that the helicopter pilot and his wife were able to put their petty backbiting behind them, but the divorced, dating couple sure took right over in the shittbickers role; It’s not hard to see why they each have a few failed marriages behind them. (That said, the woman is about as physically attractive as any Racer that I can ever remember, but after her Diva antics (“Carry my fuckin’ coat, idiot!”) she didn’t look nearly as good. Finally, I liked the two Secret Agent ladies keeping their cool and working as a team so well together, under what was certainly extreme pressure, as I would have had a hard time being as supportive as the blonde was, back when the curling challenge nearly cost them the Race. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/45 "2012-03-19T23:36:49Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > but after her Diva antics (“Carry my fuckin’ coat, idiot!”) she didn’t look nearly as good. I gave her a half pass, she offered a faster and easier alternative and was shut down. I’d be bitchy too if I had to climb that hill and it must have been even worse watching each horse and buggy pass them. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/46 "2012-03-19T23:39:05Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > I’m curious what regional pronunciations of “of” there are. It was said to me in exactly the way I pronounce it. It was just that in the moment my brain rejected it as a completely made up noise. Brain scrambles. From this [website](http://www.eyetricks.com/fcount.htm) have you ever counted the _ **F** _’s in this passage: > [@](#): > > Finished files are the result > of years of scientific study > combined with the experience > of years… There are 6 _ **F** _’s but some people only count 3. The skip the _ **F** _’s in “OF” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/47 "2012-03-20T02:33:34Z")
I’m pretty sure Rachel (Big Brother one) is retarded and Vanessa is still adorable even when she is angry. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/48 "2012-03-20T17:20:02Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > By avoiding full screen mode, I was able to watch the entire episode, so thanks again for your help. I usually watch it the next day on the CBS website, because I often work Sunday nights and miss it, or I get annoyed at the delays and just say “Screw it, I’ll watch it tomorrow”. Having it lock up (usually during a commercial) happens once in a while, but the picture quality goes way down in fullscreen. It’s not my monitor (I have two), because I watch Netflix and Hulu and other stuff, and the fullscreen picture is just fine for anything else. It’s the CBS site. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/49 "2012-03-20T17:48:21Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I’m pretty sure Rachel (Big Brother one) is retarded and Vanessa is still adorable even when she is angry. That is all. I don’t know; yelling at someone while they’re carrying the team’s gnome _and your coat_ is definitely out of line. She’s hot, but I’m not sure if she’s hot enough to make up for that. How far in advance does CBS publish the episode names? “Uglier Than a Mud Rail Fence” had to come from Mark & Bopper, which would have been a dead giveaway that last week would turn out to be a non-elimination leg. ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/50 "2012-03-21T01:29:31Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I gave her a half pass, she offered a faster and easier alternative and was shut down. I’d be bitchy too if I had to climb that hill and it must have been even worse watching each horse and buggy pass them. I visited Neuschwanstein on a family vacation when I was in elementary school. I remember two things: that hill, and the fact there was a cave on the fifth floor of the castle. That hill was steep and long. I’m amazed the border patrol guys were the only ones to think of taking the buggy. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/51 "2012-03-21T15:23:01Z")
Anybody else have a thought in the back of your head about the Border Guards potentially getting a penalty for using the buggy? ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165/52 "2012-03-21T15:26:50Z")
I wondered about that. If I were playing I’d probably be in a semi constant battle between: “Well, if it isn’t explicitly ruled out then I can” vs. “Well if they don’t tell me I can I probably shouldn’t” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-3-18-uglier-than-a-mud-rail-fence-likely-delayed/616165.md?page=2)