# The Amazing Race 4/12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064 "2005-04-13T02:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/81 "2005-04-14T12:22:39Z")
> [@zut](#): > > I think that if Ron had gone on TAR with, say, an Army buddy, then they’d probably make a formidable team, _and_ Ron would leave a much better impression. I think you’re right. He’s more a goober than actively an ass. She? Has no excuses. I suppose it’s only a convenience to us at home that she doesn’t bother to offer any. > [@zut](#): > > > [@shijinn](#): > > > > people will think twice about using ‘survivor tactics’, as we all know Lynn/Alex would have surely used the Yield on Romber if they were able- hey, can more than one team Yield on a single team?! > > I think not, or surely _all_ the other teams would have Yielded Colin and Christie in the famous “Broken Ox” ep of TAR 5. This? Would have ROCKED. But, alas, each Yield on the race can only be used once, and each team can use the Yield only once per race. You can also only use the Yield on a team behind you, so Romber could not have turned around and Yielded Ron & Kelly. ---
**Author:** ![SCCajun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SCCajun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCCajun)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/82 "2005-04-14T15:22:15Z")
> [@annieclaus](#): > > Chuck your TIVO. It’s giving you very wrong information. I double checked last night, and (like the idiot I am) I had set the fool thing to only keep 2 episodes and I have the 4/5 and the 4/6 special saved. ARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Sorry, had to get that out, and better in my post than out loud here in the office. > [@](#): > > A YIELD allows a team to impose a time penalty on a team that is following it. The YIELD does not have to be used and only appears a limited number of times during any race season. The benefit of using the YIELD is that it slows up a competing team. The downside is that the team that is yielded knows exactly who used the YIELD and retribution may follow. Seems to me, they should make the YIELD with an expiration date. That is, you don’t have to use it now, but you can use it sometime in the next 5 days of the race. I also like the anonymous idea, but that may not work since they all arrive at the same location (generally) for the challenges. I’d like to see them try putting 3 different clues in one box. So team A comes in and picks up their clue. It directs them to Location 1 to get a clue or do DETOUR or ROADBLOCK X. Team B gets their clue from the same box and it directs them to Location 2 to get a clue or do DETOUR or ROADBLOCK Y. Team C comes in and picks up their clue and it directs them to Location 1 like Team A. Team D comes in and their clue directs them to Location 3 to get a clue or do DETOUR or ROADBLOCK Z. The clues are randomized in the box, so different teams may be going different places, it is all the luck of the draw. Just my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/83 "2005-04-14T16:09:00Z")
Has there ever been an intra-racial cuople on TAR, even just friends? Has there ever been someone of Asian ethnicity. I am pretty sure the answer is no on the the first, but I am uncertain of the answer to the second. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/84 "2005-04-14T16:10:06Z")
\*\*inter-\*\*racial **couple** …D’oh!! ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/85 "2005-04-14T22:27:30Z")
> [@annieclaus](#): > > I don’t think we know exactly how long the Yield time is. It looks to be about 20-30 minutes from the size of the hourglass, I’m guessing. It’s an hour. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/86 "2005-04-14T23:27:20Z")
Really? I thought Phil said half hour. I could easily be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/87 "2005-04-14T23:50:58Z")
Wow, if it’s an hour long, I cannot begin to imagine how all of those other teams couldn’t get their cars done until just before Colin and Christie’s wait time ran out. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/88 "2005-04-15T02:31:44Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > Really? I thought Phil said half hour. I could easily be wrong. I was prepared to swear that it was mentioned to be a full hour during Season 5, when Chip and Kim yielded Colin and Christie, but upon Googling, I see that it’s never mentioned anywhere just exactly how long the Yield is. I wonder if this is to allow production to adjust the timing based on other factors. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/89 "2005-04-15T07:05:46Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Has there ever been an intra-racial cuople on TAR, even just friends? Has there ever been someone of Asian ethnicity. Kathy from TAR3 was the only Asian racer _and_ part of the only multi-racial team ever on TAR. The only Hispanic team ever was Donny & Oswald, the fabulously gay Cuban-American duo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064/90 "2005-04-15T07:11:32Z")
The yields have all varied in length, to my knowledge, tailored the specific task they’re being made to wait for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-12/299064.md?page=4)