# The Amazing Race 4/3 - "Get In That Lederhosen, Baby" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752 "2015-04-03T22:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/1 "2015-04-03T22:15:36Z")
The Amazing Race is back tonight after a two week break for basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/2 "2015-04-04T01:54:53Z")
Another team tripped up by not knowing how to drive a stick. I can’t believe it. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/3 "2015-04-04T01:57:46Z")
Really, it’s not that difficult to learn how to drive a stick in a couple of hours, at least how how to drive well enough. At least tonight has some interesting tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/4 "2015-04-04T01:58:33Z")
The truck drivers also couldn’t drive a stick, but at least they didn’t give up like whiny rich gay boy. I don’t understand how you can go on this show without knowing how to drive a stick. You KNOW you will be driving in other countries. I simply can’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/5 "2015-04-04T03:00:35Z")
Holy crap, did the annoying blonde chick kick Phil in the nuts or something? I get that she’s annoying, but damn, the way she’s being portrayed it’s clear the editors HATE her. I like the cute couple who forgot the passports in the car. I chuckled when after they finally got it back, as they slapped hands in a sort of sideways five, she says “Oh I liked hitting you just now, kind of.” heh, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/6 "2015-04-04T03:05:37Z")
It was pretty clear that annoying blonde chick is hated by the other racers, too. God, she’s annoying. What were the gay couple doing? Just hanging around the train station waiting for Phil to show up? That may be the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen, even worse than Boston Rob intentionally taking a time penalty. Jackie had a decent voice, everybody else, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/7 "2015-04-04T04:03:12Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Another team tripped up by not knowing how to drive a stick. I can’t believe it. I got almost angry at that. Is there anyone, anywhere who doesn’t know that this is one of the cardinal rules of the Race? I did think it was funny, though, when they got in the cab. “Oh, and you’re driving an automatic…Wouldn’t that be nice.” ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/8 "2015-04-04T05:05:15Z")
Seriously, some of the unfamous gay couple’s dialogue could have come from Cam and Mitchell on Modern Family. Well, I’d rather have unfamous gay couple go than cutie truckstop cub. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/9 "2015-04-04T05:16:47Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I like the cute couple who forgot the passports in the car. I chuckled when after they finally got it back, as they slapped hands in a sort of sideways five, she says “Oh I liked hitting you just now, kind of.” heh, no doubt. I rather like them too. However, the couple who had their fanny pack in the car, that may have been the stupidest lie ever. I didn’t really like them before. I think even less of them now. Also, how did neither of those guys learn to drive a stick before going on the race? One, maybe, but both? And for the one guy to claim that his partner gave up? He gave up on himself. If he hadn’t given up, he’d be in the driver’s seat trying to figure out how to make the car move. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/10 "2015-04-04T10:34:57Z")
The exasperated gay guy was driving and wanted his partner to navigate. Rich gay guy can’t drive stick (I’m not going for the easy joke here), and insisted they abandon their car and walk. Because apparently he couldn’t be bothered to help with directions. Sure, the guy who wanted to win could have pulled over every two minutes to check the map, or maybe he should have figured out the GPS nav system like one of the other teams did. But race fatigue at this stage probably hit hard and he finally got tired of dragging his partner’s useless ass around. (Not going for the easy joke here, either) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/11 "2015-04-04T11:00:35Z")
I thought the truck drivers just had a harder time driving, but they seemed to know how to drive enough. At least that’s what I saw. Is this the first time a team has ever just given up? I know Phil has come out a couple of times, but that was when people were having problems finishing a task, not for just sitting around. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/12 "2015-04-04T17:26:55Z")
My god, this episode was just full of fail. I don’t a team has ever just given up on the race and made Phil come and get them. The only comparable situation that comes to mind was way, way back in Season 1 when Team Momily gave up a needle-in-a-haystack task, proceeded to the Pit Stop, and were assessed a 24 hour (!) penalty. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/13 "2015-04-04T18:16:46Z")
So, who left? I gather it was the gay boys who have no romantic attraction for each other? Forgot to record… ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/14 "2015-04-04T18:30:48Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > So, who left? I gather it was the gay boys who have no romantic attraction for each other?. Yes. They basically gave up. For their departure interview one said "Oh well. At least I was on the Amazing Race " and the other said “I can’t believe that punk quit on me!”. Paraphrased. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/15 "2015-04-04T20:21:40Z")
I wasn’t paying close attention, but I thought that they took the train to where they thought one of the detour tasks was, but they couldn’t find the detour and were waiting for a train to somewhere else (either the other detour or they got better directions to whichever one that they were looking for). I didn’t think they actually quit, but that one of them had mentally given up by that point. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/16 "2015-04-04T23:35:12Z")
It’s official, I hate this season. I hate almost all the teams. Almost all of them are just unpleasant people. Beard and Single Mom seem to be the nicest and they have almost no chance. Leg design has also been terrible. Even Phil doesn’t seem himself. If I don’t enjoy next week I think that’s it for me this season. I bailed on the show a few years back but came back for the recent All Stars and stuck around. I will try it again next season if I do bail because I think a big part of my problems stem from the failed blind Date experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/17 "2015-04-04T23:49:20Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > It’s official, I hate this season. I hate almost all the teams. Almost all of them are just unpleasant people. Beard and Single Mom seem to be the nicest and they have almost no chance. Leg design has also been terrible. Even Phil doesn’t seem himself. Yep, pretty poor season. During the break, I watched S.3 of Amazing Race Australia, and it was soooo much better. Way better teams, less drama, and great challenges. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/18 "2015-04-05T00:09:34Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Is this the first time a team has ever just given up? I know Phil has come out a couple of times, but that was when people were having problems finishing a task, not for just sitting around. In Season 5, a team of annoying brothers who owned a pizza place quit at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. That was the first time Phil ever had to go out to eliminate a team on the course. I’m enjoying this season, and I find different couples to root for in each episode, which is a good sign. At this point there is no couple so annoying that I want to get rid of them. The gay blind daters were getting to that point until they conveniently eliminated themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/19 "2015-04-05T04:17:34Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > In Season 5, a team of annoying brothers who owned a pizza place quit at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. That was the first time Phil ever had to go out to eliminate a team on the course. Oh, yes. One brother’s knee gave out and he couldn’t physically continue the race. I guess that’s technically quitting, but it’s not like they just quit because they didn’t feel like racing no more. The Amazing Race Wikia has, amusingly, a category called [Quitters](http://amazingrace.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Quitters). It has very few entries: [ul] [li]The aforementioned pizza brothers Marshal & Lance from Season 5.[/li][li]Father/son team Dave & Connor from Season 22. Dave twisted his ankle and actually ran an entire leg in crutches before deciding to call it quits at the next Pit Stop. They later won an All-Stars season.[/li][li]Poker girls Maria & Tiffany from Season 15 couldn’t physically complete either side of a Detour, forcing Phil to come out to eliminate them.[/li][/ul] There are also some non-US quitters: [ul] [li]Jen & Shawn from TAR Canada S2, quit due to Shawn dislocating his shoulder.[/li][li]Viet Dung & Pha Le from TAR Vietnam S2, circumstances unknown.[/li][li]Summer & Eachen from TAR China Rush S2 dropped out when Eachen learned his grandfather had terminal cancer.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752/20 "2015-04-05T18:56:53Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I thought the truck drivers just had a harder time driving, but they seemed to know how to drive enough. At least that’s what I saw. They’re not truck drivers. Truck drivers must know how to drive a stick to get their license. They’re the TruckStop couple because they met at the truck stop that he manages. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-3-get-in-that-lederhosen-baby/716752.md?page=2)