# The Amazing Race 8/31 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386 "2004-08-31T06:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/1 "2004-08-31T06:43:17Z")
It’s at 9 pm tonight because of the RNC. I’m itching to see Colin shit a brick while making bricks… ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/2 "2004-08-31T12:00:49Z")
I’m going to continue my not-so-surprising streak here and say that I hope, hope, hope against all reasonable hope that **C&C Stupid Factory** bite it tonight. Alas, though, since God hates me and loves nothing more than to see me suffer, I strongly suspect that **The Twinks** are going to be eliminated instead. Sigh. At least they deserve it, since they have somehow managed to be both stupid AND annoying since Episode One. Plus, their roots are starting to show (trashy!). But I seriously want Colin gone before I give myself an aneurysm from yelling at the TV. Any takers on who’s going to get their heads shaved? Here’s hoping it will be **Team Blue Lagoon**. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/3 "2004-08-31T13:19:24Z")
From the Race Report - Amazing Race Email Bulliten… [spoiler]Linda & Karen get into a dispute with a local cab driver, who gets the local police involved. Infighting plagues a couple of Teams, who struggle to complete the Roadblock. Frustration leads one teammate to exclaim, “You know, I could do that much better than you!” One Team chooses to go for the Fast Forward but is shocked to learn they must shave their heads. Will they do it and take the Fast Forward? [/spoiler] SPECIAL AIRTIME Tuesday August 31, at 8PM ET/PT My local has it at 9 et/8 ct. 😕 I’ll just start watching early, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/4 "2004-08-31T13:24:33Z")
I’ve got all appendages crossed that Brandon will have to shave his head. Please, please, _please_. I don’t give a damn if Nicole has to, just him. I’m also looking forward to watching the twins attempt to whore it up for cash. At this point, I’d rather see them get eliminated than any other team. At least Colin and Christie are good for drama. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/5 "2004-08-31T13:28:51Z")
I’m guessing Chip and Kim on the Fast Forward shave their heads. I wonder what the reason for the shave is? And a follow-up from last week, re the missing Roadblock. Check out the photo album at [CBS’s site](http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/). The first few pictures show some sort of walnut market scene, and you can clearly see teams holding a red Roadblock clue. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/6 "2004-08-31T13:43:34Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > SPECIAL AIRTIME Tuesday August 31, at 8PM ET/PT > > My local has it at 9 et/8 ct. 😕 I’ll just start watching early, just in case. Yes, it’s on early because of the Republican Convention. Blame Bush. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/7 "2004-08-31T14:21:38Z")
Also on tonight is the Jimmy Kimmel Live show with Mirna and Charla. Scheduled for 12:05am. It may be delayed by Ted Koppel talking to Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/8 "2004-08-31T14:23:16Z")
There’s a TV Guide [interview](http://www.tvguide.com/news/insider/040831a.asp) with Colin today (warning: His spin on his adversarial relationship with Mirna may make your head spin right off). The only other pre-Philimination interview I’ve seen was with Mirna a couple weeks ago. Can this be a sign that this will be his week to go? Oh please oh please oh please? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/9 "2004-08-31T15:12:26Z")
FWIW this morning the AP Prep for tonights TV has TAR heading for Calcutta. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/10 "2004-08-31T15:18:29Z")
Hey **Mama Tiger** I recognize you from TWOP! Interesting link, while Mirna certainly seemed delusional in her persecution complex, Colin seems to have some delusions of grandeur. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/11 "2004-08-31T15:40:31Z")
As much as I would enjoy seeing Colin buy it this week, I think it’s going to be either the Moms or the Twins. They’re the weakest racers left; the Mom’s wild swings of luck aside haven’t been really racing well and I think with the Twins its obvious. I’m hoping Chip and Kim get the fast forward because you know that Chip is going to be saying “Sure thing!” and Kim will say “No way!” That should make for some entertaining television. Alternatively, the twins just to make them lose that “cute” for the next time they come in last in a non-elimination leg. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/12 "2004-08-31T15:47:28Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Interesting link, while Mirna certainly seemed delusional in her persecution complex, Colin seems to have some delusions of grandeur. You know, I was writing this long-ass post in reply to you and I got so damned pissed off at Colin that none of it made any kind of sense. (Not that my posts usually do anyway, but whatever.) For fuckingout_loud_, I hate him so much that I can’t even agree with you rationally. I even feel I need to apologize for this post. So listen … **God**? We had a little conversation last week and as usual you were just messin’ with me when you replied. But seriously – is it _so much to ask_ that Colin is raped by a herd of camels and left to die somewhere with vicious venereal warts or something? Is it _really_? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/13 "2004-08-31T15:56:58Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > But seriously – is it so much to ask that Colin is raped by a herd of camels and left to die somewhere with vicious venereal warts or something? Is it really? Hm. I’d been hoping he’d be captured by Bedouins and then sold into slavery, made a eunuch, and set to guard a harem full of ugly-yet-assertive women who won’t take his crap. But I think I might like your idea better. As long as they’re the rabid, spitting, _biting_ type of camels. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/14 "2004-08-31T16:19:06Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > As long as they’re the rabid, spitting, _biting_ type of camels. Well, _duh_. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/15 "2004-08-31T18:40:23Z")
So, I know there are no guarantees, but is it for sure that someone’s taking the fast forward? I’d hate to get my hopes up for a shavin’ that never happens. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/16 "2004-08-31T19:03:16Z")
I guess the only thing we know for sure is that Colin and Christie won’t be getting their heads shaved. Does anyone remember if there was any sort of penalty for them when they took the FF? Do we know if both members of the team have to have their heads shaved or just one? I’m sure that would make a big difference on whether a team opted for the FF or not. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/17 "2004-08-31T19:09:48Z")
From what I remember of last week’s preview, Phil said “… and which team will take the Fast Forward, only to discover they have to cut off all their hair?” Those may not have been the _exact_ words, but I’m positive that the implication was that the team in question wouldn’t find out about the head-shaving until they got to the end of the FF. And, of course, there’s the other implication that they won’t have to actually shave, just cut off the majority of the hair. I’m really hoping for the shave part. And I’m pretty certain that both team members will have to make the sacrifice. I have this mental image of Brandon’s hair falling to the ground, and it makes me immensely happy. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/18 "2004-08-31T19:28:41Z")
Hi back atcha, **Gangster Octopus**! I actually was a Doper first, but for in-depth obsession I find TWOP the place to be. > [@](#): > > Interesting link, while Mirna certainly seemed delusional in her persecution complex, Colin seems to have some delusions of grandeur. I hate to say it, but I think they’re both at least partially delusional and I’m sure the truth is somewhere between both of their stories. Except that the more we see of Colin, the more I think Mirna may be right. Albeit with her drama-o-meter setting at 12 on a scale of 1-10, it does come out a bit stronger than reality woudl have it. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/19 "2004-08-31T19:54:28Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > I guess the only thing we know for sure is that Colin and Christie won’t be getting their heads shaved. Does anyone remember if there was any sort of penalty for them when they took the FF? There was no penalty, but they had to _complete_ the task. In C&C’s case, it was “move the sarcophagus from point A to point B.” For this next FF, it could be “go to the crazy one-eyed one-armed barber’s shop and let him shave off all your hair with a straightedge razor – we want to see your domes shine like the top of the Chrysler Building, people!” In any case, if they don’t complete the task _before the other teams_, then they still have to go back and do all the other tasks. And they did make it _perfectly clear_ that once a team has used one FF, they cannot use it again. Take _that_, **Team Evil**! > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Do we know if both members of the team have to have their heads shaved or just one? I’m sure that would make a big difference on whether a team opted for the FF or not. My vote is for both. And I’m hoping against all hope (against) that C&C try for the FF before they are told á la Nelson Muntz, “Haw-haw! You already used your Fast Forward! Ass-butts!” No, I don’t have anger issues. Why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/20 "2004-09-01T02:06:11Z")
Favorite line?? **Twig** : Brandon, please help me. **Tossled Hair Jesus Boy** : Lord, help her. **God** : Dude. :dubious: What good are you? (OK God didn’t say that, I did. But He was thinking it!!) And I’m sorry, my hair is not worth [Dr. Evil] One MEEEEllion Dollars [/DE] I’m just saying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386.md?page=2)