# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/61 "2004-09-01T17:55:39Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Five minutes? 😃 Oh, come on … it might take five minutes _just to find it_ because it’s so teeny. And _skeevy_. Creepy Colin’s skeevy teeny weenie. Ick. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/62 "2004-09-01T18:13:34Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > Have you ever been on one of the high speed water slides like they were on last night? Yes. And - call me crazy - but I think they’re fun. YMMV. ---
**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, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/63 "2004-09-01T18:29:05Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Oh, come on … it might take five minutes _just to find it_ because it’s so teeny. And _skeevy_. Creepy Colin’s skeevy teeny weenie. Ick. | :eek: | We are not… NOT, I say **NOT** , talking about Creepy’s Skeevy Weenie. NO. Bad message board, Bad! ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/64 "2004-09-01T18:55:04Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > In fact, I think not so long ago, there was a lawsuit over one of these waterslides because the water jets are so hard, they actually caused tearing ( :eek: ) in the vaginal area of some grade school kid. Well, that just about nixes me ever going on a waterslide again, thanks, **Jadis**. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/65 "2004-09-01T18:59:54Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > Have you ever been on one of the high speed water slides like they were on last night? IMO, they’re not all that much fun…in fact, when I was in high school, we dubbed the one at our local water park The Wedgie Banger. In order to slow you down at the bottom, there are these super-strong jets of water shooting out towards you, and they launch your bathing suit right up your butt crack. In fact, I think not so long ago, there was a lawsuit over one of these waterslides because the water jets are so hard, they actually caused tearing ( :eek: ) in the vaginal area of some grade school kid. That one’s actually not bad. It’s just like Nessies Revenge at West Ed which is one of my fave slides (when I can bother to hike up all those stairs). Now if they’d been made to go on the one like the one right NEXT to Nessies Revenge which doesn’t even have the bumps to somewhat slow you down… (That’s right, it’s nearly a straight drop down. The only thing keeping you in in is the fact that it’s got just enough of a slant to it that you _just_ stay in. That’s the one I refuse to go on.) I did love that tourist guy’s reaction to the hug. The look he gave the camera when he said ‘Twins!’ made me burst out laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/66 "2004-09-01T19:02:42Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Now if they’d been made to go on the one like the one right NEXT to Nessies Revenge made to go on one like the one next to Nessies Revenge I don’t know what slides they have at the waterpark in Dubai, so I don’t know if they have one like it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/67 "2004-09-01T20:27:37Z")
[Wild Wadi Water Park](http://www.wildwadi.com/) : > [@](#): > > Experience the exhilaration of weightlessness on the Jumeirah Sceirah, a speed slide that hurtles you at speeds of up to 80 kms per hour! It’s the tallest and fastest free-fall speed slide outside North America, cascading a breathtaking 33 metres. Pretty fancy website, too. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/68 "2004-09-01T21:33:41Z")
> [@zut](#): > > [on preview: Uh, **Fenris** , you can grow a foot-and-a-half of hair in two or three months? That’s like 1/4" a day. I’m thinking more like 2 or 3 years.] I thought only Blue Lagoon Boy was the model. Are they both? And I’ll bow to your judgement on hair growth–I’ve never had my hair (what’s left of it! :p) even a third as long as Brandon’s is) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/69 "2004-09-01T23:15:38Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Wild Wadi Water Park](http://www.wildwadi.com/) :Pretty fancy website, too. The hotel, the Burj Al Arab, is perhaps the most luxurious hotel on earth. It is popularly said to be the world’s only 7-star hotel. [http://www.burjalarab-hotel-dubai.com/](http://www.burjalarab-hotel-dubai.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/70 "2004-09-01T23:24:30Z")
Hmm okay, so it’s taller than Nessie and the Screamer but I’d still say that slide isn’t as scary as the Sky Screamer > [@](#): > > For more adrenaline, try the Sky Screamer slide, a 26-metre sheer drop, on which you’ll reach speeds of 55 km/h! [In this picture](http://www.westedmontonmall.com/images/waterpark_left.jpg) you can see Nessie and Screamer to the right side. Nessie is the bumpy one. Screamer is pretty much straight down. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/71 "2004-09-01T23:43:33Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > I thought only Blue Lagoon Boy was the model. Are they both? Yes, they’re both in the ‘modeling industry’, according to Nicole, but that could mean just local modeling. I thought it was funny that Brandon said his hair would grow back, but that no one was cutting Nicole’s beautiful head of hair, as if hers _wouldn’t_ grow back. He seems a bit dense at times. He has trouble reading the clues sometimes, too. He can’t pronouce city names. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/72 "2004-09-01T23:49:42Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > | :eek: | We are not… NOT, I say **NOT** , talking about Creepy’s Skeevy Weenie. NO. Bad message board, Bad! **Creepy Colin’s Skeevy Teeny Greeny Weenie** would be a great name for a rock band! Unfortunately, that might help Colin get chicks, and as was previously stated, Colin getting any play is the worst. _thing. **ever**._ Even my sister, in her Eternal Loser Magnetitude, has never dated someone as creepy as Colin. _(And probably nobody with … **nope** , even **I** don’t want to go **there** …)_ Seriously, though, what is wrong with Christie? I still say she should’ve left his sorry ass in the airport in Tanzania. Hopefully she’ll have enough sense to leave him before they get anywhere _near_ an altar. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/73 "2004-09-01T23:51:34Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I thought it was funny that Brandon said his hair would grow back, but that no one was cutting Nicole’s beautiful head of hair, as if hers _wouldn’t_ grow back. He seems a bit dense at times. My Dad is a cute little bald guy and he has this coffee cup that really applies to this particular situation: _God is good God is fair To some He gave brains And to others - hair_ ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/74 "2004-09-02T01:21:06Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > The hotel, the Burj Al Arab, is perhaps the most luxurious hotel on earth. It is popularly said to be the world’s only 7-star hotel. > > [http://www.burjalarab-hotel-dubai.com/](http://www.burjalarab-hotel-dubai.com/) Pish. It’s only 8000 AED per night. (About $2200, it seems.) That’s a bargain! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/75 "2004-09-02T02:33:39Z")
> [@rockle](#): > > Seriously, though, what is wrong with Christie? I still say she should’ve left his sorry ass in the airport in Tanzania. Hopefully she’ll have enough sense to leave him before they get anywhere _near_ an altar. She probably figures he’s her best bet to one million bucks. So, she plays along with is tantrums… until she gets the cash in her hands. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/76 "2004-09-02T11:55:30Z")
> [@detop](#): > > She probably figures he’s her best bet to one million bucks. So, she plays along with is tantrums… until she gets the cash in her hands. God, I hope so. I really, really hope so. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/77 "2004-09-02T13:01:46Z")
If it’s not for the money, then Christie must actually like being touched by Creepy Colin’s Skeevy Teeny Greeny Weenie. And that is just too much for me to think about before my coffee. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/78 "2004-09-02T13:11:38Z")
If you guys are so creeped out by Colin’s weenie, why do you keep talking about it? Methinks thou doth protest too much. 😃 _running away now_ ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/79 "2004-09-02T13:44:34Z")
Heh-heh … that guy said “weenie.” Heh-heh-heh-heh. Seriously, though – it’s because there isn’t much else that Creepy Colin did this week that we can complain about. Short of continuing to breathe, that is. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386/80 "2004-09-02T15:56:33Z")
[From TVGuide.com](http://www.tvguide.com/news/entertainment/040901.asp) > [@](#): > > \ ***AMAZING \* GRACE?:** > > Dating models Brandon and Nicole cheated death on last night’s pulse-pounding Amazing Race. The God-loving twosome — who fell to last place after refusing to get their cherished coiffures chopped off during a challenge — arrived at the pit stop only to discover that it was the third of four predetermined nonelimination legs. Responding to their good fortune, Nicole said: “I see that the Lord really wants us in the game.” And by “Lord,” she means their agent. OOOoooooo snarky. Love it. OK Which one of you guys writes for TV Guide? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-31/262386.md?page=5)