# THe Amazing Race Premier (9/26): Preseason rankings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041 "2010-09-25T21:36:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/21 "2010-09-27T02:16:03Z")
Wow, they didn’t exactly recruit this set of teams at a Mensa convention I guess. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/22 "2010-09-27T02:18:06Z")
Aahh shucks, I kinda’ liked them. And to get beat by the tattoo team. Ouch. I’ll take solace in my belief that the tattoo team will go out next week. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/23 "2010-09-27T02:18:27Z")
First team to the airport, last to the pit stop. Does it seem like there is a really a bunch of clueless people on this race? What will happen when the natives do not speak English? Can I coin a team nickname: **Team Tattoopid** (Nick and Vicki). Even Phil panned them. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/24 "2010-09-27T02:23:24Z")
“We’re in London, right?” “That’s right… the country of London.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/25 "2010-09-27T02:23:32Z")
Did anyone else have a big black box in the bottom half of the screen for most of the show? Not sure if it’s my tv or my antenna – but it was only on CBS and only during TAR, not commercials or show before or show after. And, yeah, Chad is pretty fucking obnoxious. And a bunch of dummies. Did Team Tattoo go up the wall? I missed it – I was expecting Phil to send them back to do it. Love the “Team Glee” nick. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/26 "2010-09-27T02:27:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Did anyone else have a big black box in the bottom half of the screen for most of the show? Not sure if it’s my tv or my antenna – No, no black box, and I also use an antenna. And I was sort of liking team tattoopid, but not much now. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/27 "2010-09-27T02:28:44Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Anybody else hate asshole boyfriend Chad yet? I’ll bet Stephanie is thinking that buying a house with a jackass like him (after knowing him for 8 months?!?) was not her finest hour… ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/28 "2010-09-27T02:32:16Z")
> [@vix](#): > > Holy crap, could the tattooed team be stupider? She had never heard of Stonehenge, which kind of surprised me—It’s got to be one of Englands most well known monuments and attractions… ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/29 "2010-09-27T02:40:46Z")
Can we invent a new category below **Flat Tire** for Nick and Vicki? How do you go on _The Amazing Race_ and not learn how to drive a stick shift? It’s not like they come in the middle of the night and abduct you; there must be some time to prepare. Go to REI and buy a fancy backpack, get some color-coordinated t-shirts, and LEARN TO DRIVE A FREAKIN’ STICK SHIFT. They’ve all seen the Race before, right? In Gloucester, Ron & Tony said their navigational prowess would see them through, because they had a compass. I never saw them use it in England. Maybe they were looking for one that worked in metric. > [@Rebo](#): > > Anybody else hate asshole boyfriend Chad yet? I’ve lost track of the number of people I already hate. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/30 "2010-09-27T03:29:01Z")
I’m firmly convinced that there are…er, _were_…two gay teams this season. Team Glee and the team that got philiminated tonight. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/31 "2010-09-27T03:44:17Z")
All of the thin girls with long blond hair have blurred together for me. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/32 "2010-09-27T03:52:59Z")
1. Too many blondes this season. The only two I can tell apart so far is the loud-mouthed one who’s one half of the Home Shopping Network team and the short-haired one. As for the former – SHADDUP ALREADY! She’s already annoying me. 2. Cluelessness is a feature of the first leg, but god, so many at once?!? I’d love to know the time interval between when, say, teams 4-6 arrived at the Amazing Bath Mat and the last teams arrived. 3. The Glee Team is cute in a “Can I keep them, Mom? Can I? Can I?” way. They actually surprised me. 4. Which one is Chad? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/33 "2010-09-27T04:56:05Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’m firmly convinced that there are…er, _were_…two gay teams this season. Team Glee and the team that got philiminated tonight. Wait, what? The anesthesiologists are not gay? The gal that took the watermelon in the kisser? It should have hit her teammate. Does that gal not ever just STFU? Between her and the daughter of the father/daughter team (who, as far as I can tell, will scream every chance she gets), I don’t know who I want to see go first. Team volleyball needs thinner tops and colder weather. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/34 "2010-09-27T05:21:19Z")
I didn’t watch the whole episode, so maybe I missed it if someone earlier did it - were Nick & Vicki, despite their cluelessness elsewhere, the only time that stayed as close to the center of the coracles as possible? True, they were almost laying on each other to do it, but there was no reason to try and balance on the edge like it was a seat. They didn’t show if they went any faster, but at least that showed some intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/35 "2010-09-27T05:25:02Z")
First thoughts: 1. Ron and Tony were my early favorites. I guess I’m better at picking Survivor contestants. 2. I was not expecting Team Biker to be the obligatory dumb team. This of course means they’ll finish second to last every single leg and will probably make it to fifth place. 3. Team Home Shopping needs to shut-up. Now. I was hoping that watermelon would shut them up but it really only us a five minute break. 4. How long did team generic struggling couple take to find the Pit Stop that was apparently 20 yards away? They lost at least two spots. And why was that random arrow sign there? Did the producers quickly place there worrying that the team might wander off in the English wilderness? 5. If I was on this leg, I would have said nothing but Spinal Tap and Monty Python references. 6. The three parent/child teams are pretty forgettable. I literally said “Oh yeah, I forgot about them,” about each one at least once. And the adopted mom/daughter team is just a little awkward. I didn’t seem like the daughter ever said anything. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/36 "2010-09-27T07:17:42Z")
“Are you a battlement?” I was literally begging Ron and Tony to somehow beat Nick and Vicki. It was a long shot, but by the time they were standing 10 feet from the coracles wondering where the boats were, I really needed them to go. No luck there. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/37 "2010-09-27T07:52:32Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > “Are you a battlement?” At least they weren’t looking for a candelabra. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/38 "2010-09-27T09:02:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > > (and maybe Rob and Amber)? > > Don’t even joke about that. Preach it, my robot-armed friend. Cowboys, though? Me lovey some cowboys. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/39 "2010-09-27T11:13:53Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > 1. If I was on this leg, I would have said nothing but Spinal Tap and Monty Python references. C’mon, you’ve got to throw in one _Princess Bride_ quote, too. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041/40 "2010-09-27T11:36:58Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > > 1. If I was on this leg, I would have said nothing but Spinal Tap and Monty Python references. > > C’mon, you’ve got to throw in one _Princess Bride_ quote, too. I was expecting at least a couple, but I didn’t hear a one. I don’t think I could make out any taunting until the last couple of teams. Come on, no 'Your Mother was a hamster" or “I fart in your general direction?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-premier-9-26-preseason-rankings/555041.md?page=3)