THE AMAZING RACE 15, Season Starts 09/27/09

[jen0610]

Maybe she has a bad back, and doesn't want to strain her back.
How many times, have you seen the guy carrying his wife, girlfriend, sisters backpack.
I would probably do the same thing.

Both the poker players have one. The flight attendants from last year had them. Prior to that, I don't remember seeing any team or 1 team member using it during a race leg.

Like I had said, if they were going to use the wheels during down time, it would make since. Giving your back a break as you walk from the check in mat over to where you are going to actually take the 12 hr break or get picked up to go to the facility. But to use it when you are hurrying to try and catch a tram, as in last night with the poker players, and it is actually making you just walk, instead of running for the thing, just doesn't make any sense.

If I was going to apply to be a racer and my partner to be wasn't able to carry or mostly carry their own back pack, I would be looking for a different partner. If carring a backpack is too much for them, I would hate to see what they would do if faced with some of the harder, more physical challenges.

 

[minniecarousel]

As a West Coaster, I'm fine with staying away from this thread until after I've seen the show. My only rant comes in when someone puts a spoiler in a thread subject line. (happens all the time during the Olympics!)

 

[Mom2Ashli]

I haven't made my final decision on what teams I like the best.. so far I like the Harlem Globtrotter men..

I think they are going to be fun to watch.

I don't like the Lawyer or the poker players.

 

[FireDancer]

If I was going to apply to be a racer and my partner to be wasn't able to carry or mostly carry their own back pack, I would be looking for a different partner. If carring a backpack is too much for them, I would hate to see what they would do if faced with some of the harder, more physical challenges.

That's pretty much what I was thinking. The mechanism that makes the bags able to roll would actually add weight. I would rather not have the weight while I was carrying the bag than have the ability to drag it behind me from time to time. For a million dollars I could find a way to lug around just about anything.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

It is just as necessary as calling a team member a "meat head". I think that an educated person should be able to pronounce all of the letters in the alphabet. I didn't call him a dolt, I said he sounded like one, and I stand by my opinion. If he were up there talking about how he cured canceh I would still think he sounded like a dolt, even though he would not actually be one.

I find this logic unsettling.

I can speak with a southern twang with dialect appropriate slang and contractions--but it doesn't speak to my education or my inability to speak correctly.

President Kennedy didn't pronounce hard R's either--I mention this b/c we were just at KSC this weekend and heard a replay of his speech about going to the moon. Forgive me for not getting all words correct: "We do not do things because they are easy, we do them because they are hahd!"

It is unfortunate that you have such a rash view and I do not find it to be a reliable assessment of someone's intellegience, much like when folks on the DIS bring on the spelling police and pick apart your opinion b/c words are misspelled.

He's on a tv show running a race as an average Joe--not writing a legal document or presenting in a courtroom before a judge.

It chaps my hide when folks assume people are stupid when they speak a particular dialect without any evidence that they are incapable of speaking the Queen's English.

That's all I gots to say on that subject, y'all!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I think they are going to be fun to watch.

I don't like the Lawyer or the poker players.

FTR--I don't like the lawyer either--he is far too condescending to his girlfriend (if I am remembering the right couple). They were the ones where he chastized her for not being able to use the computer correctly, right.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I also dislike the lawyer. I was so hoping that team would be the ones left behind, although I think the **** team would have been on my nerves before long too.

I'm confused. What team do you mean and why is it starred out?

Did you see when the other teams were calling him the "duck whisperer" because he had such an easy time in the challenge?

That was so funny! I may be rooting for these guys -- love to see the underdog win!

Let me just say.....What is up with the rolling backpacks????

I just don't see the usefullness of them. You can run a whole lot faster with a pack on the back, rather than draging it behind you. If guess if you wanted to wheel the thing around during the rest period or at the airport/train station while waiting for your flight/ride, it would be fine. But for running thru an airport/train station or up the road, it just slows you down.

we were saying the same thing. Not a smart move.

Oh ... and I vote no advance spoilers. I think it's perfectly OK to discuss the show and what's happening while the show is on the air, including eliminations. I know enough to wait to read the thread if I don't get to see the show until later. I just don't want to know who is going to be eliminated before the show starts. How does everyone else feel about that? Or should we remain "mum" on the particulars until the West Coast folks get to watch? I can go either way but sometimes I think it's fun to kind of "blog along" with the show.

I agree. It's not a spoiler if it's already aired in at least one time zone. I know enough not to look at the thread from 8:00 Eastern time until after I've watched the show.

I didn't like the yoga instructors and was kind of glad they were the ones left behind, but kind of not -- they might have been kind of funny for 2 or 3 episodes. I liked the Christian couple until they said something about "hopefully it will help them win" or something like that. As a fellow Christian, I hate when people act like their beliefs make them somehow more worthy than other people, who may very well have the same beliefs, but just don't go around broadcasting it.

I can't believe they eliminated one team so early. How awful to get yourself so psyched for this race and you never even get past the starting line. I can't remember who said it (was it one of the brothers?), "my heart is broken for the team that does not make it past that". Mine was too, even though I didn't like that team.

 

[momrek06]

It is just as necessary as calling a team member a "meat head". I think that an educated person should be able to pronounce all of the letters in the alphabet. I didn't call him a dolt, I said he sounded like one, and I stand by my opinion. If he were up there talking about how he cured canceh I would still think he sounded like a dolt, even though he would not actually be one.

My reason for disliking a team is no more or less valid than any other reason, so mine shouldn't be held to a different standard. Calling the lawyer a "meat head" is just as judgmental as thinking he sounds like a moron but I am not scolding the poster who said it. I won't call someone else's opinion wrong. I may not agree with it, but they are as entitled to theirs as I am mine.

It reminds me of the threads where calling someone too fat is scolded while the same people doing the scolding are calling other people too skinny. We all have judgmental reasons for not liking one team or another (dishonesty, meat head, bossy) but it is hypocritical to scold one person's reasons and not everyone's. The whole point of picking teams we like and dislike is judging them, so don't tell me my criteria is not as valid as someone else's.

You just don't get it do you?

Having lived in both SYLVANIA and NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio...I can honestly say I am really glad I did not run into you as you are not a representation of the lovely people I met and I know from the great state of OHIO.

I find this logic unsettling.

I can speak with a southern twang with dialect appropriate slang and contractions--but it doesn't speak to my education or my inability to speak correctly.

President Kennedy didn't pronounce hard R's either--I mention this b/c we were just at KSC this weekend and heard a replay of his speech about going to the moon. Forgive me for not getting all words correct: "We do not do things because they are easy, we do them because they are hahd!"

It is unfortunate that you have such a rash view and I do not find it to be a reliable assessment of someone's intellegience, much like when folks on the DIS bring on the spelling police and pick apart your opinion b/c words are misspelled.

He's on a tv show running a race as an average Joe--not writing a legal document or presenting in a courtroom before a judge.

It chaps my hide when folks assume people are stupid when they speak a particular dialect without any evidence that they are incapable of speaking the Queen's English.

That's all I gots to say on that subject, y'all!

THANKS LISA, ITA!!!!

 

[Mom2Ashli]

FTR--I don't like the lawyer either--he is far too condescending to his girlfriend (if I am remembering the right couple). They were the ones where he chastized her for not being able to use the computer correctly, right.

That is correct. He was making faces behind her back. Plus he does this arm thing across his neck all the time.

 

[declansdad]

It is just as necessary as calling a team member a "meat head". I think that an educated person should be able to pronounce all of the letters in the alphabet. I didn't call him a dolt, I said he sounded like one, and I stand by my opinion. If he were up there talking about how he cured canceh I would still think he sounded like a dolt, even though he would not actually be one.

My reason for disliking a team is no more or less valid than any other reason, so mine shouldn't be held to a different standard. Calling the lawyer a "meat head" is just as judgmental as thinking he sounds like a moron but I am not scolding the poster who said it. I won't call someone else's opinion wrong. I may not agree with it, but they are as entitled to theirs as I am mine.

It reminds me of the threads where calling someone too fat is scolded while the same people doing the scolding are calling other people too skinny. We all have judgmental reasons for not liking one team or another (dishonesty, meat head, bossy) but it is hypocritical to scold one person's reasons and not everyone's. The whole point of picking teams we like and dislike is judging them, so don't tell me my criteria is not as valid as someone else's.

Calling someone a dolt because of their accent is pretty low. Remember, we all have accents.

 

[robinb]

I just watched the start of the show online (yay for TAR for finally making it into the computer age, LOL). I kinda liked the yoga team. She was so sweet at the end when she said something like "We took the lumps so the other teams can fly free.". So ... spiritually yoga-like! As for the chaste "Newly Dating" couple ... I really don't care if they are getting it on or not and I don't care about the reasons why they don't. It's not my business and it's a little TMI when he says he wants to keep himself "sexually pure". Especially when his girlfriend is so smokin' hot. It also rubs me the wrong way when devoutly Christian players say that they pray to win.

 

[jen0610]

Did I imagine it or did anyone else see one of the teams, during the 1st road block "Wasabi", that lead their group through what looked like a peacefull protest.

I swear that the one team walked thru a group of people standing there with signs and banners, all wearing the same t-shirt. It looked like they were standing in front of an office build.

 

[momrek06]

I just watched the start of the show online (yay for TAR for finally making it into the computer age, LOL). I kinda liked the yoga team. She was so sweet at the end when she said something like "We took the lumps so the other teams can fly free.". So ... spiritually yoga-like! As for the chaste "Newly Dating" couple ... I really don't care if they are getting it on or not and I don't care about the reasons why they don't. It's not my business and it's a little TMI when he says he wants to keep himself "sexually pure". Especially when his girlfriend is so smokin' hot. It also rubs me the wrong way when devoutly Christian players say that they pray to win.

I agree, robin, what does ANY OF THAT have to do with The Amazing Race??

I thought it was quite interesting when that same couple were SCREAMING at each other during the "duck" challenge!!!

 

[FireDancer]

You just don't get it do you?

What I don't get is how calling someone a meat head, loud-mouthed jerk, and condescending is just fine but thinking they don't project intelligence because they can't speak proper English is not. You have made judgments of your own on this very thread, and while I don't agree with all of them I don't tell you that they are wrong.

Like it or not how you sound and how you look forms at least part of a first impression. My first impression of the lawyer is he sounds like a dolt and acts too cool for the room. Anyone else that speaks with that accent makes the same first impression on me. They can prove me wrong all day long, but a first impression is just that, an impression.

We will just have to agree to disagree and stop discussing why we shouldn't judge anyone. It distracts us from making judgments on the competitors.

 

[brittsmum1998]

What I don't get is how calling someone a meat head, loud-mouthed jerk, and condescending is just fine but thinking they don't project intelligence because they can't speak proper English is not. You have made judgments of your own on this very thread, and while I don't agree with all of them I don't tell you that they are wrong.

Like it or not how you sound and how you look forms at least part of a first impression. My first impression of the lawyer is he sounds like a dolt and acts too cool for the room. Anyone else that speaks with that accent makes the same first impression on me. They can prove me wrong all day long, but a first impression is just that, an impression.

We will just have to agree to disagree and stop discussing why we shouldn't judge anyone. It distracts us from making judgments on the competitors.

May I suggest you don't come to Massachusetts to vacation. I also hope I never run into to you somewhere because that is just plain rude. Its kind of comical because in some circles we have the best colleges in Massachusetts and surrounding New England States.

Maybe that would change your "impression".

 

[Angelhalo]

May I suggest you don't come to Massachusetts to vacation. I also hope I never run into to you somewhere because that is just plain rude. Its kind of comical because in some circles we have the best colleges in Massachusetts and surrounding New England States.

Maybe that would change your "impression".

In your opinion of course.

I wouldn't trade my college education in the south for any of your schools up there. Nothing personal, I just believe in the hype that big name expensive schools are the best.

But, that is neither here nor there.

I think its pretty obvious at this point that most people disagree with the viewpoint of the guy who thinks accents make people seem dumb. No one is going to change his mind, so how about we move on and back to TAR?

As for the rolling backpacks, DH and I noticed and mentioned them too. I saw one of the bags flipping over numerous times on the sidewalk and said that has GOT to be more annoying than wearing a backpack!

DH was another one who was rooting for the yogies to find the last plate so that Mr. Muscles wouldn't make it. Alas, it was not to be. Hopefully his team will be one of the next teams gone.

I agree with a PP about the gay guy team. They never lied to anyone about their sexuality, they just didn't offer it up as free information. And everyone flirts, and my gay friends flirt with girls all the time. So unlike the poker players, I don't really think they did anything sneaky.

 

[Kirby]

As for the chaste "Newly Dating" couple ... I really don't care if they are getting it on or not and I don't care about the reasons why they don't. It's not my business and it's a little TMI when he says he wants to keep himself "sexually pure". Especially when his girlfriend is so smokin' hot. It also rubs me the wrong way when devoutly Christian players say that they pray to win.

I agree, robin, what does ANY OF THAT have to do with The Amazing Race??

I thought it was quite interesting when that same couple were SCREAMING at each other during the "duck" challenge!!!

My mother and I were talking about that this morning. It seems that there are more teams this season that profess to be Christians than in the past. Not that there is anything wrong with it, we're Christians also. But what we feel is wrong is for them to profess to be Christians and then act they way they do. This definately gives wrong impressions to Christians and non-Christians alike. Just because we're Christians doesn't mean we are perfect but it's all in the image that people have of us and for them to yell and scream at each other they way they did.....

 

[Angelhalo]

My mother and I were talking about that this morning. It seems that there are more teams this season that profess to be Christians than in the past. Not that there is anything wrong with it, we're Christians also. But what we feel is wrong is for them to profess to be Christians and then act they way they do. This definately gives wrong impressions to Christians and non-Christians alike. Just because we're Christians doesn't mean we are perfect but it's all in the image that people have of us and for them to yell and scream at each other they way they did.....

DH and I are Christian and we yell and scream at each other.

Not all the time mind you, but in really stressful situations, sometimes it just happens. We always apologize after, but like you said, we're not perfect so sometimes it just happens. It can happen to anyone every now and then. I definitely think that that would have been a yelling and screaming time! LOL!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I liked the Christian couple until they said something about "hopefully it will help them win" or something like that. As a fellow Christian, I hate when people act like their beliefs make them somehow more worthy than other people, who may very well have the same beliefs, but just don't go around broadcasting it.

I can't believe they eliminated one team so early. How awful to get yourself so psyched for this race and you never even get past the starting line. I can't remember who said it (was it one of the brothers?), "my heart is broken for the team that does not make it past that". Mine was too, even though I didn't like that team.

I think the Christian couple was completely joking. It was said in their team interview. I don't think they honestly believed (in a holier than thou sort of way) that prayer will lead to victory.

I thought the early elimination was stinky too. But maybe they had budget cuts and didn't want anyone to know.

 

[momrek06]

What I don't get is how calling someone a meat head, loud-mouthed jerk, and condescending is just fine but thinking they don't project intelligence because they can't speak proper English is not. You have made judgments of your own on this very thread, and while I don't agree with all of them I don't tell you that they are wrong.

Like it or not how you sound and how you look forms at least part of a first impression. My first impression of the lawyer is he sounds like a dolt and acts too cool for the room. Anyone else that speaks with that accent makes the same first impression on me. They can prove me wrong all day long, but a first impression is just that, an impression.

We will just have to agree to disagree and stop discussing why we shouldn't judge anyone. It distracts us from making judgments on the competitors.

I may have made A judgment on ONE couple = the Christians. They stated on TAR that they are devote Christians yet when the girlfriend could not complete the challenge in a timely manner her boyfriend got so mad, so upset, so angry which to me and many people is not the Christian way. That is ALL I SAID. I did not call anyone a loud mouth meat head EVER.

You on the other hand INSULTED the entire section of the Northeast of the US!! My DH is from N.E. CT., he has an even stronger New England accent than myself and my sons from Boston. Believe me we are NOT dolts as you continue to post that in every one of your replies. We were born in Boston, raised in Boston, that is our accent and there is nothing we can do about it. To continue to call us dolts is really rude.

AND for the record...being new to SoCal, we go to restaurants, stores, banks, etc and as we talk, order, or simply just have a convo with someone in SoCal...they LOVE our accent and immediately pick up on it and then say..."you must be from the EAST"!!! We have NEVER had someone call us a DOLT.

May I suggest you don't come to Massachusetts to vacation. I also hope I never run into to you somewhere because that is just plain rude. Its kind of comical because in some circles we have the best colleges in Massachusetts and surrounding New England States. Maybe that would change your "impression".

I think its pretty obvious at this point that most people disagree with the viewpoint of the guy who thinks accents make people seem dumb. No one is going to change his mind, so how about we move on and back to TAR?