The Amazing Race has too many extraneous rules

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dryedmangoez		#41	[-]
Posts: 364 (04/12/09 10:15 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Well, the length of the penalty is harsh and we all know many things deserved to be penalized in the past, but is it not possible that the rules change season to season? Lots of things have changed on the Race that we don't know about unless Phil says on-screen or Racers mention it. Otherwise it's up to them. We have no access to the official rulebook. I'm sure they change the rules based on things that happen during the course of the most recent Race before setting out on a new one.
Bee0ne		#42	[-]
Posts: 20 (04/13/09 3:52 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The penalty M&M got was really ridiculous and unfair considering Keisha&Jen ran off without paying the cab driver at all, and they get no penalty whatsoever, I just do not see the logic behind that. That basically means that if you're low on cash you shouldn't try to pay as much as you can to the driver, but instead you should run away and try to lose him...and somehow that's fine.
jgabler		#43	[-]
Posts: 4028 (04/13/09 4:18 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Who is FormerRacer13? Who got the 24 hour penalty, and what for?
A Dying Clown		#44	[-]
Posts: 8825 (04/13/09 4:21 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Jonathan gave away candy that he'd brought, but got nothing in exchange. Marisa/Brooke offered candy to the ticket agent on the way to Fortaleza in exchange for better service - they should both be disqualified, Anthony/Stephanie brought back and the whole season repeated from Leg 2 onwards because of this outrage!1!!!!!
bryanpasa		#45	[-]
Posts: 836 (04/13/09 4:33 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Why do they get past Leg 4 when they pay their own possession (Mark and Michael) and not receiving penalties? Amanda and Kris should have survived!! So many rules!
Dictatorship		#46	[-]
Posts: 8460 (04/13/09 5:06 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Bee0ne wrote: The penalty M&M got was really ridiculous and unfair considering Keisha&Jen ran off without paying the cab driver at all, and they get no penalty whatsoever, I just do not see the logic behind that. That basically means that if you're low on cash you shouldn't try to pay as much as you can to the driver, but instead you should run away and try to lose him...and somehow that's fine. You, sir, are the stupidest fuck ever.
amsm07		#47	[-]
Posts: 47 (04/13/09 5:35 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	rules <3 and no they're not making up rules during the race. the rules are already laid out before the race started. the racers are aware of it. so again rules <3 rules RULES!
Bee0ne		#48	[-]
Posts: 22 (04/13/09 5:42 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Well, afaik the cab driver that followed them during the karaoke task never agreed to do it for free and when they didn't see him after the task they just took off. Maybe he just got stuck in some traffic light and would've been there any second, we'll never know. It was pretty stupid of the driver to agree to follow them though without getting paid first when he had none of their stuff, so it was in K&J's best interest if he just got lost, that doesn't make it ok though.
papapago		#49	[-]
Posts: 13 (04/13/09 6:53 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	as long as mark and michael are in last place, the rules applied were fair...
gervasemyman		#50	[-]
Posts: 888 (04/13/09 6:55 AM) I'm with STUPID! Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Dictatorship wrote: Bee0ne wrote: The penalty M&M got was really ridiculous and unfair considering Keisha&Jen ran off without paying the cab driver at all, and they get no penalty whatsoever, I just do not see the logic behind that. That basically means that if you're low on cash you shouldn't try to pay as much as you can to the driver, but instead you should run away and try to lose him...and somehow that's fine. You, sir, are the stupidest fuck ever. For once I agree with Dictatorship.
BortBort		#51	[-]
Posts: 661 (04/13/09 7:33 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	jgabler wrote: Who is FormerRacer13? Who got the 24 hour penalty, and what for? From memory it was Nancy and Emily in season 1. They got it for not completing a detour. They just went straight to the pitstop...it was the only thing that saved the Guido's.
Utopian		#52	[-]
Posts: 5809 (04/13/09 8:52 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Here's what I don't get. If one rule says that, when paying for a cab, you must use only cash, but another rule says you are allowed to ask for and accept a free cab ride, why didn't these guys ask for free rides, or rides at a reduced rate (e.g., we have only 200 baht, will you take that instead of the 300 your normally charge?). I ask because it seems to me if these two knuckleheads were really aware of the rules, they would have asked for a reduced fare. That they did not implies they either forgot or were unaware of the cash-only rule.
Mooyou		#53	[-]
Posts: 116 (04/13/09 9:13 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	TPTB just made up their loss of eliminating Mel/Mike last leg by placing these Tweedles in an extra 4 hour penalty thus finishing a guaranteed last.
john2017		#54	[-]
Posts: 198 (04/13/09 10:58 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	An airport equalizer at the beginning of the next leg will even the playing field again and the length or validity of the penalty will no longer be an issue.
RobVanStratus		#55	[-]
Posts: 8082 (04/13/09 12:45 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I remember back in EP 3 or 4 of TAR7 on the DVD extras, it showed Meredith/Gretchen trying to pay for their cab with Meredith's watch because they didn't have enough money. I don't remember if the cabbie took it or just let them pay what they had, but that is an instance where if they did, nothing happened. But then again, this could be a new rule brought into the race. We don't have access to a rulebook for the race every season, so the rules will seem made up. As for Kisha/Jen ditching their cabbie, he may have chosen to not come for them. We don't know the full story. For all we know, on the way someone might have flagged him down for a ride and he could have taken off for the guaranteed money.
unduli clone		#56	[-]
Posts: 5491 (04/13/09 12:51 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Regardless of the rules being new to us, all of the racers had to know the rules beforehand. Either they didn't read the rules well enough, skimmed over them, or forgot them. Whichever it was, they had to have been informed when the race began. PLUS, DON'T EVEN STICK UP FOR THESE MIDGETS! If they had been two minutes slower we would still have our dear sweet blondes. </3
RobVanStratus		#57	[-]
Posts: 8083 (04/13/09 1:13 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	^ Exactly. And they didn't seem shocked that they got in trouble or protest not knowing the rules. They just accepted their fat and sat their tiny little asses over in the grass to wait for their sentencing to a Speed Bump.
EnricoV		#58	[-]
Posts: 4345 (04/13/09 1:15 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Utopian wrote: Here's what I don't get. If one rule says that, when paying for a cab, you must use only cash, but another rule says you are allowed to ask for and accept a free cab ride, why didn't these guys ask for free rides, or rides at a reduced rate (e.g., we have only 200 baht, will you take that instead of the 300 your normally charge?). I ask because it seems to me if these two knuckleheads were really aware of the rules, they would have asked for a reduced fare. That they did not implies they either forgot or were unaware of the cash-only rule. There is no rule saying you have to use cash to pay for a cab. Or a rule saying you can accept a free ride in a cab. There is a rule saying you have to satisfy the bill ... i.e., you can't run off on a cabbie and not pay him. He has to agree to whatever the compensation is. I think this essentially falls under the rule, though, of not being allowed to break laws. And there is a rule saying you cannot barter things you brought into the race with you, only items obtained during the race, in order to ensure fairness to all contestants.
Utopian		#59	[-]
Posts: 5811 (04/13/09 3:03 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	And there is a rule saying you cannot barter things you brought into the race with you, only items obtained during the race, in order to ensure fairness to all contestants. Which still begs the question why would anyone, including these two, knowingly break the rules? All I'm saying is that these wankers don't appear to be overtly stupid, and thus I'm just questioning whether they were aware of the rule, and if they were, why did they think breaking the rule was better than negotiating a reduced fare?
meatball77		#60	[-]
Posts: 11189 (04/13/09 3:47 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	They knowingly broke the rules in the last episode by messing with the pumps (the other penalty was a mis-read clue). I think they just didn't think they'd be called on it. I think they thought that they were absolutely in last place and it didn't matter if they broke a rule because they were out because they were so far behind.

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