Amazing Race episode "King Arthur Style"...

As some of you guys might have figured out...I've gotten kinda behind on this season of the Amazing Race. Well, life is funny some times as it has a tendency to get in your way. And when I get back from a 12+ hour work day I just want to kick back and relax. But right now it seems I have the time and I'm in the mood to catch up. So here are my thoughts on episode 3.
That the flight was going to be an equalizer didn't really come as a surprise. And we all know that a flight can make or break your race. Rolling the dice and having 3 connecting flight is definitely huge gamble. And it might just come back to bite you in the ass. If at all possible I would advice against such a tactic. Tems being divided on different flights makes it more interesting. But somehow the drama about the flights feels a little artificial. Not sure if that drama was for real or if it was at least partly produced. In my opinion they did "milk" that segement a little too long.
With the Coach challenge it was hard to believe. You get show a pic of a coach and you ask what it is? SERIOUSLY!! IF that's the best American education can do, well than America is really screwed! Fortunately there are a lot nice people around the globe to tell the teams that the coaches can be found in the Coach Museum. Surprise, Surprise!
If it had been my pick I would have chosen the Map Challenge. Sounded way easier and quicker than the tile challange. I liked that the tile master was having fun at the contestants expense. The first few teams were doing really well with the Map Challange, but with the Oklahoma Boys it was all downhill from there. Apparentyl calulus isn't big in Oklahoma. You calculate Magellan's journey and you forget the zero. Says somthing about your Math skills. But not realizing that this can't possibly be right tells me that you must have troubles with common sense skills as well. And common sense is a very important skill to have on the Amazing Race. Watching the two other teams with the Map Challange was just painful. It was quite apparent that they don't know anything about Geography and not much about History either. Magellan took his journey from 1519 to 1522. And no he did not take the Panama canal, since it digging the canal didn't start till 1904. Having a little knowledge of geography and history might come in quite handy when going on the Amazing Race.
That team NFL got kicked off was due to their bad luck with planes. I haven't seen any team having that bad luck with flights in a very long time. And I do agree with teh descision not even let them attempt the challanges, since there was no point to that in the first place. And we haven't seen that in quite some time either.