# Ridiculous portrayals of professions on TV

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**Created:** [October 31, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-portrayals-of-professions-on-tv/601375 "2011-10-31T13:52:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculous-portrayals-of-professions-on-tv/601375/122 "2011-11-02T22:49:17Z")

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> [@Laggard](#):
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> I remember going into the teachers lounge a couple times while in grade school and having trouble finding my teacher through the cigarette smoke. I’m quite sure that though the room has not been used in years it likely still smells like coffee and cigarettes.

I would have to say that in grammar school, I never saw the nuns smoke, but in the public high school the teachers did.

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