# Sitcom Situations IRL... none, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711 "2004-04-18T21:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711/41 "2004-04-20T15:55:48Z")
> [@sjc](#): > > I’m not always sure whethter it’s a drama or a sitcom, but there’s always plenty of interest where I live. > > I live with fourteen other students in a cooperative house (we share food, mortgage and other living expenses. We make many decisions collectively.) We have a crazy neighbor and frankly we’re all a little crazy too (though possibly not as much as the neighbor). We also have a nemesis of sorts who wants to spoil all our fun like the principal in Ferris Bueller’s Day off (or any number of other movies) except he’s a local homeowner. > > I can’t think of any examples that are classic sitcom fodder, but there’s plenty of crazy situations and colorful personalities. Do you overhear parts of each other’s conversations and jump to shockingly incorrect conculusions? Further, do all the bedroom doors face one large central room and you spend nights moving from room to room, missing each other by seconds? ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711/42 "2004-04-20T20:52:53Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Do you overhear parts of each other’s conversations and jump to shockingly incorrect conculusions? Further, do all the bedroom doors face one large central room and you spend nights moving from room to room, missing each other by seconds? Not exactly. Sometimes there are jumped conclusions, but generally they are not shockingly incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711/43 "2004-04-21T00:02:06Z")
My wife received a serious blow to the head, and got amnesia. Seriously. It’s not nearly as funny in real life. It was more of a Memento thing, where she could not form new memories. Long-term, sure she knew who she was, who I was, day of the week, but she was an ongoing blank slate. We spent thirty-six hours straight answering the same seven questions. “What happened?” “You were in an accident.” “Was it my fault?” “No, you got rear-ended.” “Was anyone else hurt?” “Nope, everyone’s fine.” “What happened to my truck?” “I’m sorry, babe, you’re truck’s totaled.” “I love my truck.” “I know, sweetie.” We’ll get you a new one." “Where are my clothes?” “They cut them off, but we’ll get you new clothes too.” “Why do I need new clothes?” “You were in an accident.” “Was it my fault?” etc. Eventually, we wrote the answers on a whiteboard in front of her. That helped. Fortunately, it all wore off after a while, and she hasn’t had any problems since. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711/44 "2004-04-21T00:21:40Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > My wife received a serious blow to the head, and got amnesia. > > Seriously. > > It’s not nearly as funny in real life. It was more of a Memento thing, where she could not form new memories. Long-term, sure she knew who she was, who I was, day of the week, but she was an ongoing blank slate. We spent thirty-six hours straight answering the same seven questions. Wow, that must’ve been scary! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711/45 "2004-04-21T04:19:56Z")
“I love my truck” isn’t really a question. [sub]Every sitcom needs a know-it-all character[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-situations-irl-none-right/240711.md?page=2)