Another illusion shattered. Damn you, Mythbusters!
I’m surprised that on NCIS, diNozzo’s brains haven’t squirted through is nose, judging by the sound of the face slap every time Gibbs hits the back of his head.
diNozzo should frag him in the final episode and be found not guilty due to diminished capacity because of repeated brain concussions.
Could have been worse. The ramrod was found sticking out of the ground on the other side of the fort; it could easily have seriously wounded a visitor to the site.
Bitch slap. I believe it’s called a bitch slap.
This has always been a source of annoyance to me.
If I ever had a boss strike me in the back of my head (a la my father in my youth) that would be my last day at work. I would turn around quickly and cold cock him or I would jack him up against the wall and ask what the fuck he meant by doing that.I have a zero tolerance physical abuse by a supervisor policy that I strictly enforce.
It’s also surprising that Gibbs’ bosses have seen him do this and haven’t called him on it. It was never “funny” and it makes Gibbs look like more of an ass than the narrative already makes him out to be.
To be fair to the show, I’m wondering why someone doesn’t sack DiNozzo, particularly the way he appears the first season. If I had to have him as a constant partner, I’d be asking for a transfer and/or his removal.
So I’m hoping, when I watch the show, that this is in no way intended to be an accurate representation of criminal investigation forces involving the US military.
Funny about Gibbs. In his first appearance, the ‘back-door’ pilot JAG episode “Ice Queen” I thought he came across as a major jerk. OBVIOUSLY 
, Rabb wasn’t guilty, and if Gibbs couldn’t see that, I would question his skills as an investigator.
I never watched NCIS regularly because of that. Not the reaction one hopes to get from their pilot episode!
If my boss ‘bitch slapped’ me upside the head, he would only do it once. I’m not saying I’m gonna jack him up against the wall - we are going to HR and one of us will be gone. Because I’d never work for someone that did that. Or for a murderer. I kinda draw the line at that, too.
… by engaging in some physical abuse of your own? :dubious: You should probably seek some help with the daddy issues there, internet tough guy
This is needlessly insulting.
Also, I’m the furthest thing from a “tough guy,” whether online or in real life, but count me among those who, like nevadaexile, would quite possibly react in kind to being struck on the head.
My step-father was a 30-year Navy career pilot, and this is his favorite show. He even got my mother watching it, and she usually doesn’t watch things not on PBS.
'Course, he may like it the way I like CSI/Criminal Minds-type shows-- for the stupid mistakes.
I gotta admit if my boss smacked me I’d react defensively and return it.
The thing that drives me nuts the most is how many people in movies and books take fatal stabbings to the heart or the back. Um, there are ribs there for a good reason and cutting through flesh is not easy, especially if you’re just strolling past the victim.
There’s a saying in Spanish that “the way to a man’s heart goes through his stomach.” Most people don’t realize how literal it is.
Yes, but they rarely look as if an alien house’s roof has landed on their head. Movie nuns do.
Oddly enough, there is an eerily similar saying in English.
And Hindi…
Doctors inform family members of a death or serious illness or injury in the parking lot or a crowded hallway.
No, they don’t.
People regularly have sexual relationships with their therapists. Um, no, they don’t either.
Proving that men are the same no matter the language
An obscure offshoot of car tires squeeling in dirt;
Loved the magic motorcycle tires in one of the Mission Impossible movies. Slick road tires, then suddenly knobby dirtbike tires, switched back and forth as terrain changed during the scene.
Not every motorcycle on the planet sounds like an unmuffled Hardly Dangerous either.
Sorry,sports fan, but I don’t have any “daddy issues.”
I wouldn’t allow another man to strike in me in annoyance and not do anything about it
Perhaps you would….or you do.
But then to paraphrase an old line “A man has to know his limitations.”
Land mines blow up when you step on them. Like, immediately. That’s kind of the point. So, not when you remove your foot, then. *That *makes fuck all sense, and yet I’ve yet to see a movie or TV series getting it right. Obviously, “I’ve just stepped on a mine, omg, I can’t move or I’ll die !” makes for quality war wangst. Except for the part where it’s cliché, annoying, and complete crap.
[QUOTE=Intergalactic Gladiator]
I don’t have time to answer that question, I got regulars to serve.
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I’ll have a Beer™.
A few more:
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[li]Characters parking their vehicles and exiting them, but never rolling up the windows or locking the doors -While this might work in a small town where you know everybody, television and films have this occur in major cities where leaving your windows rolled down is an invitation for theft.[/li][li]Defense attorneys being cowed by the police - Another L&O staple are highly paid defense attorneys who are cowed in the presence of law enforcement officers. If my attorney doesn’t protect me when I’m being questioned by the police, I’m going to fire them right away and obtain new counsel as I’m being poorly served.[/li][li]Law enforcement agencies questioning people outside their jurisdiction - The NCIS franchise is bad about this,although most series aren’t much better. NCIS investigators only investigate crimes involving military members or civilian contractors. While they can ask civilians questions, unless they subpoena you, they can’t compel you to answer them.[/li][li]Informants having remarkably detailed knowledge of criminal activities,especially pending crimes - In the 1970s the term for this was “The word on the street” and while it has been downplayed in recent years, police informants are surprisingly knowledgeable about crimes in which they weren’t active participants.[/li][li]People who aren’t sitting at the bar not paying for drinks when the server brings them - Unless you are running a tab ( and lower-end establishments rarely do this) you have to pay for each drink each time you are served. Why wouldn’t you simply leave if the server didn’t collect your money each time?[/li][li]Cocking the hammer of a firearm to show that you are "serious."- Seriously going to shoot someone accidentally is more like it. Next to putting your finger on the trigger this is one of the most egregious gun-related errors shown on television or in films.[/li][/ol]
If I was handling poison, I’d want to have the antidote a metre away or less.