Something you see on TV is not true. Wow, what a concept !
Yeah, it’s almost like the writers are just making things up! :mad:
Hey, terentii, let me hit you in the head with a frying pan and see if you lose your memory. Then get it back with a second crack on the noggin. 
Kookaburra birds are not found in Africa.
That escalated quickly.
Better you should use a guitar, 'cause they go KA-BONG! 
Doesn’t bring me back. I usually switch channels at that point.
But pounding the chest helps sometimes, if you haven’t got the paddles.
Except when it’s fatal: can start a failing heart, or stop a working one.
This one drives me batshit crazy: Two cops walking up to the suspect’s door together and knocking? RRRRIIIIIGGGGHHHHHT! The subject opens the door, opens fire, and kills them both.
The cops walk up in a V-formation from opposite side of the lawn. When the subject opens the door with a gun, he’s toast.
And don’t get me started on cops saying “Drop the gun” two or three or forty times before shooting. It’s “Drop the gun* or I will shoot.” And the subject has about half a second to respond
*the one time I saw this, it was actually “Drop the chainsaw or I will shoot.”
Mrs SteveMB was watching a YouTube video showing some Alaskan eagles eating cast-off fish guts. One of them screeched, and the little psycho black cat jumped up wide-eyed. Considering that we found her as a half-grown stray kitten in an area with a fair number of raptors, it might have been a flashback to a close escape.
She later did the same thing while I was watching Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths – apparently the Black Canary sound effect they used was close enough.
Also, according to the Oracle (aka television), all shots must be administered into the patient’s neck.
Except for adrenaline, where the very long needle must be jammed between the ribs directly into the heart. Especially if you’re alone and your heart is failing and you need to do it yourself. :dubious:
[Homer Simpson voice] “Heh, heh: ‘wargl.’” [/Homer Simpson voice]
Dear Straight Dope:
This morning I had to move a hostage from one location to another and I didn’t want her aware of where we were traveling, so I pistol-whipped her on the head like television taught me to do. Had to hit her a few extra times and with more force than expected, but eventually it worked. Now that I’m at the safe house, I want to awaken her to question her, but no matter how hard nor how many times I hit her on the head, like television taught me to do, she’s not responsive. I’ve even tried applying smelling salts (24) or splashing a hose in her face (Pulp Fiction) but no luck. I’m worried because she’s starting to twitch and drool a bit. Is there another TV show I should watch that will show me another way to safely wake her up? Need answer fast, thanks in advance.
Hey, if you had just blindfolded her and locked her in the trunk, she could have counted the minutes, memorized each turn, and listened to the sounds outside in order to identify your safe house after you let her go. So I’d say you’re getting off lucky!
(trying to visualize two cops walking in a V formation)
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No “few episodes of 24” will ever have three consecutive days. An entire season only shows one complete 24 hr day (hence the title). There might be valid nitpicks in your post but that ain’t one.
I beg to differ.
Each episode starts in the middle of Bauer’s day. Ergo, he’s already been up for some time. The action takes place over the night and into the next day. Bauer gets no sleep. Once the terrorists are dead, does Bauer get to go home and crash? No, he has to stick around dealing with the aftermath, filling out after-action reports, being interrogated by The Man, and all that other mandated official crap. You can bet it’ll last into that night and into the next day. Then, maybe, they’ll let him go and he can finally get some sleep.
Do the math. It’s a total of three days.
You really think what you see on the screen is **all **that happens? Psheesh! :smack:
I remember an interview on PBS or some comparable channel with a physician who had written a book, and he told about when he was a consultant on a movie or TV show. He was asked how a person would act with a lacerated liver, and he replied that they would lie as still and quiet as possible, because any motion would be extremely painful.
So, what did the actor do? Thrashed around and screamed, of course! :rolleyes: