# The "What, No Jericho Thread?" Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944 "2006-10-26T05:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/21 "2006-10-27T01:19:28Z")
I haven’t watched an episode but between this threads, Wikipedia, and TWoP it seems that I haven’t missed great television. Sounds like the show was a missed opportunity–as Heinlein wrote, “There will always be survivors.” Too bad these survivors are a bunch of idiots. These writers are apparently no Heinlein. Heck, they’re not even a Swanwick. (Swanwick wrote _In the Drift_, published 1985, that was set a number of years after Three Mile Island melted down.) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/22 "2006-10-27T01:59:03Z")
[QUOTE=kalex] I didn’t know that about corn husks. I wonder what else repels radioactivity? Apparantly, everything! Did you notice major continuity problems with Hawkins? He was in the police station, bam, he was in the bar, bam, he was in his basement. He took that punk out for a talking to and never came back! Maybe there’s an ARMY of Hawkins! Yeah, it’s so awful. [/QUOTE] Either that or the radiation has given him Mutant Powers™, teleportation to be exact, anyone want to re-watch the episode and listen for faint “BAMF!” noises?😉 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/23 "2006-10-27T02:28:41Z")
Hey, if Kim Jong Il gets crazy with the nukes, all we have to do is wrap ourselves in several yards of corn husks and tape them all together! TV is so, so informative. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/24 "2006-10-27T02:36:42Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] wrap ourselves in several yards of corn husks and tape them all together! [/QUOTE] I’m gonna stock up on canned tamales. Survival rations _and_ radiation protection! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/25 "2006-10-27T12:57:07Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I didn’t watch the whole episode. It’s two weeks later. Did they explain the empty podium from last week’s episode? Anything else come over the TV or the phones? [/quote] Nope. > [@](#): > > I rolled my eyes at Gracie stocking huge quantities of pesticides. There should have been at least one feed store or co-op or elevator where they’d get that stuff. And it shouldn’t be stored near food, even in sealed containers. Was it in the store or a back room or what? A.) I live in Cary, NC, which is the apotheosis of suburbia. Yet there is a feed store within biking distance of my house. So yeah, you’d think in small town Kansas, they’d have one. B.) Yep, it was right on the shelves. C.) Also, I noticed something. It’s unbelievable enough that the store stocks not only food, but pesticide and phone chargers. But in that scene, you see that this tiny grocery store in a farming community in the middle of Kansas stocks Seventh Generation recycled products. Like there’s a huge earthy-crunchy segment of the population that would want these products, as well as plenty of shelf space for both standard Ziplocks and the granola equivalent. D.) I could also swear that the coveted corn chips from a previous episode were Target’s “Market Pantry” brand. Hee! ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/26 "2006-10-27T13:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] all we have to do is wrap ourselves in several yards of corn husks and tape them all together! TV is so, so informative. 😉 [/QUOTE] Finally, an explanation for the [Corn Palace](http://encarta.msn.com/media_701722379_761573285_-1_1/Mitchell_Corn_Palace.html) in Mitchell SD. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/27 "2006-10-27T20:00:49Z")
I’m still confused why they would harvest corn that wasn’t dry enough for storage, and stored it in plastic bins in a barn. Couldn’t have been much of a crop (for the largest farm in the area). But hey - it’s only a flyover state - why bother with details. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/28 "2006-10-27T21:29:22Z")
They were going to store that corn? In plastic bins? They weren’t going to eat it? Assuming it’s sweet corn, it won’t store well. It needs to be eaten, frozen, or canned within a few days. This is the sloppiest show I’ve ever seen, research-wise. This stuff is simple, and it doesn’t hurt the plot to get it right. Unless they know that the only reason people are watching is to catch all their goofs. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/29 "2006-10-27T22:20:29Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Unless they know that the only reason people are watching is to catch all their goofs. [/QUOTE] I shall regard it as a learning experience. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/30 "2006-10-27T23:14:55Z")
Jericho, more like Jeriblow HAHAHAHAHA!!! Sorry. Yeah, this show really sucks, but what else is there to do during the hour before Lost? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/31 "2006-10-27T23:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=BabaBooey] Yeah, this show really sucks, but what else is there to do during the hour before Lost? [/QUOTE] Vacuum the living room. Read a book. Sleep. Masturbate. Play video games. Clean out your closet. Contribute to society. As for me, I’m gonna spend that hour watching Jericho. Man, I am such a slut for the post-apocalypse. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/32 "2006-10-28T00:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] Vacuum the living room. Masturbate. [/QUOTE] I do that during Jericho. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/33 "2006-10-28T00:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] Masturbate. [/QUOTE] I do that during Jericho. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/34 "2006-10-28T01:03:59Z")
Twice? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/35 "2006-10-28T03:17:56Z")
What can I say, I like masturbating. (Stopped the “Submit Reply” once I realized it included the vacuuming part, didn’t look like first one got through but alas, it did) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/36 "2006-10-28T03:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=BabaBooey] What can I say, I like masturbating. [/QUOTE] Yes, but could you please not do it while your free hand is hovering over the “submit reply” button? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/37 "2006-10-28T03:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] Yes, but could you please not do it while your free hand is hovering over the “submit reply” button? 😉 [/QUOTE] I can’t ma ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/38 "2006-10-28T03:36:45Z")
any promises. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/39 "2006-10-28T03:50:33Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] Line of the night: “The husks protected the corn from the fallout.” HAHAhahahahahahahahaha! I had to pause the show to laugh for a minute. Why didn’t they build a fallout shelter from them? [/QUOTE] I’m not sure this was entirely unreasonable. I don’t have a deep understanding of the physics behind radiation, but I’m not sure food becomes harmful simply from being irradiated. The biggest concern is that some of the actual radioactive elements themselves are ingested. If the husks did prevent contamination, would the radiation from outside the husk damage or irradiate the food in some way as to make it harmful? They even made mention of the corn being mature, and therefore they didn’t absorb contaminated water. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944/40 "2006-10-28T04:06:24Z")
Also, when the power went out, they immediately figured “EMP” - but why? The electrical grid is somewhat unstable in normal circumstances - is it hard to believe power might be a bit shaky after nukes? There was no evidence of an EMP blast early on. Later, they could’ve figured it out. Also - the piece of evidence they used was that the IRS bitch’s Rolex didn’t work. Aren’t Rolexes known for being mechanical watches? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-no-jericho-thread-thread/377944.md?page=3)