Real lasers make noises…for approximately the same reason fluorescent lights do.
A laser powerful enough to use as an effective military weapon would make a shitload of noise. It would superionize the air around the pulse to the point where it was basically a plasma moving at supersonic velocities, which would cause a sonic boom similar to a supersonic bullet. Also, if it was powerful enough, it would burn an evacuated tunnel through the air and when the air rushed in to fill that tunnel after the pulse there would be basically a small thunderclap.
With the possible exception of Yasser Arafat
Or at least pissing blood for the next month.
Easiest to do with a manual transmission
Maybe after the second or third fight the saloon owner gave up buying expensive quality furniture and just pasted table and chairs together out of scrap wood.
Faced with a padlock? Just shoot it off! The bullet will never ricochet or do nothing but leave a dent in the lock.
My kids and I lampshade a lot.
One of their favorites is the character repeating their last line, but coupled with leaving a room. So if I’m leaving for work, I’ll say “Bye, have a good day.” Then pause halfway out the door, back up, turn meaningfully, raise an eyebrow and and an index finger and intone “A really…good…day.”
There are no flies, mosquitoes or any kind of insects in the USA so no need for screen doors or screens on your windows. And you never get bit while camping or wandering around a swamp. The only exceptions are for forensic needs or comedy effects (sometimes both).
Unfortunately there are a hell of a lot of people out there who do use such ridiculously unsafe passwords such as pets’ names, etc.
Another TV trope: the cop who sticks his finger in a bag of powder, tastes it, and says, ‘Heroin! And 100% pure!’
Or to show how miserable the place is, when a stoic character swats at a skeeter on his neck then scowls at the blood on his hand.
People walk into other people’s homes and nobody says “Take your damn shoes off.”
Who tells guests that?
I mean unless they are tracking in mud or something…
Grin! I remember with much fondness the fly that crawled over William Shatner’s face in the Star Trek episode “The Paradise Syndrome.” Pro that he was, he ignored it.
That’s strictly a regional custom, not something universal. It’s pretty much unheard of around here, unless someone’s just installed new carpets or had the floors refinished.
Right. Or maybe white carpets. But then at least here in CA, they will be apologetic about it. “Oh sorry, we just got new white carpets, would you mind taking your shoes off?”
“Shoes Off In House!” - Francine’s mom, on American Dad. Keep in mind that it was Francine’s house, and she was only visiting.
Except when getting locked out is a plot point - example: a Thanksgiving episode of Friends.
This goes back a while, but IIRC, on Adam-12, Officer Malloy (the veteran) tells his partner before they’re about to enter someone’s house, “Don’t stand in front of the front door!”
True but misleading on the first, completely true on the second.
Yes, an anesthesiologist is an MD, but they’re not the only ones providing anesthesia. There are plenty of CRNAs, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, who do the same job MD anesthesiologists do; which one a hospital hires/contracts out to has more to do with funding (CRNAs get paid less for the same work) and politics than any technical reason. So, yes, RNs do give anesthesia in all of the same ways anesthesiologists do.
And CRNAs get a lot of schooling above and beyond their RN training in order to do that. They must be experienced RNs to even apply to those schools. Like all other APRNs (Advanced Practice Registered Nurses), they’re RNs doing a very specialized job, and they’re very highly trained.
I swear to some god, now that the election is over… I saw on an FB newsfeed now type of feed/video during the second debate… a fly dancing over Hilary’s face.
At this point I am wondering if if it was real… or reality show.
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