To the woman on TV who can't use a periscope...

The BBQ Pit
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I was watching this sort of nature/science call-in show hosted by this woman who has various guests on, for which people can call in and ask questions. Okay, it’s this afternoon show on TVO called “Day Break” (I think). And I really cannot stand the host.

Anyway, the guest pulls out a periscope made by a student…you know, a sloppy looking thing made out of a milk carton, two holes cut in it and the mirrors. The wonderful host proceeds to ooooh and aaahh…

“ooooh, look at that! Hmmm, this is neat. Ohh, I get it, so I look in here…hey, I can see the camera man! Isn’t this neat!”

I wanted to slap her. Ya, she’s a girl, I know that’s wrong and all, but I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Firstly, how can she not know what a periscope is??? Who hasn’t made one of these as a child? Has she never seen a submarine movie before???

But that was only the beginning. Notice the camera man comment? Yes, that’s right, she was using it UPSIDE DOWN!!

I was not amused. This deserves mention in the “it scares me that people don’t these things” thread.

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Don’t what? Use verbs?

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You Canucks have some weird TV, eh?

Take Off, You Hoser!

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Heck, d’Americans have no shortage of whacko moments in televised ignorance, including that image of Dan Quayle pointing a bazooka at his own elbow.

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Here and I thought you were going to bring up that bit about the Pennsylvania politician who decided to resign with a .44 magnum live and on stage at a news conference a few years back…

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Hah. I can’t trell you how many times I’ve seens shots of someone in a TV program or in a movie supposedly using a Newtonian reflector telescope with the eyepiece at the bottom end of the tube. That irritates me no end.

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…I never made a periscope as a child… sniff

Well, not having seen the footage, I have to point out that she could see the cameraman if she was holding it right-side-up – it all depends on what angle she was holding it at.

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That´s nothing, I recall a popular argentinian host that was interviewing a couple paleontologist; one one of the guys told her that they´ve just found a new dinosaur the clueless woman said, in total amazement “What, a live dinosaur?” :smack:

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Yes, I realize she could’ve seen the cameraman from pretty much any orientation. But still, who in the world uses a periscope like that?

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Yes, I realize she could’ve seen the cameraman from pretty much any orientation. But still, who in the world uses a periscope like that?

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Maybe that persiscope was intended to be used for peeking under the stall doors in the ladies’ room. :slight_smile: