What is your opinion on the United Kingdom?

[smokeyblue]

Wrapping a blanket or sheet around one's self when getting out of bed after adult activity.

 

[AndreaDM]

I have another one. When someone meets a long-lost relative or family member they didn't know about, it's always an instant connection, a very happy, joyous occasion. As an adoptee who's met biological family members, it's not like that at all!

 

[hsmamato2]

Watch the characters on the big bang theory eat. It's an art how much they just push their food around without taking a bite.

This show always annoyed me...they never eat,and they NEVER parent their children

 

[BlueStarryHat]

It drives me bananas when forensic- type shows show the labs and offices dramatically (and darkly) lit instead of using florescent overhead lighting, and everyone performs experiments and autopsies with no protective gear on.

 

[marthachick]

Very pregnant women getting up off a sofa. They struggle a lot and lead with their belly to get up. I have never seen this in real life.

 

[Park Pirate]

Unrealistic firearm depictions always get me:

A gun with a silencer (suppressor) being silent when shot - in real life they would still be as loud as a gas lawnmower in the least

People not being in utter shock or at the least temporary deaf when a firearm without a suppressor is discharged within a closed area

The ability of someone who has never fired a handgun to pick one up and hit someone/something dead on that is several yards away, especially under stress (some experienced people have trouble keeping a shot within a few inches of where they are aiming at a practice range without stress)

Of course, unlimited bullets without reloading

 

[RUDisney]

To add to Park Pirate's list about firearms. It drives one of my friends crazy that cops shoot people in the arm or leg so they don't kill them. He was a Philadelphia cop and he said that cops are taught to aim for the largest area mass... the torso. He says that no one is that good of a shot when they are being shot at, or in pursuit, to aim for an extremity. Same for shots at car tires. The perp is in motion and the cop or good guy shoots at the car tire and hits it dead on while they are moving, too.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Also, when women wake up in the morning with perfect makeup, including glossy lipstick. Soap operas do this frequently. I have fallen asleep in full makeup before. You wake up looking like Marilyn Manson.

 

[mjkacmom]

Very pregnant women getting up off a sofa. They struggle a lot and lead with their belly to get up. I have never seen this in real life.

Or when very pregnant women have their water break and it’s a mad dash to the hospital.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

On Blue Bloods, Danny was escorting a gurney down a hospital corridor, yelling "Clear the Floor!" The floor was already clear, and hospitals are supposed to be quiet zones.

And when Grandpa Reagan had his heart attack on Thanksgiving, neighbors showed up with hot food (without coordinating a time frame for the family to be home to receive it.) The family took the food to the hospital cafeteria, when they dined with lit candles in a hospital? Fire code violations, anyone?

When Linda was an E.R. nurse she'd check on her patients the next day, in their rooms, but she was still their nurse? Why hadn't the patients been assigned to a surgical/specialty area of the hospital?

I really need to stop watching stoopid reruns.

I’m fascinated with the Reagan family Sunday dinner scenes. Danny is the only one who actually eats anything. All he eats are cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. That’s it - every single dinner.

 

[tcufrog]

As a single, straight male, I can confirm. I don't think I even *own* a Christmas decoration (at least one that isn't a Disney ornament that I leave out year-round anyway). My gifts are sloppily wrapped with the same two rolls of wrapping paper I've had for about 5 years now - most things go in bags when possible. I don't have a "christmas blanket" but rather the same old horse blanket on my couch that I've had since I was like 5 years old - don't ask me the last time I washed it (I mean it wasn't that long ago - I'll sometimes toss it in the wash if the cat's not on it, which is like never).

My DH is Indian. He has fond memories of celebrating Diwali every year growing. Despite that, we wouldn't celebrate it at all if I hadn't insisted that we do so when our first kid was born so that they'd have some sort of connection to their Indian heritage.

I used to work for a family company. The owners had been married about 20 years, and the husband had never seen the wife without makeup. Ever. She would put on fresh makeup and do her hair before bed, touch up if she got up in the night, and remove and replace in private in the morning. She was an attractive woman, and I think she would have been attractive without makeup (her sister was, and they looked almost identical), but I guess she must have felt insecure without it. I sleep on my side or stomach, with my face all mashed in the pillow, so it wouldn’t work for me. My hair, first thing in the morning, looks like I slept with a finger in the electric socket.

My aunt, who was old enough to be my grandma, was that way. She and my uncle liked to joke about it. I used to also think she had Barbie doll feet because she only owned high heels. I miss them. They were a hoot.

 

[RUDisney]

My DH is Indian. He has fond memories of celebrating Diwali every year growing. Despite that, we wouldn't celebrate it at all if I hadn't insisted that we do so when our first kid was born so that they'd have some sort of connection to their Indian heritage.

Diwali is one of my favorite celebrations of the year. I started celebrating with my Indian coworkers, and then an Indian family moved next door. In non-covid times, we would have dinner at their house. I would bring either homemade sweets or a chana curry.

We adjourn to the backyard for Fireworks. So much fun!

This year, we had dinner on our decks in the back so we were together, but distanced.

I've also been invited to their puja for Ganesh Chaturthi. I make sweets to share with them and to present as a prasad to my Ganesh statue at work and to my neighbors' altar.

I'm very Catholic, but love Hindu customs and celebrations. One day, I'll go to India with them for Holi.

 

[StevieTimes]

I just saw one, had to come on here and mention it; I'm watching "The Core" on TV.

When something sad happens; and a co-worker brings you a cup of coffee.

If a coworker had brought ME a cup of coffee; I'd wonder what was up with that cup of coffee. "What's up with the coffee?" I'd have to ask. My second question would be about the origin of the cup. Do they have a kitchen in the other room with tons of communal coffee cups? At my work; we all had our own.

And what; is coffee the cure for sad things that happen? I guess it does make me feel better in the morning.

 

[klmall]

I'm still taken aback at all the doors to houses and rooms that open to the outside in shows and movies rather than the inside. It must be easier to film the scene but I've only seen two or three like that in my whole over 65 life!

 

[mrodgers]

Or the opposite way around. I love the Golden Girls but they're always moaning about the hot weather and humidity in Miami yet walk around in sweaters.

I see both of these in real life. I for one, heck, I shovel the driveway in shorts. The other is work. It's rarely every below 90° at work, yet as soon as winter hits, everyone is walking around in heavy sweatshirts or even coats with winter hats and I scratch my head over this all the time as it's still 90° in our environment. One guy I shared an office with complained about the AC running. "It's 12 outside!" Yeah, but we're 30 feet up in the rafters and at our level it's 105° right outside our thin walled office.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Or when very pregnant women have their water break and it’s a mad dash to the hospital.

My mom had my sister in 6 hours after her water broke, me in 3 hours. Perhaps mad dash may not be the appropriate descriptor but for some women it causes them to have the baby in the car on the way to the hospital or one I recently saw on Live Rescue in the parking lot of the hospital standing up right at the entrance..just wasn't enough time.

 

[RUDisney]

My mom had my sister in 6 hours after her water broke, me in 3 hours. Perhaps mad dash may not be the appropriate descriptor but for some women it causes them to have the baby in the car on the way to the hospital or one I recently saw on Live Rescue in the parking lot of the hospital standing up right at the entrance..just wasn't enough time.

My SIL delivered her first within a half hour of her water breaking. Her DH is a state trooper and has had training in delivering babies. He just didn't want it to be his own child that he delivered on the way to the hospital.

She had no pain before her water broke, but things progressed very fast.

She had to sign all of the paperwork after she delivered. She said the nurse said, "sign here. It gives us permission to deliver her." as she pointed to the baby.

 

[Tinkerbell58]

Driving a vehicle in winter with the windows down. I see this a lot with WeatherTech commercials and movies.

 

[disneyseniors]

I’m fascinated with the Reagan family Sunday dinner scenes. Danny is the only one who actually eats anything. All he eats are cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. That’s it - every single dinner.

I noticed that too. Another thing. They always drink whiskey straight up and never choke or appear intoxicated. They seem to do alot of drinking. If I had whiskey straight up, I'd be drunk, LOL

 

[RUDisney]

I noticed that too. Another thing. They always drink whiskey straight up and never choke or appear intoxicated. They seem to do alot of drinking. If I had whiskey straight up, I'd be drunk, LOL

Too much whiskey would make me loopy, but bourbon is my favorite drink and I can drink it without grimacing or choking. I love sipping it neat or on the rocks.