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[Bicycle Bill]

-"BB"-

[Econoline]

Noted—on Facebook, appropriately enough—If you drew a dick on a vampire's face while they were sleeping they'd never find out about it.

[BoSoxGal]

[wesw]

they shoulda kept the stuff on the second floor.......

haven t seen the documentary on the 1966 flooding in Florence yet, but I m pretty sure that I m gonna think...., they shoulda kept their good stuff on the second floor.

ancient civilization my ass....

if I find out that Florence is in a flood plain I m really gonna roll my eyes.... figuratively of course....

eyerolling on the outside is just rude.

[RayThom]

And now the recent and tragic death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. How much more do they need to suffer?

[Crackpot]

The catch 22 of gun control: if you’re afraid that reasonable restrictions of gun ownership means your guns are going to be taken away you might actually be right.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Shorely, Catch .22 ?

[wesw]

better than catchin' a .38, I guess......

[Lord Jim]

And now the recent and tragic death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. How much more do they need to suffer?

Sorry to hear about that...

Is the Fiorentina an Italian cruise ship, or a military vessel?

[Lord Jim]

Why is it that in every police procedural I've ever seen, (and I've seen quite a few) whenever the detective squad hooks up with the SWAT team to stage a raid on some villain's lair, the tac guys get Kevlar vests and helmets, while the detectives only get the vests? Are detective's heads bullet proof? (Okay, maybe Steve McGarett's is, but probably nobody elses)

Is this something that happens IRL, or just a convention used by TV cop shows because they think it creates better dramatic effect to have the stars rushing into danger bare-headed?

These are the kinds of questions that keep me up nights...

[datsunaholic]

It's called "Plot Armor". The heroes never get shot (except for dramatic effect) and since the stars are the heroes, they don't want to cover them up with a bunch of tactical gear. I mean, they spend a LOT of time in Makeup getting their hair done. Can't go covering that up. Unless they have a stunt double for a scene.

IRL, detectives don't GO rushing in with the SWAT teams. They go in after SWAT has cleared the scene. But that doesn't make good drama. Just like exploding car crashes. IRL, not every car is a Pinto, but having a car crash just end up with antifreeze all over the place isn't dramatic enough. The car has to explode then flip over. In that order.

[Lord Jim]

IRL, detectives don't GO rushing in with the SWAT teams. They go in after SWAT has cleared the scene.

That's what I figured was likely the case...

If you're taking down a nest of armed desperadoes, you're probably not going to want a Louie Provenza type as the first one through the door...

[Joe Guy]

I think it has something to do with how stupid a person would look wearing a shirt and tie with a helmet...

[Scooter]

I am beginning to believe that my computer has a consciousness and is acting intentionally to mock me.

[ex-khobar Andy]

Turned on the TV and saw this:

Verizon Innovative Learning has helped over a million kids to date.

And we'll help five million more by 2023.

Where the hell were these guys when I needed them? Back on my day you had to figure that stuff out on your own.

[MG McAnick]

They go in after SWAT has cleared the scene.

You left out "and shot the innocent unarmed guy, from across a four lane street, in the dark, for pulling his sweat pants up". Droopy pants is apparently an executable offense here.

Or maybe not. I sure see a lot of it in the daylight.

[Crackpot]

If you want to Look at it like that I technically violated my companies workplace violence policy today.

So I’ve been training a co-op student lately. He was asking me about my iPod and how I got so much music on it.
“Did you buy it all?”
“Yeah”
“What at 99 cents a song?”
“No the old fashioned way copied from CDs”
“My Mom did that”
“Are you trying to get smacked?”

[ex-khobar Andy]

As long as there is one person on the jury over 40, you won't be convicted, CP. Go for it.

[Lord Jim]

The Presidents on Homeland and Designated Survivor are both currently facing 25th Amendment removal challenges...

What a great time it would be for life to imitate art...

[Crackpot]