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How is it that growing, or grafting, a giant pair birdlike or batlike wings on the shoulder blades of a human body creates an aerodynamic form that can fly swiftly and accurately?

Why do so many humaniod aliens from outer space look like clean-shaven Caucasians? Why don't they ever have Jersey, Cockney or Deep Southern accents?

How can so many working-class New York City residents afford to live alone in a roomy apartment?

Red Dwarf has plenty of cockney speaking aliens, and very few look like Shaved Caucasians.

Why does the rough, gruff, mean old, nasty cop ALWAYS have a soft spot for kids?

Because they taste good?

Soft Spot is safer. if it was a hard spot is would be really wrong

We saw this on "The Mentalist" last week. Two armed agents enter a secured crime scene. It's supposed to be locked and empty, but they hear something. They enter stealthily, the lead agent having his gun drawn.

Then he calls out, "Hello?"

What are they thinking? That the intruder is going to announce his presence and say, "Sorry, I was breaking and entering, in order to return to the scene of the crime. I'll surrender and go quietly."

...yeah..they really slay me with that stuff sometimes...

TV cops crack me up.

I really liked the bits on X-Files where Scully and Mulder are facing ghosts and such with their guns drawn...

"The entity's name is Casper, Scully. He's what is known as a 'friendly' ghost."

If anybody gets a chance to see the latest apocalyptic disaster movie (new visuals, same old plot devices) "2012", try not to laugh out loud at the earthquake fault line cracks that chase after people, and open up in places that are entirely too convenient. Incidently, for you Californians, how often do earthquakes produce an open abyss so deep you can't see the bottom, or a lava-filled fissure that looks like the one Gollum fell into in LOTR?

Hospital and crime lab tropes:

Who decides which trophy possession or body part this week's serial killer is going to steal from each of his victims? When is he going to kill orthodontists and steal the nine-irons from their golf bags? Do they ever target left-handed Presbyterian meteorologists and shave off their eyebrows?

When visitors walk into a police precinct or an office of investigation, why are they exposed to huge gory crime scene photos that are posted on a wall like so many Thomas Kincaid lithographs?

When medical and forensic personnel are racing against the clock to complete a complicated task, it's amusing to hear them take the time to explain everything out loud to each other, for the benefit of the audience, in an "as you already know" kind of voice.

Should you wheel somebody into the emergency room with wounds sustained in a situation vital to the plot, expect them to get triage priority from the whole staff. No forms, no insurance card, no problem.

If a co-worker, loved one or family member is in the emergency ward, and the staff is desparately trying to revive him, are you really allowed to stand around and watch?

How does a single surgeon complete brain surgeries, organ transplants and other complicated procedures in a couple of hours, with a single shift of nurses? How does the patient become conscious enough that evening, to have a meaningful conversation?

Why do expectant fathers wait to bring mothers to the maternity ward, until they are kicking and screaming in labor?

Why do industrial, medical and military equipment and fixtures bear big, clear labels at eye level? Shouldn't the people who are actually supposed to be using it already know what it is?

Why do house fires consist of a few clusters of flames scattered at floor level, and most of the smoke spread thinly acroos the ceiling?

Why do urban dwellers in the USA stand around and murmur in shock after they hear gunfire and see somebody drop to the pavement? Do they think the bad guy loaded only one or two bullets?

This is akin to the earlier post about emergency room personnel allowing loved ones to stand by or watch while they struggle to save the patient:
Two people are present in the crime lab, precinct, FBI office, etc. Both have been involved in a felony or tragedy. At least one person has good reason to hate or suspect the other. One or both have to be escorted somewhere. Why do officers allow them to see each other as they pass by, so they can scream or spit or make a scene? Why not wait a couple of minutes between transporting one and then the other.

Is it possible to hire permanent domestic help that doesn't say anything clever, profound or sarcastic, but simply shuts up and does the laundry?

Doesnt make for good TV. cuz lets face it. reality shows are everywhere lol..

But really i know for the UK criminals/suspects go in thought the back area straight into Holding. Witnesses and others go in thought the front door and stay in the waiting area. But even then if the suspect/criminal is releashed they area normal send out the back way but in rare cases there let out the front and thats when it kicks off. So i'd say its down to the complete idiocy of the police officers being retarded

It's hard enough for a realtor to unload a spooky old mansion with a morbid history. Why leave it fully furnished with the previous owner's possessions, draped in dustcovers? How is a buyer supposed to get a sense of spaciousness through all that clutter?

How do organized criminals decide where they are going to get together to drink and dine? Why is it always an ethnic restaurant, or a seedy bar? Why not a fried chicken shack?