Friend Harry, has a blog called "The Old Thinker " found at http://harry2335.blogspot.com. I plagiarized something from him recently - but only after gaining his permission - and am about to do it again..
His recent interesting blog entitled "Why 2" got me thinking.
My wife and I are big fans of the detective shows - too many to list here - but we also are puzzled and post these questions like Harry.
Question 1: Why do the police/detectives FBI etc not slide up beside the accused bad guy before they announce who they are and order the alleged fugutive to stop in his tracks?
Answer: If they did, then we could not fill the show with those great chase scenes - where the bad guy throws shopping carts - umbrella stands - undocumented residents - bicycles - stacked canned goods displays - manequins - boxes containing 2 years supply of Cialis - bathtubs - etc in the path of the good guys who are attempting to apprehend him.
Question 2: Why do the good guys (above) spend so much time at the firing range so they can hit the center of the bullseye 9 out of 10 times from 150 feet , but, when chasing said suspect they always shoot him "dead" through the heart when he's in the 5 to 10 feet range?
Let's be honest here. They never - or hardly ever - manage to disarm him by shooting the bad guy in the hand which is holding the weapon - or in his dominant leg - which would cause him to fall down - and be cuffed; therefore allowing them to question him and immediately find out who the top bad dude was who put him up to their dastardly deeds?
Answer: If the guy was wounded and allowed to talk he would quickly name the true mastermind behind the series of crimes and the show would wrap up in 30 minutes instead of an hour. Some say that might tend to p.o. the sponsors who paid for a 60 minute show.
Question 3: What type of healing agent do they apply to the body of the good guy, who has just been stabbed or shot several times and generally had the snot beaten out of him by 5 really bad guys - two of whom had mysteriously discovered Monster Truck tire irons just lying around on a marble floor - particularly if 2 or 3 hours later the good guy hops out of his hospital bed - never trips over a bedpan - puts on his clothes effortlessly and flees out the hospital window - on the 14th floor - to promptly lead a long chase (see question 1) that results in the capture of the bad guy - by the good guy jumping off a 35 foot balcony on the mezzanine level of the Hotel Hilton and tackling him?
Answer: There is no ban on the use of HGH (human growth hormone) in cop shows.
OK Har, I just plagiarized a little. Keep dem questions coming pal.
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