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- From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
- Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.083934.20925@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <rtamer.724521745@epistat> <8151@lib.tmc.edu> <BzEy26.M6x@news.ucs.mun.ca>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 08:39:34 GMT
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- In article <BzEy26.M6x@news.ucs.mun.ca> colette@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Colette Goodyear) writes:
- ...
- >Related to this:
- >
- >Character will sit down in bar/restaurant/diner to have chat with
- >other character. Will order a drink/coffe/meal. Will then
- >remember or be told something so astounding that he/she will have
- >to leave, either (a) before the order gets to the table
- >or (b) without so much as touching the order. Sometimes
- >the character will leave without paying. Cheers is notorious for
- >this as are most cop shows.
-
- This is absolutely standard. No one ever eats in a dramatic show. They
- always stomp out, leaving a wad of bills on the table. I always assume
- that the person who has been stomped out upon, would stick around and
- scarf up the food. There would have to be some consolation in that...
-
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