Re: Looks like the UK needs more laws controlling knives and TV


"Greg Mossman" <mossman@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:527de5f3-f963-444a-a77c-60deef35a1b9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 23, 1:44 pm, "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl Nisarel wrote:
> "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Carl Nisarel wrote:
>>> "Chris Guynn" <chris.gu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in

>>>> Greg Mossman wrote:
>>> ....

>>>>> And thanks for turning me onto House. I'm still in the first
>>>>> season, well before Kal Penn arrives, but it's a great show so
>>>>> far. Had I ended up going to med school I could only wish I'd have
>>>>> turned out like House, if not the stellar diagnostician with a
>>>>> limp, at least the same cynical SOB.

>>>> It's a great show. You know that 98% of the time he'll find the
>>>> answer and save the victim after trying four or five incorrect
>>>> diagnoses, but you (or, at least, I) still have to see what the
>>>> final determination is. I'm nearly certain that I've seen at least
>>>> one episode where the patient dies (though I can't remember the
>>>> circumstances, so it's possible I'm "misremembering"), and there
>>>> was another where the patient didn't (she survived despite a 1 in
>>>> 100,000 chance procedure or something), but I still watch whenever
>>>> I can.

>>> It's a horrible show if you know anything about diagnosis and
>>> medical tests. They constantly order the wrong lab tests or
>>> irrelevant lab tests.

>> I never figured that I'd use the show to study for my medical
>> exams... I don't watch shows to teach me stuff unless they're on the
>> Food network.

> It's an annoyance factor. You'd think they'd have the money to get
> decent medical advice. The problem is they use doctors for advice and
> don't appear to get advice from medical lab experts.

It sounds much like the complaints against CSI because, while the science
was accurate, the timing was WAY off. Personally, I don't let stuff like
that concern me.

CSI Miami is the most horrible show on the air thanks to Horatio
Cain. I root for him to get shot every episode,


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Lucky your wife watches the show with you or is it someone else?

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