25 November 2011
You
may remember the debacle that was Al and my attempt to watch ‘Strike Back’ on
the tele and her difficulty in keeping up with the plot.
Well, we have now moved on to the box set of ‘24’. A step too far you might think but if she is not following what’s going on she is keeping it to herself and we will be starting hour 9 tonight and not a single question so far……………………except:
Al: “If this episode covers 9am-10am how come its only 40 minutes long”
Me: “What????”
Al: “We started watching that at 8 and its now 8.40 where is the other 20 minutes.”
Me: “They skip bits. It’s made for American TV so they have advert breaks”
Al: “So it’s not really 24 then, it's 24 minus 24 x 20mins” [tries to work that out but gives up very quickly]
Me: “No it is 24. It covers a 24 hour period”
Al: “Yes but it misses out a lot. What if something happened in the bit they didn’t show”
Me: “What????”
Al: “If an important part of the story was in the time they went to an advert break”
Me: "What???? It’s a flipping TV program they put the plot lines in the bit we see. Consider the gaps like toilet breaks and the whole cast go to the loo”
Al: “Right enough that makes sense. They’re running around saving the world and then they all stop for a poopie at the same time”
Me: “Have you ever seen a war movie”
Al: “Yes”
Me: “Well the war lasted 6 years but the movie doesn’t dose it?”
Al: “Well if the movie was called “Six Years of War” it should”
Me: “I refuse to discuss this anymore and one more word and it goes on Facebook”
Al: [mumbling to herself] “Don’t care what you say shouldn’t be called 24”
Mumbling counts as one more word so you decide………………
Well, we have now moved on to the box set of ‘24’. A step too far you might think but if she is not following what’s going on she is keeping it to herself and we will be starting hour 9 tonight and not a single question so far……………………except:
Al: “If this episode covers 9am-10am how come its only 40 minutes long”
Me: “What????”
Al: “We started watching that at 8 and its now 8.40 where is the other 20 minutes.”
Me: “They skip bits. It’s made for American TV so they have advert breaks”
Al: “So it’s not really 24 then, it's 24 minus 24 x 20mins” [tries to work that out but gives up very quickly]
Me: “No it is 24. It covers a 24 hour period”
Al: “Yes but it misses out a lot. What if something happened in the bit they didn’t show”
Me: “What????”
Al: “If an important part of the story was in the time they went to an advert break”
Me: "What???? It’s a flipping TV program they put the plot lines in the bit we see. Consider the gaps like toilet breaks and the whole cast go to the loo”
Al: “Right enough that makes sense. They’re running around saving the world and then they all stop for a poopie at the same time”
Me: “Have you ever seen a war movie”
Al: “Yes”
Me: “Well the war lasted 6 years but the movie doesn’t dose it?”
Al: “Well if the movie was called “Six Years of War” it should”
Me: “I refuse to discuss this anymore and one more word and it goes on Facebook”
Al: [mumbling to herself] “Don’t care what you say shouldn’t be called 24”
Mumbling counts as one more word so you decide………………
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