Things that only happen in soap operas

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 24-01-2011 09:45PM #1

They go to the pub everyday of the week
Have a fight in full view of everyone
Marriage ends after a month or two.
In the pub,they ask for a "pint".
Turn off tv when someone comes in.
Their loved one might be replaced with a different actor and wont notice the difference.

Quazzie · 24-01-2011 09:45PM

Babies never grow old.

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 09:46PM

Welcome to village life

easyeason3 · 24-01-2011 09:47PM

People can die & come back alive a few years later with a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Pherekydes · 24-01-2011 09:48PM

They sit in the pub waffling to each other about Sharon running off with the milkman despite the fact that a nuke has just been detonated in Central London.

i.e. You never, ever hear about real life stuff in soaps.

Namlub · 24-01-2011 09:48PM

No-one owns a washing machine

Agricola · 24-01-2011 09:48PM

People have burning ambitions to work in bars, corner shops.

starviewadams · 24-01-2011 09:49PM

Majority of the women are hot

Edit:And even the women who aren't supposed to be good looking are strangely attractive!

Helix · 24-01-2011 09:50PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

i.e. You never, ever hear about real life stuff in soaps.

i think this is down to them being alternate realities tbh

brummytom · 24-01-2011 09:50PM

People have magic cars that aren't parked anywhere and only appear once in a blue moon

4zn76tysfajdxp · 24-01-2011 09:51PM

Quazzie wrote: »

Babies never grow old.

Cot death isn't that common in Weatherfield, is it?

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 24-01-2011 09:52PM

When leaving,you leave in a taxi
Your funeral/wedding/party,people you never seen before stand in the background.
No one gangs up to beat up phil mitchell.

Kasabian · 24-01-2011 09:52PM

Keith Duffy becomes an actor.

rebel10 · 24-01-2011 09:53PM

After dying, people can appear on the door of a fridge

the purple tin · 24-01-2011 09:53PM

They never watch the telly.
Babies who grow up to be bad actors or not cute enough are replaced at the drop of a hat.
Everyone has at least one affair per year.

Red Hand · 24-01-2011 09:53PM

They never set foot outside of their street. Everything happens on the street. Every character will have on average 3.5 affairs, 2 deaths and 4 street based jobs.

cml387 · 24-01-2011 09:54PM

They don't discuss soaps in daily conversation.

"Did you see Eastenders last night Deirdre?"
"No I was watching Mythbusters on Discovery"

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 24-01-2011 09:55PM

Going on holiday,someone usually turns up.
Immune to the recession.
Have a drink in the pub at lunch time and return sober to do delicate tasks.

Namlub · 24-01-2011 09:57PM

Everyone returns from holiday with an unrealistic tan, wearing a sombrero and hawaiian shirt

ascanbe · 24-01-2011 09:58PM

Martha Nutty Penniless wrote: »

They go to the pub everyday of the week
Have a fight in full view of everyone
Marriage ends after a month or two.
In the pub,they ask for a "pint".
Turn off tv when someone comes in.
Their loved one might be replaced with a different actor and wont notice the difference.

This is the one.

cml387 · 24-01-2011 09:58PM

Aeroplanes crash on their village.

Oh,wait.

Trampas · 24-01-2011 10:00PM

wedding receptions are usually in the local pub.

Colmo52 · 24-01-2011 10:00PM

An actor can change and no one questions the change in the characters appearence!

Monty Burnz · 24-01-2011 10:01PM

Dispute resolution process finds in favour of poster and against mod...

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 24-01-2011 10:01PM

Trampas wrote: »

wedding receptions are usually in the local pub.

So are the stags!

Colmo52 · 24-01-2011 10:02PM

Lots of murders happen in one village.

the purple tin · 24-01-2011 10:02PM

You don't have to ask for a drink in the pub. The barstaff always know what you want as soon as you come in.

Once you move away from the street/square etc. You never return even if a family member or friend is seriously ill or dies

at best you might ring them on the phone.

smk89 · 24-01-2011 10:03PM

Pretty much everything they do has sexy results!

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 24-01-2011 10:06PM

No one suffers cholesterol/heart problems from eating in the local chippy everyday.
Building sites that are never finished.
No one farts in bed.
Police never on time.

Metallergy · 24-01-2011 10:07PM

soaps are what oul wans enjoy in life, exaggerated theres always some sort of over-eager nattering/flirting/cheating going on like desperate attempts to be involved in a society. the more reserved, quiet ones are always made out to be weirdos, too. why isn't he nattering like a bitch in heat, must be something askew

i know a good few sissynecks settle down to watch soaps on a nightly basis

xoxyx · 24-01-2011 10:08PM

Nobody ever coughs or sneezes unless they're due to come down with a cold.

Seriously. I sneeze all the time. What crazy immunity does the Corrie gang have??

Things that only happen in soap operas

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