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Things you don't see on soaps...

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  • #32
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    A straightforward celebration of any kind, be it a wedding, Christmas party or birthday party. Shopping around for groceries, they all shop at the local pricey corner shop. People commuting for work, everyone works in the village or street, from the top executive to the cleaners.


  • #33
    LOSTfan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭LOSTfan57


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Talking about TV shows.....I find it hard to believe not 1 person would have had the Breaking Bad finale spoiled on them.

    Actually (while not really a soap but still) The Big Bang Theory got innundated with complaints after it spoiled a character death from The Walking Dead


  • #34
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    lazygal wrote: »
    A straightforward celebration of any kind, be it a wedding, Christmas party or birthday party. Shopping around for groceries, they all shop at the local pricey corner shop. People commuting for work, everyone works in the village or street, from the top executive to the cleaners.
    And if you do go away to college or for work, you'll never be seen again.


  • #35
    Fiolina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭Fiolina


    People drinking tea/coffee in their houses instead of going across the road to the caff/pub and buying it.


  • #36
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    LOSTfan57 wrote: »
    Actually (while not really a soap but still) The Big Bang Theory got innundated with complaints after it spoiled a character death from The Walking Dead

    Well people brought that on themselves for watching that sh*t.


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  • #37
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    A ticklish cough that isn't the start of a terminal illness.


  • #38
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    dutcher wrote: »
    Doing the aeroplane with their mickey.
    gobnaitolunacy wrote: »
    Fapping...
    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    Never see them opening the window and wafting the back door after a hearty shyte.
    wandatowell wrote: »
    Cumshots
    Matt_Trakker wrote: »
    minge/beaver/vadge/clunge/gee/meat curtains...although not the same, I just like that term etc. etc.

    You can clearly see how AH users would like a soap to be judging from this consistency. :rolleyes:


  • #39
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    a wedding in someplace other than McCoys, Woolpack, Queen Vic or Rovers Return.

    Cheating and getting away with it. Someone always gets knocked up.

    Thievery and getting away with it. Guilt...always gets the better of them

    cycling...ya don't see any bikes in Carrickstown


  • #40
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    niallofcork wrote: »
    A wedding that doesn't end in a confrontation at the altar

    Yes, and same with funerals or christenings. It must be nerve wracking in Soapland, planning any family occasion. Some dark secret will always emerge. Same with Christmas, usually scenes of very high drama.


  • #41
    coolhull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49,731 ✭✭✭✭coolhull


    A quiet, uneventful Christmas dinner, where people just fall asleep afterwards


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  • #42
    gobnaitolunacy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    A phone ringing a wrong number.


  • #43
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    You can clearly see how AH users would like a soap to be judging from this consistency. :rolleyes:

    Ignore those 4 dopes.


  • #44
    coolhull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49,731 ✭✭✭✭coolhull


    Don't bother dying if you dont actually reside on the street/square. You'll never raise an eyebrow. Even the death of JFK wouldn't have meant a thing the good people of Soapland.


  • #45
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    When they're eating dinner they like to smash the forks and knives off the plate as loud as possible, almost to the point of breaking the plate. They've no idea how to have a quiet ordinary dinner.

    Dot Cotton can't drink - that glass is always full.


  • #46
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    DVDA and bong rips.


  • #47
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Xfactor


  • #48
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    Mormons or Jehovah Witnesses calling to the door.


  • #49
    Shivers26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Shivers26


    I know this is something they are doing rather than not doing, but they are always drinking pints at lunchtime during the work day :eek: Then returning to work to operate machinery.

    Its a health & safety nightmare waiting to happen


  • #50
    LOSTfan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭LOSTfan57


    Michelle Keegan getting a good seeing too........that would really get the ratings going up.


  • #51
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    People specifying what brand of pint they'd like to order in the pub.


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  • #52
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    dutcher wrote: »
    Doing the aeroplane with their mickey.

    Helicopter man. Obviously have a small one because you don't even know what it's called!


  • #53
    xXxkorixXx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭xXxkorixXx


    unemployment


  • #54
    coolhull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49,731 ✭✭✭✭coolhull


    Not a spirits drinker among the lot of them


  • #55
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,585 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Pubes. In real life there's nearly always pubes on the soap


  • #56
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    When someone loses their job, they usually find another one within less than a day. The job-seeking process involves sitting in a café with a newspaper, drawing red circles around job adverts. Someone will then walk in and see them, and will immediately offer them a job - starting tomorrow, no need to submit a CV, attend an interview, etc.

    You hardly ever see anybody going to college. They usually just accept a job at the local pub/café/corner shop. In the rare event that someone actually bothers with further education, they always drop out within weeks and return to the street/square to work in the local pub/café/corner shop. I presume this is because the writers assume that the people who watch soaps are all idiots who wouldn't be able to relate to educated characters.


  • #57
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    RayM wrote: »
    When someone loses their job, they usually find another one within less than a day. The job-seeking process involves sitting in a café with a newspaper, drawing red circles around job adverts. Someone will then walk in and see them, and will immediately offer them a job - starting tomorrow, no need to submit a CV, attend an interview, etc.

    Ha, spot on, especially the circling the ads part. :D

    The sons of the friendliest people on the soaps always have nasty sons.

    Just think of the son's of Dot Cotton, the Duckworth's, Alan Turner etc.


  • #58
    grey_so_what
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,749 ✭✭✭✭grey_so_what


    Happy families who respect and love each other....

    Smiling at each other instead of screaming blue murder into each others face.

    And keeping a secret when you're asked to!


  • #59
    glass_onion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭glass_onion


    Peoples houses being burgled.while half the cast are at a party/funeral.


  • #60
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    Real life


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  • #61
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,960 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    RayM wrote: »
    When someone loses their job, they usually find another one within less than a day. The job-seeking process involves sitting in a café with a newspaper, drawing red circles around job adverts. Someone will then walk in and see them, and will immediately offer them a job - starting tomorrow, no need to submit a CV, attend an interview.

    This is so true. And no one ever negotiates or mentions wages or salary.

    If I ever lose my job I'm moving to Coronation Street. Im guaranteed to get offered a job either working for Dev or working with Michelle Keegan. Both would be great for very different reasons.


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