Things I Learned From Watching Cop Shows

[mrissa]

1. If someone close to you is brutally murdered and you feel the urge to ask the police, “Do I need a lawyer?”, YOU NEED A LAWYER. Possibly even if they are gently murdered.

2. All people in the British Isles get their exercise by running very close to the edge of cliffs. Nobody in the UK or Ireland goes to the gym or runs on pavement or in a

Comments

[carbonel]

Another thing I learned from watching cop shows is that the police are allowed to lie to suspects, and therefore you should not believe a word they say. Especially when they say they're trying to help you. This is probably closely related to #1.

[sam_t]

It is a little-known fact that the British Isles are in fact entirely composed of coastline. This is why it takes so long to drive anywhere and why it is so hard to avoid flooding. The folding required to produce this unusual geography is thought to cause occasional non-linear travel: see, for example, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, or watch Inspector Morse in the company of anyone who knows Oxford.

[redbird]

This may be why "How long is the coast of Great Britain?" is a subject that was worth a paper in a major peer-reviewed journal.