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Things I learned from watching the series

posted 14 years ago by Backlot_Manager
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Let me preface this by saying that I really like the series (but haven't yet read any of the novels). Here are a few amusing things I've learned from marathoning the episodes:

1. Female police officers are quite adept at handily taking down suspects, but male officers are like the keystone kops and inept at pain compliance techniques.

2. A short, older middle-aged man in terrible cardiovascular shape can keep up with a physically-fit young man in a foot pursuit.

3. Nearly every denouement climaxes with a long foot pursuit, wherein only and older, dumpy senior officer pursues the suspect, while numerous younger uniformed officers never pursue until the older man has caught and "rassled" with the suspect.

4 If the police bring a K-9, they never use the dog to track a suspect that they've lost track of just moments before, even if it's a lock that he's hiding nearby in an overhead culvert.

[–] acaciajules 14 years ago

5. It's only okay to plant evidence if your last name is Frost.

Chase: Wow. Yeah, I get it. House is adorable. I just want to hold him and never let go.

[–] Cherubim1 14 years ago

6. Swiping food and cups of tea from fellow police officers is considered fair game if you're a senior officer.

[–] nina_glyndwr 13 years ago

7. There are that many lonely, good-looking women over forty that are so desperate for male company that they fling themselves at a short, tubby, grey-haired, balding man with a moustache.

[–] SMORacka 11 years ago

8. You can ditch your girlfriend's mother's funeral, but it's OK. She'll blame herself for it.

9. If your dad wipes your mouth because you smeared mayo all over it, he's doing it for DNA test.

10. Women actually wanted to father children with Frost.

11. When the hospital calls because someone has died, the person always dies 10 minutes earlier.

12. Babcock, HMI really hates Frost.

13. If your house burns down, just rent a room in an Indian restaurant.

[–] Altho73 11 years ago

14. If you are a police inspector it is perfectly okay to be and absolute p***k at all times and to treat people like dirt including your superiors.

15. Despite the fact that until around 1980 there was a minimum height limit of 5 feet 8 in the police force you can still have a police inspector of 5 feet 2 in 1992.

[–] lantzn 9 years ago

15.b. But you can pass for 5'8" simply by standing straight, shoulders and head cocked up and back with your nose in the air.

[–] SMORacka 11 years ago

16. You can start off enjoying a series, but midway through it hope for the death of a main character.

[–] lollipop15 9 years ago

2. A short, older middle-aged man in terrible cardiovascular shape can keep up with a physically-fit young man in a foot pursuit.

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[–] lantzn 9 years ago

17. When a murderer is pointing a gun at you, simply walk slowly towards them, let them know it's a bad idea to kill the man who will be sending them to jail for a long, long time and they will happily let you grab the barrel and take their gun.

18. At the end of every briefing by the senior officer the final thing said is, 'WELL, what are you standing their for, get to work, chop, chop!'

19. If you want to get rid of a nice girlfriend, get the book, A Touch of Frost - The Dating Years, and follow it closely.

[–] pacwarbuff 8 years ago

20. Denton police station's cramped staircases and claustrophobic hallways are ideal for a suspect to run amok and evade dozens of constables for several minutes at a time.