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in the episode where mary and dick are stuck in the library


Mary mentions at the end they were stuck there all weekend, as he also mentioned tomorow is staurday, that means they were there from Friday night to Monday morning. All dick had in his bag was a picnic and wine. Wouldn't they have dehydrated to death being stuck there for all that time with no water? And how will they have gone to the toilet?

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Are you familiar with the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" theme song?

Most of it tells how innocent worker Joel was launched into space by his evil mad-scientist employer for experimental purposes. But the closing verse advises viewers:

"If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
and other science facts (la la la),
Then repeat to yourself, 'It's just a show,
I should really just relax.'"

This applies even more to mainstream sitcoms, even successful ones like "3rd Rock".

But if you need an, um, realistic solution to make the scenario more plausible:

They drank their urine, but remained so dehydrated that they benefitted from the silver lining of constipation. Problem solved!


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Well, Friday evening to Monday morning is only about 2 days and change. Not really long enough to die of dehydration.

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Possibly, but was there some reason they couldn't use the phone to call someone to help them?


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