I was in the ER waiting room when they brought in a guy whose arm had been ripped off by a thresher.

But given that we don't get to see the fun part, how dramatic is that? It sure sounds shocking and urgent, but doesn't drama, drama for public consumption require more notes than that? Especially to last more than a couple seasons?

Don't get me wrong. I got problems with ER. They jacked with Luka (during his pimp period), Carter is more often deathworthy than not, and who-the-fuck-ever does their promos should be exterminated retroactively. They're often cheap, but every now and again do something either simple or touching or jarring that stays with me.

Injecting random not-real-world drama? It's just TV.

The main stories I heard of note from friends who worked in ERs was objects lodged in places they had no business being.

Yeah, I heard those stories too. Of course, she was a nurse in a San Francisco hospital so there was a bit more of that. The most wince inducing was the guy who had a long flourescent lightbulb protruding from his person. The trick being how to remove it without it shattering.

The main stories I heard of note from friends who worked in ERs were about objects lodged in places they had no business being.

So, if we take GWB to an ER, they could get his head out of his ass?

So, if we take GWB to an ER, they could get his head out of his ass?

Rectocranial inversion. Happens all the time.

Hec, I swear I've seen that on TV, and I can't remember how they got it out.

This is gonna bug me. I can't even remember the show. Scrubs, maybe?

eta: no, not the same, now that I think. It was a bulb but not flourescent.

I give Homicide: Life on the Street major points towards realism.

David, they did that scenario on one episode of Scrubs. Camera fades in on three doctors staring at an x-ray.

Dr. Cox: "Well, either this guy's colon had a very bright idea, or he's got a lightbulb up his ass."

I give Homicide: Life on the Street major points towards realism.

I agree. Even things that didn't seem realistic to me (like the kid getting tricked by a copier) actually happened in real life.

Hee. Love Dr. Cox. I haven't see the show in ages, though.

I need to say that there is no "fun part" to a limb being torn off.

I am not looking for reality from my scripted tv. believablity sure, but reality? nope. There is news and documentaries and non-fiction books for that. I avoid most of them also.