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ChrisHB Feb 2021 8:48pm, 5 Feb 2021 20,554 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB the constant background beeping of medical machines in medical TV dramas.
The Great Raemondo Feb 2021 8:53pm, 5 Feb 2021 7,186 posts	Quote Pin The Great Raemondo (it's probably less than the constant background beeping of medical devices in many real hospital scenarios, Chris. Imagine how annoying that is for people trying to get better in such places. Sam could tell you more, he's done like properly scientific studying of this sort of thing)
Velociraptor Feb 2021 9:03pm, 5 Feb 2021 51,365 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [Yes, an actual intensive care unit is hideously noisy, and the noises are unpredictable enough to be impossible to block out. Avoid them if you can.]
Carpathius Feb 2021 9:16pm, 5 Feb 2021 20,527 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius Even our cardiac monitoring unit is a helluva loud beepy and bongy environment. A&E and ICU are much worse.
ChrisHB Feb 2021 10:01pm, 5 Feb 2021 20,555 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I have no doubt you are all correct!
Surrey Phil Feb 2021 10:25pm, 5 Feb 2021 5,720 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil My wife usually does the hospital bedside stints when our daughter has been an inpatient and always cannot sleep as a result. On one occasion, I had to sleep in the underground car park (in the car, of course) as only one parent was allowed to stay with their child. Stupidly enough, on that occasion, I forget that a work colleague lived a mile down the road and could have had a better night's sleep on their sofa!
ChrisHB Feb 2021 4:50pm, 6 Feb 2021 20,558 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Getting an answer wrong in DL when I'm heading towards being able to skip many repetitive lessons, particularly when all the comments agree that my answer is correct and DL's weird or wrong.
Carpathius Feb 2021 5:58pm, 9 Feb 2021 20,535 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius The apparent belief in my house that, if you put the lid back on the toothpaste, your willy falls off.
jennyh Feb 2021 6:19pm, 9 Feb 2021 5,567 posts	Quote Pin jennyh [Didn’t realise Carp lived in my house]
JK chameleon Feb 2021 7:17pm, 9 Feb 2021 13,460 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon [People share toothpaste? Ick!]