Things that only happen in soap operas

Every crime, from shop lifting to murder, always has an immediate police attendance, the police officers always "have a suspect in mind" which invariably turns out to be correct and justice is served pronto.

They never suddenly remember that tomorrow is bin day and run out in their dressing gown to sort out the rubbish.

Or in the morning when they hear the clank of bottles going into the recycling lorry!
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When a wedding is planned with everyone dressed for the occasion, something always stops the wedding from taking place.

The babies and toddlers are always at the childminder’s or the nursery. Even weekends and evenings.

When a baby is born you might see it a few times and then it disappears and reappears when it’s twelve.

Chestnut

Aussie soap report again:
People always arrive unexpectedly, they never phone or text to say they're coming. That includes people who caught an earlier flight than expected.
When there's a fancy dress party everyone wears the most lavish and amazing outfits even with just a few hours' notice.
Those who never seem to work or have unprofitable jobs live in the biggest houses and drive flashy cars, while the professional people with good jobs live in the caravan park.

OMG Chestnut
In RL no-one ever arrives at an Aussie house without a plate of home-cooked goodies!!

Aussie soap report again:
Although DD did that once. She phoned and said "Get the kettle on, Dad" and he said "I would if you were here". And there she was.

That has made me cry. Sorry.

That’s lovely, Calli.

Not that you’re crying, of course. But that your DD came.

Maggiemaybe

That’s lovely, Calli.

It was amazing, Maggiemaybe
I knew she was coming for his birthday but he didn't!

That made me gasp Callistemon. Just wonderful.

They don't have to pay for their drinks in the pub!

Absolutely MissAdventure. You never hear people in soaps talking about the soaps they're watching!

Coastpath

That made me gasp Callistemon. Just wonderful.

? it was!

These are all true.

Re. the reference about disclosing a dark and dirty secret to a friend while washing your hands in a public toilet, I can relate to this happening in real life, only the person they were keeping the secret rom was (unknown to them) inside a cubicle.and of course heard every word with not nice consequences

TerriBull

Oh and if you happen to meet the local doctor, he/she always happy to discuss a patient's problems symptoms anywhere, anytime.

The local doctor is friends with everyone, lives, shops and drinks locally.

That's why none of can get a GP appointment. He is too busy socialising

On Holby someone has serious life saving surgery and as soon as they recover consciousness are able to have deep and meaningful conversations with their family.

Nearly everyone gets cured of cancer or any other life limiting illness, then that illness is never mentioned again.
One night stand always leads to an unwanted pregnancy.
Couples get sometimes nasty divorces but still go on living in the same street meeting up regularly in the pub/cafe then becoming the bestest of friends.
Workers in a factory all get long lunch breaks consuming alcohol in the pub just across from the factory then go straight back to operating sewing machines. Likewise the mechanics in the tiny spotlessly clean garage.
Sometimes you can even come back to life after being dead for years.
You can run a cafe with your hair hanging in your face and wearing the same long sleeved cardigan and dirty pinny without getting closed down by the health and hygiene laws.
Make a big drama about being pregnant and then giving birth to your long awaited baby the forget about the child afterwards and go back to work keep having nights out etc.

Everyone has amazing, superman hearing

They can hear a conversation from 1 end of the street to the other......

Rarely will you give birth in a hospital, it will more likely happen in a car or the back room of a pub.

No one ever watches television, certainly not soap operas, popular comedy shows or big sporting events.

You can literally get away with murder (looking at you Tracey Barlow) and instead of being run out of town and spending the rest of your life living under an assumed name, you are absorbed back into the community as if nothing happened.

They never have to go to the toilet so that the phone never rings just when they are past the point of no return...

If they decide to have a pantomime they plan it some time in November and have the whole thing written, cast and rehearsed in time for performance before Christmas.

People start out as perfectly normal functioning human beings - again looking at you Tracey Barlow but also at Kim Tate, Tod from Coronation Street etc- and for no apparent reason evolve into evil psychopaths with no moral compass.

Sometimes you can even come back to life after being dead for years.
Pinkprincess ?
You have to go for a long shower first

Elizabeth27

Rarely will you give birth in a hospital, it will more likely happen in a car or the back room of a pub.

Sometimes without even taking your tights off (Daphne in a classic Neighbours episode).

Callistemon21

Chestnut

Aussie soap report again:
People always arrive unexpectedly, they never phone or text to say they're coming. That includes people who caught an earlier flight than expected.
When there's a fancy dress party everyone wears the most lavish and amazing outfits even with just a few hours' notice.
Those who never seem to work or have unprofitable jobs live in the biggest houses and drive flashy cars, while the professional people with good jobs live in the caravan park.

OMG Chestnut
In RL no-one ever arrives at an Aussie house without a plate of home-cooked goodies!!

Aussie soap report again:
Although DD did that once. She phoned and said "Get the kettle on, Dad" and he said "I would if you were here". And there she was.

That has made me cry. Sorry.

Totally made me cry too.

I turned up at DS 40th birthday party in Sydney, unannounced.
“What the hell are you doing here ?” ?