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Episodes where defenestration occurs?


"Perchance to Dream"
"A Most Unusual Camera"
"The Fever"

Any more?

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First, thank you for adding a word to my vocabulary. In fact, I'll deliberately avoid mentioning the definition in order to encourage others to get their dictionaries off the shelf.

In fact, that might be an even better question: If you don't know what this word means, what would you guess it means based on what the above episodes might have in common?

Any more? How about "Showdown with Rance McGrew"?

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I don't know if it counts but Mike Ferris in "Where is Everybody" runs into a mirror.

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Rod Taylor throws himself through a window in "And When The Sky Was Opened."

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Also in "Person or Persons Unknown".

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Definitely the funniest one -- it's just so random.

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You're welcome. I only recently discovered what it meant while for the first time in ages trying to complete a New York Times crossword puzzle.

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Then too, if anyone's ever studied German, that would also provide a clue to the meaning - just enough to figure it out.

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Very interesting. I had heard the word before but always thought it meant a hostile takeover or
something along the lines of a revolution. I never knew it had a specific meaning.
Now that I know the hard part will be trying to squeeze it into a conversation.

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Well at least it wouldn't be as difficult to work in as antidisestablishmentarianism, so there is that.

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LOL!!! Good point. I remember learning that word as a kid. Had no idea what it meant and still don't.
I probably don't have many years left so that's my goal. Try to squeeze one of these words into a conversation.
It's always the little things.

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Well, according to the Random House Dictionary, antidisestablishmentarianism is defined as follows: “opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, especially the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.” Of course this could be one of those conditional sorts of things when it comes to genuine understanding - that is to say it would make far more sense in a very limited context, such as a discussion of the Anglican Church in the 19th century. So... How about those Redsox?? LoL

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The next time I get in a conversation about the Anglican Church in the 19th century I am set.
I think I I'll keep that in my pocket until needed.
I actually love the Redsox. They have been my team for many decades. Watched them beat the Yankees tonight.
So as far as I'm concerned "Today was a good day"


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I'm a Redsox fan myself actually and have been for several years now - once the curse was broken anyway. That's like the Series last fall. It was really tough not to root for the Cubs no matter which team we ordinarily favor.

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Hey, we'll take all fans. Last season was tough . American League team and Terry Francona's team vs
Theo and a lot of ex Redsox in the organization. I really wasn't pulling for either team but it was one of
the best series that I have seen in a long time. This year looks somewhat promising.

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"The Encounter"

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Nice. I totally forgot about that one.

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Season five's episode What's In The Box revolves around a man who may or may not be about to get into a nasty fight with his wife and toss her out the window. He does, so it counts.

Also, in The Execution someone is tied up and tossed out a window near the end,

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Caswell is strangled by the cord to the window curtain but I don't believe he's thrown out the window.

"What's in the Box" is another one I blanked on.

Rance, I believe, gets thrown out a window in "Showdown With Rance McGrew."

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Lutze smashes a window in "Deathshead Revisited."

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Yeah, but I believe Caswell strangles a guy and throws him out the window. No, not Russell Johnson. Another criminal. But maybe not. There's a fight of some kind, though...

Rance McGrew, definitely. I saw that not too long ago.

Does Shatner's being blown out the window and shoots the gremlin count in Nightmare At 20,000 Feet? It's not all the way, and it's a plane, not a building, but maybe.

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I think that was an emergency exit door and not a window (but I could be wrong). Then again, it's reminiscent of a window so I suppose it counts; it certainly counts as much as Lutz smashing a window does (oh, and Martin Landau's defector in "The Jeopardy Room" also smashes a window).

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