The YACF Bumper book of Plot Holes

[T42]

Mr. S. King's opus Under the Dome: when all the O₂ has been exhausted by the combustion of Big Jim's propane (butane?) hoard, a plucky band of suffocating survivors pile into a van and drive off.  But if no O₂ is available outside the passenger compartment, how does the engine run?

[Jakob W]

Peaky Blinders: [...] and the head thug would never have struck a match away from himself.

Forgive my ignorance, but how come?

[T42]

^^^ It was held to be the way a woman struck a match, away from her dress, whereas a man had the courage to strike it towards himself.  That was still common in the 60s.

[Tim Hall]

Just finished Chris Brookmyre's "When The Devil Drives".

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So, our heroes are out in the sticks with no mobile coverage, a point that is repeated to make sure we get it. Jasmine (for it is she) has even downloaded maps to her phone, so she can use the gps to navigate them to the SEECRIT COTTAGE.  And the baddy has been tracking all along.  We find out that it's because she's unknowingly running some kind of tracker thing on her phone sending a "friend flag" to the baddy, a fact that they exploit by sending her phone in the wrong direction to lure the baddy away.  So, in the absence of mobile coverage, how is the position of her phone sent to the baddy?  Jasmine Brookmyre screws up.

[Mr Larrington]

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Perhaps someone mistakenly believes it can be done with the GPS function, optionally with a bit of Hollywood-OS^TM thrown in.

[rogerzilla]

Could be Bluetooth?

When I proofread the MS for All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses An Eye (yes, really, check the credits page) I had to explain to Chris how car airbags worked, and he rewrote the scene in question.  You can't be pinned in your seat by an airbag, because they are already deflating when you faceplant into them.