Quibbles... minor factual errors you notice that distract from the story

[Starboard Tack]

1. I agree, that stuff can be really annoying for some of us.

How much are we expected to suspend our disbelief, especially when there are other more credible ways to tell the same story. I can't think of a particular book off-hand that bugged me, but my wife and I watched a movie the other night that really bugged her. The movie was "The High Cost of Living", which I thought was excellent, but troubled my wife because she couldn't get her head around the premise of doctors allowing a woman to keep a dead fetus inside her for up to two weeks without removing it. Must admit, it troubled me too at first, but after doing some research, it seems quite credible. And in this case, it was integral to the plot.