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Who else would have just kicked the fire extinguisher? *spoilers*


I'm mad after just having an argument with someone, I'm in a rush to get home/get to dinner, its raining...and I pick up the fire extinguisher with BOTH hands and place it carefully out of the way? Nah, more like I kick that sucker and drive away. I can't be the only one who would have done that?!!

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I certainly would have just kicked it out of the way.

And, having bent down to pick it up so carefully, how could she not have seen the body lying right there?

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I disagree. I would never try and kick a 30 pound metal container in expensive heels. I would have done exactly what she did. In fact, upon first viewing that scene, it stood out to me as being quite believable.

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By kick I mean roll w/ my foot, using the bottom of the sole of my shoe (so as not to damage the heels).

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I wouldn't kick it/roll it. You don't want one of those heavy extinguishers hanging around the ground, someone could get hurt.

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well, i would have picked it up and brought it home, a fire extinguisher is quite useful anywhere!

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Then that would be even better evidence against you.

It could be God, the Devil, Buddha, an Alien...or it could be a kid playing a video game. - onn1320

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Youd take a random container under pressure, you found on the streets, home? ^^

I wouldnt even touch it. Just roll it to the back where its not disturbing anyone.
Unless I wear high heels, then I probably would use my hands. Also when rolling turns out to be annoying.

If its my working place Id inform someone in charge the next day.

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Lincoln Lee: I lost a partner.
Peter Bishop: I lost a universe!

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If she were an inconsiderate lout she could have pushed it aside and left it to be a problem for someone else but obviously she is not a selfish loser as evidenced by her moving it safely out of the way.

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Well said. I think it is absurd that you guys would just kick it and let someone else deal with it. It is a parking garage... its not well lit someone would easily hit it with there car possibly damaging their vehicle or if they managed to run over just the top it could easily break the nozzle off. The air pressure being released that quickly would send it soaring through the air easily damaging multiple vehicles and possibly even killing someone.

I would pick it up and put it back into its box where it came from.

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I would have done the same. Picked up in curiosity and then placed it on the ground.

Oh, crystal ball
Hear my song
I'm fading out
Everything I know is wrong...


-Keane

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Actually, you really don't know for sure what you would have done, nor do I.
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have kicked it though as #1 You could break a toe. #2 You could damage a car. #3 I'm not a raving lunatic.

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I think a lot of people wouldn't kick it. If you are a bad aim that wouldn't get it out of the way. It's also rather inconsiderate for the next person who comes along.

I'd probably try and move it with my foot but I am rather obsessive compulsive about touching things. If it didn't work (and I have tried with objects before and I'm not great at it!) then I'd pick it up. I don't think it's unrealistic at all.

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If she had any situational awareness, she would have noticed the dead body laying right next to her car or the blood on the bottom of the extinguisher. Then, she could have reported it to the cops and exonerated herself. What I don't remember is if the real killer was wearing gloves or not because if she wasn't they could have found two sets of finger prints on the CO2 bottle.



She's turning me into a criminal and all I want to be is a petty thug.

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2 sets of fingerprints? there could have been 5 sets for all we know. The fire extinguisher didn't just appear out of thin air and into the hands of the hobo. Regardless of if there was 2 sets or 500, she was convicted because of her connection to the victim, and motive, and an eyewitness who saw her "flee" the scene.

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I wasn't aware that she had x-ray vision and could see right through her car and look at the ground on the other side. Also its a dim lit parking garage the extinguisher is red and so is blood. Could she have seen the blood on it? Yes, but only if she decided to examine the extinguisher. She just needed to move it so she could drive away. I am sorry, but your post makes no sense at all.

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Fire extinguishers are a little heavy and that was an industrial extinguisher and not your average home one. I doubt I would have risked a foot injury and kicked it. I would have had to kick it multiple times to get it from under my tire like it was placed in the movie. Would I have picked it up by both hands? Probably not. I would have just grabbed the handle with one hand and yes I would have set it up right so it wouldn't have rolled back under my car.

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