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[–] [email protected] 59 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I'm sorry but these "TV detector vans" will never not be funny

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

Goofy ass sitcom FBI van

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

are these like pirate radio station detectors or are they actually pretending to be able to detect the presence of a TV in peoples houses? please say it's the later it would be so funny timmy-pray

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

BBC swears up and down they work

but according to pronounjak (this is how I see the british, sorry not sorry) evidence collected from a TV van has never been used in court, some say these were more of a "all bark no bite" kind of thing so who knows.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Wow it's Maxwell Smart's van.