# Everything Important I Learned from Cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480 "2007-12-10T15:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/21 "2007-12-11T03:08:47Z")
Saying “Watch me pull a rabbit out of this hat!” guarantees that the next thing to appear will be anything but a rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/22 "2007-12-11T04:10:08Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] That hot chick who suddenly appeared and made your heart all a-flutter? Probably your arch-nemesis in disguise. [/QUOTE] Corollary: Absolutely anyone, of any species, can look like a totally convincing really hot chick with just some fake eyelashes and a wig. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/23 "2007-12-11T06:41:04Z")
TNT is almost everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/24 "2007-12-11T07:16:21Z")
Getting smacked in the head with a 2"x 4", an anvil, or any other heavy object will result in a large, pointy bump at the place of said whacking. One can typically minimize the lump by pressing down on it, but with the consequence that the bump will reappear elsewhere on the body. Also, as a corollary: No injury ever causes bleeding or blood loss. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/25 "2007-12-11T14:35:10Z")
When one attempts to run anywhere quickly, there is a period of time during which the legs/feet rotate furiously on the ground, without actually gaining any traction or achieving any motion, followed by an action not unlike being fired from a gun. If you go crashing at speed through a wall or fence, you will leave behind a precise cut-out shape of your own physical form. If ever something bad happens so that you are squashed, deformed or otherwise rendered completely flat, do not worry. A few seconds later, with some effort and an indignant ‘shrugging off’ action, you will be able to re-assert your normal form. This creates a sound much like some strained creaking followed by a cork popping from a bottle. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/26 "2007-12-11T15:09:47Z")
Painting a black arch on a cliff or a black circle on the ground will result in a hole – but not for you. Gravity only works if you look down. No matter what dirty tricks you try, the Thunderbolt Grease Slapper will cross the finish line first. A frog can have a wolf as an uncle. Martians look like bowling balls. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480/27 "2007-12-11T15:44:05Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] [Here’s](http://www.electric-escape.net/node/534) a very nice article on Road Runner People vs. Coyote People. One of the quotes in there reminds me of something Chuck Jones once said, “I dream that I’m Bugs Bunny, but when I wake up, I’m Daffy Duck.” I guess it’s the same way- we want to be the Road Runner, but more often than not, we’re the Coyote. In heaven’s name, what _are_ we doing? [/QUOTE] That’s a great essay - a lot of truth to the concept that Boomers were more likely to identify with the Roadrunner (the U.S. in the 60’s and 70’s was ascendant and we felt like we could do no wrong) while young folks today may be more likely to identify with the Coyote (he embodies a can-do spirit and better reflects the U.S.'s experiences in the world lately 🙂 )… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-important-i-learned-from-cartoons/429480.md?page=1)