# not a mistake but it takes you out of the movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629 "2009-01-23T13:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/281 "2009-02-03T20:05:51Z")
Yeah, but that’s just because Watson’s jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/282 "2009-02-03T20:09:53Z")
[/COLOR] > [@Zsofia](#): > > Yeah, but that’s just because Watson’s jealous. You’re confusing Watson with Wilson. Watson was a stud; each wife he married was younger and prettier than the last. Of course, that does bring up the issue of what happened to each of their predecessors. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/283 "2009-02-03T20:17:22Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > [/COLOR] > > You’re confusing Watson with Wilson. Watson was a stud; each wife he married was younger and prettier than the last. > > Of course, that does bring up the issue of what happened to each of their predecessors. The word you’re looking for there is “beard”. Or possibly “fag hag”. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/284 "2009-02-03T20:18:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > [/COLOR] > > You’re confusing Watson with Wilson. Watson was a stud; each wife he married was younger and prettier than the last. > > Of course, that does bring up the issue of what happened to each of their predecessors. Holmes killed them and set each one up as a murder so that he had something to practice on regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/285 "2009-02-03T21:00:12Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > Tia Carrere in Wayne’s World! I second that Tia can do whtever she wants… maybe a duet with Vanessa Mae. See was playing bass and faked it OK, even looking at the fretboard to “check”. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/286 "2009-02-03T21:09:52Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > [/COLOR] > > You’re confusing Watson with Wilson. Watson was a stud; each wife he married was younger and prettier than the last. I’m a fundamentalist: Watson was married once, to the lovely and charming Mary Morstan. Any references otherwise in the Canon are errors of the transcriptionist (Conan Doyle). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/287 "2009-02-03T21:38:11Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I’m a fundamentalist: Watson was married once, to the lovely and charming Mary Morstan. Any references otherwise in the Canon are errors of the transcriptionist (Conan Doyle). 😃 Fool of a Took! Everybody knows Watson was the studliest stud that ever mounted a mare. Interesting trivia: genetic analysis indicates that fully 67% of hte current population of Afghanistan is directly descended from Mr. Holmes’s less-illustrious friend, who got laid a LOOOOOTTTTTTT before he was ‘accidentally’ shot there. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/288 "2009-02-03T22:04:54Z")
Previously mentioned - women,with long hair wearing it loose. Not so much lack of period drama propriety but it gets, or should logically get, annoyingly in the way. Last of the Mohicans I’m looking at you off the top of my head but there are others, plenty others. You know the plucky beautiful women surviving in a man’s world shoeing a horse say with her hair completely obscuring the hoof and shoe in question. Argh. More a TV problem than film but add obviously empty suitcases to the obviously empty drink containers … sure if you concentrate you can remember to “act” that it’s heavy but remembering that seems beyond the stars of “sitcoms” and the take-out coffee thing is relentless in shows like Gilmore Girls or ER. You don’t gesture at someone with a full thing of hot coffee ! ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/289 "2009-02-07T22:04:33Z")
Catholic weddings that are exactly like Protestant ones (maybe with a statue of the Virgin). Catholic weddings do not start with “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…”, weddings start like regular masses. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/290 "2009-02-08T01:17:19Z")
In the movie _Devdas_, I’m not sure if this is just the actor’s poor skill or if it’s more of a comment on Hindus or Indians in general, but they don’t know how to act drunk. I’ve never seen a drunken Indian or Hindu in RL, but in that movie, he is supposed to be a drunkard, attempting to forget the love of his life. Trust me, he resembles no real alcoholic anywhere of any religion or nationality. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/291 "2009-02-08T01:35:55Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Fool of a Took! Everybody knows Watson was the studliest stud that ever mounted a mare. Interesting trivia: genetic analysis indicates that fully 67% of hte current population of Afghanistan is directly descended from Mr. Holmes’s less-illustrious friend, who got laid a LOOOOOTTTTTTT before he was ‘accidentally’ shot there. Well, I did say married once. With an experience of women that spanned six (or was it five?) continents, he had obviously dated extensively before his marriage. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/292 "2009-02-08T02:10:55Z")
People who cock their guns just before the action… ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/293 "2009-02-08T02:24:00Z")
> [@ChrisBooth12](#): > > People who cock their guns just before the action.. You mean like, in mid-standoff? Cause right before we expect to need to use them is when we were trained to cock (well, “charge”) our weapons when I was in Basic. The basic idea was, you grab your weapon from the armory or wherever, maybe load a magazine, but keep the chamber empty, safety on. Leave the base, go out into a contested area, then you charge the weapon once there is a chance you might actually want the gun to go off. Of course, depending on Rules of Engagement, that could be different for different groups of soldiers. I’ve heard stories of gate guards who weren’t allowed to _load_ their weapons until they’d been attacked, but that was back in the 80’s or 90’s if it was ever true. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/294 "2009-02-08T06:19:08Z")
People who are trying to drive away quickly and … …they drop the keys! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/295 "2009-02-08T07:22:21Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > Of course, depending on Rules of Engagement, that could be different for different groups of soldiers. I’ve heard stories of gate guards who weren’t allowed to _load_ their weapons until they’d been attacked, but that was back in the 80’s or 90’s if it was ever true. Of course it was true. When we would pull guard duty in Germany during Desert Storm we didn’t even carry ammo. The Sergeant of the Guard had it locked up. And this was at a time of high alert when there was credible intelligence of terrorists in the area. During the war we were also responsible for a housing area that was way out in the middle of nowhere. It was not in a secure area. So as to not alarm the residents. We were not allowed to carry weapons. We wore flak jackets under our field jackets and no weapons. But we had a list of license plates and photos of known terrorists in the area but no weapons within 45 minutes of our post. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/296 "2009-02-08T08:46:52Z")
I was in SAC in the early 70’s. When on guard duty, we were loaded all the time. (With ammo, of course) Q ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/297 "2009-02-08T22:38:05Z")
Of course, grabbing a gun makes more noise than firing it…racking it can be heard 100 km away ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/298 "2009-02-08T23:55:59Z")
I watched **Clockers** yesterday. Good movie, but the soundtrack, which was something you’d hear on an easy listening radio station, did not mesh at all with the violence and the angry dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/299 "2009-02-09T02:01:15Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Of course, grabbing a gun makes more noise than firing it…racking it can be heard 100 km away I’ve sometimes wondered if modern combat jets are really as rattley as they sound in movies and TV shows. Ever notice how whenever they’re just flying along in an F-14, all you can hear inside the cockpit is _chikachikachikachikachikachikachika_ from everything in the cockpit rattling around like my desk drawer in the back of a pickup truck? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629/300 "2009-02-09T02:28:10Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Catholic weddings do not start with “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…”, weddings start like regular masses. And they do NOT do the “if anyone gathered here can think of a reason for these two not to be wed” type of thing. And they don’t (officially) say “you may now kiss the bride,” though I’ve noticed a lot priests throw it in there somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-mistake-but-it-takes-you-out-of-the-movie/482629.md?page=16)