# Stuff people never do in films.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-people-never-do-in-films/299013>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-people-never-do-in-films/299013 "2005-04-12T20:40:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-people-never-do-in-films/299013/121 "2005-04-14T23:08:03Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Speak for your… nah, I got nothing. But they don’t even show that time has elapsed. It’s often a plot point that “oh my god, my water broke! We have to get to the hospital! The baby’s going to be here any minute!” No, it’s not. You’ve got a long wait ahead of you and there’s no need for a highspeed deathdefying ride to the hospital. Take a minute and grab your toothbrush.

Well, you know, it’s because her water’s broken. Out of the clear blue, with not even a mild cramp, in the most embarassing public place possible.

And once they get to the hospital, they never show them connected to the fetamonitor or having any of the other annoying crap they do at hospitals done to them.

I was amused by the episode of (I think) Roseanne, that actually had the character get an epidural and not spend the whole time groaning in agony.

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