# Things you learned from movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785 "2013-09-27T06:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/161 "2013-10-06T11:36:11Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > I’ve learned that, no matter how crowded a restaurant is, it is possible to curse, argue, talk about ultra-sensitive topics, or even pull out a firearm without getting the slightest notice from the surrounding tables. They might as well be 50 miles away. Only the most truly outlandish behavior will get noticed. the key to getting a reaction here is to break out in song. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/162 "2013-10-06T12:44:37Z")
Everyone always sleeps under a blanket and heavy comforter, even if they’re in Southern California during summer. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/163 "2013-10-06T14:49:00Z")
> [@stosh](#): > > If your being chased by a car, run down the middle of the street. Related to this, A cop, esp if ex special forces, can either outrun (if being chased) or chase down a perp in a car/truck/van. I’m getting too old for this shit ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/164 "2013-10-06T15:44:35Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > And squealing car tires as a driver brakes or speeds around corners on sand, gravel and dirt. OT, but a friend once claimed that there is an Elvis flick in which Elvis takes off in a speed boat and that squealing sound was added. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/165 "2013-10-06T16:34:35Z")
After a couple has been engaged in hot, sweaty monkey love sex for hours, when it’s time to cool off and rest the woman will pull a sheet up over her breasts and the man will pull it up over his groin. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/166 "2013-10-06T18:04:16Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Exception: In _ **From Russia with Love** _, the bad guys’ helicopter actually exploded on-camera … but you could see the cable it was suspended from. ☹ My favorite part of that scene was that they kept buzzing Bond, then flying off and swinging around to come back for another pass, instead of, you know, hovering. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/167 "2013-10-06T21:21:09Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > That Czechoslovakia is like Wisconsin. Yeah, well I got my ass kicked in Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/168 "2013-10-06T21:38:58Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > the key to getting a reaction here is to break out in song. Or fake an orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/169 "2013-10-06T22:33:10Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Do you find that your underwear falls down if you wear a short skirt? Under . . . ? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/170 "2013-10-06T22:50:35Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > That Czechoslovakia is like Wisconsin. I’ve lived in both, and believe me when I say **NOTHING** is like Wisconsin! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/171 "2013-10-06T23:28:58Z")
> [@fuchsiagroan](#): > > I learned from Swordfish that you can hack into the most secure of secure servers if you clap your hands over a keyboard whilst pulsing techno music blares behind you. And I learned that in the U.S., you can have 100 mph car chases and fire M-60s in the streets of Manhattan. Nobody gives a shit, least of all the cops. What a country ! [QUOTE=BobLibDem] All policemen are trained to diagnose death by holding a hand to the neck for 0.3 seconds. Once this diagnosis is made, no attempt to revive the victim will be made even if the victim collapsed only moments before. [/QUOTE] “First aid” means defibrillate first, ask questions later. The new James Bond even cured digitalis poisoning that way. Unless the victim is female, in which case first aid means mouth-to-mouth, heart massage and a hug. Both methods boast a near 100% success rate. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/172 "2013-10-06T23:48:53Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > “First aid” means defibrillate first, ask questions later. The new James Bond even cured digitalis poisoning that way. > Unless the victim is female, in which case first aid means mouth-to-mouth, heart massage and a hug. > > Both methods boast a near 100% success rate. First aid without a defibrillator handy means giving around 10 chest compressions, while screaming “BREATHE, DAMMIT!”. Mouth-to-mouth is optional, depending on sex/attractiveness of the victim. If the person doesn’t respond to this, there is no hope. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/173 "2013-10-07T00:24:43Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Under . . . ? [Underwear.](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/174 "2013-10-07T01:20:02Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > If the person doesn’t respond to this, there is no hope. … in which case proper procedure is to look the closest person straight in the eyes, then look down and slowly, silently shake one’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/175 "2013-10-07T04:16:06Z")
No matter how badly you’ve been beaten up, the bruises and other marks will fade away in a couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/176 "2013-10-19T07:08:22Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > … in which case proper procedure is to look the closest person straight in the eyes, then look down and slowly, silently shake one’s head. …with the second banana saying: “Don’t blame yourself. You did everything you could.” Which is answered with: “Did I?!” ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/177 "2013-10-19T07:12:24Z")
Girls/women with big tits aren’t surrounded 24 hours a day by every horn dog in the city, and you can usually get a few moments alone with her at work, because all of the men are busy doing other things. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/178 "2013-10-19T07:56:34Z")
Serious women, women you marry, women who are smart and have great depth of character, never have large breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/179 "2013-10-27T03:40:50Z")
If you’re keeping tabs on someone for whatever reason, you can sit in your car parked in the street in any neighborhood, and no one will ever notice you or call the police, no matter what time day or night. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/180 "2013-10-27T18:10:38Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > After a couple has been engaged in hot, sweaty monkey love sex for hours, when it’s time to cool off and rest the woman will pull a sheet up over her breasts and the man will pull it up over his groin. Most couples who engage in hot, sweaty monkey love sex for hours have the famous L-shaped sheets, just for this reason. And when a couple is lying naked under the sheet in bed, if one of them has to get up, they will cover themselves with the sheet and/or get dressed under it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785.md?page=10)