# What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311 "2021-02-06T04:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 126
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2502 "2023-02-23T19:48:46Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > The mods will come after us if we keep going off on tangents. Are you saying this division could impact the remainder of this thread? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2503 "2023-02-23T20:43:10Z")
That depends on its lowest common denominator. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2504 "2023-02-23T20:56:28Z")
I sure wish I could think of an interesting line. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2505 "2023-02-23T20:56:39Z")
I don’t want to square off against anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2506 "2023-02-23T21:32:46Z")
You guys … ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2507 "2023-02-23T21:52:57Z")
We’re bringing rays of sunshine to this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2508 "2023-02-24T00:25:42Z")
It’s a matter of degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2509 "2023-02-24T00:50:39Z")
Going back to the baguette thing, you can buy a [backpack for your baguette.](https://www.unnecessary.co/products/baguette-pack) ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2510 "2023-02-24T00:55:34Z")
Is that a baguette in your backpack, or do you just like me? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2511 "2023-02-24T01:02:20Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Going back to the baguette thing, you can buy a [backpack for your baguette](https://www.unnecessary.co/products/baguette-pack) My wife crocheted a quiver? scabbard? for a baguette. When we lived in a condo it was several flights up from the car, so it was convenient to wear the bread on your back, keeping both hands free to carry as many bags as possible. Now in a house and parking in a garage it’s not worth the trouble of using the quiver to save a trip, so it’s been relegated to a be a tripod quiver. Trying to keep it on topic, wasn’t there a Cheech & Chong French Revolution movie where they used stale baguettes as swords? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2512 "2023-02-24T02:00:34Z")
Yes. Cheech & Chong’s version of _The Corsican Brothers_. Though I would have described them as clubs, more than swords. They also used a stale baguette as a hammer to bend the bars on their jail cell. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2513 "2023-02-24T04:05:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > Ugh, those pi shows seem like they’re never-ending. > > Oh, don’t be irrational about it. At 2512 posts and counting, this thread is becoming irrationally pi-like. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2514 "2023-02-24T04:17:31Z")
It could stretch into infinity. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2515 "2023-02-24T04:40:04Z")
[TV defeats itself](https://www.iflscience.com/innocent-man-freed-from-prison-after-35-years-thanks-to-an-old-episode-of-mythbusters-65677), as the Mythbusters demonstrate that it is simply impossible to ignite gasoline with a cigarette. (The link includes the tale of a man who got out of prison after 35 years because of this.) ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2516 "2023-02-24T04:56:01Z")
I think the math puns have reached a threshold limit and may expand exponentially and cause this thread to collapse into a singularity. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2517 "2023-02-24T04:57:25Z")
There’s an event horizon? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2518 "2023-02-24T06:37:47Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I sure wish I could think of an interesting line. So, what’s the point? > [@Galactus](#): > > I think the math puns have reached a threshold limit and may expand exponentially and cause this thread to collapse into a singularity. There it is! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2519 "2023-02-24T06:38:39Z")
due to watching cartoons ive always wondered if you pour a line of black powder straight down the trail will it burn like it does on tv? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2520 "2023-02-24T06:47:11Z")
A [Youtuber](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IBWoAwKHrM8) asked that same question. 3F powder is finer than 1F. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2521 "2023-02-24T06:54:30Z")
Some guy gets hit in the groin and he immediately says in (usually in a high pitched voice) “My nuts!” I don’t want to speak for all guys but every single time I’ve taken a hit to the nads it felt like I had the wind knocked out of me and I couldn’t even focus or speak, let alone exclaim the exact location of my pain. There was a Stephen Seagal movie where Seagal kicks a guy so hard in the balls he goes flying and in mid-air he yells (in a normal voice) “My nuts!” which seems like the last thing you’d say if you were currently in mid-air about to fly into a jukebox. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311.md?page=127)