# 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:** 164
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3262 "2024-01-29T00:21:55Z")
To be fair, she _did_ laugh at him. No wonder he set the place on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3263 "2024-01-29T01:48:53Z")
Interesting. I never got that interpretation from just listening to the song but McCartney confirmed that as the actual meaning. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3264 "2024-01-29T15:58:00Z")
A hammock _sounds_ like fun, but no… ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3265 "2024-01-29T16:18:40Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > On TV and in movies - search dogs are always barking loudly. You would think that they would be quiet so that the “prey” (not wanting to be found) would not be alerted? Depends on the type of search dog. Hounds bay on a scent, so that they can be tracked (they are often used loose, in packs). But hounds, except bloodhounds, aren’t used to track people, by and large. The kind of search dog I’m familiar with does not bark until they find the someone, and, depending on training, either stands there and barks, or runs off to find their handler and bring them (the latter is the Search And Rescue type). Breeds are mainly Labs or K-9 breeds like German Shepherds, Malinois, and so forth. I think bloodhounds are generally worked on leash, the others not. A dog can work a trail faster than a person can easily run, and if the trail is difficult they quarter the ground, which is pretty hard to follow on a leash. The whole barking on a leash thing is bogus. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3266 "2024-01-29T16:26:19Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > What does the fox say? “I’m a toddler being tortured in the woods!” [is what they say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIyOiwGfJ1I) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3267 "2024-01-29T16:48:52Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > But hounds, except bloodhounds, aren’t used to track people, by and large. My BIL has a bloodhound and is active in the nosework/tracking community. He works the dog on a longline, and struggles to keep up. Last winter he helped the state game commission with apprehending a guy who was hunting bear illegally. My BIL was training his dog on state gamelands. He found an area where someone had smeared trees with peanut butter. There was a case of empty plastic jars, and every tree in a small plot was smeared. The state game guy took a report and asked my BIL to keep him informed… When my BIL next saw the car that was in the lot the last time, he called the warden. He brought a few more men. My BIL took his dog to the car and let him sniff. Then he told him “find” and off they went! They found the guy, who then tried to run away. They had no trouble apprehending him. He was armed (out of season) and ended up pleading guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3268 "2024-01-29T17:56:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My BIL has a bloodhound and is active in the nosework/tracking community. cool story. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3269 "2024-01-29T18:55:17Z")
I helped with a training exercise last fall. I walked into the woods dragging a line with a teddy bear doused in scent. I walked with my gf and her two nephews in a group. After about 1/2 mile one of the nephews veered off left and circled back. In another 1/2 mile a second nephew veered off right and circled back. After another 1/2 mile I veered off, crossed a creek, and continued on to an endpoint I chose at random. I sat and waited, but not for very long. My BIL and his bloodhound found me. He kept an oral recording as they tracked me. He (and the dog) knew where people veered off and had no problem concentrating on me. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3270 "2024-01-29T20:42:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A hammock _sounds_ like fun, but no… Yep. So very true. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3271 "2024-01-29T21:35:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yep. So very true. also waterbeds. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3272 "2024-01-29T21:37:58Z")
I once spent a few Saturdays being a ‘victim’ for SAR teams and hiding as best as I could far out in the forest – like bury myself in leaves under a tree trunk, or climb a tree. I never had to wait more than ten minutes. Those dogs were incredible. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3273 "2024-01-29T22:01:57Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > also waterbeds I had a girlfriend with a California King waterbed that had no baffles. Coital activities were quite possible and pleasant but you had to adjust to the rhythms of the bed. If the top got out of sync they risked getting disengaged or even thrown out of the bed. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3274 "2024-01-29T22:16:25Z")
Yeah, I found I didn’t care for my rhythms to be dictated by a piece of furniture. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3275 "2024-01-29T23:25:17Z")
Ah, but when you _are_ in sync… She thought I had another inch. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3276 "2024-01-30T02:51:53Z")
Yep, I did enjoy sex on my non-waveless waterbed a whole lot. If you didn’t want to be slave to it’s rhythm, you could always move to doggie style. Moving it to a new location was what made me say “nope” to that silly contraption. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3277 "2024-01-30T19:17:53Z")
Dear Penthouse Forum: I never thought I’d actually try this, but I was getting jealous of some of my Dopey acquaintances… ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3278 "2024-01-31T03:32:25Z")
Hehe, I read the wiki entry on waterbeds just for fun. It states: > [@](#): > > Although the waterbed was initially advertised as offering “undisturbed sleep”, Hall admitted that customers “bought it for the sensual or the sexual part of it”, and the sexually associated advertising was highly effective in the 1970s and early 1980s. That does make me wonder what my parents were thinking when they got one for their teen-aged son. Maybe grand kids? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3279 "2024-01-31T18:13:41Z")
Back in the early '80s, I knew a woman who had a waterbed. I found the _squish-squish_ sounds it made during our gyrations to be something of a distraction. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3280 "2024-01-31T18:16:27Z")
Worse than squeaking bed springs? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3281 "2024-01-31T19:00:36Z")
Depends on how often one is incontinent, I suppose. 🤧 [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=163) [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=165)