# 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:** 168
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3342 "2024-02-29T02:49:35Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > The nurse came back later to collect the plate, sandwiches and tea were gone and Nan was dead. Lying back peacefully just like she was asleep. Did anybody check what was in that tea?! ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3343 "2024-02-29T03:10:23Z")
> I can still see her red nails holding up that cup. After a few sips she said that the tea tasted of almonds. It’s the almond cookies, I told her. > > The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3344 "2024-03-04T22:18:56Z")
WWII movie law: any aircraft in steep descent: crashing, strafing, dive-bombing MUST be equipped with [Stuka sirens](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7dkC8XWJ4&pp=ygULc3R1a2Egc2lyZW4%3D). No exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3345 "2024-03-04T23:14:33Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > We should all go that way. My Great Grandma died leaning back on the couch while my Grandpa gave her a scalp massage. She’s the only family member to beat cousin Buster in the ‘good ways to go’ category. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3346 "2024-03-05T02:25:04Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > She’s the only family member to beat cousin Buster in the ‘good ways to go’ category. Have you heard about Matthew McConaughey’s dad? He wins. > **[Matthew McConaughey Says His Dad Died While Having Sex with His Mom](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/10/matthew-mcconaughey-father-death-sex-greenlights-memoir)** > > And, apparently, that's exactly how the actor's father always wanted to go. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3347 "2024-03-05T02:40:21Z")
He’s listed [here, among others who died during sex.](https://www.kickassfacts.com/14-people-who-died-during-consensual-sex/) Not always the best way to go, albeit there still are worse fates than electrocution via nipple clamps ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3348 "2024-03-05T02:41:49Z")
Would you want to know that was how your father passed? That requires knowing what he was doing at the time and I, for one, don’t want to think about my parents doing that. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3349 "2024-03-05T03:05:33Z")
Really. I’m also less interested in his wanting to go out that way than I am in his poor wife’s opinion of the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3350 "2024-03-05T03:05:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Would you want to know that was how your father passed? That requires knowing what he was doing at the time and I, for one, don’t want to think about my parents doing that. yep, I can absolutely positively assure you that my parents never had sex in their whole life. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3351 "2024-03-05T03:07:00Z")
Hope she was on top. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3352 "2024-03-05T03:09:40Z")
As far as I am concerned, my brother and I are the product of virgin births. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3353 "2024-03-05T03:11:27Z")
Do you mean parthenogenesis? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3354 "2024-03-05T03:13:26Z")
Sure, if you want. Either way, no actual interaction between my parents need be involved. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3355 "2024-03-05T04:56:41Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Would you want to know that was how your father passed? That requires knowing what he was doing at the time and I, for one, don’t want to think about my parents doing that. His mother is quite a character. His parents married divorced each other twice and married each other three times and she was banging Woody Harrelson’s evil hit man dad. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3356 "2024-03-05T05:12:31Z")
Yeah Stuka sirens are used for stock Stuka footage even after 1940 when IIRC the sirens were taken off because they just gave away the fact a bombing was imminent. HOWEVER I have heard it said both the SBD Dauntless, F4U Corsair and P-51 Mustang gave us a similar whine in a dive due to the shape of their wings. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3357 "2024-03-05T06:45:32Z")
**“Do you know who I am?”** Delivered by: Older, rich, entitled woman or Older, rich, pompous fart gentleman or Young, self-important, diva/celebrity or Hot shot businessman/evil character sure to get his later! I actually fielded one of these in real life a few decades (scores?) ago. Some guy with a two man entourage tried to sit with/move on my girlfriend while I was in the restroom at a club in DC. I was a big dude, elbow/hip checked the buddies and rammed the offender into the end of the booth. He delivered that line - my answer wasn’t eloquent, more Dirty Harry, “I don’t give a shit!” The manager was on the case and my gal defused the situation by saying something like , “We were just leaving, they (the idiots) could have the booth.” ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3358 "2024-03-05T09:48:12Z")
Kinda horrible for his mom, though! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3359 "2024-03-05T13:03:24Z")
Something like this happened on _ **The Sopranos** _ the other night. Christopher was trying to score some H from a Puerto Rican gang when they jumped him and stole his Suburban. He used the line “Do you know who I am?” and they didn’t give a shit either. They mugged him real good! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3360 "2024-03-05T14:17:30Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I, for one, don’t want to think about my parents doing that. My buddy Michael always talks about how he’s had sex 3 times with his wife. It’s a funny bit, because he has three kids. His kids are all adults now (one with two PhDs!) and they do not like to hear about this. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/3361 "2024-03-05T14:57:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My buddy Michael always talks about how he’s had sex 3 times with his wife. It’s a funny bit, because he has three kids. The Two Ronnies had a bit like that in their “Boring Accountant” sketch: > Three children? So that’s three times you _haven’t_ been boring… [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=167) [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=169)