# What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life?

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> [@Legality of Columbo's trick with the cigar box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310/23):
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> I loved the episode with Jay O. Sanders as the OCD hitman. When Goren tried to intimidate him in the interrogation room, Sanders just sat there staring, didn’t make a reaction, didn’t say a thing. My hero!

Or the Australian version of dealing with police questions:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FjvdHE1E5eI/hqdefault.jpg "I don't answer questions") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvdHE1E5eI)

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