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How to Open a Door (1979) [video]

53 points by miohtama 5y ago

teraflop 5y ago
In a similar vein, here's a guide to the proper etiquette at a Japanese sushi restaurant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDL8yu34fz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDL8yu34fz0
- andrewfromx 5y ago
  if party of one you should feel a little shame! wow.
  - appwiz 5y ago
    Order sushi like a CEO https://youtu.be/-gdjieGyB5s https://youtu.be/-gdjieGyB5s
- lillesvin 5y ago
  Aw, man! I'd forgotten this existed. My gf and I used to do the "mah mah mah mah", "oh toh toh toh"-thing when pouring drinks for each other. Thanks for posting it and reminding me.
  - aflag 5y ago
    What does that actually mean? Is it a reference for something people do in Japan?
    - Arnavion 5y ago
      The person who the drink is being poured for is saying that it's too much and it's about to spill. The person pouring the drink wants to continue pouring out of generosity. "o-to-to" (sort of like "oops") and "maa maa" ("no no" / "doesn't matter") are normal things for the respective parties to say in this situation. It just won't go on for that long, or be done every time with those exact words like a ritual, which is the joke.
daneel_w 5y ago
Just to settle any speculation: it's one of several funny skits from a Finnish comedy group (whose name escaped me) which was active in the 1970s. Most of what they did was Monty Python-esque and sometimes with a sprinkle of satire over typical societal/informational videos coming out of the Nordic countries' social services departments of that time.
- celdon25 5y ago
  The show "Burn Notice" does a lot of this as well, but with James Bond spy antics. Lots of which involve different ways to open doors. There was one episode where he explains that when you have to walk through a door in a hostile area, you have to assume someone is hiding behind the door ready to ambush you (but such a hiding spot would be a bad idea since you can just slam the door open and hit them with it, which he does).
  - xtiansimon 5y ago
    Not exactly opening the door, but the 2002 book “Inside Delta Force” by Eric L. Haney spends some time describing the problems of entering a room. Not joking.
- tuukkah 5y ago
  Seems to have been from the show Hepskukkuu in 1979. Here's a link to the broadcaster's archive: https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/03/28/hepskukkuu-kuinka-avaan-oven-oikein https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/03/28/hepskukkuu-kuinka-a...
cf100clunk 5y ago
http://www.kohala.com/start/papers.others/doors.html http://www.kohala.com/start/papers.others/doors.html
jimothyhalpert7 5y ago
I've heard from a person that they like purposefully slam the door (not pull the handle down and close it silently) in order to alert other people that someone walked in/out. Is that not abnormal?
- blitzar 5y ago
  My neighbours do this. I guess I should appreciate them alerting the nearby residents that they have returned home or are entering or exiting a room in their house.
- micromacrofoot 5y ago
  I do this so people know I’m in the bathroom
- cafard 5y ago
  In a house where I lived long ago, one guy would pull doors closed with a wrist snap. His girlfriend did this too, so if they were shuttling in and out of bedroom and bathroom, it could sound like a toy-gun fight. But then there was the winter night when the door (wooden) bounced back a little before it could latch, and eventually came all the way open.
rapnie 5y ago
And then there's Norman Doors.. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qtCEoGyfsxk https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qtCEoGyfsxk
nahuel0x 5y ago
Remembers me of a short text by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian writer) titled "Instructions on how to climb a staircase" (1962): https://doarchstairs2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/arch-251-cortazar-instructions-on-how-to-climb-a-staircase.pdf https://doarchstairs2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/arch-25...
throwaway81523 5y ago
This works for me: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3IXMTpWcAAPEQG.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3IXMTpWcAAPEQG.jpg
- xarope 5y ago
  I've seen a cat hit a sliding door with its body, which was enough to push the latch up and off, and then squeeze through the gap, thus opening the door. It was such a casual gesture, that I figured I was dealing with a higher life form...
yboris 5y ago
Related: Japanese Door Prank (Shimura Ken (志村けん）) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-2USGVoEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-2USGVoEE
vertere 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_td1X_c5Gg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_td1X_c5Gg
11thEarlOfMar 5y ago
Gramps used to say, “You can always tell a Finn by the way they enter a room.” It’s real closure for me to finally understand why.
wombatmobile 5y ago
The doorway troubles me. The raised threshold is a trip hazard.
swader999 5y ago
Most effective way to keep the heat in the sauna which is relevant over there.

53 points by miohtama 5y ago

In a similar vein, here's a guide to the proper etiquette at a Japanese sushi restaurant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDL8yu34fz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDL8yu34fz0

andrewfromx 5y ago
if party of one you should feel a little shame! wow.
- appwiz 5y ago
  Order sushi like a CEO https://youtu.be/-gdjieGyB5s https://youtu.be/-gdjieGyB5s
lillesvin 5y ago
Aw, man! I'd forgotten this existed. My gf and I used to do the "mah mah mah mah", "oh toh toh toh"-thing when pouring drinks for each other. Thanks for posting it and reminding me.
- aflag 5y ago
  What does that actually mean? Is it a reference for something people do in Japan?
  - Arnavion 5y ago
    The person who the drink is being poured for is saying that it's too much and it's about to spill. The person pouring the drink wants to continue pouring out of generosity. "o-to-to" (sort of like "oops") and "maa maa" ("no no" / "doesn't matter") are normal things for the respective parties to say in this situation. It just won't go on for that long, or be done every time with those exact words like a ritual, which is the joke.

daneel_w 5y ago

Just to settle any speculation: it's one of several funny skits from a Finnish comedy group (whose name escaped me) which was active in the 1970s. Most of what they did was Monty Python-esque and sometimes with a sprinkle of satire over typical societal/informational videos coming out of the Nordic countries' social services departments of that time.

celdon25 5y ago
The show "Burn Notice" does a lot of this as well, but with James Bond spy antics. Lots of which involve different ways to open doors. There was one episode where he explains that when you have to walk through a door in a hostile area, you have to assume someone is hiding behind the door ready to ambush you (but such a hiding spot would be a bad idea since you can just slam the door open and hit them with it, which he does).
- xtiansimon 5y ago
  Not exactly opening the door, but the 2002 book “Inside Delta Force” by Eric L. Haney spends some time describing the problems of entering a room. Not joking.
tuukkah 5y ago
Seems to have been from the show Hepskukkuu in 1979. Here's a link to the broadcaster's archive: https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/03/28/hepskukkuu-kuinka-avaan-oven-oikein https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/03/28/hepskukkuu-kuinka-a...

cf100clunk 5y ago

http://www.kohala.com/start/papers.others/doors.html http://www.kohala.com/start/papers.others/doors.html

jimothyhalpert7 5y ago

I've heard from a person that they like purposefully slam the door (not pull the handle down and close it silently) in order to alert other people that someone walked in/out. Is that not abnormal?

blitzar 5y ago
My neighbours do this. I guess I should appreciate them alerting the nearby residents that they have returned home or are entering or exiting a room in their house.
micromacrofoot 5y ago
I do this so people know I’m in the bathroom
cafard 5y ago
In a house where I lived long ago, one guy would pull doors closed with a wrist snap. His girlfriend did this too, so if they were shuttling in and out of bedroom and bathroom, it could sound like a toy-gun fight. But then there was the winter night when the door (wooden) bounced back a little before it could latch, and eventually came all the way open.

rapnie 5y ago

And then there's Norman Doors.. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qtCEoGyfsxk https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qtCEoGyfsxk

nahuel0x 5y ago

Remembers me of a short text by Julio Cortazar (Argentinian writer) titled "Instructions on how to climb a staircase" (1962): https://doarchstairs2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/arch-251-cortazar-instructions-on-how-to-climb-a-staircase.pdf https://doarchstairs2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/arch-25...

throwaway81523 5y ago

This works for me: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3IXMTpWcAAPEQG.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3IXMTpWcAAPEQG.jpg

xarope 5y ago
I've seen a cat hit a sliding door with its body, which was enough to push the latch up and off, and then squeeze through the gap, thus opening the door. It was such a casual gesture, that I figured I was dealing with a higher life form...

yboris 5y ago

Related: Japanese Door Prank (Shimura Ken (志村けん）) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-2USGVoEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-2USGVoEE

vertere 5y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_td1X_c5Gg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_td1X_c5Gg

11thEarlOfMar 5y ago

Gramps used to say, “You can always tell a Finn by the way they enter a room.” It’s real closure for me to finally understand why.

wombatmobile 5y ago

The doorway troubles me. The raised threshold is a trip hazard.

swader999 5y ago

Most effective way to keep the heat in the sauna which is relevant over there.