Why do they wake up and wig out when they hear the siren??
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Three Men and a Baby
ajtaylor82 — 11 years ago(June 17, 2014 05:25 AM)
I have seen this movie about a million times, one of my favorites from my childhood, and I've always wondered why they get up and into attack mode (and look like idiots) just bc they hear a siren 12 stories down on the street passing by
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ajtaylor82 — 11 years ago(June 17, 2014 10:50 PM)
You sure? Tom Selleck clearly gets up and into a defensive, protective position, as if to be ready for an intruder. Steve G. Rushes to close the windows as if to keep someone from getting in. At least that's how I've always seen it
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paulgilmore34 — 11 years ago(September 15, 2014 03:14 AM)
Obvously you don't have kids. When kids sleep they can easily be startled and awaken by loud sounds especially a car alarm or thunder. When the car alarm went off they jumped up 1. It may have Startled themselves and 2. To quickly rush over and close the window in case it woke her up. That's all
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ajtaylor82 — 10 years ago(May 06, 2015 06:52 AM)
No, I don't have kids. But if I lived in a penthouse apartment who knows how high up in complete safety I wouldn't rush up and grab a pillow and brace it like an idiot, as if an intruder was about to come in, just because of a siren in.wait for it.Manhattan.
"Hey, let me ask you a question, bonehead: Why are you trying to ki-ki-ki-killllll me?!?!?" -
angel1008 — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 07:17 AM)
Okay, these men were bachelors, who had no idea how to take care of a baby. She was crying all day, and they were exhausted taking care of her. When the siren woke them up, they shut the windows, and Peter stood over Mary with the cushion, I am assuming to block the noise. Even though, yes, it is Manhattan and sirens and the like are a regular occurrence, these men didn't want to take a chance at waking up a baby that took so long to fall asleep.
Also remember this: Mary was from a posh area of London, so she probably didn't hear those noises there.
They were clueless, and they were not taking any chances. Yes, Peter looked like an idiot, but he did not know what he was doing. -
swaiminatrix — 9 years ago(January 22, 2017 08:20 PM)
I asked Ghost Boy about this recently when he appeared at my window. He said it had to do with them (Selleck and Guttenberg) possessing 5 kilos of cocaine.They were high as hell and tweaking at the time.
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ExplorerDS6789 — 9 years ago(January 27, 2017 03:06 PM)
Have YOU ever gone through the tiring, agonizing effort to finally get a baby to sleep? After all that, you wouldn't want something to wake it up and make it start screaming, then you have to do that effort all over again.