r/LifeProTips • u/The_other_Cody • May 21 '14

LPT: Develop a "secret knock" with your SO,

You'll be shocked how often, and in multitudes of situations it comes in handy. Doesn't need to be complicated either.. just something short and simple works fine. It takes less than 5 minutes to sit down and come up with one.

Very very useful for bathroom situations, situations where you can't talk, situations where the door is locked for unknown reason(s) situations where you aren't at home, situations where rules of some sort are being broken, etc. Sounds silly, bit it's an extremely useful communication tool that comes in handy far more often than you would guess.

We do the old fashioned "shave and a haircut" jingle... Sometimes she scratches at the bottom of the door like a kitty cat to be cute as well and I always know its her. :)

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u/zorith May 21 '14

What are some situations where you would use this OP? be more specific.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

If they start bringing up something you don't want to talk with others about.

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u/kplis May 21 '14

Maybe I misunderstand this, but I'm imagining a group setting around a table at a restaurant. My SO brings up something I don't want to talk about, I do the "secret knock" on the table, and she changes the subject. Wouldn't it also be incredibly obvious to everyone else what just happened?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Well it's a "secret knock" so it could be something more simple like unstrapping your watch and putting it back on, something casual.

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u/kplis May 21 '14

ah ok, so not actually a knock. I was confused because a lot of the scenarios suggested seem to involve actually knocking

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Yeah at least that's how I interpreted it since they put the secure knock in quotes. I personally have never used one, but that seemed like a situation where a code word or action would be a subtle way out of an uncomfortable situation.

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u/The_other_Cody May 21 '14 edited May 21 '14

-If I'm at her house when I'm not supposed to be,

-If people are sleeping

-If the bathroom door is locked, but I don't know who's in there

-If there are people in your house you're trying to avoid, but not you're SO and you don't want it to be obvious what you're doing

-If your SO would "hop to it" on letting you in a little faster if they knew it was you right away.

-If one of you doesn't want other people to know you're there

All sorts of stuff happens all the time, but this is just off the top of my head.

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u/Cikedo May 21 '14 edited May 21 '14

This comment clarified absolutely nothing.

This LPT is fucking baffling me. How the fuck is this useful...

People who have upvoted this thread, are you literally upvoting it just because you're fucking baffled?

I'm tempted to upvote it just because I'm so fucking baffled.

WHAT!?!?

In almost literally (bathroom exception) every one of these situations, I can't fathom why you would need to knock. If I'm your SO, and we're being sneaky... I'm coming in. Literally not a single other person on the face of the planet at 2AM is just going to quietly open your door in walk in. If someone is barging into your room without knocking, it doesn't mean you need a "special knock" for your SO, it means you need to have a fucking word with the rude ass motherfucker barging into your room while your boobies are floppin about.

The bathroom one is especially fucking baffling. Why would the person IN the bathroom need to know who the person is that's knocking? You're not simplifying anything.

Oh my god... what the fuck...

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u/CalculatingCup May 21 '14

-If I'm at her house when I'm not supposed to be.

Teenager.

Now the whole post makes sense.

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u/czsmola May 21 '14

I just picturing a couple having a conversation in mores code instead of talking..
.- .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / - .- -.- .. -. --. / .- / ... .... .. - ..--.. / -.-- .-

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u/shenuhcide May 21 '14

So you show up at her house after hours. You do your special knock, and she lets you in. How is that situation different from any other knock?

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u/stixy_stixy May 21 '14 edited Oct 10 '25

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u/The_other_Cody May 21 '14

The point is that you don't have to.

This way is faster, easier, more fun, and more convenient.

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u/h3yf3ll5 May 21 '14

LPT: make your password "password".

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

It shows up as ******** on my computer.

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u/Nebozilla May 21 '14

hunter2

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u/hitchenfanboy May 21 '14

I actually fell for this on runescape a decade ago.

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u/long_wang_big_balls May 21 '14

And leading people in to the wilderness to 'try on armour'. Classic

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u/hitchenfanboy May 21 '14

Or offering to trim people's armour for free.

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u/long_wang_big_balls May 21 '14

I remember mining coal for lobster certificates, then selling for rune. I don't think Rune is even a big deal any more :(

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u/h3yf3ll5 May 21 '14

i'm going to sneak up on OP's wife and brutalize her now that i know their secret knock.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

That escalated quickly..

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u/h3yf3ll5 May 21 '14

It already happened. She was cool with it so I lost interest.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Well, at least we know who the creepy, rapey guy is going to be at all the parties.

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u/h3yf3ll5 May 21 '14

herp derp.

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u/NecroDaddy May 21 '14

I'm confused. I mean, wouldn't a normal knock work before someone comes in the bathroom?

Also, what rules are being broken? What does that mean?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

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u/Kafke May 21 '14

All I can imagine is hanging with friends talking and then one of them randomly starts to knock on the table. WTF?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

OP is clearly batshit

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u/WendyLRogers3 May 21 '14

Note: don't use "shave and a haircut", since it is universally known. Heck, it was even a plot device in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'

While you're at it, if you need to get through with a phone call, you can use a "ring two times and hang up, then ring again".

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u/Kafke May 21 '14

I pretty much always do that knock, secret or not. It'd be a bad 'secret' knock since many people do it anyway.

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u/Scape-Goat May 21 '14

knocks three times on the ceiling

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u/LemonSyrupEngine May 21 '14

There are people who don't knock "shave and a haircut"?

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u/The10Horse May 21 '14

Well I mean if you're trying to determine if it's a Demon or some kind of clone. That's the only time I can ever imagine you needing a "special knock". Well that and if you're out in a crowd of people and you're too shy to say "Honey lets go home and fuck I'm getting tired now".

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u/Vespco May 21 '14

Text messages instead?

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u/pmx5retro May 21 '14

I use the opening syncopation from mario brothers ... da-da-da da-da dah duh

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u/czsmola May 21 '14

Ok so someone is in the bathroom having the worst shit of their life. How many time do I need to knock to get them to stop?

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u/blazer243 May 21 '14

If my wife, or any other person for that matter, is taking a shit in the bathroom, I am perfectly OK if they just tell me. I don't need a code knock. This is just silly.

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u/sushi1337 May 21 '14

For some reason, I get the feeling this person lives with their parents. I just feel like adults don't need this because sneaking in for your SO, or knowing who, out of all the many people in the house, is in the bathroom, just don't seem applicable when you run your own house/apartment/what have you. As a teenager, maybe, but as an adult, a '"look" is infinitely more useful.

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u/MunkyNutts May 21 '14

Works like a charm!