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26 things that movies have taught you
> > 1) Large, loft-style apartments in New York City are well within the
> > price range of most people--whether they are employed or not.
> >
> > 2) At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.
> >
> > 3) Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut.
> > You will always choose the right one.
> >
> > 4) Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the
> > communications system of any invading alien society.
> >
> > 5) It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight
> > involving martial arts: your enemies will wait patiently to attack you
> > one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have
> > knocked out their predecessors.
> >
> > 6) When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom
> > will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.
> >
> > 7) If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert
> > on nuclear fission at the age of 22.
> >
> > 8 ) Honest and hard-working policemen are traditionally gunned down three
> > days before their retirement.
> >
> > 9) Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch
> > enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems,
> > deadly gasses, lasers and man-eating sharks, which will allow their
> > captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
> >
> > 10) All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach the armpit
> > level on a woman, but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
> >
> > 11) All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French
> > bread.
> >
> > 12) It's easy for anyone to land a plane, providing there is someone in
> > the control tower to talk you down.
> >
> > 13) Once applied, lipstick will never rub off--even while scuba diving.
> >
> > 14) You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make
> > the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
> >
> > 15) Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German or Russian officer,
> > it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German or Russian
> > accent will do.
> >
> > 16) The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
> >
> > 17) A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but
> > will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
> >
> > 18 ) If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through
> > it before long.
> >
> > 19) If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange
> > noises in their most revealing underwear.
> >
> > 20) Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always
> > say: "Enter Password Now."
> >
> > 21) Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to
> > turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
> >
> > 22) All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red
> > readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
> >
> > 23) A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from
> > duty.
> >
> > 24) If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will
> > know all the steps.
> >
> > 25) Police departments give their officers personality tests to make
> > sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total
> > opposite.
> >
> > 26) When they are alone, all foreign military officers prefer to speak
> > to each other in English.
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