THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW WITHOUT THE MOVIES

a.. During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip
club at least once.

b.. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each
other.

c.. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing
St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of year.

d.. All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the
armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level on the man lying
beside her.

e.. The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star detective - or
give him 48 hours to finish the job.

f.. All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.

g.. It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to talk
you down.

h.. The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place -
noone will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any
other part of the building undetected.

i.. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure
they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is their polar opposite.

j.. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

k.. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red
readouts so you know exactly when they are going to go off.

l.. If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition,
even if you haven't been carrying any before now.

m.. You are very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make
the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

n.. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not
be necessary to speak the language - a German accent will do.

o.. If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer
beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his
forthcoming art exhibition.

p.. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but
will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

q.. When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a
bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the
exact fare.

r.. Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night,
you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.

s.. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange
noises in their most revealing underwear.

t.. Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every
morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.

u.. Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames.

v.. All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.

w.. A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK
stadium.

x.. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.

y.. Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.

z.. It is not necessary to hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone
conversations.

aa.. Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to
turn the wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.

ab.. It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are
visiting.

ac.. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from
duty.


ad.. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving
martial arts - your enemies will patiently attack you one by one by dancing
around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their
predecessors.

ae.. When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will
never suffer a concussion or brain damage.

af.. No-one ever involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic
eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.

ag.. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.

ah.. You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.

ai.. Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds -
unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.

aj.. Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you
personally at the precise moment that it is aired.

When using a computer, just randomly strike any key on the keyboard... the computer will know what you want it to do.

All computers have 10 terrabit internet connections to make high definition video viewable in a split second.

lol, esp when watching any of the CSI ir NCIS shows!

The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

The Space Needle can be seen from any window in Seattle - even if the rest of the city looks mysteriously like Vancouver, BC. 

The hero will always be able to outrun (on foot) the bad guys who are chasing him in an automobile.

The hero will always be able to figure out the bad guy's computer pass word.

If you're pregnant and you don't want anyone to know, all you need is :

A large coat and a very big shoulder bag.

A pillow when sitting and a counter to stand behind.

Problem Solved !

Female cops are gorgeous, never lumpy or drabbly dressed.

S

If you're lost on a deserted road, Bubba one tooth will find you every time and offer to "hep".

If you have more than 4 teenagers in a car and they break down, they will always go to the "Wrong" house.

Oh, and never go camping !! 

In a horror flick the black guy mostoften is the first to die.

This is incredible, Matthieu! Where did you find these facts?

What particularly struck me is that no one ever finishes a meal, or even touches it, for that matter. Well, there are a few exceptions, I recall. In addition, a movie's progress today hinges largely upon actors' reliance upon mobile phone communication. In WWII movies the movement of all ships at the Admiralty [Brit.] and their positions relative to one another was charted on a table map, toy ships moved with a stick [term?] to indicate their progress at sea. Communication was by telephone or teletype, I believe.

Thanks!

CoCo