Learn From the Movies
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Learn From the Movies
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26 THINGS I LEARNED BY WATCHING MOVIES:
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 always evil.
3) Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut...you'll always choose the right one.
4) Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the most sophisticated security system of any multi-national corporation or country.
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 tender age of 22.
8) Honest and hard-working policemen are traditionally gunned down a mere three days before their retirement.
9) Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man-eating sharks - which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
10) All beds have special "L-shaped" 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 any kind of 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 and telling them how you're "Going to get married as soon as you hit Stateside."
15) Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German or Russian officer, it will not be necessary to speak those languages. A simple, half-hearted attempt at 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 always wince when a woman attempts to clean his wounds.
18) If a large pane of glass is visibly focused on during a scene, someone will be thrown through it before long.
19) If staying in a haunted house, women should always investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear for utmost safety.
20) Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always read: "ENTER PASSWORD NOW" in big, bold letters.
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 for punching or otherwise disrespecting his superior officer.
24) If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will know all the steps you are about to do.
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-- even though they may have just been speaking in their native tongue in front of an American just moments before.
Anything you'd like to add to this list?
26 THINGS I LEARNED BY WATCHING MOVIES:
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 always evil.
3) Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut...you'll always choose the right one.
4) Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the most sophisticated security system of any multi-national corporation or country.
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 tender age of 22.
8) Honest and hard-working policemen are traditionally gunned down a mere three days before their retirement.
9) Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man-eating sharks - which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
10) All beds have special "L-shaped" 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 any kind of 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 and telling them how you're "Going to get married as soon as you hit Stateside."
15) Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German or Russian officer, it will not be necessary to speak those languages. A simple, half-hearted attempt at 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 always wince when a woman attempts to clean his wounds.
18) If a large pane of glass is visibly focused on during a scene, someone will be thrown through it before long.
19) If staying in a haunted house, women should always investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear for utmost safety.
20) Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always read: "ENTER PASSWORD NOW" in big, bold letters.
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 for punching or otherwise disrespecting his superior officer.
24) If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will know all the steps you are about to do.
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-- even though they may have just been speaking in their native tongue in front of an American just moments before.
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