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Things you would never know without the movies
During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of year.
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.
The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job.
All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.
It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to talk you down.
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.
Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is their polar opposite.
The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going to go off.
If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition, even if you haven't been carrying any before now.
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.
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.
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.
A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
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.
Kitchens don't have light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge door and use that light instead.
If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning even though their husband and children never have time to eat it.
Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames.
All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.
A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK stadium.
Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.
Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
It is not necessary to hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.
Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.
A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
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.
When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage.
No-one ever involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.
Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.
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.
Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment that it is aired.
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The IMDB tend to have one of these for every daft action movie.
Re: Things you would never know without the movies
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| Originally posted by WittyHandle During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once. The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his star detective - or give him 48 hours to finish the job. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned to a partner who is their polar opposite. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they are going to go off. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty. |
Re: Things you would never know without the movies
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| Originally posted by WittyHandle It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to talk you down. |
Whenever someone rushes in telling you to turn on the TV, it will always be on the right channel.
Any aliens from outer space that you meet will speak your language.
The protagonist becomes an expert bullet-dodging machine, while he fights off the villian's entire fleet of henchmen with a single hand pistol.
When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
I discovered this to be true also for games (the Saboteur in particular)
- Always look behind you when you hear menacing violin music begin to play.
- If you are being chased by zombies run as fast as you can, even though they can barely walk they will still catch up with you.
- Never disarm a bomb unless it has one second left on the timer.
All cars can be hot wired.
Rose will never let go, Jack.
Renzo likes to rub ice on his nipples. Don't judge him.
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| Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine Whenever someone rushes in telling you to turn on the TV, it will always be on the right channel. |
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| Originally posted by Ania_xox Renzo likes to rub ice on his nipples. Don't judge him. |
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| Originally posted by Moongoose Though it doesnt really matter since one could always land via autopilot anyway, |
(applies to ordinary mortal with no experience in aviation whatsoever, including simulations)Re: Re: Things you would never know without the movies
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| Originally posted by Moongoose The< tried this on Mythbusters...results: Landing on theor own, both hots crashed the planes, when being talked to they bozh landed the plane intact. Though it doesnt really matter since one could always land via autopilot anyway, |
That list is great! All the ones involving police are instant classics.
One punch is enough to knock a guy out for the rest of the scene.
Yep, the police ones are my favs too
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| 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. |
When hit by a bullet, people will not just fall down, they will be dramatically thrown backwards, flying through the entire room.
Any character played by Sean Bean will die in the first half
Any guy who has just died can be resurrected by a girl confessing her love to him.
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| Originally posted by Meat187 Any guy who has just died can be resurrected by a girl confessing her love to him. |
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