Things I've learned from watching TV and films...
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- It's easy to knock someone unconscious with a blow to the head and they'll be fine once they wake up.
- People who push others out of the way of moving vehicles will just stand there in the street and get hit themselves.
- If a truck is about to hit you, it won't stop, it'll just keep honking until it hits you.
- If you're on the roof of a building, you won't hear the helicopter until it flies up and shows itself. And if you have a briefcase full of cash or bearer bonds and try to run away, it'll fly open and everything will get blown all around by the helicopter.
- People who push others out of the way of moving vehicles will just stand there in the street and get hit themselves.
- If a truck is about to hit you, it won't stop, it'll just keep honking until it hits you.
- If you're on the roof of a building, you won't hear the helicopter until it flies up and shows itself. And if you have a briefcase full of cash or bearer bonds and try to run away, it'll fly open and everything will get blown all around by the helicopter.
Everyone wears a suit & tie all the time.
No one ever finishes a meal, they usually just push it around their plate until they have something more important to do.
Blonde guys are probably German and therefore evil.
Buses travel around the streets in an unpredictably fast way and don't break until after they've hit you.
Extremely rich and possibly malnourished women always keep their bra on during sex.
Extremely rich and possibly malnourished women always keep their bra on during sex.
It's rare to be immediately be killed by a murderous criminal, you owe money to. You'll almost certainly have enough time to either outwit the criminal, or hatch a scheme to get the money.
If you're a good looking main character, going in the military, you'll hardly ever have to get your hair cut as short as other recruits.
When stranded on an island for years, your clothes will always deteriorate around the shins & forearms. Never around the waist, crotch, or joints
Anyone with glasses is always completely blind without them
Anyone can ride a horse or motorcycle
Guard dogs are easily averted with food
Wardens will always allow prisoners to stand less than 5 feet from them without guards
Low level criminals with piercings, don't get to keep them
Reporters, lawyers, investigators, coroners, nurses, etc... never have to type anything
Lawyers will often say things they know will get stricken from the record, just because they think it should be heard by the jury, even though the jury gets told to ignore it
All sports cars can pass safely underneath an 18-wheeler's trailer
Aliens are too stealthy to be spotted by adults, but can't hide from kids
Intelligent aliens who've traveled across the galaxy, to conquer your world, with highly advanced vehicles & weaponry, will never plan for possible computer infiltration or pathogenic infection, from lifeforms they intend to conquer, & they have a hard time with locked doors & windows
If you're a good looking main character, going in the military, you'll hardly ever have to get your hair cut as short as other recruits.
When stranded on an island for years, your clothes will always deteriorate around the shins & forearms. Never around the waist, crotch, or joints
Anyone with glasses is always completely blind without them
Anyone can ride a horse or motorcycle
Guard dogs are easily averted with food
Wardens will always allow prisoners to stand less than 5 feet from them without guards
Low level criminals with piercings, don't get to keep them
Reporters, lawyers, investigators, coroners, nurses, etc... never have to type anything
Lawyers will often say things they know will get stricken from the record, just because they think it should be heard by the jury, even though the jury gets told to ignore it
All sports cars can pass safely underneath an 18-wheeler's trailer
Aliens are too stealthy to be spotted by adults, but can't hide from kids
Intelligent aliens who've traveled across the galaxy, to conquer your world, with highly advanced vehicles & weaponry, will never plan for possible computer infiltration or pathogenic infection, from lifeforms they intend to conquer, & they have a hard time with locked doors & windows
An evil criminal will always tell the hero their devilish plan right before they attempt to kill them, only to be cleverly foiled.
All high school students, particularly in movies, are absolutely flawless and have magnificent cars and throw the wildest parties.
Most all animals are smarter than the average human.
Whenever anyone goes to a restaurant, or any other service type business, they never seem to have to wait in line and get the best seats and service imaginable.
Movie theaters always tend to be sparsely occupied and unrealistically clean.
Most all animals are smarter than the average human.
Whenever anyone goes to a restaurant, or any other service type business, they never seem to have to wait in line and get the best seats and service imaginable.
Movie theaters always tend to be sparsely occupied and unrealistically clean.
A detective's salary is enough to afford or finance anywhere between a 50 to 100 thousand dollar sports car
Though robots & androids are electronics, computers, & machinery, their batteries never need any kind of powering up at all
Horses are too stupid to know to not run off a cliff
You can pull the latch to the cars of a moving train, with your bare hands
You can pull the pin on a grenade, with your teeth
You can jump from one space craft to another, while in the dead of space, with nothing more than your mouth shut, & only get a bit cold
If you travel 30 years into the future, nobody will think you've been missing for 30 years, least of all, your future self
Caveman body language was generally the same as 20th Century North American? Nod your head twice for yes.
I've been consistently misinformed as to the vulnerabilities of vampires
Though robots & androids are electronics, computers, & machinery, their batteries never need any kind of powering up at all
Horses are too stupid to know to not run off a cliff
You can pull the latch to the cars of a moving train, with your bare hands
You can pull the pin on a grenade, with your teeth
You can jump from one space craft to another, while in the dead of space, with nothing more than your mouth shut, & only get a bit cold
If you travel 30 years into the future, nobody will think you've been missing for 30 years, least of all, your future self
Caveman body language was generally the same as 20th Century North American? Nod your head twice for yes.
I've been consistently misinformed as to the vulnerabilities of vampires
I don't believe it took us this long to get this *truth* in the thread!Public loos are either spotless and well lit; so clean and bright you could do major surgery in them -or- more filthy than a sewer and without proper lights. -there is no middle ground!
And a loft full of Italian furniture and a Danish stereo.
It's hardly a recurring theme is it? If we go down your route we can go line by line through every film ever made.
Better to say that when a situation is so bad a group of professional soldiers can't cope with it, some civilian or loner ex-military type will step up and save the day.
When in a war/alien war situation it is always the quiet, religious guy who gets gutted and strung up first.
never bet against the underdogs. the underdogs always win.
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