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Drider_it · 04-28-2003, 11:18 PM

-It is always possible to park directly outside any building you are visiting.
-A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

-If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

-Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilization.

-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.

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

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

-Police Departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.

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

-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.

-An electric fence, powerful enough to kill a dinosaur will cause no lasting damage to an eight-year-old child.

-Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment you turn the television on.

World's King · 04-29-2003, 01:42 AM

You must celebrate after winning anything by spending a few days in Mexico on the beach with a drink that has a umbrella.

Unknown Poster · 04-29-2003, 03:43 AM

1 When your car breaks down on a back road, all you need is for some guy to come along, lift the hood and fiddle with the engine for 30 seconds. When he says, "O.K. Give her a try now!" the car will start instantly.

2 Although dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures were reptiles, they roared like angry lions when provoked.

3 All professional assassins wear black turtleneck sweaters, wraparound sunglasses and black leather gloves.

4 The best way to put a German tank out of action was to lift the turret hatch and throw a grenade inside. The hatch was never locked.

5 All New York skyscrapers are equipped with window ledges which are wide enough to accommodate a full-grown adult.

6 Young women being pursued by hideous monsters will continually look over their shoulders while running away to make sure that the beast is still there.

7 When the person on the other end of the phone is suddenly disconnected, you must click the receiver on and off violently while shouting, "Hello! Hello!"

8 All Air Force officers know each other from a previous war and are either old drinking buddies or hated rivals.

9 If you're an LAPD cop involved in a high-speed chase, there's no problem in driving the wrong way on a one-way street. All the other cars will swerve madly to get out of your way.

10 There will always be one black convict on Death Row who plays the harmonica.

11 All fiery, headstrong women long to be kissed by men that they hate, loathe and despise.

12 Tough determined men always keep the butt of a cigar clenched between their teeth long after the cigar has gone out.

13 When anyone's elderly mother coughed twice, it was a clear indication of some incurable disease that she was bravely trying to hide from the rest of the family.

14 Although Gestapo agents were Hitler's secret police, they could be spotted a mile away because of their full-length black leather coats and black fedoras.

15 Captured American pilots in the Pacific were always interrogated by Japanese officers who had spent time in the U.S.A. before the war and were quite familiar with baseball, hot dogs and Benny Goodman's music.

16 Sadly, people who are fatally shot always manage to die before they can whisper the name of their killer.

17 Female scientists tend to be quite mousy-looking until they take off their horn-rimmed glasses and untie their hair.

18 In any large city, newsvendors and shoeshine boys know everything that's going on and will gladly tell you if you slip them a few bucks.

19 The quickest way to get shot down in aerial combat is to take off without your good-luck charm or mascot.

20 Even while galloping over rugged terrain at top speed, U.S. Cavalry buglers were able to sound the Charge without hitting a single bad note.

21 All European railway platforms are full of sinister looking men in trench coats who puff away nervously on cigarettes.

22 If you want to scatter a large group of horses in a corral, just slap one of them on the rump and they wi1l gallop away for miles.

23 For some unknown reason, all gangsters have girlfriends who chew gum, have high whiney voices and are not particularly bright.

24 When you run out of water in the desert, throw your canteen away in disgust. That way, if you should happen to find water somewhere, you'll have nothing to put it into.

25 Beneath the crusty exterior of every ship's captain, army sergeant, newspaper editor, construction foreman, ranch boss, police chief, flying instructor, or gangland crime boss, there beats a heart of gold.

26 When cowboys wanted to torment a newly arrived Easterner, they would fire their revolvers at his feet and order him to dance. Miraculously, none of the bullets ever struck him.

27 If a person becomes hysterical in a crisis, a single hard slap across the face will usually calm them down.

28 Any western horse was capable of keeping pace with a speeding train so that its rider could climb aboard.

29 Even though they had no formal musical training, plantation slaves were able to sing spirituals and work songs with intricate harmonies and vocal blendings.

30 When ordered by their passengers to "Follow that car!" New York cab drivers will never refuse or ask why.

31 All old mansions and castles have bookshelves, which swing open to reveal secret rooms or passageways.

32 When faced with a tough military objective, the army usually had to round up the worst thieves, murderers, drunks, psychos, and low-lifes it could find and whip them into a crack elite raiding force in order to get the job done.

33 Anyone can be hypnotized if a pocket watch on a gold chain is swung back and forth in front of their eyes.

34 The finest illumination ever invented was the flaming torch. They never burned down or blew out.

35 Drivers of any kind of vehicle never realize that their brakes have been tampered with until they are descending an extremely steep hill.

36 Although covered wagon trains of the '1800s carried settlers from Ohio all the way to California, they never seemed to encounter the Rocky Mountains.

37 Bundles of newspapers thrown from delivery trucks will always land front side up so that you can read the headlines.

38 Handsome men and beautiful women never get seasick while taking an ocean voyage even during raging typhoons.

39 Even second-rate boxers who've been battered senseless can usually slug their way to victory in a title fight if some- one brings them good news at ringside.

40 When invading space aliens take over the mind and soul of a person, the only one to notice any personality changes will be the family dog.

laconic1 · 04-29-2003, 09:32 AM

When you have to disable a ticking time bomb no matter which wire you cut it will be the right one, and you will cut it just as the clock hits zero.

Memalvada · 04-29-2003, 12:44 PM

check this out:
Computers in Movies
lots of stuff here

JoeyB · 04-29-2003, 12:46 PM

If you are an african-american police officer, within days of retirement....don't go to work. You will die and your white partner will have to avenge your death.

John_Gault · 04-29-2003, 03:15 PM

Everyone knows kung fu.

Repeated kicks to the face with a boot might leave a small cut under the eye or a cut on the lip the next day.

crackpot · 04-29-2003, 03:31 PM

When you buy something at the corner store, you either happen to have the exact amount required, or you leave without your change.
Oh, and never take change from a cab driver either.

MikeyChalupa · 04-29-2003, 06:51 PM

Some of my favorites from an old list I saw once:

The Eiffel Tower is visible from every window in Paris.

It will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once during any homicide investigation.

Any soldier can survive any battle in any war, provided he does not make the mistake of showing a buddy a picture of his sweetheart back home.

The biggest collection of misfit, reject athletes can defeat the best team in the league, provided the game comes down to the very last play.

-Mikey

Eviltree · 04-29-2003, 07:07 PM

-After hanging up a phone, there is a dialtone, not silence

-Glass has properties that allow anyone mildly knocked to fly through it at great speed

-you never reload or run out of ammo unless you're cornered

-Uzis can be continuously fired and not become insanely hot

-The eviler a person is, the harder they are to kill

liquid_dreams · 05-02-2003, 08:00 AM

you escape from capture from a "bad guy" if you make a lot of wise ass comments at him.

spys alwasy sleep with lots of hot wemon.

qpid · 05-02-2003, 08:18 AM

No one ever has to use the bathroom or sleep unless it is essential to the plot

John_Gault · 05-02-2003, 09:22 AM

A bad guy could shoot at a good guy in the open 50 times at close range and miss with every shot. But if he had to shoot a rope 20 feet in the air from 50 feet away that would drop a sandbag and knock the good guy unconscious - so as to be captured and then be left to die in a diablical contraption from which escape is eminent - he'd (or she'd) hit it every time.

smarm · 05-02-2003, 09:33 AM

It is not necessary to close doors after you enter a room.

Halx · 05-02-2003, 09:44 AM

Planes are very user-friendly. Anyone can learn how to fly one by just sitting in the cockpit and glancing quickly at the controls.

MSD · 05-02-2003, 09:55 AM

If a computer is destroyed, everything conected to it will explode.

Everything worth hacking has a nice Username/Password intrface that can be cracked within 10 seconds.

Computer monitors are bright enough to projet whatever they are displaying on a user's face, but do not blind the user.

Government records are always stored on servers accessable by dial-up connections and guarded by weak passwords.

All infrastructure facilities, from water processing plants to nuclear power stations. are fully controllable in realtime through a dial-up connection from anywehre in the world.

04-28-2003, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Drider_it Junkie Location: Louisiana	Things You Wouldn't Know Without Movies -It is always possible to park directly outside any building you are visiting. -A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty. -If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps. -Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilization. -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. -When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage. -No one involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock. -Police Departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite. -When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other. -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. -An electric fence, powerful enough to kill a dinosaur will cause no lasting damage to an eight-year-old child. -Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment you turn the television on.

04-29-2003, 01:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	You must celebrate after winning anything by spending a few days in Mexico on the beach with a drink that has a umbrella. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

04-29-2003, 12:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
Memalvada Psycho Location: South of the border	check this out: Computers in Movies lots of stuff here __________________ "The weak are food for the strong, so die and let me feast!" - Makoto Shishio (RK)

04-29-2003, 12:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
JoeyB feeling tingly	If you are an african-american police officer, within days of retirement....don't go to work. You will die and your white partner will have to avenge your death. __________________ My mom is a Diamondbacks fan. She really likes the Big Unit

04-29-2003, 03:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
John_Gault Crazy Location: Beach House on the Moon	Everyone knows kung fu. Repeated kicks to the face with a boot might leave a small cut under the eye or a cut on the lip the next day. __________________ The battle against abject stupidity cannot be fought with reason. I am Head inquisitor in qpid's liberation army so we can take over the world before Microsoft does... Join the Revolution!

04-29-2003, 03:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Unknown Poster Insane	1 When your car breaks down on a back road, all you need is for some guy to come along, lift the hood and fiddle with the engine for 30 seconds. When he says, "O.K. Give her a try now!" the car will start instantly. 2 Although dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures were reptiles, they roared like angry lions when provoked. 3 All professional assassins wear black turtleneck sweaters, wraparound sunglasses and black leather gloves. 4 The best way to put a German tank out of action was to lift the turret hatch and throw a grenade inside. The hatch was never locked. 5 All New York skyscrapers are equipped with window ledges which are wide enough to accommodate a full-grown adult. 6 Young women being pursued by hideous monsters will continually look over their shoulders while running away to make sure that the beast is still there. 7 When the person on the other end of the phone is suddenly disconnected, you must click the receiver on and off violently while shouting, "Hello! Hello!" 8 All Air Force officers know each other from a previous war and are either old drinking buddies or hated rivals. 9 If you're an LAPD cop involved in a high-speed chase, there's no problem in driving the wrong way on a one-way street. All the other cars will swerve madly to get out of your way. 10 There will always be one black convict on Death Row who plays the harmonica. 11 All fiery, headstrong women long to be kissed by men that they hate, loathe and despise. 12 Tough determined men always keep the butt of a cigar clenched between their teeth long after the cigar has gone out. 13 When anyone's elderly mother coughed twice, it was a clear indication of some incurable disease that she was bravely trying to hide from the rest of the family. 14 Although Gestapo agents were Hitler's secret police, they could be spotted a mile away because of their full-length black leather coats and black fedoras. 15 Captured American pilots in the Pacific were always interrogated by Japanese officers who had spent time in the U.S.A. before the war and were quite familiar with baseball, hot dogs and Benny Goodman's music. 16 Sadly, people who are fatally shot always manage to die before they can whisper the name of their killer. 17 Female scientists tend to be quite mousy-looking until they take off their horn-rimmed glasses and untie their hair. 18 In any large city, newsvendors and shoeshine boys know everything that's going on and will gladly tell you if you slip them a few bucks. 19 The quickest way to get shot down in aerial combat is to take off without your good-luck charm or mascot. 20 Even while galloping over rugged terrain at top speed, U.S. Cavalry buglers were able to sound the Charge without hitting a single bad note. 21 All European railway platforms are full of sinister looking men in trench coats who puff away nervously on cigarettes. 22 If you want to scatter a large group of horses in a corral, just slap one of them on the rump and they wi1l gallop away for miles. 23 For some unknown reason, all gangsters have girlfriends who chew gum, have high whiney voices and are not particularly bright. 24 When you run out of water in the desert, throw your canteen away in disgust. That way, if you should happen to find water somewhere, you'll have nothing to put it into. 25 Beneath the crusty exterior of every ship's captain, army sergeant, newspaper editor, construction foreman, ranch boss, police chief, flying instructor, or gangland crime boss, there beats a heart of gold. 26 When cowboys wanted to torment a newly arrived Easterner, they would fire their revolvers at his feet and order him to dance. Miraculously, none of the bullets ever struck him. 27 If a person becomes hysterical in a crisis, a single hard slap across the face will usually calm them down. 28 Any western horse was capable of keeping pace with a speeding train so that its rider could climb aboard. 29 Even though they had no formal musical training, plantation slaves were able to sing spirituals and work songs with intricate harmonies and vocal blendings. 30 When ordered by their passengers to "Follow that car!" New York cab drivers will never refuse or ask why. 31 All old mansions and castles have bookshelves, which swing open to reveal secret rooms or passageways. 32 When faced with a tough military objective, the army usually had to round up the worst thieves, murderers, drunks, psychos, and low-lifes it could find and whip them into a crack elite raiding force in order to get the job done. 33 Anyone can be hypnotized if a pocket watch on a gold chain is swung back and forth in front of their eyes. 34 The finest illumination ever invented was the flaming torch. They never burned down or blew out. 35 Drivers of any kind of vehicle never realize that their brakes have been tampered with until they are descending an extremely steep hill. 36 Although covered wagon trains of the '1800s carried settlers from Ohio all the way to California, they never seemed to encounter the Rocky Mountains. 37 Bundles of newspapers thrown from delivery trucks will always land front side up so that you can read the headlines. 38 Handsome men and beautiful women never get seasick while taking an ocean voyage even during raging typhoons. 39 Even second-rate boxers who've been battered senseless can usually slug their way to victory in a title fight if some- one brings them good news at ringside. 40 When invading space aliens take over the mind and soul of a person, the only one to notice any personality changes will be the family dog.

04-29-2003, 09:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	When you have to disable a ticking time bomb no matter which wire you cut it will be the right one, and you will cut it just as the clock hits zero.

04-29-2003, 03:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
crackpot Junkie Location: Montreal	When you buy something at the corner store, you either happen to have the exact amount required, or you leave without your change. Oh, and never take change from a cab driver either.

04-29-2003, 06:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	Some of my favorites from an old list I saw once: The Eiffel Tower is visible from every window in Paris. It will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once during any homicide investigation. Any soldier can survive any battle in any war, provided he does not make the mistake of showing a buddy a picture of his sweetheart back home. The biggest collection of misfit, reject athletes can defeat the best team in the league, provided the game comes down to the very last play. -Mikey

04-29-2003, 07:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	-After hanging up a phone, there is a dialtone, not silence -Glass has properties that allow anyone mildly knocked to fly through it at great speed -you never reload or run out of ammo unless you're cornered -Uzis can be continuously fired and not become insanely hot -The eviler a person is, the harder they are to kill

05-02-2003, 08:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
liquid_dreams Banned Location: ketchikan	you escape from capture from a "bad guy" if you make a lot of wise ass comments at him. spys alwasy sleep with lots of hot wemon.

05-02-2003, 08:18 AM	#12 (permalink)
qpid Psycho Location: Detroit	No one ever has to use the bathroom or sleep unless it is essential to the plot __________________ My army will take over the world join us or be destroyed. I am the Emperor Supreme Join the Revolution! Necrophilia - The irresistible urge to crack open a cold one

05-02-2003, 09:22 AM	#13 (permalink)
John_Gault Crazy Location: Beach House on the Moon	A bad guy could shoot at a good guy in the open 50 times at close range and miss with every shot. But if he had to shoot a rope 20 feet in the air from 50 feet away that would drop a sandbag and knock the good guy unconscious - so as to be captured and then be left to die in a diablical contraption from which escape is eminent - he'd (or she'd) hit it every time. __________________ The battle against abject stupidity cannot be fought with reason. I am Head inquisitor in qpid's liberation army so we can take over the world before Microsoft does... Join the Revolution!

05-02-2003, 09:33 AM	#14 (permalink)
smarm Insane	It is not necessary to close doors after you enter a room.

05-02-2003, 09:44 AM	#15 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Planes are very user-friendly. Anyone can learn how to fly one by just sitting in the cockpit and glancing quickly at the controls. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

05-02-2003, 09:55 AM	#16 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	If a computer is destroyed, everything conected to it will explode. Everything worth hacking has a nice Username/Password intrface that can be cracked within 10 seconds. Computer monitors are bright enough to projet whatever they are displaying on a user's face, but do not blind the user. Government records are always stored on servers accessable by dial-up connections and guarded by weak passwords. All infrastructure facilities, from water processing plants to nuclear power stations. are fully controllable in realtime through a dial-up connection from anywehre in the world.