Movie Myths:

I thought you'd want to know some things you would never know without the movies:

• 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 parade - at any time of year.
• All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that 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 (sic) star detective- or give him 48 hours to finish the job.
• 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 -  no one will ever think of looking for you in there and you travel to any  other part of the building undetected.
• 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.
• 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.
• A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
• 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 families every morning even though their husbands and children never have time to  eat it.
• Cars that crash will almost always burst into flames.
• A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of RFK  stadium.
• Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
• It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending  phone conversations.
• It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are  visiting.
• It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will patiently attack you one by one and the others will dance 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 they are aired.

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