Things You Would Never Know Without The Movies

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* 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 French bread.

* It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone to take 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 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 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 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 the 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.

* 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.

* Its not necessary to hello and 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.

* If a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussioin or brain damage.

* Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.