If staying in a haunted house,
women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear.
If being chased through
town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick's Day parade - at any
time of the year.
All beds have special
L-shaped top sheets that reach up to armpit level on a woman but only waist
level on the man lying beside her.
All grocery shopping
bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
It's easy for anyone
to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you
down.
Once applied, lipstick
will never rub off - even while scuba diving.
The ventilation system
of any building is a 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 without
difficulty.
You're likely to
survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone
a picture of you 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.
The Eiffel Tower
can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.
People of TV never
finish their drinks.
A man will show no
pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries
to clean his wounds.
The chief of police
is always black.
When paying for a
taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note - just grab one at random
and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.
If you lose a hand,
it will cause the stump of your arm to grow by 15cm.
Kitchens don't have
light switches. When entering a kitchen at night, you should open the fridge
door and use that light instead.
During all police
investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
Mothers routinely
cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning, even though the
husband and children never have time to eat them.
Cars and trucks that
crash will almost always burst into flames.
Wearing a singlet
or stripping to the waist can make a man invulnerable to bullets.
A single match will
be sufficient to light up a room the size of a football stadium.
If a killer is lurking
in your house, it's easy to find him. Just relax and run a bath - even if it's
the middle of the afternoon.
Medieval peasants
had perfect teeth.
Although in the 20th
century it is possible to fire weapons at an object out of visual range, people
of the 23rd century will have lost this technology.
All single women
have a cat.
Any person waking
from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.
Even when driving
down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously
from left to right every few moments.
One man shooting
at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one.
Creepy music coming
from a graveyard should always be closely investigated.
If a phone line is
broken, communication can be restored by frantically beating the cradle and
saying, "Hello?, Hello?"
Most people keep
a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings - especially if any of their family or friends
has died in a strange boating accident.
It does not matter
if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involved 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 predecessor.
During a very emotional
confrontation, instead of facing the person you are speaking to, it is customary
to stand behind them and talk to their back.
When you turn out
the light to go to bed, everything in your room will still be clearly visible,
just slightly bluish.
Dogs always know
who's bad and will naturally bark at them.
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.
Action heroes never
face charges for manslaughter or criminal damage despite laying entire cities
to waste.
No matter how badly
a spaceship is attacked, its internal gravity system is never damaged.
If there is a deranged
killer on the loose, this will coincide with a thunderstorm that has brought
down all the power and phone lines in the vicinity.
You can always find
a chain saw whenever you're likely to need one.
Rather than wasting
bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch-enemies using complicated machinery
involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man eating sharks
that will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
Having a job of any
kind will make all fathers forget their son's eighth birthday.
Many musical instruments
- especially wind instruments and accordions - can be played without moving
the fingers.
All bombs are fitted
with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when
they're going to go off.
It is always possible
to park directly outside the building you are visiting.
Guns are like disposable
razors - if you run out of bullets, just throw the gun away. You can always
buy a new one.
Make-up can safely
be worn to bed without smudging.
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.
