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    Large, loft-style apartments in New York City are well within the price range of most people--whether they are employed or not.

    At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.

    Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one.

    Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communications system of any invading alien society.

    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 you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.

    Radiation cause interesting mutations--not to your future children, but to you, right then and there.

    If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert on nuclear fission at the age of 22.

    Honest and hard working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.

    Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gasses, lasers, and man-eating sharks, which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.

    During all police investigations. it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.

    Most dogs are immortal.

    All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.

    All grocery shopping bags contain at least one loaf 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 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 you want without difficulty.

    You're 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.

    The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

    A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

    If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.

    Kitchens don't have light switches.

    If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.

    Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always say: Enter Password Now.

    Any person waking from a nightmare will bolt upright and pant.

    It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.

    Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.

    All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.

    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.

    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.

    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.

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    at least one partner out of a pair of cops will be a loose cannon, or failing that will have only one day left 'til retirement.

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    A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
    SO true

    If you are blond and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert on nuclear fission at the age of 22.
    I'm not blond...or pretty .... and I'm still 20 ...and by 22 I'll be coming to Australia to study something like that ....*I hope*
    Really really ... Fighting Temptations

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    Quote Originally Posted by BOY1236 View Post
    SO true


    I'm not blond...or pretty .... and I'm still 20 ...and by 22 I'll be coming to Australia to study something like that ....*I hope*
    nyone else scared? lol..

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    Cars in movies/tv never have head rests,obviously for camera view but is anoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nick3110 View Post
    :P, i do my best
    already did mine
    Really really ... Fighting Temptations

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    At night while driving the dash lights in the car are so bright the driver and passenger can clearly be seen

    To hack a computer all you have to do is start typing, programs or a mouse isnt necessary

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    cop cars always have the worst tires invented and locker diffs when they need to chase someone

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    When you house or car is on fire, don't worry, it will blow up as soon as you get out of it.
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    Tyres will always screach on dirt roads or grass

    you can always leave your car unlocked ,windows down and keys in the ignition and hardly ever get stolen, even if its a $100,000 car ,but most of the time if its going to get stolen ,its a chunka and the keys are behind the visor

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    you can totaly write off of a car and rebuild it back to pristine condition in under a week with parts that are just laying around ( I wish)

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    when you jump from a high place .... something WILL break your fall and you'll live

    all the aliens have big eyes with X-ray like vision
    Really really ... Fighting Temptations

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    if it wasnt for movies we wouldnt know that even an ice-cream truck/postal van can keep up with a top of the range sports car going full speed

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