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Daily Grin: 40 Things That Only Happen In Movies
Nealz Nuze | November 13, 2006

Posted on 11/13/2006 6:36:47 AM PST by yankeedame

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To: yankeedame

-Any unassuming cat spotted in the first half of the film will become a shrieking, red-herring surprise to the protagonist in the second half of the film.

-Any Whodunit usually has very little mystery involved: Hollywood is cheap and speaking parts cost money due to SAG/Equity rules.


21 posted on 11/13/2006 7:24:17 AM PST by relictele
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To: Lokibob
Cowboys never use the bathroom nor water the shrubs.

Their six shooters never run out of bullets and their cartridge belts are always full.

22 posted on 11/13/2006 8:08:01 AM PST by cowboyway (My heroes have always been Cowboys)
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To: yankeedame
Computers always talk.

Little runts like Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiRetardo are as tall as everyone else.

Even the worst wounds heal overnight, or by the next scene.
23 posted on 11/13/2006 8:13:06 AM PST by cowboyway (My heroes have always been Cowboys)
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To: cowboyway

Leo is 5'11'' so he is average heighth, and also a much better actor than Tom Cruise.


24 posted on 11/13/2006 8:47:52 AM PST by Mr. Blonde (You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
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To: cowboyway

Leo is 5'11'' so he is average heighth, and also a much better actor than Tom Cruise.


25 posted on 11/13/2006 8:48:06 AM PST by Mr. Blonde (You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
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To: yankeedame

Women wake up in the morning with all of their makeup, including lipstick, looking perfect.

Even when kidnapped and tied up for a long time, people never need to go to the bathroom.

People's houses or apartments are always much nicer than what their salaries would actually be able to buy them. Even a struggling actress or waitress has a really fabulous apartment.

Women take off their clothes twice as often as men do.

The more wacky and zany a woman is, and the more trouble she causes to a guy, the more irresistible he finds her.

The guy with blond hair and blue eyes is almost always a mean, nasty person. (Women, however, are allowed to be blonde and blue-eyed and still good guys.)


26 posted on 11/13/2006 8:52:30 AM PST by Nea Wood (Is cheap, illegal labor worth one life?)
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To: Mr. Blonde
and also a much better actor than Tom Cruise.

That ain't saying much.

27 posted on 11/13/2006 8:56:11 AM PST by cowboyway (My heroes have always been Cowboys)
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To: Nea Wood
And women have hair that stays perfectly in place while riding in a convertable with the top down.

I only tried that once and practically had to shave my head to get the knots out.

28 posted on 11/13/2006 9:00:02 AM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: MamaTexan
Why do the people hunting nocturnal bogeymen always wait until dusk to begin?

LOL! Amen!! I mean, when they're searching for Dracula's crypt, or checking out a spooky house, or something why don't they go at 8 in the morning or 2 in the afternoon? And for that matter, why do ghosts only come out at night? I mean, Dracula I can understand. But ghosts? What are we taking about here -- union rules or something?

29 posted on 11/13/2006 9:03:15 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: relictele
-Any unassuming cat spotted in the first half of the film will become a shrieking, red-herring surprise to the protagonist in the second half of the film.

And always near beat-up trash cans in dark, wet alleys.

30 posted on 11/13/2006 9:05:47 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: theDentist
42. When runnning away from danger, the woman will always trip, fall, and be unable to get up. (If they somehow escape, they're walking just fine 2 minutes later, clothes and hair perfect, and they don't need to gasp for breath).

Women, menaced by the bad guy/monster, whatever, chose to run for their lives still wearing their 3" spike heels. I don't even run for the doorbell or the phone in 3" spike heels. Somehow I think that were my life in danger, the heels might be the first thing I shed.

31 posted on 11/13/2006 11:47:02 AM PST by Roses0508 (Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.)
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To: Roses0508
Drat!!! I forgot to mention the 3" heels.

Well, if you're in danger, and if somehow you haven't a gun or knives available, use the heels and aim for his eyes or groin.

32 posted on 11/13/2006 11:53:55 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: yankeedame
In any and all horror films, having sex = death.

The SCREAM franchise played this perfectly.

33 posted on 11/13/2006 12:39:47 PM PST by TheBigB (Do you think "Lady in the Water" is in Ted Kennedy's NetFlix queue?)
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To: yankeedame

Any time there is an indestructible serial killer in the vicinity (see "Voorhees, Jason"), and a noise is heard outside at night, any female must strip down to her underwear before going outside (alone) to "take a look."


34 posted on 11/13/2006 12:41:11 PM PST by TheBigB (Do you think "Lady in the Water" is in Ted Kennedy's NetFlix queue?)
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To: yankeedame
What are we taking about here -- union rules or something?

Err...if it were a ghost union, wouldn't it be Boo-nion rules? :-)

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I did think of another one. People who run TO the window/door when shots are fired right outside.

Talk about making yourself a target.

35 posted on 11/13/2006 1:07:08 PM PST by MamaTexan (~ There is no such thing as a Big Government Conservative ~)
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To: Nea Wood
The guy with blond hair and blue eyes is almost always a mean, nasty person. Zabka!!
36 posted on 11/13/2006 4:56:47 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: MainFrame65

I do.It is called a trumpet.I do not know how to play it,but the family sure appreciates it.As the conversation is on movies,a little fake out for our servicemen and women for a good cause is more than justified.I do move my fingers,and would play it if it weren't for my busted lips.Kissed an APC once,lost a few front teeth,but the scars do not heal.


37 posted on 11/13/2006 5:34:42 PM PST by xarmydog
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To: yankeedame

California cars have a ramp in the back and it rolls your car over.


38 posted on 11/13/2006 5:36:49 PM PST by bmwcyle (The snake is loose in the garden and Eve just bit the apple.)
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To: yankeedame

Who orders out for coffee and sandwiches anymore? It was a staple of detective dramas for years...


39 posted on 11/13/2006 5:43:17 PM PST by P.O.E.
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To: yankeedame

Every city street all over the world has, along the sidewalk, the following:

A watermelon vendor cart
Stacks of empty cardboard boxes
Plastic barrels

All of which will be struck during a car chase.


40 posted on 11/13/2006 5:48:34 PM PST by P.O.E.
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