LOL!! Some of this is so true, heck, almost all of it. I liked this one: 33. All beds have special L-shaped sheets that reach to armpit level on a woman but only up to the waist of the man lying beside her. I always like movies that don't do this more than those that do. 38. In Middle America, all gas station attendants have red handkerchiefs hanging out of their back pockets. This one was true back when I was a teenager. Seriously. The self-serve filling stations put paid to the profits of whatever company owned the market on red handkerchiefs. (mine) 41. All TV families have either a family member or a neighbor in their 80's, who constantly curses like a sailor, while making lewd, sexual innuendos.
I like this one: 29. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at once (it's called Stallone's Law).
Not on the list. People always die while revealing a long, drawn out secret in a way such that you can only understand that they were about to reveal the secret not what the secret actually was. Examples: I know who the killer is! He is actually... aaaarrrrgghhh..... or I've rewritten my will. After careful consideration I've given everything to Billy Bob. I've placed all copies of this will in.... aaaarrrgggghhh...... Apparently when people really die their last words are usually something mundane like "that hurts" or "I'm cold". Also, apparently the last words on cockpit voice recorders in real life are almost always "Oh, s**t!"
OK, here're a few I found pretty funny (from the Ebert's site): California Sunrise As viewed from North America, the sun rises from the Atlantic at an angle up and to the right, and sets into the Pacific at a corresponding angle down and to the right. Lazy California directors fake an East Coast sunrise by filming a California sunset and running it backward, though this causes the sun to rise up and to the left. Cemetery Weather Cemeteries generate their own weather. In a surprisingly large number of scenes at cemeteries, particularly if a funeral is in progress, it is raining --and not just sprinkles, but biblical downpours. Disappearing Nude A woman seen nude in bed with the hero in the opening scene will never be seen again. Generic Drinker Syndrome Characters in movies always order "beer." As a bartender, I have observed that no one ever just orders "beer." They always call their beer. Movie characters frequently take a small sip and then leave without finishing their drinks, or paying for them (occasionally one character will throw some uncounted bills on the table). In real life, people suddenly called away from the bar take time to upend their glass and greedily suck down whatever is left.
One of my own: Singing Chicks in a Kitchen When a group of three or more women gather in a kitchen, sooner or later they'll break out in song and will likely start dancing.
I remember some astrophysicist making fun of Star Wars because of the sounds that are added to the fight scenes in outerspace, when of course you would hear nothing since outerspace is a vacuum. If you are the Star of the movie you can be shot, poisoned, in a deadly explosion that kills most around you, jump off a cliff or any other high place, and be locked in a confined space that is about to be blown to bits until the last second and still be alive to have it happen to you in two or three more sequels. I think it's called Harrison's or McLaine's or Bonds Law.
