40 things that only happen in the movies

Here's a few; check out the rest at Cinema-Pedia.

• Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment it’s aired.
• The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.
• Any police officer about to retire from the force will more often than not die on their last day (especially if their family have planned a party). (Caveat: Detectives can only solve a case after they have been suspended from duty).
• You will survive any battle in any war UNLESS you show someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
• Anyone can land a 747 as long as there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
• If you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts, your opponents will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around you in a threatening manner until you have defeated their predecessor.