3.1.04

Have you ever noticed in the modern film: 1 if anyone ever does any typing on screen, they can type at least at 50 words a minute. The best was "Scotty" in a Start Trek film who typed at 200+ words a minute on a keyboard that must have been seriously unfamiliar to him as he did this by travelling back from the future to the present day. Surely, the keyboard will evolve. If you are a computer hacker in a film, you sweat a bit, swivel in your obligatory swivel chair and crack every single code known to man within minutes ... even Fermat's Last Theorem is well within your grasp. 2 if anyone ever does any packing, they never fold anything as packing only ever follows an argument, an ultimatum and running away or a threat thereof. This means that the world's most expensive dress, shirt or suit can be flung on top of the world's least expensive dish cloth but no one seems to care. No one ever says, "Do you realise that your blouse will need ironing when you get to your hotel?" or "Come on, love, that's no way to treat a D&G LBD now is it? Here, let me fold it for you." 3 if anyone has a bad dream they always suddenly sit bolt upright absolutely dripping with sweat and then sit glassy eyed for as long as necessary whilst hyperventilating. If they are sharing their bed with someone they only ever wake up slowly and lie propped up on one elbow and say something like, "Something the matter, darling". I think I would say "What the @!$*** has happened. J*sus!". This applies to adults who have seen the devil incarnate and taken tea with him only to find the secrets of the dark side now reside in their shirt. This also applies to children whose Harry Potter books have may have been mislaid for a second or two. Any offers of more? Although I am aware that there are entire lists of these things but these are my three of the moment. DW

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