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Subject: More addenda

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Susan

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Date Posted: 14:10:14 06/14/01 Thu
In reply to: Susan 's message, "I found the list!" on 13:59:06 06/14/01 Thu

At the risk of getting too far off the topic of Robert Newton, I just found some more good addenda my dad sent me when I first shared that list with him:

55. The main source of light in a dimly lit room (a candle, a torch, a lamp) will always cast a perfect shadow of itself on the wall.

56. Asteroids, space ships, and missiles in outer space will always make "whooshing" sounds as they speed by, even though there is no air to carry the sound.

57. In a spy or war movie, any American will immediately recognize a foreign accent or mannerism on a character trying to pose as an American, but no foreigner will ever pick up an American accent or mannerism on an American posing as a foreigner.

58. The hero in a martial arts movie always has the mysterious power to control his opponents' minds so they forget that firearms have been invented.

Addendum to #42:
>42.. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill
>their arch-enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses,
>pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man eating sharks that
>will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape . . .
. . . and then they depart rather than watch the deadly scenario
they have so painstakingly set up work to its anticipated conclusion.

PS: Oops, I just realized that #54 was a lot like #1 on the original list!

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