1. It is always possible to park directly outside any building you are visiting. 2. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty. 3. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps. 4. Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilization. 5. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors. 6. No one involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock. 7. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other. 8. You can always find a chainsaw when you need one. 9. Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds, unless it's the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside. 10. Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment you turn the television on.