Did you ever notice that in the movies:

• Cameras make a whooshing noise when they take a picture.
• Binoculars have a restricted field of view, like a Mastercard two-circle logo.
• Power outages cause fireworks to shoot from devices as they shut down one by one.
• Everybody’s phone number starts with 555, which is invalid.
• Every time a sleuth goes to visit someone, there is a murder.
• Any time a female is alone in a house at night guarantees she will be attacked.
• Any time a person changes a baby’s diaper, guarantees the baby will pee on them.
• It never drizzles or rains. There is always a drenching downpour.
• Any reference to a religious superstition, secular superstition or curse will come true later in spades.

These conventions are so common they don’t strike you as weird.

~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)