When toilets are flushed.....

[osprey]

in films, etc why do the people who do the flushinbg to get rid of torn up letters for example, never wait until the flush has ended to see if the water has got rid of the evidence? Also, in the film ''Sleeping With The Enemy'', what made Julia Roberts think that she would be able to flush a ring? That would just not happen.

[andy-hughes]

That's a bit of poetic licence that fiction uses to move the plot along/

In a similar vein, how does James Bond manage to chase that guy all over the skyline of Europe, and end up not only not out of breath, but with his clothes untorn?

As for the ring - remember, American plumbing is not subject to the wimpey European three-point-five second flush times of British toilets, and the force could be enough to take a ring down the pipes.

[Loosehead]

and why is it that all the phone numbers in films start 555?

Why is it that when 2 people are in bed they always have one of those special "movie" L shaped sheets that reveal the mans chest but not the womans.

And why are all the bad guys usually English?

And whike we are at it, in Martial arts films why to the bad guys always wait patiently in a circle to be hit by the good guy, when it's their turm?

I think we should be told!

[pinkkitty]

LOL at Looshead!

Also, Why are british people on TV either 1940's BBC Posh or cockney? do Americans really think we all sound like either the Queen or Eliza Doolittle?

[andy-hughes]

They still do - they have Vinny Jones and Hugh Grant for examples!

[joko]

555 is because there is no such dialing code and it prevents the accidental use of someones real phone number, the therefore no prank calls or calls from stupid people who can't seem to get their head round the fact that it is not real.

osprey - why do you ask so many questions of this nature?

all anyone can answer is that its not real and films can do what they like for dramatic effect - so why keep finding fault and expecting answers?

you entitled to of course, i just don't get why you bother...

[cole13uk]

Why does Vinnie Jones keep getting acting roles when he clearly can not?

[smeghead81]

555 is the American dialling code prefix... uhhh! as films are predominantly american, as we all know...

Also, the reason why the kungfu guys just stand there is cos the 'good guy' is always a smart mover.. it's predictable in every movie