Re: PVA vs RB Glue

In Reply to: Re: PVA vs RB Glue posted by James Morton on 08/21/00 at 9:01 PM:

So much of what we know about art does not come from any disciplined and coherent study on our part but rather from rumor, internet experts who have just completed their first year of art school or from the portrayal of art on TV and in the movies.Here are some other things you would never know if it weren't for similarly accurate sources:

Large, loft apartments in New York City are plentiful and affordable, even if the tenants are unemployed

One of a pair of identical twins is evil

Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry about which wire to cut You will always choose the right one

It doesn't matter if you are greatly outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts Your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one dancing around in a threatening manner until you have dispatched their predecessors

When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible but slightly blue

If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to be a world-famous expert on nuclear fission, dinosaurs, hieroglyphics, or anything else, at the age of 22

Honest and hard-working policemen are usually gunned down a day or two before retirement

Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their enemies using complex machinery involving fuses, deadly gasses, lasers, buzz saws and hungry sharks, all of which will give their captives at least 20 minutes to escape

During all crime investigations, it is necessary to visit a strip club at least once

All beds have special L-shaped covers that reach up to the armpits of a woman but only to the waist of the man lying beside her

All grocery shopping bags contain at least one French bread and one bunch of carrots with leafy tops

It's easy to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down

The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place No one will ever think of looking for you in there, and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty

You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home

Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it is not necessary to speak the language A German accent will do

A man will show no pain while taking the most horrific beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds

If staying in a haunted house, women must investigate any strange noises in their most diaphanous underwear, which is what they happened to be wearing when the car broke down

If someone says "I'll be right back", they won't

Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel from time to time

All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off

A police detective can only solve a case after he has been suspended from duty

If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone around you will be able to mirror all the steps you come up with, and hear the music in
your head

Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure each is assigned a partner who is their total opposite

When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other

Real concerned artists use only fresh-squeezed organic cold-pressed oil and triple distilled turpentine, guaranteeing their work will not only be a masterpiece but will last through centuries of museum viewers
 
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