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The things I learned from watching Day of the Jackal

posted 13 years ago by diddymuck
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If you wait long enough at the airport, someone more or less your double will show up.

You can steal an arrivee's passport from his carry-on bag without arousing suspicion even if you're the only person standing next to him.

Weasel-faced guys who smart off with every sentence can be trusted with incriminating evidence.

Getting a little off an upper-class married woman is perfectly ok if you're on the lam...she won't testify against you, won't describe you or report you to the police, and after being told by the police you're dangterous she won't show any apprehension about being romantically involved with you.

I only have Clarol, dear.

[–] SooBee (129) 5 years ago

If you're a respected and expert armaments designer, you can drink neat, un-iced Campari. (Would taste like diesel.)

[–] Adam60z (3766) 4 years ago

If a document forger tries to blackmail you for 1000GBP kill him, put him in a trunk, and you're good to go!
If you're an old man riding a horse and a girl has her dog attack you and knock you off it, just assume she's not an OAS agent and f--k her. Tell her there is a crisis and if she kisses you tell her.
If there's a nationwide manhunt for de Gualle's assassin and an apparently one legged man comes to the parade with fake documents let him right through, no questions asked.

[–] bsantosu (156) 4 years ago

When robbing a bank make sure you're not the last one to get in the getaway car.

[–] Redsfan001 (6145) 2 years ago

Don't talk shop with your mistress.

[–] bsantosu (156) 2 years ago

If you're in a helicopter and see somebody in a field painting a white car blue; don't worry about it.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 4 months ago

I learned that the French people must not keep up on their current affairs. When filming the final scene was taking place, the local police started to get calls that someone was trying to shoot President DeGaulle. DeGaulle had been long dead before the movie was made.