Got this in an e-mail. There will be my fingernail marks in many places for the next while... too curious not to try it
>A policewoman who travels all over the US and gives seminars
>And techniques for business women passed this on.
>Do you know how to determine if a mirror is 2-way or not?
>This is not to scare you, but to make you aware.
>This is really interesting. Try it with a 'regular' mirror, and
>You can easily see what the gap means. This is a MUST read!!
>When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms,
>etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary
>mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way
>mirror? (i.e., they can see you, but you can't see them).
>There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in!
>female changing rooms. It is very difficult to positively
>Identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we
>determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we
>Are looking at?
>Just conduct this simple test: Place the tip of your fingernail
>against the reflective surface and if there IS A GAP between
>your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE
>Mirror. However, if your
fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image
>Of your nail, then BEWARE, BECAUSE IT IS a 2-WAY MIRROR!
>REMEMBER ... every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail
>Test." It doesn't cost you anything, it is simple to do, and it
>might save you from "getting visually raped!"
>REMEMBER ... "NO SPACE, LEAVE THE PLACE!"
>Ladies: Share this with your girlfriends, sisters, daughters,
>etc.
>Men: Share this with your wives, daughters, daughters-in law,
>mothers, girlfriends and/or friends.
>And to my friends ......please pass this mail on to all your
>online friends.