Jack Reacher's Rules

THINGS YOU’LL NEVER SEE REACHER DO

Take a suit to the dry cleaner’s

“A good coat is like a good lawyer. It covers your ass.”

5. CHANGING YOUR UNDERWEAR

Always buy the cheapest white underpants.

Remember that khaki socks will give you away if you’re going undercover.

Most people stick to underwear from their country of origin. It’s a big step putting on foreign underwear, like betrayal or emigration.

If caught short, go commando.

>>THE LONGEST TIME A TRAVELING MAN CAN GO WITHOUT …. A shower 4 days Changing his clothes 9 days Changing his underwear 9 days

THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR REACHER SAY

My wife doesn’t understand me.

THE PENTAGON

WHAT

Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Completed in January 1943, it covers 600,000 square meters of floor area—the world’s largest office building. About 31,000 military and civilian employees work there. It has five rings of corridor per floor on five floors—covering seventeen miles. There is a fiveacre pentagonal courtyard in the middle.

WHERE

Arlington County, Virginia, on the Potomac River flood plain

HOW

Departments within the DOD control the Army, Navy, Air Force, military technology, budget, and policy.

HOW FAST

There are ten radial hallways between the rings; traveling at Army marching pace of 4 mph, a person can make it between any two random points inside in a maximum of seven minutes.

“To escape into the Pentagon was no kind of a good idea.”

“I’m that guy … The only guy in the world who doesn’t have a cellphone.”

Remember that if the satellite can show you the way on your GPS, it can also pinpoint your exact location.

The guy who relies on his head clock has no use for a fancy watch.

“He came from a world where a sudden dive for a pocket was more likely to mean a gun than a phone.”

Put your brain first—electronic devices can affect your ability to process information, your concentration, and your sleep.

Why would you want to allow the world and his wife to track you down by phone?

If you’re constantly looking down at your phone, you’re not looking at the world around you.

“Text messaging.”

  “What’s that?”

  “You can send written messages by phone.”

  “When did that start?”

THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HEAR REACHER SAY

Call me on my cell.