Re: Some other math/crypto sci-fi
Fubar wrote:
I enjoy a scene from a recent Bond film - where James is called on the telephone whilst he is in a compromising position with an academic at Cambridge University. He suavely navigates the telephone call, and when finished, his female companion remarks "James, you were always a such cunning linguist". My memory of the scene may differ slightly, but hopefully you pick up the play on words. The academic was a languages specialist, and if course, she was gorgeous.
That joke predates the Pierce Brosnan Bond movie by decades - making the use of it stale and crusty.
At 8:14 AM -0800 1/23/01, mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Fubar wrote:
I enjoy a scene from a recent Bond film - where James is called on the telephone whilst he is in a compromising position with an academic at Cambridge University. He suavely navigates the telephone call, and when finished, his female companion remarks "James, you were always a such cunning linguist". My memory of the scene may differ slightly, but hopefully you pick up the play on words. The academic was a languages specialist, and if course, she was gorgeous.
That joke predates the Pierce Brosnan Bond movie by decades - making the use of it stale and crusty.
Indeed, we were using it as schoolkids some 30 years ago, and we weren't the first. However, in that same Bond flick, if I am remembering correctly, there is a much fresher witticism. Bond's boss, played by Judi Dench, comments on his late arrival. Bond: "Don't ask..." Dench: "Don't _tell_." --Tim May -- Timothy C. May tcmay@got.net Corralitos, California Political: Co-founder Cypherpunks/crypto anarchy/Cyphernomicon Technical: physics/soft errors/Smalltalk/Squeak/agents/games/Go Personal: b.1951/UCSB/Intel '74-'86/retired/investor/motorcycles/guns
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