Some other math/crypto sci-fi

[Tim May]

At 8:14 AM -0800 1/23/01, mmotyka at 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


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