SECRET AGENT MAN...?

One of the criticisms made about JAMES BOND

is that he's a lousy secret agent because he can walk into

any bar in the world and the barman will say "Hello, Mr.

Bond - vodka martini, shaken but not stirred coming right

up!"  Somebody so well-known could never be an effective

secret agent runs the cry, so 007 is obviously rubbish at

being one.  However, those who say this haven't really

thought things through.  Here's why.

James Bond's cover story is that he's a sales rep for

UNIVERSAL EXPORT(S) (later TRANSWORLD

CONSORTIUM in the novels) and it's therefore perfectly

legitimate that, in that role, he'd regularly travel the world

and be known in various hotels and bars in different coun-
tries.  So next time you hear someone say Bond is a lousy

secret agent because he's too well-known, point out to

them that they're talking through their @rse.

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