The Spy Who Humiliated Me
Bondlike
Posts: 26MI6 Agent
Its usually the star wars and star trek fans who get labelled as geeks and outcasts for their fanaticism, but I was wondering if your interest in the Bond films has ever caused you any embarrassment or other noteriety? A quick story to get things started:
I was married two years ago, in the same Church where my wife and I grew up and met. At the time, I was Assistant Principal in the local Catholic school and my wife a teacher in another area school. The point is, we were very well known in the neighborhood an our Wedding ceremony was attended by a packed Church, many of them family and students who came to see their teachers tie the knot. I, of course, had my groomsmen wear traditional black bondlike tuxs, and I did the same. The priest, a young man of 35 and a longtime friend, got up at the pulpit and announced to this packed church of many youngsters--"This is the first time in history Phil has a legitimate reason to run around playing dress- up as James Bond, but I had to convince him to leave the toy gun at home" The Church roared with laughter, knowing what he meant. If you watch the video, my face was beat red---and the kids (and my wife) never let me live it down.
I was married two years ago, in the same Church where my wife and I grew up and met. At the time, I was Assistant Principal in the local Catholic school and my wife a teacher in another area school. The point is, we were very well known in the neighborhood an our Wedding ceremony was attended by a packed Church, many of them family and students who came to see their teachers tie the knot. I, of course, had my groomsmen wear traditional black bondlike tuxs, and I did the same. The priest, a young man of 35 and a longtime friend, got up at the pulpit and announced to this packed church of many youngsters--"This is the first time in history Phil has a legitimate reason to run around playing dress- up as James Bond, but I had to convince him to leave the toy gun at home" The Church roared with laughter, knowing what he meant. If you watch the video, my face was beat red---and the kids (and my wife) never let me live it down.
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My wife never lets me live down the fact that I was having a scuffle with Sanchez in my sleep. She says I elbowed her so she just got up and watched until I had calmed down...But the kicker was; as she tells her family, co-workers and close friends of ours during certain occasions, is that I did it all in a classic Roger Moore impression. She even went to say that after the fight, I had the presence to straighten my "invisible" tie but I think she added that one on for good measure.
I swear I don't remember any of it...but there was a TBS Bondathon on the tube the week of.
Batman: "The Hammer Of Justice is UNISEX!"
-Batman: The Brave & The Bold -
I can't say that I've ever done anything Bondlike that caused me embarrassment, although a friend of mine has taken the sneaking around with the gun a little too far; he was sneaking around his house with a sticky-dart revolver when he heard the computer shut down (rather loudly). He jumped and slammed himself into the wall, adopting a wall-hug pose with the revolver held in two hands and ready to fire at anything that moved.
You sure he wasn't trying to emulate T.J. Hooker?
Batman: "The Hammer Of Justice is UNISEX!"
-Batman: The Brave & The Bold -
a diamond necklace for my girlfriend, the jeweller asked if I knew anything about diamonds.
I quoted Connery in "Diamonds are Forever."
"Hmmm. Hardest substance found in nature, cuts glass, suggests marriage, and I suppose have replaced the dog as a girl's best friend." That got a smile fromthe jeweller and laughter from the young couple behind me. That was the first and so far only time I've been able to use a Bond line in public.
lets just say one night my toilet broke in my apartment (at college) and i needed to go somewhere, it was around 12 at night, so i snuck into the school building, with my ipod on the "james bond theme" i got in, unnoticed by any janitors..did my business- as i left i snuck from class room to class room to avoid a few jaitors who were in the hallways cleaning up, just for kicks i guess- i doubt i would have gotten in trouble... but the best was - because i put the them back on... as i left the room the music built to the classic DO DO DO DO..
it was amazing lol
Thought they are similar, I take Xenia Onatopp any day. HOwever, back to the topic. I have never been humiliated by my Bond obsession ever before, and I have made quite alot of frieds through it.
To get mixed up with
A man named Nightshooter
May be big trouble but then...
I just could be
the AVTAK fan to take you
and make you be a big Bond fan AGAIN.
This is a great topic, thanks for starting it Bondlike. I am going to try to pay more attention to opportunity knocking for me to make a fool out of myself in the name of Bond. -{
So now, I really only discuss Bond with those who might be interested (such as this site) or my parents who don't mind hearing about Bond because they know how much I love it. For example, I subjected my father to a 'doom and gloom' rant about CR and whenever TWINE is on TV, I always get my mother to watch the final scene. In conclusion, because my Bond obsessiveness is more of an internal thing (thinking about the films, watching the films, reading about and discussing the films) and because I only discuss Bond with those who are not completely disinterested, it doesn't really interefere with my life. Except for when newspaper columnists write ridiculous/offensive articles about Bond.
"What the *%$ is this?"
Yeah I am a geeky sort, obsessed with things like James Bond and Harry Potter
Unforunately no one said I looked like a Bond Girl lol-{-{
Well, he did have a bad liver as was said in TND. {[]