So - you think I should keep my "Notting Hill" dream alive then? Open a travel bookshop somewhere here, start brushing up on phrases like "whoopsy-daisy" and "shitty-tee-prickety" and grow me some floppy hair? Well - the hair bit might be barely possible... ;)
Wow! The extreme Bond fan in me would have approached her and said she helped to make it a better Bond film than it otherwise might have been. Nice write-up!
I knew you'd be interested :) And I agree wholeheartedly. A detail for you that I forgot to include in the typecast: at the time I was wearing my Seiko SKX007 (which is the poor man's Rolex) on a NATO strap matching in colour the one Sean Connery used in "Goldfinger" though with nickel buckles - not fully identical (again - poor man's solution ;) ) so there was another "connection" (gold-oil) :)
Nicely done. Man, this kind of stuff doesn't happen in Australia. Closest I ever came was Ivana Milicevic (Le Chiffre's girlfriend in "Casino Royale") coming into my store and being served by one of my colleagues. Which was just as well, I suppose. And it was a few years before she died that I learned that Lois Maxwell, Miss Moneypenny herself, was living in Perth, Australia. So that's my thin link to Bond Girls...so far.
Middle aged fat bloke? Hardly. Maybe she was following you...
ReplyDeleteSo - you think I should keep my "Notting Hill" dream alive then? Open a travel bookshop somewhere here, start brushing up on phrases like "whoopsy-daisy" and "shitty-tee-prickety" and grow me some floppy hair? Well - the hair bit might be barely possible... ;)
DeleteA delightful little urban adventure, and well presented.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah - it is easy to love London for moments like this.
DeleteWow! The extreme Bond fan in me would have approached her and said she helped to make it a better Bond film than it otherwise might have been.
ReplyDeleteNice write-up!
I knew you'd be interested :) And I agree wholeheartedly. A detail for you that I forgot to include in the typecast: at the time I was wearing my Seiko SKX007 (which is the poor man's Rolex) on a NATO strap matching in colour the one Sean Connery used in "Goldfinger" though with nickel buckles - not fully identical (again - poor man's solution ;) ) so there was another "connection" (gold-oil) :)
DeleteNicely done. Man, this kind of stuff doesn't happen in Australia. Closest I ever came was Ivana Milicevic (Le Chiffre's girlfriend in "Casino Royale") coming into my store and being served by one of my colleagues. Which was just as well, I suppose. And it was a few years before she died that I learned that Lois Maxwell, Miss Moneypenny herself, was living in Perth, Australia. So that's my thin link to Bond Girls...so far.
DeleteSummer at last!
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