Saturday, January 4, 2014

International Spy Museum posting of interest...

The International Spy Museum recently posted this observation about Ian Fleming.

SPY FACT -- Ian Fleming chose the name James Bond for the character of his spy novels because "it was the dullest name I had ever heard."

I responded,

Well, yes, but it was lifted from the cover of a book in my grandfather's area of expertise: Ornithology, the study of birds. James Bond was a published ornithologist back in the 50's. That's where Fleming found the name.

Bond used the ornithologist role as a cover in a mission that took him to Havana, Cuba. Anyone know which film that was (Clue: it was one of Pierce Brosnon's films)?

(Second clue: Bond meets up with the NSA's Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson)


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