Shaken, Not Stirred

Sean Connery is the ONLY james bond. It is "stirred, not shaken," since shaking bruises the gin, and the only weapon he uses is a Walther PPKS, the detective's version.

 

You do mean James Bond, right?

 

ZING

 

"Your man James is ordering a watered-down martini and being snooty about it."
-- President Jed Bartlet.

 

Oddly enough, Roger Moore never ordered a vodka martini. He drank a couple that were prepared for him, but he never placed the order himself.

 

I always loved the fact that Ian Fleming also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The original Fleming books make good beach reading

 

I have a half dozen of the original paperbacks from when they first came about and a first edition You Only Live Twice hardback. The paperbacks aren't in good repair, but it's kinda nice to have.

 

'You Only Live Twice' is the only time Bond takes the drink stirred, not shaken. The guy says something like, 'You take it stirred, not shaken, I believe?' and Bond says, 'Of course.' Never noticed until I watched 15 Bond movies this weekend.

And you know what else? All of those Bond girls of the 60s and 70s (before anyone worked out) would be considered out of shape by today's movie standards.