James Bond resigns from MI5 citing ‘too much paperwork’

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James Bond resigns from MI5 citing ‘too much paperwork’

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A Joke from www.newsbiscuit.com
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/05/19/j ... paperwork/
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James Bond, the secret agent formerly known as 007, has resigned from MI5, citing excessive paperwork, political correctness and boring villan’s lairs as making his life as a government assassin unbearable.

‘When I started out as a hired killer for the UK goverment, I was given a gun and allowed to take out anyone I liked. I fought the real super-villians, who built rocket launching sites inside volcanoes, supertankers that swallowed submarines, space stations and the like -most of them with monorails. On the way, I could have unprotected sex with any woman I fancied. But the assassination of Obama bin Laden shows how frustrating having a license to kill has become.

First, the paperwork: all the forms, presidential and prime minister approval. How can I kill evil henchmen when I first have to take a photograph, and submit it on a complex web form along with a justification, then wait for three levels or approval? Some of the places I have to go don’t have decent network connectivity!

Secondly, the lairs. No volcanoes, no space stations. Run-down compounds in suburban towns with no decent nightlife, and not a monorail in sight! Where is the excitement in killing people in backwater suburbs when you have to walk around once you get there?

Finally, the women. It’s not just that that in today’s conflict zones they wear burqas and adultery is punished by stoning – it’s that it’s really hard to get your end up when you know that it’s not just Obama and Cameron watching you on your headcam, but Hilary Clinton is watching too. She keeps giving me instructions to the headset about effective foreplay. I am a spy trying to save the world -I don’t have time for foreplay! It was better when her husband was in charge, believe me!’

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I take it the writer has never read any Fleming, if s/he thinks that James Bond drowning in paperwork is a new idea.
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Kristatos wrote:I take it the writer has never read any Fleming, if s/he thinks that James Bond drowning in paperwork is a new idea.
It is satire, however.. Too many can not read or more accurately have no desire to read. Not limited to Ian's tomes it is anything longer than a blurb on a blog. I assisted reviewing applicants for an entry level position at our company, oh years ago in America. It was amazing how may applicants were nearly illiterate! :shock: Graduates of higher education mind you!

Most peoples experience with Bond does not go beyond the Eon movies which to some extent in the early days was a decent effort. However nobody wanted to watch 007 fill in reports in triplicate for the first half. I was intrigued by Ian's conviction of how James was to behave around Moneypenney and his own personal secretary. I'm sure you are well familiar with it Kirs, however if anyone reading this blurb is wondering think Raymond Burr :wink:
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