Skyfalling to a Stop

Yesterday we went as a family to see the latest Bond movie, Skyfall. I don’t want to give any spoilers so I’ll just say it was far superior to the last Bond movie which had kind of lost the plot. Well I lost the plot of it anyhow and I couldn’t be bothered to revisit it either as I have done most of the Bond movies over the years.

So anyway, after all the trauma and excitement of a big Bond climax I had to go where all ladies have to go after two hours and twenty minutes with Mr Bond – the lavatory. So I rushed off to the Ladies, pulled open the big red entrance door with a queue of ladies behind me and started tugging at the next door that comes into my vision. I tug… I pull… I try to wrench the door off it’s hinges with a muscular Bond vice-like grip but the darn thing won’t budge. Eventually, a voice chirps up behind me:

“That’s the broom cupboard, Love. The toilets are straight ahead of you.”

Well how was I to know? You see that’s what Mr Bond does to me. Stops me thinking straight.

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Martin Lower says:

5 November 2012 at 4:22 PM

Are you sure it's Mr Bond who stops you thinking straight, or is it related to you needing a magnifying glass to read food packets?
As far as I remember, after a few minutes with James Bond, most women end up dead, so to escape with a trip to the lav is a bit of a result really!

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Jane Turley says:

5 November 2012 at 4:28 PM

Hmm… I hadn't thought of it that way, Martin. I suppose at my age I was lucky to have made it through the explosions without having a coronary!

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