by banned » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:38 am
Yes, it was "Airplane"--the character's name was Johnny, and the actor Steven Stucker, who sadly passed away about ten years ago from AIDS.<br><br>Don't you think when you call something "The National Clandestine Service", it kind of gives it all away the minute you pass out your business card? (Reminds me of my favorite T shirt--had "Property of the FBI Witness Protection Program" on the pocket.)<br><br>"Hi! I'm from the National Clandestine Service, here's my card!"<br><br>"Er...doesn't 'clandestine' mean secret?"<br><br>"Yes indeed."<br><br>"But you're just talking to me right out in the open!"<br><br>"Correct, but note that my name is Jose."<br><br>"Jose what?"<br><br>"That's the secret part."<br><br>"OK. But what about your phone number, it's right on here!"<br><br>"Correct, but that's not my real phone."<br><br>"So if I call it..."<br><br>"We've got the line tapped, we get your number and call you back."<br><br>"Sneaky! But if you call me back, can't I do * 69?"<br><br>"No. Our number is blocked."<br><br>"You guys think of everything, Jose. So what did you want to talk to me about?"<br><br>"I can't tell you. That's a secret."<br><br>"OK."<br><br>Long silence ensues.<br><br>Then Jose says "I'm sorry, sir, you'll have to come with me."<br><br>"Why?"<br><br>"I can't tell you. It's a secret."<br><br>"But I didn't even SAY anything!"<br><br>"Correct. But I found the way you didn't say it suspicious. Please sir, don't make a scene."<br><br>"Can I call my lawyer?"<br><br>"You're a funny little man, aren't you?"<br><br>We really have gone through the looking glass, and unfortunately what's on the other side may be Gitmo, or some foreign country where they'll torture the daylights out of us before they find out that "Jose" got the wrong person. Then since they can't let us go they'll have to kill us, so we might as well have been the right person.<br><br>Catch 22 squared.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
