Comments on: Top UK spies revealed as wankers http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: doingdoing http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892934 doingdoing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892934 Mansfield Cumming? Mansfield Cumming?

]]> By: nanite2000 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893193 nanite2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893193 Nominitive determinism. Nominitive determinism.

]]> By: Earth Man http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892940 Earth Man Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892940 Man's field cumming?! Man’s field cumming?!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-894228 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894228 First stirred....then shaken! First stirred….then shaken!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892950 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892950 I bet James Bond gets a lot of flak for wasting precious agency resources. I bet James Bond gets a lot of flak for wasting precious agency resources.

]]> By: doingdoing http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892954 doingdoing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892954 Cue the James Bond theme next time you're making invisible ink... Cumming... Man's Field Cumming... Cue the James Bond theme next time you’re making invisible ink… Cumming… Man’s Field Cumming…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892959 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892959 humiliated, the agent went on to construct a Rocket faster than sound itself... humiliated, the agent went on to construct a Rocket faster than sound itself…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892975 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892975 "butt" of jokes and "semen" on the same page ... along with "wankers", "cumming" and "stagg" I'm not sure I can cope with this ... ROTFLMFAO “butt” of jokes and “semen” on the same page …

along with “wankers”, “cumming” and “stagg”

I’m not sure I can cope with this …

ROTFLMFAO

]]> By: PeaceNerd http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892979 PeaceNerd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892979 shaken, not stirred shaken, not stirred

]]> By: dross1260 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892984 dross1260 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892984 Not exactly "Lie back and think of England." Not exactly “Lie back and think of England.”

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892992 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892992 *KNOCK KNOCK* "What are you doing in there?" "Just a minute! I'm, uh, writing a letter!" *KNOCK KNOCK* “What are you doing in there?”

“Just a minute! I’m, uh, writing a letter!”

]]> By: bimtott http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-892999 bimtott Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-892999 Pynchon described a product much like this in Gravity's Rainbow. But instead of being the ink, the semen would reveal the invisible ink. The idea was that the message would be sent along with a pornographic illustration custom-chosen based on the intended reader's predilections. Amazing how more and more of the crazy ideas introduced in the story turn out to be true! He did have access to a spectacular amount of technical documents from WWII, so I guess it's no surprise. Pynchon described a product much like this in Gravity’s Rainbow. But instead of being the ink, the semen would reveal the invisible ink.

The idea was that the message would be sent along with a pornographic illustration custom-chosen based on the intended reader’s predilections.

Amazing how more and more of the crazy ideas introduced in the story turn out to be true! He did have access to a spectacular amount of technical documents from WWII, so I guess it’s no surprise.

]]> By: Mr_Voodoo http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893009 Mr_Voodoo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893009 Mansfield... that kid's got spunk. Mansfield… that kid’s got spunk.

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893011 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893011 First Russian spy: What have you got there? A secret letter? Second Russian spy: I think so, but I can't read it. The pages are stuck together! First Russian spy: What have you got there? A secret letter?

Second Russian spy: I think so, but I can’t read it. The pages are stuck together!

]]> By: twobeeshawn http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893532 twobeeshawn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893532 best post ever! best post ever!

]]> By: Prufrock451 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893028 Prufrock451 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893028 Lean forward and think of England! Lean forward and think of England!

]]> By: Mr. Sleepy http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893033 Mr. Sleepy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893033 You think these fools are the first to come up with this mess?? No, its' been done by those of us who'd been in prison for years. You think these fools are the first to come up with this mess?? No, its’ been done by those of us who’d been in prison for years.

]]> By: Dennis http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-948337 Dennis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-948337 The penis mightier than the sword! The penis mightier than the sword!

]]> By: dethwolf_x http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893297 dethwolf_x Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893297 Talk about mixing business with pleasure. Talk about mixing business with pleasure.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-894333 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-894333 Ah the pen is mightier makes perfect sense now! Ah the pen is mightier makes perfect sense now!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893062 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893062 The jokes just write themselves! The jokes just write themselves!

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893578 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893578 Dammit, bimtott beat me to it. Gravity's Rainbow is still one of my favorite books ever. Kryptosam! One of the many inventions of the sinister Dr. Lazlo Jamf...I seem to remember during the heady Mondo2000 days someone mentioning making sex toys out of "Imipolex-G." Dammit, bimtott beat me to it. Gravity’s Rainbow is still one of my favorite books ever. Kryptosam! One of the many inventions of the sinister Dr. Lazlo Jamf…I seem to remember during the heady Mondo2000 days someone mentioning making sex toys out of “Imipolex-G.”

]]> By: shadowfirebird http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893584 shadowfirebird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893584 That joke is normally used to refer to the use of urine as secret ink. I wonder what the female spies used? That joke is normally used to refer to the use of urine as secret ink.

I wonder what the female spies used?

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893337 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893337 Pedantic note: the old term for having your ink curdle on you was "mothering." I have some very old packaging for powdered ink that says WILL NOT MOTHER IN THE WELL. That one took me a while to figure out. Pedantic note: the old term for having your ink curdle on you was “mothering.” I have some very old packaging for powdered ink that says WILL NOT MOTHER IN THE WELL. That one took me a while to figure out.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893595 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893595 <i>I wonder what the female spies used?</i> I guess they would have to get their hands on the required material. I wonder what the female spies used?
I guess they would have to get their hands on the required material.

]]> By: macegr http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893087 macegr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893087 James Bond has expanded beyond the occasional secret message and now circulates a daily secret newspaper. James Bond has expanded beyond the occasional secret message and now circulates a daily secret newspaper.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893096 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893096 More here from "Mark Seamen" As an account of the first 40 years of MI6 is published, cabinet office historian Mark Seamen shows the BBC's Gordon Corera some of the gadgets available to early secret agents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11383496 More here from “Mark Seamen”

As an account of the first 40 years of MI6 is published, cabinet office historian Mark Seamen shows the BBC’s Gordon Corera some of the gadgets available to early secret agents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11383496

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893097 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893097 The greatest job ever? "Invisible ink" supplier. The greatest job ever?
“Invisible ink” supplier.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893105 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893105 I could have written War and Peace by the time I turned 16... I could have written War and Peace by the time I turned 16…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/22/top-uk-spies-reveale.html#comment-893617 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-893617 This is alluded to Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow". This is alluded to Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow”.

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