Want to make ginzu bladed top hats, and Aston Martins submarines? The real-life version of the "Q" job in James Bond series is open.
LONDON (Reuters) - Get out the rocket launcher camera, brandish your acid-shooting fountain pen and stick on your fake third nipple.You'll have to be a British citizen and get your application immediately, as today is the deadline to apply for the job.Her Majesty's Government has a job for you.
Britain is advertising for a new chief executive officer of the Government Communications Centre - the spy gadget lab boss known to James Bond fans as "Q".
...In the movies, Q's lab built everything Bond needed to escape from danger, from his Aston Martin sports car with ejector seat to the fake third nipple he used to disguise himself as villain Scaramanga in "The Man With the Golden Gun."
Chief Executive Officer HM Government Communications Centre [Odgers Ray & Berndtson Executive Search]
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I was excited when i read y... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jihad Jimmy, Chief Defender of the Faith | April 19, 2005 12:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I was excited when i read your headline, i seriously thought you meant it was a extra-terrestrial search for John DeLancie's character in Star Trek: TNG. Not that James Bond isn't cool, ST:TNG will always have a special place in my cold, analytical engineer heart.
1. Posted by Jihad Jimmy, Chief Defender of the Faith | April 19, 2005 12:14 PM |
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Posted on April 19, 2005 12:14
2. Posted by mesablue | April 19, 2005 3:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I made a HeathKit once.
2. Posted by mesablue | April 19, 2005 3:09 PM |
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Posted on April 19, 2005 15:09
3. Posted by shazza | April 28, 2005 3:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
why oh why is britain so great?, kindly tell me as i left for europe nigh on 14 years ago, with my family of children to the european continent as i wasnt only mugged, i was burgled , i wasnt accepted for my childrens father living and working in europe, well england sad good bye i know where i stand at the age of 40 and my partner reaching 50!!!!!!!!! BRITISH GOVERMENT WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!
3. Posted by shazza | April 28, 2005 3:52 PM |
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Posted on April 28, 2005 15:52