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Off Topic Why did Ian Fleming call James Bond 007

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  1. one gary owers

    one gary owers Well-Known Member

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    Just a fact I found out
     
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  2. one gary owers

    one gary owers Well-Known Member

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    Sorry guess it is to hard
     
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  3. The Norton Cat

    The Norton Cat Well-Known Member

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    There are several theories. One of which is that it relates to the Zimmermann Telegram.
     
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  4. one gary owers

    one gary owers Well-Known Member

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    A big no to that
    Try one of the other six
     
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  5. The Norton Cat

    The Norton Cat Well-Known Member

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    Do you mean the one that Fleming lived on the route of the 007 bus?
     
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  6. one gary owers

    one gary owers Well-Known Member

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    You got it from Canterbury to London was the 007 bus
     
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  7. Ozzymac

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    Breaking some german code in WW1 i heard
     
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  8. one gary owers

    one gary owers Well-Known Member

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    Loose lips sink ships
     
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  9. Oliver's Army

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    Can they not just release the next Bond film on Amazon or Netflix or something. I like Daniel Craig as Bond.

    Thoughts on who will be next?
     
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  10. Comfy

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    The name of some carribean bird watcher as he was a keen twitcher himself. Don't know about the 007 bit
     
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  11. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    It was after an author of a book on ornithology wasn’t it?
     
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  12. The Norton Cat

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    Yeah, I think James Bond was an American ornithologist
     
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  13. one gary owers

    one gary owers Well-Known Member

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    Ah Mr 007
     
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    Think I read recently that when Fleming was staying in Jamaica just before he wrote Casino Royale he lived near a church called St James and it was on Bond Street. Some of the details there I've probably remembered wrong but it was along those lines.

    I like the books read all of them several times. Not a good choice if you're trying to stay sober, the amount of booze he puts away during a meal would sink a blue whale.
     
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  15. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    Yes....I’ve just re-read the question. I don’t know then.
     
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  16. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    And a quick look on wiki tells me it’s something to do with the SOE during WW2
     
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  17. Disco down under

    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    They tried to sell it to Netflix for $500m.

    Netflix laughed at them.
     
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  18. The Exile II

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    He had a 00 Cinematic Universe in mind.
     
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  19. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    Or it might have something to do with a signature used by a spy of Queen Elizabeth 1 or maybe it was to do with a code used to break the German diplomatic code in WW1.
    All lifted from another wiki search.
     
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  20. cumbrianmackem

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    Cos other spies had taken the first six numbers:emoticon-0100-smile
     
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