Mullings by Rich Galen | Secret Decoder Ring for March 23, 2001

Bye, Spy
Friday March 23, 2001

TITLE: "Bye, Spy" A pun on the '60's television spy-spoof program "I, Spy" which starred Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. Culp had top billing and much was made of Cosby being the first Black actor in a starring role in a major series, but Cosby ended up the mega-star.

"… Kim Philby …" was the British intelligence officer who spied for - and retreated to - the Soviet Union. Hanssen said he first wanted to be a spy when he read Philby's book.

"… sponsored by the Walker and Pollard families …" John Walker was a spy for the KGB and recruited his brother and his son as well as another guy to be part of the club. Jonathan Pollard spent at least a year and half sending U.S. secrets to the Israelis.

"…the briar patch…" A reference to the Uncle Remus Stories written by Joel Chandler Harris in which brer Rabbit would plead with Brer Fox not to throw him into the briar patch, knowing full well that he had been "Bred en bawn in a brier-patch, Brer Fox - bred en bawn in a brier-patch!..."

"…printable ballot…"Click here to go to the ballot web site.

"Fair is fair …" If they called the other old skull Lucy, they should name this one after another "Peanuts" character, Linus.

Separated at birth - of the world.

Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:

"You know, Your Majesty, it was that exact bonnet which
I had in mind when I wrote the bit about the Sorting Hat"
-- Pool via Reuters

" … all four members …" Denny Doherty was the fourth member of the group and don't say, "oh, yea, that's what I was going to say."

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