So, there I was...
Greyhawk
...hanging out at the Penthouse Club (in Vegas) with my buddy Stephen Green, aka Vodkapundit...
...classy, you know, like the Brat Pack. And he says, "Dude, I gotta know, what's the secret?" And I'm worried, 'cause, well, he's a pretty good guy and I didn't want to tell him any of the ones that would require me to crush his larynx after telling, you know? So I respond with "I'm not sure what secret you mean..."
Which was true. But he says (quietly now, so no one around us could hear) "How do you get them to beg? I mean, really beg?"
And I breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed the flesh on my right hand that I had already willed into steel via a little trick I learned somewhere in the far East "just in case".
But I said, "I don't know if you're ready for that one..." but really, even if he hadn't immediately passed me the recipes for three different yet equally perfect and powerful martinis I would have told him that one. Too easy.
Anyhow, from what I can tell, it worked. They're begging him. Pleading for it, I say.
Give it to 'em. Make 'em smile.
Posted by Greyhawk at 10:54 PM |
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Gee, who's the guy in the Red Shirt?
He's gotta have a name. Ya *know* what happens to the nameless guy in the Red Shirt...
Posted by John of Argghhh! at December 17, 2008 12:05 AM
Before I forget (and I'm already mostly drunk) I have GOT to get a full-size version of that pic for our Wall of Shame. Seriously -- it's suitable for framing. Or at least suitable as "Exhibit A."
Posted by Stephen Green at December 17, 2008 05:16 AM
The guy in the red shirt? Let's just call him "Q".
He's an armaments guy. At least, he is now. I first met him back in '83 - I think it was Bangkok. We were on an op, needed some cover. The "diversion" they came up with was something Ollie North ran; the coverage for that one was designed to make sure no hot shot reporters got wise to the "real" deal we were running at the time. Worked out pretty good. It always does.
I could tell more, but see the text in the post. Anyhow, "Q" is the armaments/gadgets guy now - at least, that's all anyone needs to know. And he's damn good at it.
Posted by Greyhawk at December 17, 2008 10:30 PM
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