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Black coffee, Green figs, & yogurt.


What kind of wimpy breakfast is that? ...I imagine his stomach would be grumbling in an hour or so. Bond spends a lot of energy fighting bad guys and running around. He should have gotten something more manly.

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isn't he in Turkey or somewhere when he orders that? The probably don't dombacon and eggs and stuff, not in those days anyway.

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Yogurt I can see but figs? Yuck!

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It seems an odd choice for Bond. Maybe not a 2016 Bond, who likely eats organic and drinks 8 cups of water a day, but for a 1963 Bond who wakes up and fires up a cig first thing, I just can't imagine him going with yogurt.

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Implausible, that Bond will be offered nothing but that in the morning. I always assumed, that it was just a refinement to some sort of full English Breakfast. In 1963 the nowadays usual self picking at large buffets wasn’t common, so he let them know some specifications.

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hehe, i reacted to that line too, it sounded funny coming from bond. bond appears to die in the beginning of many of connery's movies, this, you only live twice, never say never again. as the guy from spectre had to leave the chess in a hurry, i expected him to lose, the following scene where he appears with the wavy camera i felt a bit dizzy. early appearance for the later re occurring gogol actor, this contains some great humour, behave, old case. someone pointed at how in these earliest flicks the bond tune could break out with him just walking around, later movies used only in action sequences. i missed that bond has a scar. the bond girl disappears for a long time from the movie after the beginning. i agree that rosa klebb is unintentionally funny. look at the end credits, she comes surprisingly high up, even before grant (robert shaw).



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If he got fig newtons, there'd be some carbs to give him some energy.

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Maybe he felt heavyish.

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It makes sense when one realizes how lean and thin Bond was in the earlier films. I am guessing by Diamonds Are Forever he had swapped out the green figs and yogurt for an egg mcmuffin and plenty of hash browns lol.

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I still want to know what he means by "very black". I mean, how can you make a black coffee darker?

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