Die Another Day
They looked at me, at one another, and left.
My license still in hand.
A few more minutes passed and the dynamic duo returned. This time they came with the manager, who tried to explain (without looking at me) how things were.
No, I said, when he was done. This is how things are: I ordered a drink. A couple, in fact. And I would like it very much if at least one of them showed up on the table, in front of me, now.
The manager asked for a word in private and proceeded to tell me how it was he had reason to believe I was not what I said I was: Old enough to drink.
All right, I said. Let's try this: You ask me any question you want that a person of my age should know. If I miss even one I'll go sit at the kiddie's table.
The manager considered this, then agreed to the terms of the deal.
Long story short: He should have been the one sitting at the kiddie's table. He wasn't. That is, I don't think he was. I left before I could have found out, license in hand, because I decided I had had enough.
Which brings me now to why it is I don't offer my age to such persons. I really don't enjoy being assailed in such a manner. And I don't like having to tolerate such stuff, so to make my life easier I decline to reveal my age.
Now. That said let me say this: I am old enough to remember a televison series entitled "Remington Steele" that centered around a sauve and sophisticated sort played by an actor named Pierce Brosnan. The series was well-intended but poorly executed. (Which may go to explain why it was taken off the air.) I remember how it was a certain production company went to the producers of this lame series and asked if they could employ the services of the aforementiond Brosnan, to star in their next big film.
I remember how the morons producing said televison series said 'no'. That Brosnan was theirs and 'screw you'.
So Brosnan waited out his contract and when the opportunity presented itself he was offered the role of James Bond. Which he took.
The wait, for the average movie-goer, was worth it: Since donning the mantle of this particular action hero Brosnan has brought a grace, class, and sophistication to the role
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