http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/ A games writer in the UK who also sometimes tries to make things. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-154462 Davie Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:17:36 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-154462 Wow. That is truly spectacular bad luck. Do these things happen to you on a regular basis? http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-145799 H Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:37:46 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-145799 Great post, more like that one please, including where you had to use parkour and an elastic band to get out of paying for your round in the Flying Swan. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137937 Dante Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:37:27 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137937 @Dr Disaster Ouch, luckily I went to school before the world went crazy paranoid about that sort of thing. Unless by high school you mean you're American, in which case I guess they were always crazy over there. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137708 TooNu Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:19 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137708 That was a brilliant post Tom :) http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137617 Dr. Disaster Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:01:38 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137617 @Dante — I got suspended from high school for exactly the same thing. A one and a half inch blade! http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137283 Dante Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:30:41 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137283 On a tangentially related note, I used to carry a penknife on my keyring for opening bottles, unscrewing thinks and it's myriad other uses. This came to a stop after I forgot to disconnect it after being called for Jury duty. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137273 Ludo Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:16:39 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137273 Seconded, those pictures are awesome. And the embassy story is hilarious. I had no idea they were so strict.
And the embassy story is hilarious. I had no idea they were so strict.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137252 Dante Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:40:30 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137252 You know I read this the other day, and it didn't even register that it was punctuated with those amazing pictures of 40s London. Man, I wish the world still looked like that. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-137019 Pod! Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:58:50 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-137019 >Out Reach: The question we all want answered. Was the USB stick still there when you got back? FYI Tom, this is actually what I came to ask. Please take this into account re: your demographics. I'd like to use more USB-stick based blog posts in future, please.
FYI Tom, this is actually what I came to ask. Please take this into account re: your demographics. I'd like to use more USB-stick based blog posts in future, please.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136992 cixelsyD Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:04:43 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136992 They're replacing the embassy. They'd prefer to have it blown up, saves them the cost of demolishing it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8533123.stm Hope no one drops it.
http://news.bbc.co.u... ...533123.stm

Hope no one drops it.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136961 Plasto Joe Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:01:06 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136961 Your next assignment is to experiment with different groups of three random items to see which will get you questioned in a back room. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136923 Devenger Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:57:24 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136923 Yep, I'm surprised they didn't just set upon you with wrenches when you entered their building. Still, that'd be the ultimate spy play: 'SPAH SAPPIN' MAH EMBASSY!', 'EMBASSY DOWN!', and the subsequent class change (suddenly London is full of Pyros setting passers-by and dark corners on fire). And all that under the guise of a games journalist.
Still, that'd be the ultimate spy play: 'SPAH SAPPIN' MAH EMBASSY!', 'EMBASSY DOWN!', and the subsequent class change (suddenly London is full of Pyros setting passers-by and dark corners on fire). And all that under the guise of a games journalist.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136878 EGTF Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:42:32 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136878 Last time I went to the embassy I was set alight by several flamethrowers. Must be run by a bunch of noobs these days, not knowing how to spy check. Unrelated, but I once saw someone with a usb stick hidden in the handle of their umbrella. If only I knew back then to suggest agent paper cup hat as a more pratical and cheaper way to be an espionage maestro.
Unrelated, but I once saw someone with a usb stick hidden in the handle of their umbrella. If only I knew back then to suggest agent paper cup hat as a more pratical and cheaper way to be an espionage maestro.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136823 Bret Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:46:01 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136823 Could have sworn it was Deeper Thoughts, the sequel. They're both excellent, but for what little it's worth, Google agrees with me.
They're both excellent, but for what little it's worth, Google agrees with me.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136797 Dan Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:02:54 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136797 Oh yeah Bret, it was "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey." http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136773 Dr. Disaster Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:24:59 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136773 The American's guide to whether that British guy is a spy: 1. Is he drinking a shaken martini? If yes, he is a spy! (But he is on your side.) 2. Did he order red wine with fish? If yes, he is a spy! (And not really British.) 3. Did he leave a USB stick in a dead-drop outside an anonymous office near the U.S. embassy? If yes, quit being paranoid, he obviously works in that office and is coming back to get the USB stick later.
1. Is he drinking a shaken martini?
If yes, he is a spy! (But he is on your side.)

2. Did he order red wine with fish?
If yes, he is a spy! (And not really British.)

3. Did he leave a USB stick in a dead-drop outside an anonymous office near the U.S. embassy?
If yes, quit being paranoid, he obviously works in that office and is coming back to get the USB stick later.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136743 Bret Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:39:42 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136743 Dan, I think that was from the book "Deeper Thoughts". Good collection of one page observations of that nature. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136547 Jaz Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:48:01 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136547 (Sorry for, breathless, commas) http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136546 Jaz Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:46:52 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136546 Wow, they just looked really carefully at my MP3 player and so on, I had about ten things, including a DS and an ancient phone. Fuck knows what was on my notepad. http://www.pentadact.com/2010-02-25-beneath-suspicion/#comment-136525 Will P Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:08:15 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=1589#comment-136525 I had my visa renewed and had almost the exact same problems - though I just chucked the USB and didn't have a Hitler moustache.