Halibut Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ottery St Mary in Devon always makes me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 names of Bond movie villains that are also place names : Blofield : Norfolk Kananga (Live and Let Die) : Leyte, Philippines Stromberg (The Spy Who Loved Me) : various places in Germany Drax (Moonraker) : East Riding, Yorkshire Orlov (Octopussy) : Russia Zorin (A View to a Kill) : Ukraine Sanchez (Licence to Kill) : Dominican Republic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 names of Bond movie villains that are also place names : Blofield : Norfolk Kananga (Live and Let Die) : Leyte, Philippines Stromberg (The Spy Who Loved Me) : various places in Germany Drax (Moonraker) : East Riding, Yorkshire Orlov (Octopussy) : Russia Zorin (A View to a Kill) : Ukraine Sanchez (Licence to Kill) : Dominican Republic Nope. The Bond villain is called Ernst Blofeld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 that was just what SMERSH called him. The British name is BloFIELD. drove through Kananga Phiilippines on a motorbike once. WAs very surprised to find that it was named after a fictional voodoo practising heroin dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 that was just what SMERSH called him. The British name is BloFIELD. drove through Kananga Phiilippines on a motorbike once. WAs very surprised to find that it was named after a fictional voodoo practising heroin dealer. Blofield as a name does not appear in any of Ian Flemings books. The character is referred to throughout as Blofeld. If you were listing Bond villains that sounded a bit like place names you'd have a point, but nowhere is the character referred to as Blofield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 what a prat. Feld is the German field. The German one is in Hessen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Woolfardisworthy. And there are TWO of them, both in Devon. Must have confused Royal Mail over the years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 what a prat. Feld is the German field. The German one is in Hessen. I hope that isn't a reference to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a wasp Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Les Arses in Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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