Conspiratorial minds

[bunn]

I heard a trailer for some event where John le Carré was speaking, in which he said that one of the odd things about Britain is that the majority of people, if they are asked by British Intelligence 'can we come in and use your upstairs, we can't tell you anything about it' will, if reassured the request is genuinely from British Intelligence, say 'yes'.

He felt this demonstrated a national temperamental bias towards the conspiratorial, and towards the patriotic.

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Oh drat, I meant to ask if you thought it was odd to say 'yes'. 

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... and anyway, I thought you had an attic where you were planning to confine the wife? If an attic isn't upstairs, then really, what is?

[motetus.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but it's going to be awfully embarrassing once they discover the BDSM dungeon I've installed up there...