When working at a military establishment I once went to a talk by somebody from MI5 who evidently thought himself a bit of a Bond. Afterwards we took him to the Officers Mess for a drink, and at the bar somebody seeing him in civvies and being polite introduced himself and asked him where he was from. He replied “I’m with the spooks”, yes, he really said that, as if we were all going to cream ourselves with excitement. What a c0ck womble………
I’ve never been able to take MI5 seriously ever since