“Shaken, Not Stirred”, go the immortal phrase. It’s hard to believe there was a time it didn’t exist. However, there was. The words were first uttered by James Bond in the first “Bond” story Casino Royale (1953). Not to be confirmed with the film of the same name, the first Daniel Craig Bond movie. His latest, and last No Time to Die (2021) is just out, and SciFiPulse has reviewed it. What a film it is . . .
Shaken, Not Stirred
James Bond, super spy –
name from book on birds,
made his favourite drink
famous for these words . . .
Playing cards so much
made for thirsty work;
drinking on the job —
Bond’s employment perk
Dealt a losing hand
in a high stakes game;
drinking the wrong drink
must be what’s to blame
Only one thing for it then:
that only he says –
that iconic, famed
personal catchphrase . . .
There’s just no other
sound quite like these words heard;
it’s onscreen magic when
Bond states: “shaken not stirred”!
All words by Benjamin Francis Cassidy
Illustration by L. A. Cassidy
Not long ago we published a feature about the battle for the next Bond . . . It came down to Henry Cavill vs Tom Hardy. Just recently, we ran a feature that ranked Daniel Craig’s Bond movies. It’s hard to believe that it’s taken May The Verse Be With You until now to deliver you a Bond poem, dear readers. But now seemed to the perfect time to! And, no need to worry, James Bond will return! . . .
