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Want to be like Bond? These phrases might come in handy — should you ever find yourself in a harpoon fight in the Bahamas.

''Shocking. Positively shocking.''
Uttered under his breath after frying a bad guy by tossing an electric fan into a bathtub in Goldfinger.

''I think he got the point.''
After spearing a villain with a harpoon gun while lounging on the beach in Thunderball.

''Butterhook.''
To a hook-handed henchman who fumbles with Bond's bullet-deflecting watch in Live and Let Die.

''The things we do for frequent flyer mileage.''
After ejecting himself from a helicopter just before it's blown up by missiles in GoldenEye.

''Do I look like I give a damn?''
To a bartender who asks him if he wants his martini shaken or stirred, in Casino Royale.

Posted Nov 09, 2007 | Published in issue #964 Nov 16, 2007 | Order Article Reprints