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December 8, 2017 6:45 AM

Slovenian Spies Stage Secret Strike.
posted by jacquilynne (12 comments total)

This is a real thing, and not an episode of Archer.

I mean, honestly, the screenplays based on this practically write themselves, don't they?
posted by jacquilynne at 6:47 AM on December 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

Well, if the government forces them back on the job, they can always work-to-[classified] rule.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:00 AM on December 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

. . . by the seashore?
 
posted by Herodios at 7:02 AM on December 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

What I don't understand is that if its secret then how is it on Metafilter?
posted by infini at 8:23 AM on December 8, 2017

Slovenian Counter-Intelligence is also on strike.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:26 AM on December 8, 2017 [6 favorites]

What I don't understand is that if its secret then how is it on Metafilter?

No reads the comments down here.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 8:54 AM on December 8, 2017 [2 favorites]

... is... is the CIA unionized?
posted by phooky at 9:07 AM on December 8, 2017

What do we want? We can't tell you.
When do we want it? That's classified.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:26 AM on December 8, 2017 [13 favorites]

I mean, honestly, the screenplays based on this practically write themselves, don't they?

Come to think of it, this was actually the plot of an episode of Au service de la France, where the members of the French secret services stage a labor action.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 10:33 AM on December 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

From Get Smart.

KAOS Agent #2: Where did you shoot me?

Maxwell Smart: Left chest.

KAOS Agent #2: Ah! Good!

Maxwell Smart: Good?

KAOS Agent #2: As a KAOS agent, I get double indemnity for getting shot above the waist.

Maxwell Smart: Double indemnity for being shot only once?

KAOS Agent #2: Not only that, if I'm shot and I don't die instantly my family gets an additional 25 per cent for suffering...

Maxwell Smart: Unbelievable.

KAOS Agent #2: And if I survive my wounds, I get a guaranteed six weeks convalescence leave with pay.

Maxwell Smart: With pay? You gotta be putting me on.

KAOS Agent #2: Not only that, we get to stay free in any resort on our KAOS credit card, American plan. Three superb meals a day. Tennis, golf, bingo parties, dance lessons and... free... funerals. [dies]

Maxwell Smart: Lucky devil. Bingo parties? I didn't know KAOS was religious.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 11:14 AM on December 8, 2017 [3 favorites]

What do we want?

[REDACTED]

When do we want it?

[REDACTED]
posted by Shepherd at 5:01 PM on December 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

It was funnier when the Tahiti security service went on strike.

They only existed to spy on a Tahitian nationalist named Oscar Temaru.

Then he got elected president of the territory and wiped their budget. So they picketed an area in downtown Papaete.
posted by ocschwar at 7:50 PM on December 8, 2017 [3 favorites]