Bond's Bacon: 007 Star has Breakfast Flown in From the UK
Sure, James Bond has saved the world's bacon many times over the franchise's 22 films, but does that give him leeway to turn around and smack mother earth in the face by having his favorite pork product flown across the entire European Union? Rumor has it that, during the filming Quantum of Solace in Italy, Daniel Craig was unable find a decent strip of bacon in the whole boot-shaped nation. That's when he decided to order out -- to the good ol' UK.Ordering bacon from 1,000 miles away is certainly one of the quickest and most effective ways to boost your breakfast's carbon footprint. The irony of it is that the villain in the latest Bond flick is a kind of greenwashing eco-terrorist and Bond plays the unlikely champion of the South American watershed. The whole affair has shades of Woody Harrelson demanding his vegan belt be flown to Cannes earlier this year.
Of course, the report of Craig's supposed eco-treachery comes from PETA. Considering the source, 007's eco-foul could have been something as innoculous as sending someone a gift basket from the UK with a packet of dried bacon bits in it. Who really knows?
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11-18-2008 @ 1:58PM
mj said...
Just cant find a good bacon bun anywhere you know!
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11-19-2008 @ 9:25AM
thetruthaboutpeta said...
Well, the truth of the matter is that it doesn't matter what PETA are saying happens, but that they got wind and now this has spread every where because they're clever marketers..
I also wrote on this subject:
http://thetruthaboutpeta.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/james-bond-becomes-petas-new-bad-guy/
Except I failed to mention the eco ramifications - in all honesty I don't think that he's any worse or better than the next star who flies to every single location or drives their SUV/4x4 to pick up their kids from school - but, he's a big name, popular at the moment and people searching for Bond may end up at the PETA website..
TTAP
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