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**RonPeeredob** · 07-15-2006, 08:00 AM

The mention of the

cone of silence reminded me of a couple of Get Smart moments at work. I park at one end of a building where I work

in the far end. In the hallway I have to walk through are several fire doors, which are usually in a closed

position, and a secure door that I have to slide a card through a reader to open. On numerous mornings, I have

caught myself humming the Get Smart theme as I walk through all these doors in this long hallway.

The other

Get Smart moment is when I witness people in adjoining toilet stalls in the men's room holding a conversation about

work. That makes me think of our version of the cone of silence.

I think my favorite COS moment on the show

was when they unveiled the portable cone of silence, two bubbles that locked over either person's head with a tube

between. It didn't work any better than the original version.

An interesting sidebar, I read somewhere that

the writers of the show were investigated by American agencies more than once because their screwball devices were

close to actual spy tools that were in use or in development!

07-15-2006, 08:00 AM	#4
RonPeeredob Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 360 Senior Member	The mention of the cone of silence reminded me of a couple of Get Smart moments at work. I park at one end of a building where I work in the far end. In the hallway I have to walk through are several fire doors, which are usually in a closed position, and a secure door that I have to slide a card through a reader to open. On numerous mornings, I have caught myself humming the Get Smart theme as I walk through all these doors in this long hallway. The other Get Smart moment is when I witness people in adjoining toilet stalls in the men's room holding a conversation about work. That makes me think of our version of the cone of silence. I think my favorite COS moment on the show was when they unveiled the portable cone of silence, two bubbles that locked over either person's head with a tube between. It didn't work any better than the original version. An interesting sidebar, I read somewhere that the writers of the show were investigated by American agencies more than once because their screwball devices were close to actual spy tools that were in use or in development!
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