On Saturday 27 Apr 2002 11:12 am, jd wrote:
> Wow!!!! I really enjoyed reading this up till the end
> anyways. I know it's my mechanically inept brain but
> what happened to the guard at the end? I understand it
> has something to do with the spit but if the wires
> weren't connected  what happened? I don't watch too
> many OO7 movies but I also didn't get the reference to
> the shaken martinis
> Joanne
> who is feeling embarrassingly stupid right now.
>

Authors fault if its not clear, not the readers. Water, particularly
salty water, is a very good conductor, so when Max dribbled it
completed the circuit between the two wires.

Every James bond novel mentions the fact that he likes his vodka
martinis "shaken, not stirred".

Cheers

Deri