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PalQ Aug 18th, 2004 05:52 PM

Fodor a CIA Agent?
 
When Eugene Fodor died a few years ago an article about him seemed to indicate he was a CIA cooperative in Europe. Any truth to this - I don't care, just curious!

Scarlett Aug 18th, 2004 05:56 PM

I heard he had regular meetings with a Girl in a Red Dress whenever he was in Paris. In the Marais, at midnight. The password was

capo Aug 18th, 2004 05:59 PM

<i>Sacre Rouge</i>

Scarlett Aug 18th, 2004 06:00 PM

Bonsoir~ capo, mon ami~

indytravel Aug 18th, 2004 06:01 PM

God I love a conspiracy!

JFK, Elvis and Marilyn still live on. If only I could find the right island in the South Pacific...

:-D

Marilyn Aug 18th, 2004 06:03 PM

Me? Am I going to an island in the South Pacific? How marvelous!

Scarlett Aug 18th, 2004 06:04 PM

Only if you remember the password, Marilyn~

Marilyn Aug 18th, 2004 06:07 PM

Sacre <font color="red">Rouge</font>!!
(or was it Sacre <font color="blue">Bleu</font>!?)

indytravel Aug 18th, 2004 06:10 PM

Whoa! Marilyn! I didn't know you posted here.

OK quick, I'm going to have to come up with a fake e-mail address and see if Elvis is taken. :-D

Marilyn Aug 18th, 2004 06:13 PM

Well, indy, I have to do something to amuse myself beyond the grave. What better than an internet forum? (Besides, no one can see how I've aged.) :D

PalQ Aug 18th, 2004 06:13 PM

Qu'est-ce que se passe ici?????????

degas Aug 18th, 2004 06:15 PM

Scarlett: The secret phrase was: &quot;Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor&quot;

Rumor has it that YOU were the lovely lady often seen in a wonderful little red dress.

Marilyn Aug 18th, 2004 06:17 PM

I heard Eugene (or 'uge, as they used to call him) was a member of the Immortal Clan.

capo Aug 18th, 2004 06:21 PM

JFK? You mean <font color="#ffcc00">Jaune</font> Fitzgerald Kennedy?

Scarlett Aug 18th, 2004 06:21 PM

degas, my sweet, I have been known on occassion to wear a red dress. But if that lady was indeed Scarlett, I will never tell.
((F))((F))

ira Aug 19th, 2004 05:04 AM

&gt;...an article about him seemed to indicate he was a CIA cooperative in Europe.&lt;

Would that be a food cooperative?

bookchick Aug 19th, 2004 05:36 AM

Ira, it could have been a housing cooperative. Excuse me, I have to take off my sunglasses now, I can barely see my monitor. It's part of the costume worn by my alter ego, Polly Glot. Sometimes I travel under the name Millie Regretti, because you never know...

BC (or that's who she claims to be!)

Scarlett Aug 19th, 2004 05:43 AM

BC, let me introduce myself, Mercy Bowkoo. I think we were in the same cafe one night, we were the only two ladies with sunglasses on. I was the with the dog with sunglasses on ((&amp;))
Seems like the Old Days, no? ~
As for Mr Fodor, as long as he was co-operative, I am not concerned.

ira Aug 19th, 2004 05:51 AM

Hi Polly and Mercy,

When traveling incognito, I go by the name Manuele Transmission.

Scarlett Aug 19th, 2004 05:51 AM

ira, snort LOL =D&gt;

NYCFoodSnob Aug 19th, 2004 08:25 AM

I think Thin has a dog named Jackie O. Doesn't that fit in here somewhere? Or, am I thinking of that famous drag club downtown? I just had a birthday so forgive my mind lapse. ((&amp;))

dln Aug 19th, 2004 08:41 AM

This is getting very cloak-and-daggerish! :(|)

Barbara Aug 19th, 2004 08:43 AM

It was a travel cooperative. This gave him the cover he needed for his movement around Europe for the CIA.

wonderingwhy Aug 19th, 2004 09:04 AM

&quot;I have never been to Borneo.&quot;

Anyone know the origination of that line?

capo Aug 19th, 2004 09:09 AM

True dln, but I prefer cape-and-daggerish!

beachbum Aug 19th, 2004 09:34 AM

&quot;If only I could find the right island in the South Pacific...&quot;

The fun is in the searching.....

Croque_Madame Aug 19th, 2004 02:11 PM

Message: &quot;When Eugene Fodor died a few years ago an article about him seemed to indicate he was a CIA cooperative in Europe. Any truth to this - I don't care, just curious!&quot;

My father was affiliated with the CIA when we lived in the Netherlands, a hotbed of espionage activity. One of his cohorts was indeed Eugene Fodor, that most dismally UNcooperative of all CIA cooperatives.

As you know, the Company employs convoluted means of communication, the better to stymie the enemy, and code names.

There was a particular mechanism in place by which to summon Mr. Fodor to clandestine meetings. It involved a cumbersome box strapped at all times to my father's left shin.

Opening the box required the use of seven coded keys and, evidently, the fervent recitation of elaborate Bulgarian curses.

From the box, my father would carefully extract a golden vessel engraved with arcane inscriptions.

&quot;Now&quot;, he would solemnly intone, &quot;I shall summon Eugene.&quot;

But no matter how vigorously he rubbed the golden vessel, no matter how often he whispered, &quot;Come out, Genie, come out!&quot;, Mr. Fodor remained stubbornly secluded within.

Needless to say, the man's CIA career was short-lived. Thereafter, Eugene AKA Genie Fodor, social pariah, had no choice but to align himself with other ridiculed outcasts of the same pestiferous class: tourists.

platzman Aug 19th, 2004 05:17 PM

Any designated drivers out there?

ira Aug 19th, 2004 05:26 PM

LOL, CM

dln Aug 19th, 2004 06:37 PM

Croque Madame, you nearly had me there.

Scarlett Aug 19th, 2004 06:42 PM

Brilliant!! C Madame :)

I think the password had something to do with his small but effective

Scarlett Aug 19th, 2004 06:44 PM

NYCFS ((^)) How many candles ? :)
just kidding, Happy Birthday !

Croque_Madame Aug 20th, 2004 04:49 AM

&quot;Croque Madame, you nearly had me there.&quot;

dln: But, it's all true! I swear it on a stack of CIA files!

Whoops, where'd they go? They were just here a minute ago...


PalQ Aug 20th, 2004 09:03 AM

I heard that Fodor didn't really die, he just went underground!

NYCFoodSnob Aug 20th, 2004 10:28 AM

Thank you, Scarlett. Of course, I'll never tell. No one in NYC knows the truth and why should they? Looking good and having health is all that matters. Why spoil that with someone's preconception of the meaning behind numbers.

ChatNoir Aug 20th, 2004 10:34 AM

I heard NYCFoodSnob needed a lawn blower to put out all those candles.

Sorry, it was just too hard to resist, just kidding.

Happy birthday and best of luck to our infamous &quot;Venice Expert&quot; in the future.

Zeus Aug 20th, 2004 10:44 AM

Thank you for this thread. Now I remember why I left Fodor's the last time. Stupid me thought the point of this site was to exchange information. Who needs AIM and Yahoo when there's Fodors?

degas Aug 20th, 2004 10:49 AM

Come on Zeus, don't be so harsh. I've learned a lot of useful info from this thread. Hollywood Squares, here we come.

NYCFoodSnob Aug 20th, 2004 10:54 AM

Actually, the Black &amp; Decker got a little too close as I gave my best <i>blow</i> =-O and I ended up with a new haircut. Thank God the wispy look is in. Now, if someone can tell me what to do with the bald patch. (No comments from Holly, please.)

Scarlett Aug 20th, 2004 12:03 PM

I agree wholeheartedly NYCFS and I am just happy to have another birthday, these days ((F))

Zeus, do you think you were missed?


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