Miss Moneypenny is dead. Long live Miss Moneypenny!

[TillyGalore]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/30/moneypenny.dead.ap/index.html

A sad day for Bond fans with the passing of Lois Maxwell, aka Miss Moneypenny. :(

[Lavabe]

From Diamonds:
Bond: What can I bring you back from Holland?
Moneypenny: A diamond? In a ring?
Bond: Would you settle for a tulip?
Moneypenny: [sighs] Mm, yes.

Thanks Tilly. What a sad day!

Here's to hoping Moneypenny returns in the next Bond ... whenever that will be.

Cheers,
Lavabe

[Ping Lin]

Lois Maxwell had great moments with all the Bonds she worked with.

LM: "Why don't you come over to my place for dinner... (casual hat toss) ...and I'll cook you a beautiful Angel Food cake!"
Bond: "Well, nothing would give me greater pleasure, Moneypenny, but I have, a, uh...business appointment."
LM: "THAT'S the flimsiest excuse you've EVER given me. Oh well, some girls have all the luck...who is she, James?"
M: "'She' is ME, Miss Moneypenny."

Bond: "Moneypenny, what would I ever do without you?"
LM: "MY problem is that you never do anything *with* me..."

Smallbone: "Thank you, Commander Bond."
Bond: "You know me?"
Smallbone: "Miss Moneypenny talked about you."
LM: "In *nauseating* detail..."

[TillyGalore]

James Bond: Moneypenny! What gives?
Miss Moneypenny: Me, given an ounce of encouragement. You've never taken me to dinner looking like this. You've never taken me to dinner, period.
James Bond: I would, you know. Only I would be court-martialed for tampering with government property.
Miss Moneypenny: Flattery will get you nowhere... but don't stop trying.

Miss Moneypenny had some great lines. Some of which I cannot post without getting dinged by the mods. ;)