This QOTW reminds me of the German spy...
... who was famously arrested* in the bar of The Savoy Hotel in London during the war.

The spy, born and raised in Germany, had spent years perfecting his English accent and mannerisms, and easily passed for a member of high society, enabling him to gain the trust of many with access to state secrets.

His Achilles' heel, perhaps derived from the ordered Teutonic world he had grown up in, was an intense dislike for incompetent service, which led to his unmasking that fateful evening when he took a young lady working at the Air Ministry for a drink at The Savoy.

"Drinks, sir?" asked the waiter.

"Rather! Two glasses of white wine, please".

"Dry?"

"NEIN, DUMPKOPF, ZWEI... err... oops... I suppose that rather lets the cat out of the bag, doesn't it...?"

The Savoy's head of security stepped forward. "I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to come with me, sir".

"To Scotland Yard?"

"No, to the kitchens. What with there being a war on, and meat coupons so hard to come by, I expect chef will be delighted to have you join us for dinner..."


* May not have been "famously arrested" nor, indeed, have existed
(Capo, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 10:23, 1 reply)

shouldn't it be
"delighted to have you for dinner"?
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 10:27, closed)