# Bond question:  Live and Let Die

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 25, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894 "2002-12-25T21:57:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894/1 "2002-12-25T21:57:26Z")

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I looked away for a moment to work some epoxy putty for a moment during that last fight with the Mr. big by the shark tank. How did Bond make him explode? I was expecting the sharks to get him.

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**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894/2 "2002-12-25T22:07:44Z")

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I believe it was a CO2 cartridge, or something similar, put in his mouth during the water fight, and then when he shoved him under the water by pushing down on top of his head, it made the cartridge explode in his mouth.

[hijack] Bless you, Mr. & Mrs. Seymour…grrrrrr [/hijack]

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894/3 "2002-12-25T22:46:29Z")

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Off to Cafe Society.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894/4 "2002-12-26T14:55:14Z")

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Superbee is almost right. The cartridge was an anti-shark bullet (!) given to Bond by the ever-resourceful Q. Bond triggered the bullet himself (you can see the bubbles coming out of the bullet while in Bond’s hand), shoved it into Katanga’s mouth, then (somehow) forced K to swallow it. Katanga exploded moments later.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894/5 "2002-12-26T17:25:35Z")

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The same device was used to make a leather couch explode in an earlier scene.

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**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-question-live-and-let-die/144894/6 "2002-12-26T20:00:44Z")

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Screw the cartridge; Jane Seymour was stunning!

Side note: fuck you, TNN, with your five minutes of Bond and five minutes (or more) of commercials!

Grumble grumble, gotta get some Bond movies on DVD, I forgot how awesome they are to watch. Plus they remind me of being 10, when the Bond girls were the hottest girls on TV. Rrraoww!!