MDBCs 05 Oct 2025

The unofficial holiday is a tribute to the elegant and stylish spies in popular culture and was created in 2015 by chicspy.com, a fashion website. It commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1962, when the chicest spy of all – James Bond – made his debut on the big screen in a movie called Dr. No. Starring Sean Connery and Bond, the film was based on a novel of the same name by Ian Fleming.

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The spy genre of movies has frequently featured sophisticated and well-dressed protagonists who are not only equipped with fighting skills that can put a ninja to shame, but are also charming, attractive and immensely likable. All spies - men or women - in movies tend to own state-of-the-art espionage and surveillance equipment.

As a genre, spy movies are as old as the film industry. They became especially popular during the Second World War and the Cold War era. Today, spy movies tend to focus on themes such as terrorism and governmental corruption.

How to Celebrate?

Have a favorite spy? Spend the day watching his or her movies.
Watch Dr. No and all of James Bond's movies.
Have a spy party. Ask your guests to dress up like their favorite spy; serve shaken, not stirred martinis; and share notes about why you think your favorite spy is the chicest.

Did You Know…

…that even though Dr. No was the first James Bond film, Casino Royale was the first Bond novel ever published?

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Q. How do you make the number one disappear?

A. Add the letter G and then presto—it's Gone!

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Q. There's a one-story house where everything inside is pink: pink walls, pink doors, pink floors, pink ceilings, pink windows, pink curtains, pink chairs, and pink tables.

What color are the stairs?

A. There are none—it's a one-story house!

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Comedian Daniel Tosh is no fan  of the expression “The worst day  of fishing is better than the  best day at work.” “I’ve watched The Deadliest  Catch on Discovery,”  he said. “I’ve never once  been at work, capsized in  40-degree water, watched all my coworkers die, and been like, ‘Hey, at least we’re fishin’.’”

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If you stop eating doughnuts you will live three years longer, but it's just three more years that you'll want a doughnut.

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A few weeks? after the death of my father-in-law, I found my seven-year-old son crying in bed. His grandmother had died the previous year, and he was taking it all very hard. "You know, Kyle," I said, "when we die, we'll get to see Grandma and Grandpa again in heaven."

With tears spilling down his face, Kyle cried, "That's easy for you to say. You don't have that long!"

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Three fans were bemoaning the sorry state of their football team.

“I blame the general manager,” said the first fan. “If he signed better players, we’d be a great team.”

“I blame the players,” said the  second fan. “If they made more of  an effort, we’d score some points.”

“I blame my parents,” said the third. “If I’d been born in Seattle,  I’d be supporting a decent team.”