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[FullMetalJacket]

I never understood that little moment in TWINE right before Bond (undercover as Dr. Arkov) boarded the plane. Why would Davidov have brought them a duffel bag full of sneakers? And why did they refer to it as "grease"?

[doublenoughtspy]

Sneakers can be very valuable, certain ones are collector's items.

Designer blue jeans and sneakers were once very valuable currency in Russia.

The term grease is slang for bribe: "by extension a euphemism for bribes, as in grease someone's palm"

[Scottlee]

Sneakers can be very valuable, certain ones are collector's items.

Designer blue jeans and sneakers were once very valuable currency in Russia.

The term grease is slang for bribe: "by extension a euphemism for bribes, as in grease someone's palm"

Thanks. That piece of the script always drove me crazy trying to work it out, too.

[FullMetalJacket]

Thanks! That had always distracted me so much during the movie.

[Qwerty]

I remember being confused by this line as well the first time I saw The World is not Enough.

[Double-0-Seven]

I was always confused about that line as well. Thanks for clearing it up, doublenoughtspy.

[DaveBond21]

LOL. It's funny, I never imagined people would not know what it meant.

I guess it's a bit like when Bond says "Time for a station break" in TND. I got it, but the term "station break" is American only.

[FullMetalJacket]

Ok, another question now: If the sneakers/grease are being brought for the purpose of being used as a bribe...who is it that they're trying to bribe? And what for?

[DaveBond21]

Ok, another question now: If the sneakers/grease are being brought for the purpose of being used as a bribe...who is it that they're trying to bribe? And what for?

Good point - don't we see one of the pilots wearing the trainers when they are about to land?

[Santa]

I've always found it a disturbing proof of my dubious morality that I never questioned what it meant for a second...

[capungo]

Sneakers can be very valuable, certain ones are collector's items.

Designer blue jeans and sneakers were once very valuable currency in Russia.

The term grease is slang for bribe: "by extension a euphemism for bribes, as in grease someone's palm"

And to think, all these years I thought it was some eastern European word for sneakers, and that Renard's crew just had some odd sneaker Fetish.