The moment Clark, Jeff and I stepped into Spies Like Us we knew something was awry. And it wasn't just the mustachioed gents we saw browsing about the store.
After Tony "Monobrow" McGee popped out, he approached and simply stared at each of us, going from one Unbelievable to the next. No greeting, no evil laugh, nothing. But he did point toward the ceiling at the front of the store behind us.
Cautiously and in unison, all three of us turned to see what he was pointing at. We were greeted with huge posters plastered high on the walls:
Notice anything suspicious? Yep: Monobrows galore. We didn't expect anything less from McGee.
Turning back to face him, we noticed his henchmen had joined him. Among them were Teddy "Twitch" Monty ...
Lumpy "Hair Eye Am" Gonzalez ...
Smiley Smith ...
Neal Anderthal ...
Tor "The Beast" Chatsworth ...
... and the most underhanded looking character of all, Jimmy ...
We were in a pickle. They weren't there for a social call and we didn't see anything resembling an afternoon tea, so we concluded no good could come from any of them.
McGee just continued staring at us, not saying a word.
I broke the ice. "What's this about, McGee? Why, all of a sudden, are the doors locked and why have all your thugs come out from beneath their rocks?" I asked.
McGee broke out in a huge smile ... which was difficult to discern beneath that huge hairlip of his.
"Guys! Nuttin' doin'! We're jus' closed for the day, s'all! You got nuttin' to worry about - I've gone legit ... !!!"
We were stunned ...
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