Clipboard of Authority: Difference between revisions

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== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]''

*** However, wearing any type of retail uniform and walking with a purposeful manner, even if you're wearing a different one than the particular establishment you're at, such as if you're merely shopping, tends to attract the inevitable "Excuse me, do you work here?" from customers. In some instances people will mistake you for someone important if you just wear a ''collared shirt and tie''; granted, though, that isn't exactly casual wear in most circumstances.

* A group of professional pranksters managed to waltz right through the airtight security surrounding a U.N. summit by outfitting a rented limousine with Canadian flags and dressing in black suits with earbuds to give the appearance of being the Canadian Prime Minister's official vehicle and bodyguard detail. The only reason the Prime Minister didn't actually climb in and be driven away was that the troupe basically chickened out with how far through security they'd come (and how many felonies they'd probably committed) and left before any officials showed themselves.

* When he was filming ''[[In the Loop]]'', Armando Ianucci convinced the State Department that his BBC pass was "access all areas". He spent the next three hours taking photographs of the US State Department.

* Poet Rives has a performance piece about trespassing on a construction site. Before starting he explains that this is very illegal, and if you want to do it you should grab a some safety gear and a clipboard so no one tries to stop you.