This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Nobodymuch: There was a short story about an international sewing machine salesman whose habit of coincidentally making his sales trips right before some major even and his ability to evade assassination attempts in Clouseau-like style make him famous among the intelligence community as the world's greatest spy.
Meta Four: Is this related to the movie, or are you saying that short story is an example of The Man Who Knew Too Little trope?