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corydoras

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Sound like something out of "Thats Life" when Ester Rantzen used to do it. I remember clearly a picture of an antique shop somewhere with the proprietors name over the door.

 

His name was Robin Bastard

 

This was in the days before photoshop so I assumed it was genuine. :rolleyes:

In Caen, France there is a firm of estate agents by the name of Foncia Bastard, and yes Estate Agents are just about as highly regarded in France as they are over here.

The problem isn't what people don't know, it's what they know that just ain't so.
Vaut mieux ne rien dire et passer pour un con que de parler et prouver que t'en est un!
Mi, ch’fais toudis à m’mote

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Sound like something out of "Thats Life" when Ester Rantzen used to do it. I remember clearly a picture of an antique shop somewhere with the proprietors name over the door.

 

His name was Robin Bastard

 

This was in the days before photoshop so I assumed it was genuine. :rolleyes:

 

Yes and no. It wasn't his real name - that was Dave C******* - and his shop was in Greenwich, SE London, but it was a real antique shop and was actually called "Robin B'stards". I used to work at an auctioneers in Greenwich and he was a regular customer. Fantastic character - really eccentric and definitely a bit mad! When interviewed about it he simply replied that everyone thought that's what antique dealers were and, therefore, why not.

 

Whilst on the subject of apt names etc we also had a customer who - I can only imagine what his parents could have been thinking (or drinking) when they named him - had the unfortunate monicker of Richard Hardon. Dick to his friends, no doubt!

....Here's to swimming with bow-legged women....

 

 

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