Thursday, August 16, 2012

Bad manners among the rich and famous

Among the more entertaining tidbits in my morning Globe and Mail is this gem from an article about some "difficulties" Toronto's bumptious mayor Rob Ford has encountered while driving himself around in his Cadillac Escalade;

Those difficulties have included accusations that Ford has talked on the phone, gave a small child the finger, and cruised past open street car doors.

The most recent fuss arose when some eagle-eyed motorist spotted Ford cruising down an expressway while reading briefing papers. Can't say I'm much of a fan of a pol who got elected by promising to get tough on trash collectors' pensions, but I'm starting to like the guy.

Elsewhere, they've got a fascinating obit for a man named Colin MacPherson who made a career as a butler in various embassies in Ottawa and Washington. In the course of his career he met lots of famous and powerful people including the Kennedys, of whom he says;

I can't abide people who put their cigarettes out in the mashed potatoes.

What a classy crew, those Kennedys! Not even at Falling Downs do we stub the cigarettes in the mashed potatoes...

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