Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Nicholas Barbon.

How's this for a name?
"If-Jesus-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone"
No wonder he preferred to go through life with a much more manageable "Nicholas Barbon". His father, Praise-God Barebone must have been passing down some sort of resentment of his own appellation! I wonder what Praise-God's father was called?
Anyway, we have a lot to thank him for as If-Jesus-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned was the father of the Fire Service.
Well, creator of Fire Insurance, actually.
So I suppose you could call him "If-Thou-Hadst-Paid-Thy-Premiums-The-Fire-Wouldst-Have-Been-Put-Out-And-Thou-Would-Not-Be-Homeless" Barebone.

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