SOLD! TO THE WEIRDEST BIDDER

So my office complex has been sold to C. Fredrick "Fred" Wehba, a man who... well, I'll let him explain why his company is named BentleyForbes:

I tried to find a name that sounded prominent and blue-blooded. I had a "Rolls Royce" magazine that had a photograph of a Bentley on the front of it, and a "Forbes" magazine beside it. I was trying to come up with names, and I combined the two.

Reminds me of "Cap'n Charlie" Croker, who named his bank "PlannersBanc," just because the French affectation indicated "how cosmopolitan, how international, how global, how slick" his (failing) business was supposed to be.

Not that I know anything about BentleyForbes!

Nor do I know which floor or office number the break-in occurred. Wasn't in my building, I know that.

Anyway, C. "Fred" says he's got big plans to "spruce up" the complex, although he doesn't plan to change any of the actual structure. Maybe he'll rename it the AquaPortal.

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posted by WWB at 5:55 PM |