Act Your Age

Having moved house several times without telling everyone I should have told, I finally caught up with some investments made over five years ago. By an astonishing coincidence, the value of the backlog of dividends and of the investments themselves was sufficient, with enough left over for the running and parking costs for a year, for a second-hand Maserati which I spotted for sale.I was on the brink of trading in the fumiemobile when I remembered that no one looks good driving a sports car except totty. Young guys look like spoilt brats and older guys look like mutton posing (and I choose my words carefully) as lamb. And, as if someone up there was whispering in my ear "Fumie, don't be a prat", I saw a living breathing example driving through Central this afternoon.A greying fellow in an open-topped Porsche (so handy for getting your fill of Hong Kong's pollution, don't you think?), registration number MZ 7980, was driving along Queens Road while reading Hong Kong Magazine, making sure he flipped the pages over so everyone could see how cool he was. Oh, yes, I am sure everyone was mighty impressed by your concern for road safety. To top it off, so to speak, Mr. Mutton had a young kid in the back, ready to be nicely squashed in the event of the accident Mr. Poser was inviting.Nice going!