Honi soit and all that

Who does the Washington Post have writing their obituaries, anyway?

Tall, irreverent and fond of Turkish cigarettes, Mr. Mott attracted attention with his flamboyance. At one soiree in Washington in 1983, guests rode an elephant on the sidewalk while wearing gold sashes announcing in roughly translated French, "Shame on those who think badly of this."

Posted by David on June 15, 2008 2:12 PM