Friday, June 17, 2005

Only the Good Die Young

The papers loved this story last year when an old Italian bloke put himself up for adoption to be the granddad to any family willing to take him.

Here's an update. The old git skipped town, leaving behind a dentist's bill of 2,360 euros and bounced cheques.

"He wasn't the granddad we wanted. He got on well with mom, but when we talked to him about our stuff, he got bored," said Dagmara Riva of the retired classics teacher her parents gave a home to.

Read the rest here.

1 comment:

griff said...

if only they'd asked the cats.