After a trip with Crédit Agricole’s Paul Sullivan and Henry Coyle to see Ireland take on Italy in Dublin two weekends ago, Société Générale’s Ben Terreaux declared himself thoroughly unimpressed (with the city, not the company).
“Dublin is okay — it’s pretty average,” he said. So what city does get Ben’s pulse racing?
“I am just back from a four day spa weekend in Bath!” he squealed. “That’s right up my street.”
A spa weekend? In Bath? Is this what has become of the super-lad culture that once permeated the City from the lowliest clerk to the highest paid CEO? Clearly, Ben is putting the “man” in “manicure”.
Reeling from Ben’s criticism of his home town, Paul set off to Paris for the Six Nations decider between Ireland and France. While Ireland won, Paul became a little less Iron Man and a little more Feather Boy.
After celebrating in style and nearly blacking out in the City of Light, Paul was too fragile for any St Patrick’s Day festivities back in London on Monday.
“I went to bed at 10pm,” he said. “I didn’t even have a pint of Guinness.”
But while Paris was a bit too much for Paul and Ben preferred the stately Jane Austen pace of Bath to the Shane MacGowan lifestyle in Dublin, at least one dealer is keeping the debauchery flag flying.
Citi’s Charles Antoine Roche disappeared to Paris a few weeks ago so Leak checked up on his whereabouts.
“I’m rocking,” he replied. “I don’t know when I’m coming back.”
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