It started with a photo, a photo and a name. Out of the dim dark recesses of my mind a name I had not heard for 35 years. The Rafia. Started as a bit of fun by two schoolboys the Rafia has grown to be the biggest organised crime syndicate in the world.... oh no that's the Mafia.
The Rafia had different objectives. Our gods were Monty Python, Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, Benny Hill, The Goons and The Goodies. Our aims? We didn't have any. Just a laugh, mad catchphrases, Polo Mints and alcohol(never forget the alcohol.).
Anything could become a catchphrase. Mostly from the above mentioned shows but once the catchphrase was Embisco wafer biscuits. Why? Who knows it just was.
Follow that Rickshaw was the most enduring catchphrase. Can't remember where it came from now maybe a film but it did seem to become the motto of the Rafia.
Just a bit of harmless fun, and a name now consigned to the past. I can't help thinking though if we'd tried that bit harder we could have owned half of Las Vegas by now.
It's all about Me!
Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes to the bone.
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