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The continental equivalent of the man on the Clapham Omnibus; a fictional chap of Calvinist prudence who enjoys backgammon and a weekly tipple and who invests his savings in definitive, bearer eurobonds and, every quarter, journeys in his 2CV across the border to Luxembourg whereupon he presents neatly clipped coupons to his issuer’s principal paying agent, collects his interest, decamps immediately to Aeroport d’Hercule Poirot, takes a cheap flight to Malaga and departs on a coke-fueled bender across the Balearic.

See also

• The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
• The Reasonable woman
• The netting opinon