Room service? Send up Cirque du Soleil!
posted by The Independent Observer
Cedric may be small but he knows some big rollers. For instance,
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the world's 20th-richest person and co-owner of the Fairmont Hotel chain.
Seems Cedric met the prince when they were fellow master's students at Syracuse University. The budding billionaire took a liking to the little guy, who picked up some extra cash by faithfully shining the royal Mercedes.
The prince never forgot, and presented Cedric with a Christmas gift: a cross-country tour of Fairmont digs that recently took us to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Cedric let me come along, but I drew the line at calling him Your Highness. After all, he's a dwarf.
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And we know what uppity dwarves can be like...
(a) I believe you will find that Cedric is a gnome.
(b) Coyote, Coyote, Coyote, you have not seen uppity.
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Main Entry: gnome
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from New Latin gnomus
Date: 1661
1 : an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usually guards treasure
IO's note: Cedric is not deformed, nor does he live underground or guard treasure (unless you count my autographed photo of Aggie). However, he is a dwarf.
I always thought of Cedric as an enchanter.
Cedric is actually a babe magnet. Remember, IO? He told you that over steak and frites...
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