-
Nobody Puts Barnaby in the Corner
Date: 8/27/2024, Categories: Mature Author: byPublandlady, Source: Literotica
Dorchester is a lovely little town. Its history is older than England itself. Even before the Romans arrived there were Celtic people living in the area. The Celtic people had either pushed out or integrated with even older tribes. When the Romans went home the Anglo-Saxon people arrived and either pushed out or integrated with the Celtic people that the Romans had left behind. Their descendants make up the majority of the population still. I haven't mentioned the Norman French, they made no attempt to push out or integrate; they only subjugated. Since all this pushing out or integrating had taken place the prosperity of the town had risen and fallen at different times. As I say, Dorchester is a lovely little town and despite being the County Town of Dorset, and strategically placed on the road to nearly everywhere, I can't help thinking that Dorchester has never quite reached its full potential. Unfortunately, someone who had reached his full potential was Barnaby Barnaby. If I was being kind, I would describe Barnaby as being simple. Most people weren't kind when describing Barnaby Barnaby. Barnaby Barnaby liked being called Barnaby Barnaby because it saved him having to remember his surname. Although, sometimes it saved him having to remember his Christian name instead. Under normal circumstances Barnaby Barnaby would have led an unhappy life full of poverty and misery. But his circumstances weren't normal. Mr and Mrs Barnaby had built up quite a successful ...
... grocery business in Dorchester and, because Barnaby Barnaby was their only son, they had employed him in the shop. At the age of twenty-one, he had risen to the position of errand boy. Each year his parents had increased his salary without increasing his responsibilities. By now he was their best paid employee. This didn't make him overly popular with the other hard working people at Barnaby's the Grocers. I am sure that many of you have worked at a firm where the idiot son of the proprietor is in a high paid position which is of no earthly use to the company. I know that I have. You may be questioning the wisdom of Mrs and Mrs Barnaby naming their son Barnaby. I must point out that their decision was not devoid of logic. You see, within both of their families there was a well established tradition of using the wife's maiden name as the Christian name of a couple's first born child. Now, as Mr and Mrs Barnaby were cousins, Mrs Barnaby's maiden name was in fact Barnaby. Some unkind people have suggested that this may be the reason that Barnaby Barnaby was soft in the head. I, personally, wouldn't be so unfeeling. If pressed, I would suggest it was more to do with the fact Mrs Barnaby did absolutely everything for her son. When nothing is expected of you there is no reason to achieve anything. From all that I have told you, I wouldn't want you to think that Barnaby Barnaby had to be transported about in a basket. Or even that he breathed through his mouth and dribbled ...