“We can no longer depend on our counselors to be mentors for our children”
Your fascinating article on the tragic fate of Attila Petschauer caught my attention. His name is familiar from my childhood because of a funny anecdote my father told me about him.
Petschauer was in Spain at a diplomatic reception after winning an Olympic gold. He was on a receiving line being introduced to numerous high-ranking Spaniards. They usually have several first names, followed by their father’s surname, followed by their mother’s.
He had a sense of mischief so he introduced himself to the next person on line in Hungarian as follows: “I am Petschauer Attila, go bust, you fat little twerp.”
He was quite shocked when the man answered him in Hungarian, “My boy, I am the Hungarian ambassador.”
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