Hey, George, This will surely get you in trouble with the Goanet Hoax Police, who will censure you for spreading urban legends.
--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > I was doing some non-historical research at the > Panjim Central Library this morning and this is > what I learnt: > > Zubin Metha was born Zerome Mendes and grew up in > Salcette. As a young boy, while playing at > Colva beach, he got the idea to become a conductor > and took the stage name Zubin Metha. It is not > well known that his first job was a bus conductor on > the Vasco-Panjim route which inspired him to > Philharmonic conducting. In fact, a bus conductor > job inspires most to anything except bus > conducting. > > Englebert Humperdick was born in Chicalim. His birth > name was Joao but when he visited Benaulim > some people called him John. To avoid any confusion > and a Portuguese-English conflict, he settled > on the name Englebert Humperdick which is spelt in > Romi Konkani as Englebert Humperdick. He used > to hang out in Vasco as a teenager where the girls > ignored him, hence the song A MAN WITHOUT LOVE. >