PRIVATISE

No doubt you readers are aware that Richard's Bass Bag Toursⓒ is defunct having not recovered from its disastrous showings most recently in 2024.

Your investigative reporter The Curmudgeon, in January of 2025 raised the issue and suggested that the business might be folding. See: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RICHARD'S BASS BAG TOURS? 

It turns out that The Curmudgeon might have been right as there has been no reported activity of this business even though a major potential customer Robert of Bob's discombobulate Bobadilish (don't ask) has been FREQUENTLY travelling to Feilding and even further afield. He could have availed himself of the 'Tours' services (if he had plenty of time to spare as Richard drives at a maximum of 50kph on motorways) but seems to have preferred to 'go his own way'.

I guess that this was the final blow to the Richard's Bass Bag Tours enterprise but there might be some light on the horizon if Richard is prepared to diversify. Today a thought came to me as to how 'The Tours' could morph into a more viable business - snooping.

Yesterday Richard telephoned me to say that he and Shelley were staking out the apartment building/hotel where we signed up a lease.

I thought this odd at first but then realised that a Richard's Bass Bag Detective Agency could be the way to go. I mean, it couldn't be worse than the Richard's Bass Bag Toursⓒ fiasco could it? Even Donald Trump with all his failed businesses must have had a winner somewhere*.

Mind you, with his current selection of motor vehicle he'd probably look more like this:

In the middle of the night** last night budding Detective Richard telephoned me with an update on the parking situation at the new lease we've taken. Had he been staking out the apartment building all night? Was Shelley with him? Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart? There are so many unanswered questions ...

... so many in fact that This detective or private eye business could be very successful and require an assistant. I've got a fair idea that Bob's discombobulate Bobadilish won't be a long-term runner so maybe Robert could join forces with Richard in the snooping business and combine it with his cleaning operation..

Just a thought (it's a slow day up north).

* Nope.

** It was actually 7.55AM

RIP Chris Faiumu (Fat Freddy's Drop).