Last week I was in Aberdeen for a meeting with a prospective client. The client, who was from Fraserburgh, wanted to invest money for his grandchildren... or so I thought.
"Ah want to put the barbies in a trust!" he told me.
I looked blankly back.
"The micks! I want to put the micks and the barbies in a trust for the wains!" he told me again.
I carried on looking blank. Nothing in my extensive career in financial planning had prepared me for the investment of "micks and barbies" into anything.
Was this some racist slur against people from Ireland I wondered? Why could he not just give the dolls to his grandchildren without a trust? Why indeed did he have a collection of dolls in the first place? Why did he think I was an expert in dolls?
After several confusing minutes it was explained to me, by a translator, that micks and barbies were in fact money in Fraserburgh.
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