A couple of months ago we were the victim of an attempted knuckle-rapping by a Somerset estate agent who couldn't understand why we failed to laugh at his jokes. It must be because we're keeping our sponsors happy, he suggested. Comedy's in the ear of the beholder, we replied. According to Estate Agent Today, he's tried to be funny again, this time with a mailshot.

Cards from his Real Ralph Bending estate agency bear the words: “Fart in my room you will have to pay me £1. So don’t fart in my room. R.”

Apparently, recipients have been queuing up to complain. I suspect Bending's view is... bad publicity's better than no publicity. And it's certainly true, you've all heard of him now. I'm not sure the fart card would be the detail to inspire me to list a property with him, though; but - as I initially said - it's all in the ear of the beholder.

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