A man not called Ion today asked the Romanian authorities to give him his birthday back, after it was again hijacked by all sorts of upstarts whose name is Ion.
Ron Ionescu, 94, of Iasi, in northern Romania, told Bucharest Life: ‘Every year it is the same. All these bloody Ions steal the limelight, even though it isn’t their actual birthday. Those of us actually born on January 7th get forgotten every year. Heads must roll. Preferably Ion’s.’
Ionescu added that as there is not yet a ‘St. Ron’, he doesn’t even have the chance to celebrate his own name day.
