Broomwagon: The satirical column that puts the bile into bicycle. Broomwagon appears at the back of Cycle Sport magazine every month.
Frans: Yes, that’s what it says on my passport.
Broomwagon: What a great name. What’s the story behind it?
Frans: You’d have to ask my parents what they were thinking.
Broomwagon: Have you ever asked them?
Frans: I think when you’re Catholic these names mean something.
Broomwagon: Did you ever find it embarrassing?
Frans: No. Well, I didn’t tell people too much. I was just Frans Maassen.
Broomwagon: So, what should we call you? Franciscus Albertus Antonius Johannes?
Frans: No, no, no. Frans is fine. Really. Please. Just Frans Maassen.
Broomwagon: You got it, Franciscus.
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