No, it’s not Slough
Towns and cities have all manner of ways of paying homage to their famous names and faces but we have to admit, the Ricky Gervais rubbish truck has to be one of the most British ways to honour one of your own we’ve ever seen.
Gervais shared the image of the truck driven around by Reading‘s resident bin men on social media on Thursday, remarking: “Is there any greater honour than your hometown naming a garbage truck after you?”
Is there any greater honour than your hometown naming a garbage truck after you? 😂 pic.twitter.com/PfzEvDYdXj
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) July 7, 2022
The majority of those in the comments seemed to get a kick out of it as well, quipping things like “You’ve arrived”, but some joked it could be taken one of two ways: “Ricky Ricky you’ve landed it! Your name on a lorry in these times means you’re a legend (or a polished turd meh!)”.
Boxer Tony Bellew even chimed in with the roast I’m sure plenty of you were all thinking:
#Wasteman ?????
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) July 8, 2022
The 61-year-old comedian may have ironically and rather beautifully sang about his love of Slough in David Brent: Life on the Road, not to mention reciting everyone’s favourite John Betjeman poem (yeah, you know the one…), but he was actually born in the town of Whitley, Reading, back in 1961.
It isn’t the only time a town has named something after him though, as shortly after hosting the Golden Globes for the third time in 2012, a deli in his second home of New York even named a plain old ham and cheese butty after him:
Just when I thought I couldn't love New York any more… pic.twitter.com/1kg5bUJf8i
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) July 7, 2013
A humble combo for a famously humble man.
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