Ray, have you ever worked with or for someone who, you know, isn't very bright?

I can't think of a few. At least a few dozen people I've worked with over the years who fall into that category.

Okay. How about someone so incompetent that they continue to get promotions and raises?

And maybe that's just to keep them away from the work that actually needs to get done, you know?

Yeah, I know the type. I've been in meetings where they try to keep some senior executives out of the room so they don't mess anything up. I do the work and they get all the credit and the raises. Yeah, no, I've been there too, for sure. And then we scratch our heads and I guess we meet at the bar to commiserate. At least we have the bar to drown our sorrows, though.

At least we have that.

So today, we're going to head to Newburyport, Massachusetts,

to visit the former home of Lord Timothy Dexter.

Now, in 1802, he published a book you've never heard of,

called A Pickle for the Knowing Ones. But more importantly, he's an idiot of a man

who continued to fail upward.

Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger, and welcome to episode 297 of the New England Legends podcast. And I'm

Ray Osier. Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time. Whether odd history, roadside, oddities, ghosts, monsters, UFOs, twice each week, our podcast explores The Bazaar. Hey, did you know most of our story leads come from you? This one did. Thank you to Alicia Hamilton of Salem, Massachusetts, for tipping us off. If you've got a story you think we should check out, please reach out to us any old time through our website. Our website is where you can access our entire show archive, plus the upcoming dates for Ray's Bay and the Pub Kings and dates for my ongoing story tour. Now, before we go looking for a Newbury Port man who failed upward, we want to take just a minute to tell you about our sponsor new audio urbles ray mother's day's coming up it is and pampering mom for the day

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