An absolute arsehole is blissfully unaware that everybody thinks he’s an arsehole.

Dave Bloke, 42 and a bit from Rochdale, somehow still thinks people like him despite the fact that he’s a complete arsehole.

“It’s amazing really.” Steve Ladd, a plumber’s apprentice’s apprentice from Milnrow, told The Rochdale Herald.

“He’s completely oblivious to it, you’ve got to admire it a little bit, the man has thick skin. Either that or he’s just a complete cretin.”

“He doesn’t listen to anything anybody ever says and when he does it’s just so he can outdo the last thing you said.”

“He’s a recruitment consultant or an estate agent or something. I don’t really pay much attention, I do know he has an Audi and a big watch.”

“I’m almost certain he thinks he’s a nice bloke, I’ve heard him say it. He doesn’t seem to realise that he doesn’t get to choose.”

“I’m really not sure who rings him to invite him to the pub with us. I think he might have bugged our phones.”

Quentin D Fortesqueue is a founding editor of The Rochdale Herald. Part time amateur narcissist and full time satirist Quentin is never happier than when playing his lute and drinking a full bodied Bordeaux. He rarely plays the lute and never gets to drink Bordeaux.