Molotov lives

Living in a quiet suburban area of a city that has one of the lowest crime rates in Canada, it is surprising to discover that in the middle of the night a molotov cockail was hurled at a neighbour's home just a couple of doors away. Seeing a posse of policemen blocking the street off as they rummaged around for forensic evidence was certainly unusual. My initial thought on what provoked this odd event was that it was a further expression of ancient Balkan ethnic hostility. Gossip from local High School sources however, suggests a drug trade connection. Regardless, it is clear that Molotov has much more significance now eponymously than as a former foreign minister of the Soviet Union. He has gone the way of Caesar Cardini, Henry Shrapnel and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich - the life is forgotten but the name lives on.