TuPapaUpa, Said I have a better one for you:

What does a Sankie and Rubirosa have in common?.

NOTHING as both bed women for their money.

Honestly, I don't know what's the big deal about Rubirosa is.

Back in the days they used to call his type a "playboy", now they are called Sankies.

Go figure.

LightOfTruth, Said Theirs a big difference between a sankie and a Rubirosa. Rubirosa had everything a sankie lacks, looks, style, skills the guy knew how to pilot planes play polo, hangout with the super rich race cars you name it Rubi knows. And you know what else; everything he had came mostly from woman that bought him stuff from planes to luxury cars to mansions, that's why he's known as the last playboy! and that's the truth. A sankie can't duplicate Rubi's finesse.

TuPapaUpa, Said Think about it and try not to generalize.

There are some (few but some) sankies that have "the look", "the style" and "the skills".

You said it, "everything he had came mostly from women....", so what's the difference between him and a Sankie, again?.

Did you read what Doris Duke said about him at the end of their relationship?.

She couldn't get away from him fast enough, even paid him to get lost.

That book should be tittled: "The First Sankie", "The First Buscavida" or even "TheFirst Chopo". JAJA.

Only my opinion.



GouletColonial, Said
some uneducated parasite on the beach trying to find an older women to buy him something has very very little in common with the urbane Rubi....he was born into the ambassadorial class when it meant something ...he could enter the highest levels of society with his own credentials ...How does a pathetic unemployed beach bum compare to someone who is accomplished at the very difficult sports of Polo and race car driving at the highest levels and have gossip swirling about his male prowess..... Hardly a sankie who are the poor ignoramuses that are often the ones discarded like a used rubber similar to the one your father used that had a hole in it

TuPapaUpa, Said A hole in my father's condom, man that's a good one. JAJA.

I wonder if they had condoms back then?. JAJA.

Are you saying that if given the opportunities given to Rubby by his many women that a Sankie can't learn to play Polo drive racing cars or have people gossip about his lovemaking?.

Same as as I told the other poster, I guess you don't know Sanky Chocolate. JAJA.

Rubirosa, IN MY OPINION, was nothing more than a Sankie dressed in silk. Silk bought by his women, I may add.


GouletColonial, Said
Are you saying that if given the opportunities given to Rubby by his many women that a Sankie can't learn to play Polo drive racing cars or have people gossip about his lovemaking?......Yes that is what I am saying unless he is a very accomplished and charming and intelligent and a great athlete and because his father was ambassador to France speaks fluent French...yes unless he can do those things.the sanky will be waving goodbye at the airport with a few bucks in his pocket

TuPapaUpa, Said I will say it again, I guess you haven't met Sanky Chocolate.

Rubby was good at what he did, no doubt about it, in true Sankie form.


LightOfTruth, Said I heard of this edible thing is called chocolate cake my friend.

Thank you! We are aware of the article, quite interesting. Clearly, as the responses on this forum show, the views & opinions on Rubi are as opinionated and controversial as he was when alive. We think it makes for an interesting character --indifference is the gateway to oblivion. Whether he was a tiresome cad or the last latino "caballero" remains to be more firmly established. In any case, there is poetry to a life of so perfect playboyhood --he is quoted as saying once that he was "too busy to work". To be continued...

Those who knew Porfirio Rubirosa in person can attest of his larger than life social skills and grace,
polished by his previous background as son of the DR ambassador to Paris, living and going to school in Paris and being proficient in the language of "amour" and then as a military man in the presidential guard who rose under Trujillo.
Rubi was more than a diplomat and playboy, he was a great negotiator and snake charmer. When Trujillo called him very upset to the palace after his first wife Flor de Oro Trujillo complained to daddy Trujillo that he beat her up badly, he responded in a defiant manner to "El Jefe" saying:
"I beat her up jefe because she disrespected me and deserved it" which won the admiration of Trujillo and he was not punished for his trespass.
Rubi had education and lots of class, and was a big macho man. His generosity was legendary. A story was he was dead broke in a Paris cafe sipping water and a coffee for hours waiting for a rich "prey" he gave his last $10 dollars to a french waiter as a tip, who later introduced him to a wealthy socialite.
It is documented his hunger for money extracting large sums from Jewish refugees in Europe wanting to travel and exit Nazi persecution, and acting as a double agent for dictator Trujillo who he was always loyal to.
When Trujillo was assassinated he was on the plane that was charted by his son Ramfis that landed in San Isidro air force base not knowing what kind of welcome they would receive, if with flowers or bullets. So the guy had a lot of "cojones" as well.
In his later life he was involved in failed treasure finding explorations in Samana and the Banco de Plata that almost bankrupted him.
At the end it is said that he was living a family life and bored existence and was almost out of money when under the influence of liquor he rammed his Ferrari into a tree and the legend vanished forever.