We live in the Las Olas de Cuba apartments which translates to “the waves of the Cuba.” When received our quarterly gas bill from body corporate, El Che was on it. This piqued our attention for several reasons:

• It is the world’s most famous photograph and it is next to incredibly bad clip art
• Che is the most infamous Marxist revolutionary of our time
• And, it’s on a utility bill, from body corporate, regarding our middle-class home

Have we discovered the biggest and most obvious conceptual oxymoron in the history of oxymorons? Apparently so. Because in 1840 a survey party, traveling on a boat called the Cuba, landed near Wellington, with the task of surveying. So, that’s why there is Cuba street. And without any trace of profound thought, Che and Fidel’s photos and names popped up about 15 years ago to help market the trendy cafes which were on Cuba street, a street with absolutely no connection to the country, culture or politics.

We can only assume that if he knew, he would be upset and therefore haunt our body corporate.

Also, the word cuba comes from a Taino word meaning “where fertile land is abundant” or “great place.”