Holiday waiter coincidence
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In 1990, I went on holiday to Majorca with friends. Whilst there we went on a night out (cabaret, dinner etc) and they had a waiter who would pour wine from a traditional bottle directly in your mouth and you could have a photo taken. I did this, and bought the photo.
On returning home I showed the photo to my parents who laughed and said they had done that as well, back in the 1960s, on holiday with friends, also in Majorca. Mum went to see if she could find the photo they had had taken which she did.
The waiter was the same man! Older, thicker set, but undeniably the same man!
(I have the photos as proof if required but as yet haven't got permission from my Mum for them to be used)
Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:10:26 +0000Coincidence ID:4796
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