Mustapha, Turkey

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We had talked of going to Turkey for ages, and in the end we drove there (in a Mini Clubman). We talked of meeting up with our friend Mustapha, who was going to be in Turkey, but he wasn't a good friend, he was a customer in our fishmongers shop. But he did give us his phone number, in case we decided to meet him in Turkey. Once we got to Istanbul we drove around, got lost and ended up at a place near the sea where a lot of people were swimming. We saw a phone box, started to make the call, looked up and saw Mustapha swimming. We didn't know the suburb that Mustapha came from (it was called Pendik) and we didn't have a firm commitment to contact him. Kevin Little
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:21:51 +0000Coincidence ID:5184