Rumbled at the Cinema
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Deep in the mists of time, I was going out with a girl from work but we were keeping it quiet from the other staff. We opted to go to the cinema one night in the city centre - there were quite a few big cinemas available before the multiplex era and all had unassigned seating. We arrived during the adverts and were ushered to some seats in the dark - they were too close to the screen so we moved to the only other set of free seats. As we sat down, a voice behind said "Hello!" and there was my
office colleague and his girlfriend sitting directly behind us. As our American cousins say "Busted!".
Date submitted:Wed, 09 May 2012 17:58:54 +0000Coincidence ID:6333
