Same name wrong person!
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In the 70's my mother had an appointment at Southampton General Hospital for some sort of x-ray. The consultant was very chatty and told her that one of his staff had the same unusual surname but spelt differently - there are only a handful of us in the world, people with the standard spelling usually being from Scandinavia.
As my mother came through the door on returning home, the telephone was ringing. The caller was phoning from Germany and was looking for someone with our surname but with the Scandinavian spelling and had telephoned our number because it was the only likely one in the directory. My mother told him that he had the wrong number but knew where he could find the person whom he was trying to contact -The Radiology Department of Southampton General Hospital!
Date submitted:Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:19:15 +0000Coincidence ID:6700
