Unexpected Phone Call
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My wife and I purchased a wooden toilet seat to replace the avocado plastic one in our cloakroom. I installed the new seat and put the old one in the garage. At least two years later, I received a telephone call from a lady who asked whether I could supply her with an avocado toilet seat to replace a broken one. When I asked how she came to ring our number, she explained that she was trying to contact a local hardware shop. (I checked later and discovered that the shop's number differed from our own by one digit, although this was the only occasion when we have received a call intended for them.) I told her that we did, in fact, have an unwanted avocado toilet seat which she was welcome to have if she wished to collect it. She gratefully accepted my offer.
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:28:16 +0000Coincidence ID:4272
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