Verbal coincidence

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This happened on 21st April 2011 My wife made moussaka for dinner, which she rarely does, not even once a year. Almost as rarely, we had rocket salad because our local shop had sold out of the mixed salad we usually have. While my wife was serving the moussaka in the dining room I went into the kitchen to dress the rocket and switched on the radio. The station was Radio 4 and they were broadcasting a play. Almost the first thing I heard was the following: ‘What shall we have for dinner?’ ‘There’s some moussaka in the freezer.’ ‘But it’s frozen.’ ‘Put it in the microwave. It isn’t rocket science.’
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:42:07 +0000Coincidence ID:4043