WRONG HOTEL
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This is one I herd from a friend.
His brother was best-man at a friend’s wedding and the groom gave him a small package which he would need on his wedding night to look after , asking him to return it before they left.
Unfortunately after the pair had departed he realised he still had it. He knew the couple were spending their first night at a London hotel before going abroad and believed he knew which hotel it was. So he rang the hotel and asked if there as a couple of this name, not a common one, staying there. Yes, he was told, so he got a taxi to take this to the hotel addressed to Mr and Mrs with the name.
When his friend returned from his honeymoon he asked his friend what had happened to the package and he explained what had happened. But, replied his friend, that was not our hotel; we were at a completely different one.
So it was a coincidence that a couple of this name should have been at this hotel and he wondered what on earth they thought when they received the delivery
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:03:54 +0000Coincidence ID:4160
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