Chinese Take Away

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About a month ago I got in my car to collect a chinese meal from our local called Hong Take Away. Just after the radio came on, Honk Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees (a seventies song about a chinese take away) started to play on the radio. The song lasted for exactly the duration of the trip. For a while there I thought somebody had decided to accompany my life with a soundtrack. I'm game if they want to do it more.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:14:12 +0000Coincidence ID:3649