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Strange Conversations

Graven ImageGraven Image Shipmate
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Have you ever had s strange conversation with someone? Today I was out walking my dog. Someone who lives in my area, but I do not really know, stopped her car by me and asked, "Are you the one who collects food for the food bank?" Me, "No." Her "You are not the one?" Me, "No I think it is a lady named Valorie." Her "So not you?" Me, "No, not me." She mumbled something and drove away.

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  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Are you quite sure you're not Valorie? :mrgreen:
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    I was deeply moved by a remark someone made to me at a church I was MWing. The date happened to be May 17. A woman sitting near me said the following: "May 17 - that's the day I was married. My husband has been gone a long time and I haven't thought of it in years. But I still have the best part of it - my son!"
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    The strangest one I had was with my mailman. I was out in the yard when he came down a neighbor's driveway. He called out, "It is good to see you are still around." Huh?
  • Stercus TauriStercus Tauri Shipmate
    I was at a model railway show a few years ago when one of the other exhibitors, well known for his tact, remarked, "I... er.. thought you were dead". I had been somewhat unwell, but it wasn't quite that bad.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    I once visited a restaurant I had visited often. On previous visits I had formed the impression that the proprietor recognized me.

    On this particular day, he greeted me effusely and asked where the rest of my party was. I thought he was joking, as on each previous visit I had dined alone. Continuing what I thought was a joke, I told him that they had all canceled at the last minute. He became very upset!

    I soon realized that the proprietor had mistaken me for someone else who had reserved for a large party, and for whom he had taken special pains to prepare.

    That party did eventually arrive.
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    I remember that when I was visiting Nova Scotia, I was walking out of own a short distance to a Tim Horton's, and I met a man coming the other way. He was tall and black, and I thought he was actually from Africa. He stopped and said, "You are a wise man". It was hard to know what to say, other than to be polite.
  • PriscillaPriscilla Shipmate
    It was a family joke that’s my father would find someone who worked at ICI in Pontypool wherever we went on holiday, even in the Lake District
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