Something very surreal happened this morning. 'Steve' phoned to say that he couldn't make it. We chatted for about 10 to 15 minutes about all kinds of things and then I put the phone down. As I shut off the phone, Jan, who was sitting nearby, said 'which Steve was that?' In a blinding flash of comprehension I realised that I'd been talking to one Steve, thinking that I was talking to the other.
Yesterday I'd invited Steve H to dinner and invited Steve G to play tennis. In the seconds before the incoming phone call I'd been thinking that it was a bit windy to play tennis, and for that reason, when I answered the phone I thought that I was talking to Steve G, and carried on the conversation appropriately.
In the split second that you adjust to a voice I even considered that Steve G had a very similar voice to Steve H. The caller also mentioned his dog called Rolf and I thought, "Bloody hell, they've both got a dog called Rolf."
Anyway with the benefit of hindsight I had this bizarre conversation with the 'wrong person' and most of the words seemed to fit in place. I still didn't twig when the conversation got round to BA. I though, one works for BA and one obviously flies at lot with BA. How stupid can you get?
Even when I mentioned the wind, Steve G (actually Steve H who was coming to dinner) thought that we were going to eat outside. There were so many obvious clues and I still didn't twig. I'd got it into my head that I was talking to one person and couldn't shake off that belief. Maybe it's the feminine side of me coming out! (That was uncalled for - Ed)
Very strange. Steve H, I sincerely apologise. Jan giggled away for hours afterwards.
Interestingly on the news this morning they mentioned a one stop injection for Alzheimers.
Later in the morning, at the market in Sommieres, I met Steve G who said that he couldn't make the tennis. Bloody hell, turned down by two Steves in one day! Spooky!
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Don't worry Alex, we can reschedule!
Steve (but which one...?)
This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time--thanks, Mr. Hampshire!
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