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We once stayed in a hotel in Guernsey in room 8 and were kept awake all night by ghostly goings-on, including the locked door that kept opening on its own. When we reported it to the owner next morning, he was dumbstruck: he had been having trouble with room 8 for years and had it exorcised several times. However, he had recently had a refurb and re-numbered the rooms. The original room 8 was now peaceful but our spirit friend had apparently taken up residence in the NEW room 8.

Pussy Galore

'Spirit' friend - would that be gin?

Mr Dome

Sorry to disappoint you Mr Dome - I'm teetotal.

Pussy Galore

Just the line "How do you expect me to make a banoffee pie with those?" is perfect on its own :)

Michael Winner

I don't think it's necessary. Being unable to represent intonation in the written word, I used the ellipsis to represent a pause while the speaker's mind is working overtime and wondering what the catch is.

Thanks Michael, but I'm not sure everyone would catch on as readily as you have.

Two supervotes for a copied caption (20:48:07)? Mad.

I'm sorry your feel that way. As it happens, I didn't notice that particular caption but I have enough ideas of my own not to feel the need to copy, and the context of mine is somewhat different.

I am the owner of 20.48.07. I have no problem with 21.13.45. Yes it's close, but fits the caption better. But thanks anon for the comment. Sometimes I do think that we can all be a little bit precious if someone posts a later caption with SOME similarity to our own.

@ new voice - in the past I have frequently changed or deleted captions that have turned out to be too similar, often before anyone else has noticed. Sometimes these things just get past you. Nobody's perfect! It's happened enough to my own captions, but a polite "Please see 00.00.00" usually does the trick.

Thank you to the owner of 20.48.07 for your understanding and tolerance. If you had pointed out the similarity I would have gladly changed my caption.