One of my most memorable coincidences is the following. It was morning and I was just up and about, my wife still in bed called out, "a cup of tea would be nice please my darling". Please understand that my wife does not usually call me darling and on this occaision was said in very ironic manner. This set me thinking in a very distant kind of way about the world darling. My train of thoughts went something like this. Grace darling became Victorian era super star for the part she played in the rescue of survivors from a ship wrecked on the Farne Islands. I pondered if it was that the word darling had come into wide usage after Miss Darlings celebrity status was achieved, or if it was in general use as term of endearment before the famous incident. Anyway, as my mind toyed with these thoughts the phone in the office rang so I wandered off to answer it. You can probably see where this is going. The customer on the other end of the line asked me if I had a copy of "the Life of Grace Darling in stock" or if I could get her one. It took me a while to climb back off the floor and conduct a conversation with the customer. THe call had come exactly I as I was thinking about Grace Darling Edited 28/10/2009 11:16 ET by CarpetBagger <!-- AQJ3P08VNLGQ -->
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