Last week I was shopping at a toy fair. I noticed a long queue at a counter; they were waiting for the shelves to be restocked with Mattel dolls.
As I looked I realised that in the queue was an old friend of mine. Knowing Peter quite well, I was sure he had no daughters, nor did he have any nieces, so I wondered why he should want to buy a doll at Christmas time
‘Hey, Peter,’ I cried, ‘I didn’t realise you collected dolls.’
‘I don’t,’ he replied.
Really,’ I said, ‘then you must be buying a Christmas present?’
‘No, not at all, my friend,’ responded Peter.
‘If you don’t mind my asking then,’ I said, ‘Why exactly are you standing here?’
‘Oh that,’ he said, ‘I’ve just never been able to resist a Barbie queue.
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