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I answered the door one evening to be confronted by a tv licensing official who told me I did not have a tv licence and I was watching tv and they were going to prosecute. I said hang on a minute and I will go and get the licence. He said you can't get it as you don't have one, so off I went and presented him with a current licence. He looked at it, held it up to the light, and then pronounced it was our next door neighbours licence! After much discussion I pointed out if he went to look at the number on the front door it matched that of the licence 28. Penny suddenly dropped next door was 32 no number 30 in the street he thought we were 30. He thrust the licence back at me turned on his heals and left with no apology or comment.

C*ck !

 

[EccentricRichard]

I answered the door one evening to be confronted by a tv licensing official who told me I did not have a tv licence and I was watching tv and they were going to prosecute. I said hang on a minute and I will go and get the licence. He said you can't get it as you don't have one, so off I went and presented him with a current licence. He looked at it, held it up to the light, and then pronounced it was our next door neighbours licence! After much discussion I pointed out if he went to look at the number on the front door it matched that of the licence 28. Penny suddenly dropped next door was 32 no number 30 in the street he thought we were 30. He thrust the licence back at me turned on his heals and left with no apology or comment.

Something like that happened a few years ago on my street, because, in the 1930s, three old labourers' cottages were demolished and replaced with two bungalows (still inhabited by their original owners today!). The result of this is that, after the bungalows, nos. 21 and 23, there is no no. 25 and it skips straight to 27. Ironically, after 29, the house next door to that is numberless - it's known only as Moss End - and then the house next to that is no. 31, at the end of the street! On the other side, too, we have nos 2-8, then 10A, 10B, then a load of numberless houses... it's an absolute mess. It's no bloody wonder some poor TV licensing bloke got his knickers in a twist!