Just remembered another...for a long time an older relative kept asking if I'd seen Keef (Keith) Sharma on the telly and kept saying how well Keith was doing and that lots of people supported Keith and said he spoke a lot of sense. Kept asking me if I thought Keith Sharma was going to win. I assumed she was talking about Dragons Den or GBBO or something popular I didn't follow. It went on for over a year. Then the penny dropped...
"Everyone is saying that Keef's gonna beat Ritchie. Ritchie's definitely on his way out. He's got a bonny looking wife as well, Keef Sharma. I mean, Ritchie's wife is bonny too but I'm just saying she wouldn't be out of place with all the big wigs."
"Wait...do you mean Rishi Sunak?"
"Yes! The Prime Minister! Ritchie Soonack."
"Is KEITH SHARMA, Keir STARMER???? Is that who you've been going on about all this time?!"
"Keef Sharma, yes! He's going to be the next Prime Minister. Who did you think I meant?"
The whole time I've been imagining a stout, middle aged Asian man from Bradford in a pinstripe suit on Dragons Den. He'd become quite real in my imagination. I can still see him now.