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I have two - both are true and actually happened.

My wife and I were camping with some other couples a few years ago. We were sitting around the fire drinking, and going over all the things we could do the next day. Canoe rental was one of the topics - one of the wives asks; 'How long is a 17 foot canoe?'. This was about 8 years ago and she has still not lived it down.

The other one happened when I used to travel for work. I was asked by the check in agent if anything had been placed in my bag without my knowledge. I told her that if it happened without my knowledge then I wouldn't know about it. She got the last laugh, though - I had to go visit the heavily armed security screeners (Heathrow, prior to 911) and show them everything I was travelling with. I've had the question a couple of time since then, and I now just answer 'I don't think so', and that seems to be good enough.

I love the 'are you asleep' one!

Steve