Unmasked

THE famous broadcaster and journalist Alistair Cooke was frequently stopped in the street by people asking: “Are you who I think you are?”

He worked out a stock answer: “Yes, I’m Bob Hope.”

One day standing on the steps of a very big building a frail old lady approached him.

“Are you who I think you are?” she enquired.

“Yes” he replied, “I’m Bob Hope.”

“Well that’s a coincidence,” she said. “I’m Mrs Bob Hope.” And she was.

Thomas Studley

Orwell Road

Rathgar

Dublin 6.