Last week I was at home with a recuperating old dog. I’m decluttering the place. We’re living in a terraced house beside a wide, busy city street. I put the section of concert seating that was used in a famous recording (John Lennon and Jagger/Dirty Mac?) into the front garden, thinking maybe I ought to get rid of it. I changed my mind and went back out, but a clownish Beatles memorabilia merchant and assistant had already loaded it into their van. I explain that I’m not discarding it, look inside for a minute and ensure the dog won’t get out, but when I return they’ve already gone. And a little way along the road, they have left a long panel they didn’t want. It’s sticking out in the street, a hazard to cyclists etc. I walk there and move the panel straight alongside the kerb. The dog has managed to get out but he’s pottering about in the front garden and goes back in with me, safe and sound.
Stephen Moran's Museum of Illusions 