Gladys Ponsonby persuades Lionel Lampson that his younger girlfriend doesn't actually like him and talks him into humiliating her. She wants him for herself, but she won't get what she wants, and neither will anyone else.
First published in Colliers, September 1953.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |
|
Someone Like You | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | |
| September 1953 |
|
Collier's, September 4, 1953 | Crowell-Collier | MAGAZINE | |
| 1954 | Someone Like You | Secker & Warburg | Collection | ||
| June 1956 |
|
Playboy, June 1956 | HMH Publishing | MAGAZINE | 12 |
| 1957 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | ||
| 1957 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 228 | |
| 1959 | Verhalen die Hitchcock koos | Het Spectrum | Anthology | 114 | |
| April 1959 |
|
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | |
| June 1959 |
|
25 racconti del terrore vietati alla TV | Feltrinelli | Anthology | 291 |
| 1960 |
|
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Pan Books | Anthology | 234 |
| October 1960 | 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | 55 | |
| 1961 |
|
Someone Like You | Michael Joseph | Collection | |
| August 1961 |
|
Someone Like You | Dell | Collection | 197 |
| 1962 | M'n liefje, m'n duifje | Meulenhoff | Collection | 153 | |
| 1963 |
|
M'n liefje, m'n duifje | Meulenhoff | Collection | 153 |
| June 1964 |
|
12 racconti del terrore vietati alla TV | Feltrinelli | Anthology | 31 |
| 1965 |
|
Someone Like You | Four Square Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
|
Someone Like You | Dell | Collection | |
| 1967 |
|
Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Pan Books | Anthology | 234 |
| November 1969 |
|
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | |
| 1970 |
|
Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | 167 |
| June 1970 |
|
25 racconti del terrore vietati alla TV | Garzanti | Anthology | 265 |
| 1972 |
|
Someone Like You | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1977 | Lammkeule und andere Geschichten | Volk und Welt | Collection | 211 | |
| June 1978 |
|
13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | 55 |
| February 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Michael Joseph | Collection | ||
| February 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | ||
| September 1979 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | 145 |
| 1980 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | 120 |
| October 1980 |
|
Küßchen, Küßchen! | Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft | Collection | 286 |
| 1983 |
|
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten | Volk und Welt | Collection | 211 |
| 1985 |
|
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi | Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho | Omnibus | 20|19 |
| September 1986 |
|
Completely Unexpected Tales | Penguin Books | Omnibus | |
| August 1990 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | 573 | |
| 2002 |
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Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Amereon House | Anthology | 228 |
| October 2006 |
|
Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 142 |
| September 2008 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books Australia | Collection | 120 |
| December 2009 |
|
Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| December 2009 |
|
Someone Like You | Penguin Books | Collection |