Stories of coincidence

[AlmostStock]

Originally Posted by dirtydx

my friend met Mario Andretti at an automobile convention, go figure.

pick any number or word... keep it in your mind, and your bound to stumble upon it many times throughout the day... most of these stories hardly classify as coincidences. Just the scale of humanity and a lack of originality.

co·in·ci·dence n.

1. The state or fact of occupying the same relative position or area in space.
2. A sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned or arranged.


I agree some of these stories are weak but if you calculate the odds of the things happening in others it is astonishing. They certainly fit definition #2.

If you don't have a good story don't try to pooh pooh it for the rest of us.

[Pavlo]

When I talk about cops or think about doing something stupid, but decide not to a cop appears. They also appear when I don't think about doins anything stupid :weird:. Sometimes cops even appear when I am doing something stupid, even more weird.

[ec437]

Originally Posted by Pavlo

When I talk about cops or think about doing something stupid, but decide not to a cop appears. They also appear when I don't think about doins anything stupid :weird:. Sometimes cops even appear when I am doing something stupid, even more weird.

so do they ever not appear when you're not doing something not stupid?

[ec437]

Originally Posted by dirtydx

pick any number or word... keep it in your mind, and your bound to stumble upon it many times throughout the day... most of these stories hardly classify as coincidences. Just the scale of humanity and a lack of originality.

my word: conquistador. touche.

[Pavlo]

Originally Posted by ec437

so do they ever not appear when you're not doing something not stupid?

Yes they do not appear when I drive nicely. Which is almost all the time.