Amazing co-incidences....any stories?

[Erling Haaland's Eyebrows]

Working in Pathology as an Anatomical Pathology Technician, I arrived into work around 8:30 am. My first task was to check how many deaths had come in overnight thru the Coroner (99% outside deaths) and from of all the wards. The last two deaths, one from each I jest you not, were William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway. If I'd had a mobile I would of taken a photo but it was more than 15 years ago. I still can not believe it to this day

 

[Blue Tooth]

I expect many of us have come across these, at least once in our lives......

My story....

I travel to Malta a lot, and a few years ago, on the plane back to England, I sat next to a woman about thirty five. We started engaging in small talk, like you do, and she mentioned that she was English, lived in Malta but had married a Maltese man, who owned a small sports shop on the island.......she went on to say she was travelling back to Lancashire for her father's seventieth birthday celebrations, he was in the furniture industry, extremely well off, and was having a marquee erected in the grounds of his house.

I asked what company it was, and it turned out it was fairly local to me, and I had bought some stuff from her dad's firm on several occasions....

We arrived home, I bade her farewell, and thought no more about it.

Then, around nine months later, I was on another flight returning to Malta, and this time sat next to an older lady, and we started chatting......it turned out her husband was in the furniture business, and she was going to Malta to visit her daughter, who was married to a Maltese man who owned a small sports shop...........

This was NINE months later, there were around 250 seats on each plane, I, or they could have sat anywhere....

I said "You are not going to believe this. I'm the father of your new Grandchild"..............

 

[Tuearts right boot]

2 really so bare with me....
When we lived in Spain we rented the farm out to tourists and one day we had 2 bikers going to do the North Africa thing,one was Italian and had ridden to us from south of Milan.Over breakfast we got talking and he asked where abouts in England we were from,his English was pretty good. Manchester I said,expecting the usual....man utd type reply.Yes,whereabouts he asked.I'm thinking piss off,Sale I said.He replied he could tell by the accent,again....piss off I thought.Turns out his aunty lived 1/2 mile away from where I lived and I passed her house nearly everyday.
The other one was me getting a phone call from one of the fishing guides we did business with,he had an enquiry and could we do it.I took the guys phone number but stopped him halfway through.I knew roughly where he lived and said I'd drop the details off.Later that week a mate called me and ran through where I'd been that day.It turns out this guys girlfriend was the ex mrs of a old mate of mine who I'd not seen in years. They stayed at our place for their holidays for the next 6 years. I then bumped into her ex (my old mate) at the Villa Real match.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

I expect many of us have come across these, at least once in our lives......

My story....

I travel to Malta a lot, and a few years ago, on the plane back to England, I sat next to a woman about thirty five. We started engaging in small talk, like you do, and she mentioned that she was English, lived in Malta but had married a Maltese man, who owned a small sports shop on the island.......she went on to say she was travelling back to Lancashire for her father's seventieth birthday celebrations, he was in the furniture industry, extremely well off, and was having a marquee erected in the grounds of his house.

I asked what company it was, and it turned out it was fairly local to me, and I had bought some stuff from her dad's firm on several occasions....

We arrived home, I bade her farewell, and thought no more about it.

Then, around nine months later, I was on another flight returning to Malta, and this time sat next to an older lady, and we started chatting......it turned out her husband was in the furniture business, and she was going to Malta to visit her daughter, who was married to a Maltese man who owned a small sports shop...........

This was NINE months later, there were around 250 seats on each plane, I, or they could have sat anywhere....

I said "You are not going to believe this. I'm the father of your new Grandchild"..............

Yes, very good..............

 

[crazyg]

Me & 3 mates (all blues) went on a drive your own car holiday around Europe in 1972.
First night stayed in a guest house in Dover run by an older couple.
At breakfast the following morning, I asked where they were from, as they had northern accents. Up until then they'd hardly said a word to us. The woman said that they were from Bardsley, between Ashton & Oldham, and had bought the B&B when they retired.
I said I was from Ashton, and the others were from Mossley, Audenshaw & Blackley.
I asked her where she used to work, and she said Kerfoot Pharmacuticals in Bardsley Vale. I told her my auntie Ruth worked there. She asked me for her surname, and it turned out that she worked next to her in the factory!
We got extra breakfast before we went, and a great welcome when we came back 2 weeks later!

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I was in my local with my mate and were actually talking about strange coincidences which moved onto chatting about Michael Palin and Ripping Yarns.

There was a quiz in the tap room and seconds after we mentioned the words Ripping Yarns the next question's answer was Ripping Yarns.

 

[StrangewaysHereWeCome]

This is a good thread.

I cannot think of anything that has happened to me personally off the top of my head so I'll try and recall a couple of things I read.

JFK was shot whilst riding in a Ford Lincoln convertible car.

After killing Lincoln, Booth hid in Fords theater.

Both their Vice Presidents and successors were Southern Democrats named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson)

Both assassins had 15 letters in their name Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth

Kennedy and Lincoln are seven letters long

Both presidents were shot on a Friday in the presence of their wives. Both Fridays preceded a major holiday observed within the week.

Both presidents were accompanied by another couple.

The male companion of the other couple was wounded by the assassin.

Both presidents had a son die during their presidency.

After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse; after shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre.

Both Johnsons were succeeded as President in '69 by Republicans whose mothers were named Hannah.

Both assassins died in the same month as their victim in a state adjacent to the state of their birth.

 

[uweuweuwe]

First ever trip to new york first two people I talked to were both mancs and both from within two miles of my parents house. The first was the driver of a limo my mate had booked for a laugh so we could arrive at the hotel in style. Second was a bloke working behind the counter in a shop I went in to buy a razor as id forgot mine. Turns out he was a rag so left his shop without buying anything

 

[BlueBearBoots]

This is a good thread.

I cannot think of anything that has happened to me personally off the top of my head so I'll try and recall a couple of things I read.

JFK was shot whilst riding in a Ford Lincoln convertible car.

After killing Lincoln, Booth hid in Fords theater.

Both their Vice Presidents and successors were Southern Democrats named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson)

Both assassins had 15 letters in their name Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth

Kennedy and Lincoln are seven letters long

Both presidents were shot on a Friday in the presence of their wives. Both Fridays preceded a major holiday observed within the week.

Both presidents were accompanied by another couple.

The male companion of the other couple was wounded by the assassin.

Both presidents had a son die during their presidency.

After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse; after shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre.

Both Johnsons were succeeded as President in '69 by Republicans whose mothers were named Hannah.

Both assassins died in the same month as their victim in a state adjacent to the state of their birth.

Totally spooky!

 

[Ban-jani]

Had a dream I walked into my old flat & my old house mate was watching the Rags vs Real Madrid on the tele.
Next day they drew them.

True story.