1. Same house 2. SanFrancisco pub
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1. I rang a friend's shop in Inverness to tell him I had moved house from Edinburgh to Temple in Midlothian. His assistant answered and offered to take a message. I started to tell her that the house was called 'Russell Cottage'; she interrupted and asked if that was 24 Temple Village. I said it was and asked how did she know. It transpired that she used to live there and the house was called after her brother.
2. My wife and I had just finished a walking holiday in the Sierras in California; on getting to San Francisco we really fancied a pint of beer. We walked into the first pub we saw. My wife went up to the barmaid and said:'Oh hello Jane'. They used to work together at the Open University in Edinburgh.
Date submitted:Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:57:32 +0000Coincidence ID:6873
