birthday (and death) coincidence

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On my father's side, my grandfather was born on 11 June, my grandmother on 11August, my uncle on 11 October and my Aunt 11 January. My father was expected on 11 April but arrived on 6 April - but strangely, died on 11 August, his mother's birthday.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:56:27 +0000Coincidence ID:4304

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Anonymous (not verified)

Sat, 14/01/2012 - 9:07pm

Recently I attended a meeting of my local University of the Third Age. As usual I bought 1 strip of raffle tickets for monthly draw. The tickets were blue. I was slightly annoyed when I turned round and saw yellow tickets on sale. Yellow is my favourite colour, so I bought another strip of tickets in yellow, telling myself I was being silly. I won a prize with one of the yellow tickets.

Mrs J B