Birthday Coincidence.

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In 2008, my whole family went out to a Thai Restaurant in Romford to celebrate my Grandad's 70th Birthday. We all decided that it would be nice for my grandad to open his cards and presents before the meal began. My grandad has three children, two living in Romford and one living in Chelmsford. They did not have any communication with one another about the details of the presents and cards that they had brought for their dad which means that they also all went out separately to do the birthday shopping. Now, on opening the cards from the three children my grandad discovered that my dad, my auntie and my uncle had all brought him the same birthday card. My family found this extremely strange considering they had not spoken about presents until the night and they would not tell each other which card they brought anyway because that is not as important. We all found it extremely coincidental and have since been amazed at how this happened.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:23:18 +0000Coincidence ID:5232