Business card coincidence

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We were out walking one day, and passed a business card which had fallen on the ground. Curiosity got the better of us, so we went back and picked it up... It was a person whose name didn't mean anything to us, however, the address was peculiar, as it was called Percy French Road, on the other side of the city. Interestingly, in our small town, there is a bench dedicated to Percy French, as it was there that he wrote the famous song "The Mountains of Mourne". We thought nothing of it, except that it was a strange coincidence.. A few weeks passed, and we were selling an item in eBay... When we got paid, it told us to send the item to who other, but the person whose business card we had found on the ground.... What a coincidence.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:52:58 +0000Coincidence ID:4501