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I was invited to a wedding of an acquaintance and, because I knew no one else there, I was sat with a table of strangers. I was chatting to a couple who told me that they had had a tiring day house hunting. It transpired that they had looked at a house that I was born in and had lived some 30 years previously. The wedding was in Hertfordshire, I was living in London and the couple were from Buckinghamshire I think. I had never met them before and have never seen them since. The only connection was our friend who was getting married. This story was read out on R5 last week when the Prof was on.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:03:09 +0000Coincidence ID:4504