Coincidence about a scientific article on coincidences
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I was struggling to descend from a snow bound Scottish Summit when I bumped into 2 mountaineers who helped rope me down. It was only as we descended that we realised we had met before at University. Relating this story to my friend he remarked that of course mountaineers will meet on mountain tops. When I got home and read that very weeks New Scientist it contained an article on coincidences including a cartoon of 2 mountaineers meeting on snow bound mountain top saying " Havn't we met somewhere before ?" A coincidence about coincidences.
Date submitted:Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:40:43 +0000Coincidence ID:5886
