"Get off my train"

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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A few years ago I visted New York for the first time with friends. We went on the subway to Grand Central Station and commented it was like a scene from the film "Ghost" when PAtrick Swayze meets a slightly mad ghost who berates people to "get off my train". We arrived at out destination and left the subway. Guess who was walking towards us - the actor who played the mad ghost - I still don't know his name to this day!! Later that evening we went to a speakeasy bar in Greenwich Village and were discussing how bizarre this event had been. Guess how walked into the bar - the same actor who played the mad ghost. I've never quite got over the coincidences of this day!!
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:54:57 +0000Coincidence ID:4821

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Anonymous (not verified)

Sun, 15/01/2012 - 10:06pm

the actor is Vincent Schiavelli