Going Cuckoo

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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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I was reading Leslie Thomas's book "Kensington Heights" at home one evening while listening to a CD of Beethoven symphonies. One of the characters in the book was going to hear "The Pastoral" played at the Wigmore Hall. I was listening to "The Pastoral" myself which felt spooky - but then it got stranger. The character in the book explained that he couldn't take his wife to the concert as she always joined in the "cuckoos" loudly and embarrassed him. I was reading this sentence at exactly the same moment that the "cuckoo" played on my CD.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:07:54 +0000Coincidence ID:4446