A Hong Kong coincidence

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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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My parents, who lived in London, were on holiday in Hong Kong. While my mother was waiting in the hotel lobby for my father, a man came over to her and started a conversation. He asked where she lived and when told it was London, he said that she must know his cousin who worked in London!! It transpired that his cousin worked for my father and was dumbfounded to be introduced to him.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:21:42 +0000Coincidence ID:5157