incredible coincidence from chris alexander

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this happened a couple of years ago and blew my mind to be honest see what you think i would be interested in knowing the mathematical probability of this as well!I was in a friends flat in cardiff chatting when my friends mobile phone rang .He started speaking to the other person and said sorry I don't know you mate I don't know anyone called Serge.Well it so happens that my best friends nickname is Serge named after ex french rugby fullback Serge Blanco so I said to my friend in the flat let me speak to them he handed the phone to me and sure enough it was my best friend who had inadvertently rang the wrong number at the exact moment I was visiting someone he did not know.He had no idea I was there or whom he had rung he meant to ring another person whose number funnily enough was not even similar he had just misdialled.He could not really grasp the weirdness of this situation to be honest and even to this day still fails to but when one considers the sheer number of mobile phone numbers it is pretty staggering I think you will agree
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:24:08 +0000Coincidence ID:4035