The Lost Watch
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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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While taking his gap year my brother worked as a school gardener where he befriended another gap year student. One weekend they stayed at our parents' house in Dorset. My cousin and a friend had cycled up from their homes in Cornwall that same weekend and the four of them were playing cards when someone asked what the time was. My cousin produced a watch from his pocket. My brother's friend, Ben, asked where the watch had come from. My cousin replied that his brother had found it on Dartmoor. Ben said 'That's my watch. It has my initials on the back. I lost it on Dartmoor last year.' This happened more than 20 years ago. Recently my brother found out that Ben and my cousin now live within 4 miles of each other in the North East and their children attend the same school.
Date submitted:Sat, 20 Sep 2014 11:29:59 +0000Coincidence ID:7773
