Me a man 1 year later in the same place as the year before...and that's not all.

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I was on holiday in Tenerife, sitting on the beach. I saw a man eating a hamburger and thought I would like one, so I asked him where he bought it. As he told me I recognised him from meeting him a year before in the same hotel where we used to stay and meet in the bar in the evening. At the end of the week we exchanged names and mobile phone numbers. My surname is Lobl and his is Lobley. We have the same mobile phone models. We got talking about cars and we have the same make, model and colour.
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Date submitted:Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:57:13 +0000Coincidence ID:8075