Multiple synchronicities

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At work today (29/3/12), with Radio 2 on in the background, I was telling 2 colleagues how I'd been experiencing synchronicity, whereby I'd be thinking of a song and when I switched on the radio that very song was playing. I said the weirdest instance was about 3 years ago when I'd met a young lady who told me her name was Tracey. On the way home I was reminded of Tracey Ullman's version of the Kirsty McColl song, 'They Don't Know'. On arriving home I switched on the radio and the very next song played was Tracey Ullman singing 'They Don't Know'! Just after I'd related this, who should come on Steve Wright's programme but David Spiegelhalter, talking about synchronicity! About 45 minutes later I was saying how much I'd enjoyed a visit to British Columbia, and almost immediately Steve Wright mentioned someone 'in British Columbia, Canada'! As if that wasn't enough, this evening at home I was watching a holiday programme on Channel 5 about Jordan. When it switched to surfing in San Diego I went into another room and switched on BBC Radio Oxford. The song being played was 'Surf City' by Jan and Dean!
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Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:42:27 +0000Coincidence ID:6190