Music Mystery

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3 days in a row, I encountered some strange coincidences. I'm beginning to think they're not. And strangely, they all had to do with music. Day 1: It was a school morning and I was entering my school listening to one of my favorite songs The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! At the disco. My friend stopped me in the hallway to show me his new phone case. (Also he was listening to music). In the beginning he was showing me the back of his phone case. He turned his phone around and happen to be listening to the Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! At the disco. Day 2: Around Christmas time, in art class, my teacher was playing some old school music. The music reminded me of this toy my little sister. It's a dog and it sings the song Shout! but in Christmas version. I told my friend sitting beside me about the toy. A couple songs later, the original Shout! came on. Day 3: I was on my way to basketball practice, and I was telling one of my teammates about how some of these songs never come on radio. We had a discussion about California Girls and how stupid the music video was. And guess what. It came on the radio.
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Date submitted:Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:32:41 +0000Coincidence ID:7666