Odd chance

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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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I planned to go touring in Scotland with my girl-friend. My boss was going to a hotel in Cornwall. My girl-friend decided on Saturday morning that she would prefer Norfolk. Off we went - to Norfolk - and we stopped at a "T" junction in Cromer, waiting for a line of traffic to clear. ONe car flashed his lights to let us out. My boss. Upon returning to work, his wife had decided at the last minute to change the destination and go to Norfolk as well. The odds of meeting up at the same "T" junction, in a town neither of us was supposed to be...Pretty high I would imagine.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:59:07 +0000Coincidence ID:4365