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Before I relate this coincidence,you need a couple of facts. 1. I teach IT in the local libraries. 2. I wear a matrix like coat as per Keanu Reeves. 3. The multiplex cinema has recently changed their seating policy to one where you HAVE to take your ticketed seat. (Ours were Q14 &15) 4. It was a toss up whether we were going to go to the movies tonight at all. Armed with this information,this is what happened: Having decided to go to the movies to see INTERSTELLAR,we were given the usual timing options for the film. Since we were eating out first,we chose an 8pm option,meaning that the various screenings were an issue in what followed. Because we finished eating earlier than the start of the film,we went up to the mezzanine to use the toilets and wait. Note that we'd only have been there because of the 8pm slot and being early from the restaurant. At that juncture a lady unknown to me walked up and said she had seen me before in the area I walked to, when I teach IT at the library. She had noted me because of the matrix black coat that I wear and said to me 'Don't think I am odd,but I had to let on, as I had remarked to my husband that there was this guy who passed our house who wore this black coat,and here you are!". We laughed a little about it.Then my partner and I went to the lower floor to continue to wait for the movie to start. Whilst waiting,I related what had happened to my partner and said 'Wouldn't it be odd if our seat numbers happened to be right next to the lady I just met?". Either I have second sight or this is one of the most coincidental things that ever happened to me. Blow me,if our tickets didn't force us to sit in the two seats directly next to her and her husband!
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Date submitted:Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:10:19 +0000Coincidence ID:7895