Recurring name

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As a journalist who writes about business and cars, I was at my office in a downtown Dallas high rise surfing the Internet about 10 a.m. when I came across an article in a British newspaper that seemed particularly well written (I think it was about the Iraq War). Scrolling up to find the byline, I looked at the name: "Jonathan Steele." At that EXACT moment, the phone rang and I picked it up. The caller introduced himself as "Jonathan Steele" and said he was calling to see if I was interested in using Monster.com for ad listings. "What did you say your name was?" I asked, dumbfounded. "Jonathan Steele," he said. I told him about the coincidence, and he didn't seem that amazed about it. About 30 minutes later, I got a call from a car delivery service about a car I was scheduled to review. When I went to the parking garage to sign the paperwork, the driver introduced himself as "Jonathan Steele." I asked him to repeat his name and told him about the previous coincidence. He didn't seem that amazed. That night, I told my wife, a teacher, about the coincidence, and she mentioned that she worked with a Latin teacher named "Chris Steele." "I'll ask him if he knows of a Jonathan Steele," she said. The next day, she told me that Chris replied, "Yeah, I know a Jonathan Steele. He's my brother."
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Date submitted:Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:42:26 +0000Coincidence ID:8179