Same wavelength - different continent!

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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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We had friends from Australia staying with us for 3 months. I had lent the wife of the couple one of my fleece jackets as they didn't have any warm outer-wear. They returned to Australia and several weeks later I decided to sort through the cupboards in our guest bedroom and underneath the fleece jacket on the same hanger was a lightweight jumper. I knew it wasn't mine and deduced it belonged to our friend who had inadvertently left it behind. At the very moment I had my hand on the sleeve of the jumper, our 'phone rang. It was our friend from Australia to say she was also sorting through her clothes and realised she had a jumper missing and was calling me to ask if I could have a look to see if she had left it behind! We both went cold when we realised she had called at the precise moment I had found the jumper.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:44:12 +0000Coincidence ID:4649