silver nickel
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my friend gave me money to buy something for him at the gift shop where i work. that morning at work (before i remembered to buy his gift) i found an old silver nickel in the cash register and i really wanted to put it aside but did not have a nickel to replace it with. later i bought the gift for him and put the change in the bag with the gift and sealed the bag with a piece of tape. i made sure to include the silver nickel in the bag as part of his change as i wanted to ask him if i could give him a newer nickel for the old one. Any way..i forgot to ask. Then a few days later we were driving in the car and (quite randomly) he took a nickel out of his pocket and asked me if i wanted it. I said that he should keep it but he placed it on the dash board. later i noticed that it was the very nickel that i had wanted.
Date submitted:Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:31:19 +0000Coincidence ID:5528
