Simon H

Bit of background to this one! Two years ago, I appeared on Popmaster on Radio 2 as a contestant, which I recorded, and have been able to convert to a CD recording of the broadcast. I also have a device called a Brennan, onto which I have loaded my entire CD collection. There are about 16,000 tracks on the device, which I often play in "random" mode. Two weeks ago, I was replying to a chatty e-mail from a friend, in which he reminded me that a few of us had had a mini-reunion exactly two years earlier, and asking if I had realised the anniversary. In my reply, I stated that I had realised, as it was also pretty much exactly two years since my Popmaster appearance. Halfway through my typing the sentence about Popmaster, the Brennan suddenly started playing the recording of my appearance (entirely at random from the 16,000 or so tracks!). Presume the odds on this are about 16,000 to 1? Just to further add to the coincidence, a couple of days later, when I again had the Brennan on in the background, the Popmaster appearance was played again!