Waiting for a friend

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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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I was on holiday with my friend Joy in Jerusalem. We entered the hotel lift and it stopped to let some one on. A lady entered and started chatting, she was an Australian. She looked at Joy and asked her if she was too an Australian. Joy said no and the lady asked her if she had ever been to Australia. Yes said Joy, I was there about six weeks ago. Were you in Little Collins Street in Melbourne outside a departmental store on Saturday at 12 o'clock? She was! The lady had recognised her. Joy 2
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:41:32 +0000Coincidence ID:5105