Wrong number (or wright number?)

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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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One Saturday night in the early 1990's I was calling my friend Dave to see if he wanted to go for a few beers. Instead of dialing **** 625184 as I had intended I was to discover I had made a mistake and dialed **** 625185. A woman answered which surprised me as we were both single at the time, after recovering from my surprise I asked if Dave was there to be told: 'no you must have a wrong number but you can talk to me instead' And so I did and after a pleasant few minutes that conversation ended and I called the right number. Some 9-months later I was out for a beer with the aforementioned Dave and some other friends when we became friendly with a group of girls, one of whom was called Ruth and needless to say we hit it off. Being young and more free in will and other commitments than in later life we became in-seperable; after a coule of days the penny dropped and I asked her, did you end up chatting with a chap who dialed your number by mistake last year... yes she had and recalled our conversation in detail. Simon.
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Date submitted:Tue, 15 May 2012 22:46:06 +0000Coincidence ID:6340