The Newspaper, Coincidence or Telepathy ?

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A couple I knew in the Seventies had a well established routine. He bought a newspaper with his cigarettes every morning from the corner shop and took it to work,reading it at 10am with his morning coffee and bringing it home for her to read in the evening.This had been the routine for twenty years.One day his wife was in Poole Arndale Centre at 10am, for some reason she decided to buy their usual newspaper, she couldn't explain this, she had never done this before.At 10am he realised he had left his paper on the counter at the corner shop. Imagine his surprise when he came home and found his wife had bought another.This was before mobiles and they had not spoken during the day. Coincidence or telepathy ?
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:02:35 +0000Coincidence ID:3610