Parallel lives
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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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When my boyfriend and I were travelling the world in the 90s, we stayed with some distant relatives of my family in rural Western Australia. During our stay, the wife, Jill, showed us a photo album of the one time she and her husband had visited England, more than 10 years before when they were on their honeymoon. Every photo except one had a caption and Jill asked if we knew where the photo was taken.
My boyfriend was looking at the photo - it was of a family feeding pigeons - and said he thought it was Trafalgar Square in London. Then he said "That looks a bit like my dad... Hold on, that's my mum, there's my sister and that's me".
My boyfriend is from the far north of England and had been to London once with his family - on this occasion. The photo was a portrait of his family feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. We were all freaked out and took a copy of the photo home with us. I ended my speech at our wedding nearly 10 years later by showing everyone the photo and saying that we were obviously meant to be together!
Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:40 +0000Coincidence ID:5378
