Peter Pan Superman

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I want to relate a couple of things that happened the last time my brother called over.These are very similar instances that I have related before - synchronous instances of the TV with conversation. The first case involved a remark Mel Gibson made about the tendency of modern mixed race families to result in what he termed 'blended' offspring. I was relating Mel's remarks to my brother during the adverts of Christopher Reeve's Superman film,after I had also related previous such coincidences to him. At that moment,the TV chose to put an advert on,for kitchen appliances,one of which was a blender! My other half was mentioning that Robin Williams was a friend of Christopher Reeve,whereupon I mentioned that both had flown - Chris in Superman,and Robin in Peter Pan. Shortly after I mentioned this,the following dialogue occurred in the movie which I had never noticed before: Lois Lane: Clark . . . said that you're just a figment of somebody's imagination. Like Peter Pan. Superman: Clark, uh. Who's that? Your boyfriend? Lois Lane: Clark? Oh, Clark, no, he's nothing, he's just, uh . . . Superman: Peter Pan, huh? Lois Lane: Uh-huh. Superman: Peter Pan flew with children, Lois. In a fairy tale. We were all quite gobsmacked. In a more recent incident I was watching the Amazing Spiderman for about the 3rd time,when I noted that Irrfan Khan was acting in the movie,and made mention of 'Richard Parker' who was Peter's dad. It then occurred to me that Irrfan had been in a boat with a tiger in Life of Pi and the tiger had been named......'Richard Parker'. I have now come to believe that far from being mystical,I just have the kind of mind that makes such correlations and notices them,and this explains the frequency of their occurrence.
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Date submitted:Thu, 07 Dec 2017 23:25:02 +0000Coincidence ID:9629