Twins coincidence

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My wife was looking after the driving school office where I worked while the boss was on holiday. She signed on a new young woman pupil who I trained. The fact of my wife's pregnancy encouraged the pupil to knit a blanket for the expected baby and commented that the previous mother-to-be for who m she knitted another blanket had produced twins. Shortly after that my wife discovered that she was also expecting twins, although the doctor had previously only commented that "it would be a large baby". The boys were identical twins and it was some time before I was able to distinguish one from the other.
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:57:36 +0000Coincidence ID:3588