That's not a co-incidence - that's just downright spooky.
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SeagullinExile
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Bit of an unlucky coincidence this one...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Death postponed as the bullet shot in revenge took twenty years to hit and kill
What was told by Lord Krishna in the Gita that nothing will happen before time and nothing will happen after time, you shall get what you deserve, you shall get...
kevo
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There's actually an explanation though, I think. I reckon on a previous visit to the churchyard I'd clocked that gravestone but it was deeply buried in my subconscious. So when I read the book, somewhere in the back of my mind I remembered I'd heard/seen the name before and that was why it cropped up in the dream.
It did freak me out at the time tho!
kevo
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Had another kind of similar experience.
As I kid, I was obsessed with a spooky TV series about a girl who was in hospital. She was given a sketch pad, and everything she drew came to life in her dreams. She drew a house surrounded by stones, with a boy in the window. In her dreams, she would visit him in the house. Unfortunately, as she had forgotten to draw his legs, he was in a wheelchair! The stones surrounding the house were some kind of evil presence.
For years, I couldn't remember the name of the programme. Then a film came out called 'Paperhouse', which was clearly the same story. But still I couldn't find a link to the TV show.
But one day at work, I was scrolling the internet and suddenly for no particular reason I remembered the TV series again and wondered if I could find out anything. I Googled Paperhouse, and there was a reference that it was based on a 60s kids TV series called 'Escape into Night'. At last, after literally years of searching, I'd found it. It had existed after all.
The article said that both the film and the TV series were based on a book called 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr. I Googled Catherine Storr - she was a famous children's author and a parapsychologist. So I then started reading about her.
I was completely lost in thinking about all this, when I picked up a copy of that day's Times newspaper which someone had left on my desk.
I opened it at random. It opened at the obituaries page. At the top, was the obituary of... Catherine Storr.
As I kid, I was obsessed with a spooky TV series about a girl who was in hospital. She was given a sketch pad, and everything she drew came to life in her dreams. She drew a house surrounded by stones, with a boy in the window. In her dreams, she would visit him in the house. Unfortunately, as she had forgotten to draw his legs, he was in a wheelchair! The stones surrounding the house were some kind of evil presence.
For years, I couldn't remember the name of the programme. Then a film came out called 'Paperhouse', which was clearly the same story. But still I couldn't find a link to the TV show.
But one day at work, I was scrolling the internet and suddenly for no particular reason I remembered the TV series again and wondered if I could find out anything. I Googled Paperhouse, and there was a reference that it was based on a 60s kids TV series called 'Escape into Night'. At last, after literally years of searching, I'd found it. It had existed after all.
The article said that both the film and the TV series were based on a book called 'Marianne Dreams' by Catherine Storr. I Googled Catherine Storr - she was a famous children's author and a parapsychologist. So I then started reading about her.
I was completely lost in thinking about all this, when I picked up a copy of that day's Times newspaper which someone had left on my desk.
I opened it at random. It opened at the obituaries page. At the top, was the obituary of... Catherine Storr.
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Mrs T's first name is uncommon. I've never met another. Our surname is also uncommon and again I've never met another (excluding direct family). Someone has joined wife's work with the same name.
What more proof of (insert any conspiracy theory or celestial BS) do you need?
A while ago I was day dreaming about a bass guitar . . . Then got back to reality.
a few evenings later whilst engaged and posting sweeping generalisations on this fine portal, and supping some claret, I also happened to look at some of these bass guitars on line.
Would you believe it, several days later a bass guitar exactly the same as the one I was thinking about arrived via a courier, at my house, with my name on it!
I've been trying to channel these thoughts again, its not as easy as it sounds though. Particularly when you start thinking about exotic Italian cars.
a few evenings later whilst engaged and posting sweeping generalisations on this fine portal, and supping some claret, I also happened to look at some of these bass guitars on line.
Would you believe it, several days later a bass guitar exactly the same as the one I was thinking about arrived via a courier, at my house, with my name on it!
I've been trying to channel these thoughts again, its not as easy as it sounds though. Particularly when you start thinking about exotic Italian cars.
Crawley Dingo
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Went to visit my mother in Devon, had a fling with one of her friends and on my next visit got into a chat with another lady but blew her out. A couple of years later I found out from my older brother he had done the same!
joydivisionovengloves
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I had two mishearings on the same day.
First I was walking along Western Road, Brighton with my wife and our first born in a buggy. As we walked past this homeless guy he was rather persistently trying to sell us the "Big Issue" and wouldn't let up. We both looked at him and he was pointing behind us on the floor and said "Baby shoe". It had fallen out of the buggy and he hadn't said "Big Issue" at all as he wasn't a seller.
Went back to work after lunch and I was working in an office which had a big window to the street outside. Glanced out the front and exclaimed "f***ing raining again".
My colleague looked up just as a middle eastern man walked past and she said "What don't you like about Iranians"?
Just to clarify, I never mishear anything any other time, ever.
First I was walking along Western Road, Brighton with my wife and our first born in a buggy. As we walked past this homeless guy he was rather persistently trying to sell us the "Big Issue" and wouldn't let up. We both looked at him and he was pointing behind us on the floor and said "Baby shoe". It had fallen out of the buggy and he hadn't said "Big Issue" at all as he wasn't a seller.
Went back to work after lunch and I was working in an office which had a big window to the street outside. Glanced out the front and exclaimed "f***ing raining again".
My colleague looked up just as a middle eastern man walked past and she said "What don't you like about Iranians"?
Just to clarify, I never mishear anything any other time, ever.
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I have had several weird coincidences.
Drinking in a bar in Hong King, I got chatting to the barman.
It turned out he was the brother of someone I worked with for 18 months.
Walking down a street in Valletta, Malta and heard someone call my name, it was my parents next door neighbour.
A regular customer in our cafe was telling me that he came from Telford in the West Midlands. I told him I had once attended a wedding there. He asked who’s it was, when I told him the Grooms name , he told me the brides name, and that he had been her previous boyfriend and had been dumped for my mate.
Drinking in a bar in Hong King, I got chatting to the barman.
It turned out he was the brother of someone I worked with for 18 months.
Walking down a street in Valletta, Malta and heard someone call my name, it was my parents next door neighbour.
A regular customer in our cafe was telling me that he came from Telford in the West Midlands. I told him I had once attended a wedding there. He asked who’s it was, when I told him the Grooms name , he told me the brides name, and that he had been her previous boyfriend and had been dumped for my mate.
Is the coincidence that your mother has found two friends with such low moral character that they try to shag their friend's sons?
One being considerably less attractive than the other.
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Algernon
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Over the years there have been several instances where I've read or heard of something for the first time, usually something out of context in my life or our of the ordinary.
Within a few weeks the same word or phrase will appear again.
It's happened plenty of times.
As an example, I was reading this article yesterday regarding a plane crash:
PANARCTIC CRASH
Which mentions an Inuksuk, an Inuit stone memorial.
I'd never heard this name before but I expect it to come up again within the month.
(Just don't)
Within a few weeks the same word or phrase will appear again.
It's happened plenty of times.
As an example, I was reading this article yesterday regarding a plane crash:
PANARCTIC CRASH
Which mentions an Inuksuk, an Inuit stone memorial.
I'd never heard this name before but I expect it to come up again within the month.
(Just don't)
Whitechapel
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My mums parents and my dad’s parents got married on the exact same day; way before my parents had met each other.
el punal
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This is brilliant! My weird mind went into overdrive on suitable comments, here we go :
Did you take her to watch a film ‘The Battle of the Bulge’ before she dumped you?
No flies on you now
Do you dress to the left?
Did you ‘turn up’ late for work?
You should’ve worked upstairs as it was obvious you failed in the downstairs department.
Were you suspended for taking too many short breaks?
None of the above seams real.
That’s it from me!
kevo
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I had a related thing at a hotel in Bristol.
When I checked in, the receptionist said: 'That's strange, there seems to be two of you'. I have a slightly unusual surname (have never met anyone with the same full name), so that seemed unlikely, and I had only made one booking.
Anyway, I went up to my room, dumped my stuff, went out, got pi55ed as a newt, staggered back at 2am and crashed out.
Next day, I came down to breakfast severely the worse for wear. The woman manning the breakfast room (different one to the receptionist), said: 'Hello again, sir'.
'Again? I've only just come down'. 'No', she said. 'You were here earlier'. 'No, I wasn't'. 'It was definitely you', she said. And then she checked her register. 'See - your room number's been checked off'.
So my only conclusion was that someone with the same name as me and who looked exactly like me, had slept in my room overnight, got up before me and eaten my breakfast.
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Crawley Dingo
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Only 1 was a friend, the other was a random encounter in a pub.
I have loads that fit under the "it's a small world" umbrella.
When I first moved from Vietnam to Spain, I was chatting to a Spanish guy in a pub and mentioned I'd previously been living in Hanoi. He asked if I knew a Kiwi called Meg, which I did. In fact she was a former colleague. Turned out she was an ex of his.
I've had several other incidents like that where I've met people in distant lands and discovered mutual connections. Also, many times I've bumped into friends and acquaintances on the other side of the world.
When I first moved from Vietnam to Spain, I was chatting to a Spanish guy in a pub and mentioned I'd previously been living in Hanoi. He asked if I knew a Kiwi called Meg, which I did. In fact she was a former colleague. Turned out she was an ex of his.
I've had several other incidents like that where I've met people in distant lands and discovered mutual connections. Also, many times I've bumped into friends and acquaintances on the other side of the world.
