A few weeks ago, I was listening to an episode of This American
Life that was exploring coincidences. There was someone talking
about how their friend would find coins in their shower that must
have fallen off the skin of the bather. The friend had never heard
of this happening. But on the next day, he was astonished to find
that it had happened in his own shower. And then, Ira was trying
trying to find other people who have this same experience and
couldn't.
Not only does this happen to me frequently, but apparently there was a dude in New Zealand in the early 20th century who was arrested for vagrancy and when they cleaned him off, found coins in his beard that fell into the tub. The coincidence here -- he had the same first and last name as me, both of which are not that common. This American Life should have called in the experts.
Furthermore, I listen to Garrison Keillor almost every Saturday night while trying to figure out where my place is in a world where Mark McGrath is a cruise ship captain. Highbrow + Lowbrow = Unibrow I guess?
Not only does this happen to me frequently, but apparently there was a dude in New Zealand in the early 20th century who was arrested for vagrancy and when they cleaned him off, found coins in his beard that fell into the tub. The coincidence here -- he had the same first and last name as me, both of which are not that common. This American Life should have called in the experts.
Furthermore, I listen to Garrison Keillor almost every Saturday night while trying to figure out where my place is in a world where Mark McGrath is a cruise ship captain. Highbrow + Lowbrow = Unibrow I guess?
