stevie_b Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Good ol' coincidences. I read in the paper about a penny-poker game that took place a few weeks ago whereby each of the 4 players were dealt a royal flush from a shuffled deck. The odds of that happening are fantastically small, too small really to comprehend (it makes winning the National Lottery seem like a dead cert). A boffin had done some back-of-fag-packet calculations and reckoned that this type of deal could be expected to happen once in the world every 2 years (IIRC, can't remember the actual timeframe but it was a very small number of years). For those it happens to, it's practically a mystical event that could be used to "prove" the existance of a Higher Being. For everyone else, it's statistics and probability doing what they do every millisecond of every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 But mine are more spooky than actual odds on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was going to put a thread up the other day about coincidences but then saw yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermonkey Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was going to put a thread up the other day about coincidences but then saw yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Charlotte... You are the chosen one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was just thining about posting a 'strange coincidences thread'! how wierd is that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Had about six weird coincedences happen at work today from a mate starting a conversation about what I was thinking about to songs I mention coming on the radio, random non mainstream songs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was just thining about posting a 'strange coincidences thread'! how wierd is that! Strange, I was thinking is Matt H going to post today & walla you posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was going to put a thread up the other day about coincidences but then saw yours... I was just thining about posting a 'strange coincidences thread'! how wierd is that! Coincidence? You be the judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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