Comments on: 10 Strange Coincidences http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: stoneskin http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-311 stoneskin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:52:09 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-311 A little story that is not quite as good as these, but one of those strange "dagnammit" coincidences that I love. In Brighton (Sussex) there is a famous burger bar called Grubbs. Best burgers in town. One day I was walking out to a friend's birthday do and was going to grab a Grubbs burger (triple blue cheese in fact) on the way. To my dismay the place was closed with the windows smashed and boarded up. I grumbled and cursed my way to the pub. What kind of twit would smash up the greatest burger bar in town, if not Sussex? What kind of human being? Unbelievable. If there ever was a call for capital punishment...blah blah blah... Over the course of the evening I got chatting to a guy at the birthday do named Oli. Still fuming, I ranted off on one..."What kind of person? Smashing in a Subway is fair enough I guess, but not Grubbs, not the one and only..." and so on. Turned out that Oli was one of the perpetrators. A complete accident he told me. A drunken shopping trolley ride that went wrong. Ahh. Isn't life great. :) A little story that is not quite as good as these, but one of those strange “dagnammit” coincidences that I love. In Brighton (Sussex) there is a famous burger bar called Grubbs. Best burgers in town. One day I was walking out to a friend’s birthday do and was going to grab a Grubbs burger (triple blue cheese in fact) on the way.

To my dismay the place was closed with the windows smashed and boarded up. I grumbled and cursed my way to the pub. What kind of twit would smash up the greatest burger bar in town, if not Sussex? What kind of human being? Unbelievable. If there ever was a call for capital punishment…blah blah blah…

Over the course of the evening I got chatting to a guy at the birthday do named Oli. Still fuming, I ranted off on one…”What kind of person? Smashing in a Subway is fair enough I guess, but not Grubbs, not the one and only…” and so on.

Turned out that Oli was one of the perpetrators. A complete accident he told me. A drunken shopping trolley ride that went wrong.

Ahh. Isn’t life great. :)

]]> By: Terri http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-291 Terri Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:20:50 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-291 I hadn't heard many of these...how crazy! Thanks for the great post! I hadn’t heard many of these…how crazy! Thanks for the great post!

]]> By: soleil http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-269 soleil Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:42:11 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-269 these were really great, even though ive heard most of these i enjoy reading them. the first one was amazingly ironic. this ones my favorite though... " In Texas, USA, in 1899, Canadian actor Charles Francis Coghlan became ill and died whilst he was in Galveston. Because it was too far to return his remains to his home on Prince Edward Island, 3500 miles away, he was instead buried in a lead coffin inside a granite vault. A year after his death, in September 1900, a hurricane hit Galveston, flooding the cemetary, shattering Charles Coghlan's granite vault and carrying away his lead coffin out into the Gulf of Mexico. In October 1908, eight years after the hurricane, fishermen on Prince Edward Island spotted a weathered box floating near the shore. It was the coffin of Charles Coghlan, which had finally returned home. He was buried in the nearby church where he had been christened as a baby." these were really great, even though ive heard most of these i enjoy reading them. the first one was amazingly ironic.
this ones my favorite though…
” In Texas, USA, in 1899, Canadian actor Charles Francis Coghlan became ill and died whilst he was in Galveston. Because it was too far to return his remains to his home on Prince Edward Island, 3500 miles away, he was instead buried in a lead coffin inside a granite vault.
A year after his death, in September 1900, a hurricane hit Galveston, flooding the cemetary, shattering Charles Coghlan’s granite vault and carrying away his lead coffin out into the Gulf of Mexico.
In October 1908, eight years after the hurricane, fishermen on Prince Edward Island spotted a weathered box floating near the shore. It was the coffin of Charles Coghlan, which had finally returned home. He was buried in the nearby church where he had been christened as a baby.”

]]> By: Anatolyi http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-268 Anatolyi Thu, 22 May 2008 16:10:23 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-268 Man, I feel sorry for the Cab driver in the last story. What are the odds. I bet the second time he and his passenger would have been like "Awwwww! NOT AGAIN!!" Man, I feel sorry for the Cab driver in the last story. What are the odds. I bet the second time he and his passenger would have been like “Awwwww! NOT AGAIN!!”

]]> By: epitaph http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-266 epitaph Wed, 21 May 2008 13:59:47 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-266 Photoshopped!!! Photoshopped!!!

]]> By: othello http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-256 othello Tue, 06 May 2008 00:54:34 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-256 Again it was proven that fact is stranger than fiction. I've read Norman Mailer's book a long time ago. I guess I'll have to read it again. Creepy. Again it was proven that fact is stranger than fiction. I’ve read Norman Mailer’s book a long time ago. I guess I’ll have to read it again. Creepy.

]]> By: eiht http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-236 eiht Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:31:01 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-236 13...sounds like he was stalking you:) 13…sounds like he was stalking you:)

]]> By: Jim http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-180 Jim Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:11:16 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-180 In 1985 I was working in a store in Chicago and began helping a man I'd never seen. When he mentioned that he lived in a small town 20 miles north of the city I replied that I lived there too. I asked where and he named my apartment building. "I live there too." "What floor?" he asked. "Third" I said. "Me too." "What number" I asked. "314." he said. "I live in 316. I'm your next door neighbor." In 1985 I was working in a store in Chicago and began helping a man I’d never seen. When he mentioned that he lived in a small town 20 miles north of the city I replied that I lived there too. I asked where and he named my apartment building.
“I live there too.”
“What floor?” he asked.
“Third” I said.
“Me too.”
“What number” I asked.
“314.” he said.
“I live in 316. I’m your next door neighbor.”

]]> By: Eve http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-111 Eve Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:05:31 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-111 now that is weird Alex! Too creepy! now that is weird Alex! Too creepy!

]]> By: Eve http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-110 Eve Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:04:06 +0000 http://caffeine-overload.com/2008/01/20/10-strange-coincidences/#comment-110 thats cool Mia! What a coincidence! thats cool Mia! What a coincidence!

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