OT - Some things to make you go Hmmmmm.

[Tycer]

Life can sometimes produce fascinating, extraordinary coincidences. Here are a few of the most amazing ones:

In 1975, a man riding a moped in Bermuda was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, the man’s brother, riding the very same moped, was killed in the very same way by the very same taxi driven by the very same driver -- and carrying the very same passenger.

Twin brothers Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were separated at birth and adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both were named James, both owned a dog named Toy, both married women named Linda, both had a son they names James Alan, and both eventually divorced and got remarried to a woman named Betty.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and John Adams helped to edit and hone it. The Continental Congress approved the document on July 4, 1776. Both Jefferson and Adams died on July 4, 1826 -- exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

A German mother who photographed her infant son in 1914 left the film to be developed at a store in Strasbourg, but was unable to collect the film picture when World War I broke out. Two years later she bought a film plate in Frankfurt, over 100 miles away, and took a picture of her newborn daughter -- only to find, when developed, the picture of her daughter superimposed on the earlier picture of her son. The original film, never developed, had been mistakenly labeled as unused and resold.

In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead by fellow poker players who accused him of cheating to win a $600 pot. None of the other players were willing to take the now unlucky $600, so they found a new player to take Fallon’s place, who turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. At that point, the police arrived and demanded that the original $600 be given to Fallon’s next of kin -- only to discover that the new player was Fallon’s son, who had not seen his father in seven years.

In the 19th century, the famous horror writer Egdar Allan Poe wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.’ It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing figure in a young (and, apparently, incredibly careless) mother’s life. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby’s fall was broken and Figlock and the baby were unharmed. A year later, the same baby fell from the same window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.

In 1973, actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in “The Girl From Petrovkaâ€

[Ysabel Kid]

Why do I hear the them to "The Twilight Zone" playing in my head???

Good post Tycer!!!

[JReed]

Cool

[TedH]

Some of those are kind of spooky.

[C. Cash]

Thank you Tycer. I love irony!

[Idahoser]

[JoeArizona]

My father lost his wedding ring in a lake we used to fish a lot. It was a very sad day for him and he never got over losing the ring. We used to go fishing about that same time every year and it reminded him of the loss.

Ten years later...to the day...my family and I were on a fishing trip to the same lake. We had a good day on the lake and went in to camp to clean the fish for supper. Well...while cleaning the biggest, oldest bass I caught that day what should happen!

While cleaning it my knife hit something harder than usual in a fish.
And wouldn't you know it...I had just cut my thumb clear down to the bone.
What a lousy fishing trip.
The End.

[Rusty]

OK I'm adopted... anybody out there I might have been separated from at birth? April 1957?

Rusty <><

[cutter]

My father lost his wedding ring in a lake we used to fish a lot. It was a very sad day for him and he never got over losing the ring. We used to go fishing about that same time every year and it reminded him of the loss.

Ten years later...to the day...my family and I were on a fishing trip to the same lake. We had a good day on the lake and went in to camp to clean the fish for supper. Well...while cleaning the biggest, oldest bass I caught that day what should happen!

While cleaning it my knife hit something harder than usual in a fish.
And wouldn't you know it...I had just cut my thumb clear down to the bone.
What a lousy fishing trip.
The End.

Me too! How weird!

Except it was a wallet, not a ring. And it was mine, not my fathers. And I was riding a bycicle, not fishing. And I cut my knee, not my hand.....

Good stories, Tycer. Ya' gotta' wonder sometimes.

[JoeArizona]

My father lost his wedding ring in a lake we used to fish a lot. It was a very sad day for him and he never got over losing the ring. We used to go fishing about that same time every year and it reminded him of the loss.

Ten years later...to the day...my family and I were on a fishing trip to the same lake. We had a good day on the lake and went in to camp to clean the fish for supper. Well...while cleaning the biggest, oldest bass I caught that day what should happen!

While cleaning it my knife hit something harder than usual in a fish.
And wouldn't you know it...I had just cut my thumb clear down to the bone.
What a lousy fishing trip.
The End.

Me too! How weird!

Except it was a wallet, not a ring. And it was mine, not my fathers. And I was riding a bycicle, not fishing. And I cut my knee, not my hand.....

Good stories, Tycer. Ya' gotta' wonder sometimes.

Wow! It's like we had the EXACT same experience...only different.

Wait a minute...52 cards in a deck...52 weeks in a year...It's all making sense now!

[spaceman spiff]

spooky, indeed.

It's weird how stuff like that goes. I'm a big Detroit Tigers fan, and there was a player from the 70's named Aurelio Rodriguez. In the history of Major League Baseball there have been 3 players named Aurelio and all have been killed in an Auto accident. What are the odds?

Regards,