We have all come across coincidences in our lives. To some they are amazing and worthy of note, to the skeptics, it is just the law of probability. Check out these 10 examples of coincidence and let me know what you think.

What's in a Name?

A computer error gave two women in America called Patricia the same social security number. When the two women were brought together in an office to rectify the blunder they discovered that

* They had both been born with the names Patricia Ann Campbell
* Both of their fathers were called Robert Campbell
* Their birthdays were on 13th March 1941
* They had both married military men in the year 1959 (within eleven days of each other)
* They each had two children aged 19 and 21
* They both had an interest in oil painting
* Both had studied cosmetics
* Both had worked as book-keepers

Bullet With Your Name on It

In 1893, Henry Ziegland ended a relationship with his girlfriend.

Tragically, his girlfriend took the news very badly, became distraught and took her own life.

Her distressed brother blamed his sister's death upon Henry, he went round to Henry's house, saw him out in the garden and tried to shoot him.

Luckily, the bullet only grazed Henry's face and embedded itself in a nearby tree.

In 1913, twenty years after this incident, Henry decided to use dynamite to uproot a tree in his garden. The explosion propelled the embedded bullet from the tree straight into Henry Ziegland's head - killing him immediately.

Lucky Hughs?

On December 5th 1660, a ship sank in the straights of Dover - the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.

On 5th December 1767, another ship sank in the same waters - 127 lost their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams

On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames - there was one survivor - Hugh Williams.

On 10th July 1940, a British trawler was destroyed by a German mine - only two men survived, one man and his nephew - they were both called Hugh Williams.

With a Quack Quack Here

Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada - nothing extra-ordinary in that - until you learn that his postcode contained the letter sequence EIEIO.

'Til Death Did Them Part

In 1996, Paris police set out to investigate a late night, high speed car crash, both drivers had been killed instantly.

Investigations revealed that the deceased were in fact man and wife.

Police initially suspected some kind of murder or suicide pact but it became apparent that the pair had been separated for several months - neither could have known that the other would have been out driving that night - it was just a terrible coincidence.

She's Behind You!

Michael Dick had been travelling around the UK with his family to track down his daughter, Lisa - who he had lost contact with ten years earlier.

After a long fruitless search, he approached the Suffolk Free Press, who agreed to help him by putting an appeal in their newspaper.

Fortunately, his long lost daughter saw the appeal and the pair were reunited. The odd thing was, his daughter had been right behind him when the free paper took the photograph - shown in the photograph above. What are the chances of that!

Licensed To Thrill

A fifteen year old pupil at Argoed High School in North Wales was to sit his GCSE examinations in 1990.

His name was James Bond - his examination paper reference was 007.

What Goes Around….

In 1965, at the age of four, Roger Lausier was swimming off a beach in Salem - he got into difficulties and was saved from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise.

In 1974, on the same beach, Roger was out on a raft when he pulled a drowning man from the water - amazingly, the man he saved was Alice Blaise's husband.

Lightning Never Strikes Twice?

British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of Flanders in the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.

He moved to Vancouver, Canada, six years later, whilst out fishing, Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.

After two years of recovery, it was a summers day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again - permanently paralysing him.

He died two years after this incident.

However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed - it was struck by lightning!

Practice What You Preach

Businessman Danie de Toit made a speech to an audience in South Africa - the topic of his speech was - watch out because death can strike you down at any time.

At the end of his speech, he put a peppermint in his mouth, and choked to death on it!

在一生中我們都遇到過(guò)巧合對(duì)于某些人這很驚奇值得一提而對(duì)于無(wú)神論者則不過(guò)是概率論的結(jié)果罷了。看看下面這10個(gè)巧合然后告訴我你是怎么想的。

名字知多少?

美國(guó)有兩名都叫帕特麗夏的婦女，由于計(jì)算機(jī)錯(cuò)誤而有了同一個(gè)社會(huì)保險(xiǎn)號(hào)。當(dāng)她們被叫去糾正錯(cuò)號(hào)時(shí)，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)：

* 她們出生后都取名為帕特麗夏·安·坎貝爾
* 她們的父親都叫帕特麗夏·坎貝爾
* 她們的生日都是1941年3月13日
* 她們都于1959年嫁給了軍人，日期僅差11天
* 她們都分別在19和21歲時(shí)有了兩個(gè)孩子
* 她們都愛(ài)好油畫(huà)
* 她們學(xué)過(guò)美容
* 她們都干過(guò)圖書(shū)管理員的工作

刻上名字的子彈

1893年亨利·希格蘭與其女友分手了。

不幸的是，他的女友得知消息后難以自已，心情抑郁地結(jié)束了自己的生命。

她那悲痛欲絕的哥哥把妹妹的死歸罪于亨利。于是跑到亨利的房子周?chē)�轉(zhuǎn)悠，在花園中發(fā)現(xiàn)了他，便朝他開(kāi)了槍。

幸運(yùn)的是子彈只是擦傷了亨利的臉，嵌進(jìn)了附近的一棵樹(shù)里。

1913年——該事件20年后，亨利決定用炸藥將花園中的一棵樹(shù)拔掉。爆炸將原來(lái)嵌在樹(shù)中的那顆子彈徑直射進(jìn)了亨利·希格蘭的腦袋——他被當(dāng)場(chǎng)擊斃。

幸運(yùn)的休

1660年12月5日一艘輪船在多佛的航道上沉沒(méi)唯一的幸存者名叫休·威廉姆斯。

1767年12月5日另一艘輪船在相同水域沉沒(méi)127人喪生唯一的幸存者名叫休·威廉姆斯。

1820年8月8日一艘野餐船在泰晤士河翻船只有一位幸存者名叫休·威廉姆斯。

19407月10日一艘英國(guó)拖網(wǎng)漁船被德國(guó)水雷炸毀只有兩人生還一位男子和其侄子他們都叫休·威廉姆斯。

這里也有嘎嘎叫

麥克唐納先生是加拿大的一名農(nóng)夫——沒(méi)什么特別之處—— 可你要知道他的郵編是由字母序列EIEIO組成的。

（譯者注：巧合的是在西方有一首很著名的兒歌名叫《老麥克唐納先生友一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)》歌詞中反復(fù)唱到“E-I-E-I-O”，用以模仿動(dòng)物的叫聲。）

至死分離

1996年巴黎警方著手調(diào)查一起深夜飛車(chē)相撞事故兩車(chē)的司機(jī)都當(dāng)場(chǎng)死亡。

調(diào)查表明死者是夫妻二人。

起初警方懷疑這是某種謀殺或自殺約定但事實(shí)表明這對(duì)夫婦早已分開(kāi)數(shù)月——任何一方都不可能知道對(duì)方也在那夜開(kāi)車(chē)——這只是一個(gè)可怕的巧合。

她就在你身后

米迦勒·迪克同家人走遍英國(guó)，尋找其十年前失散的女兒麗莎。

苦尋未果，他便來(lái)到薩�？嗣赓M(fèi)報(bào)社，他們答應(yīng)為他在報(bào)上登啟事。

幸運(yùn)的是，他那失散多年的女兒看到了啟事，于是家人重逢。詭異的是，在免費(fèi)報(bào)紙拍照片時(shí)他女兒就在他的身后——見(jiàn)上圖。這有多巧！

驚悚執(zhí)照

1990年北威爾士阿爾戈高中有一名學(xué)生要參加中級(jí)普通教育證書(shū)考試。

他名叫詹姆士他的試卷編號(hào)是007。

什么是山不轉(zhuǎn)水轉(zhuǎn)….

1965年四歲的羅格·勞斯?fàn)栐谌�勒姆海灘游泳他遭遇險(xiǎn)情差點(diǎn)淹死一位名叫愛(ài)麗絲·布雷斯的女子救了他。

1974年還是在那個(gè)海灘羅格坐著小筏出海他把一個(gè)男人從水中救了上來(lái)——令人驚訝的是這位獲救的男子是愛(ài)麗絲·布雷斯的丈夫。

閃電絕不會(huì)擊中兩次？

在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)的最后一年，英國(guó)騎兵軍官薩摩福特少校在佛蘭德斯的戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上作戰(zhàn)，一個(gè)閃電把他劈落馬下，致使其腰部以下癱瘓。

六年后他移居加拿大的溫哥華，一次外出釣魚(yú)，薩摩福特少校再次被閃電擊中，其右側(cè)身體癱瘓。

在康復(fù)兩年后的一個(gè)夏日，他來(lái)到當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋�(gè)公園，突然天降暴雨，閃電又一次擊中他，致使其終身癱瘓。

兩年以后，他去世了。

可是，在死后第四年，他的石墓被毀——是被閃電擊中的！

言傳身教

商人丹尼·德托伊特在南非當(dāng)眾演講，題目是：要當(dāng)心，因?yàn)樗郎窨梢噪S時(shí)把你帶走。

演講末了，他把一顆薄荷糖塞到嘴里，而后就噎死了。