I'm going through a period of weird little coincidences - it's actually a little unsettling. Yesterday, I suddenly thought "I haven't seen the Wizard of Oz in a long time" and snuggled up to watch my favourite childhood movie. Today, I happened to randomly StumbleUpon an article mentioning it and the fact that it was released on my exact birth date, 56 years before my birth year. Then I looked up Stephen Fry - a hero of mine - while I was verifying the Wizard of Oz release date on IMDB, and his birth date is the day before mine.
A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to watch my Moonlighting boxsets through from the beginning again for the first time in ages. Then while staring enviously at Maddie Haye's hair, I suddenly remembered the sitcom she starred in in the nineties, which I loved watching as a kid. "Now there's a show that hasn't been repeated in an awfully long time" I thought. "I'd love to see it again". One day later...I suddenly see an ad on Paramount advertising that they would be showing it every day at 4.30pm. Cybill Shepherd also hasn't been interviewed over this part of the world very often in the last decade - what do I see in the supplements of two papers I specifically buy every weekend? Two interviews with her, two days in a row.
Then the sibling and I were looking at a completely random website, and saw a photo of a guy pulling a funny face. "He looks like..." I started. "John Culshaw" we both said in unison before looking at eachother and backing away slightly.
The weirdest thing was not so much a coincidence, so much as a case of ESP or something. My friend and I were discussing something, and it reminded me of something, but only in a very abstract and slightly contrived way. It wasn't a connection you would have expected anyone else to make. Then my friend said "Remember when..." and paused while she thought about how to phrase her sentence. But she didn't have time to finish it because I immediately said "Yeah that was mad, wasn't it?" "Yes." she said. It took about a further 10 seconds for us to slowly raise our heads and frown at eachother. "I didnt even say it!" she exclaimed. "And yet, you're still positive that I know what you didn't say!" I replied.
Nervous giggles ensued.