chrisjpainter Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 The other day I had a bit of a medication incident. I'd recently changed stuff and the new stuff was causing me to hallucinate and generally go a bit manic. My partner called Dorset 111 (not mad enough for 999, but enough to need a bit of advice). Who does she end up speaking to? One of my former colleagues when I used to work in an outdoors shop in Reading! Neither of us are in that area any more and I didn't even know he was down this way - or working for 111. Thankfully he was apparently a lot more helpful than previous experiences of 111! Anyone else got any weird ones out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 I was working in London and staying at a house near Tooting Bec Common (a big lovely old house owned by two semi-retired art valuation experts). They were actually away one week but their daughter was there. On talking with her she was a doctor at Whiston hospital and she knew my Dad!! Another one was I was thousands of miles from home (Falklands) and walked into the top bar snooker room to find my cousin playing snooker in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 I have two; Both took place in London and I very rarely visit London, but I used to occasionally on business - and both of these took place whilst there on business. Firstly, I got into a tube train at (I think) Baker Street heading for Wembley, sat down and looked about - and discovered I was sitting bang opposite my old boss (with whom I fortunately got along very well). It was perhaps not 100% coincidence since we were both attending the same (trade) event at the conference centre there. Secondly, I was asked at very short notice (phone call the night before) to attend an exhibition in Olympia as a colleague to should have been on our stand there had to cancel at the last minute. Took train to London and tube to Earls Court, then decided to walk up to Olympia so that I could have a smoke before getting there. Whist walking along - I suddenly became aware of someone calling my name from a car (I didn't recognise) pulled over and window down. Turned out to be a friend who I used to shoot with once a year in Scotland. He was working in the area and unbelievably had spotted me amongst the many others (I was wearing a standard London compatible business suit etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Wow! I was on an Air France flight from Lagos to Paris back in 2015 and there sat on the seat next to me on the airplane train was....my wife....! It was quite a surprise. Until I remembered that we were coming back together from Nigeria after a four week family visit. And what's even more strange is that in 2019 the same thing happened again on another Air France flight. Talk about coincidence! Edited October 27, 2020 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Back in the day when you could go up to the cockpit of a plane, we took our son up to see the captain and he had been in my class at school. Another was in London when my mrs was walking the dog. She got talking to a guy who remarked on her accent and asked where in Ireland she was from as he was also Irish. When she mentioned the tiny village in Limerick she is from, he was amazed and said he used to spend many an hour just watching a blacksmith in that town. When my mrs asked what the blacksmith's name was, it was her Dad. Edited October 27, 2020 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 About 8 years ago my wife and I were visiting our son in Oz. We went to a winery one day and while we were stood chatting and having a drink a chap came up to me and said "are you from .............. (My home town). It turns out he had overheard our chatter and recognised my accent although he had not been home (about a mile from where I was born) for at least 44 years and had live a couple of doors down from an infant school friend. He was visiting Oz having lived in New Zealand for all that time. My accent (cannot change it for the life of me) is very broad and typical of the time I grew up in. I feel local regional accents are fast disappearing these days. Different accents from very close communities were very easily recognised then and still are from the older community. I can think of at least 4 from within 5/6 miles of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 had my kitchen done about 25 years ago ....the handyman who did a stonking job of it brought his son along (aged 12) as he was on the school hols ...to help him......... fast forward 25 years.....the young son buys the house next door to me............last year.........spooky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 you must have made a good impression on him Ditchy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deker Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 A few years ago I went on holiday to Benidorm with a couple of friends and some other friends of theirs that I'd never met, while walking to a bar we were having a bit of banter and I was getting a bit more as one of the friends of my friends heard I worked in an office (so was getting the easy job lines), at one point I mentioned that I hadn't always worked in an office and in fact was a mechanic before started working in factories, the conversation changed and started asking where and when, at that point got to a road crossing and looked up... right there was a massive poster with one of my ex-factory mates (from 20 years previous) who was now doing Elvis tribute acts in the place we were opposite.. walked in and as soon as his set finished he walked over for a great catch up, very small world lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 When I was in the army I got talking to a RAF guy whose surname was Waldock I was working with at a tri service unit. He was from Lincs but his family on his dads side were originally from Bedfordshire, same as my Mums. It transpired also that his grandfather had been a farmer, as had mine. Then it emerged that they had both lived and farmed around the same small village at roughly the same times. So the next monday after having been home I borrowed a book from my mum which had the history of the village and had a section on my grandads farm. Turning to the page about Town Farm there was a picture of a man and woman sitting in the inglenook fireplace at the farmhouse. The caption was "John and Cis Waldock by the fire at Town Farm". His grandad had been the tenant farmer my grandad took over from in the 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Another one that I had - I was in the Falklands in 87 in JCUFI - a tri-service unit - and there was a guy I was on shift with called Speedy. A couple of years later when in the Air Force in training at RAF Locking I bumped into him there - he was terribly confused as I was in a blue uniform!! Flash forward 20 years and I am driving from Salisbury to home the back route (via Pewsey to avoid the tourist route) and as you come into Pewsey there is a petrol station when coming from the south and as I went buy I glanced into the station - slammed the brakes on and pulled in and then spent the next hour catching up with Speedy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Twice I have bumped into people I knew in downtown Tokyo the most populated city in the world. I was working there but they were visiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 I remember going on holiday to Scotland as a child with my parents. We bumped into our village milkman in Fort William. We had our red setter with us. In the next street in Fort William, we met a couple with a red setter, who we had met in Tenby in Wales the previous year on holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Nothing as impressive as above but I usually go somewhere and end up seeing or meeting someone I know. Misses used to joke about it when we first got together which is annoying as I'm quite a antisocial person as I get older 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discobob Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Last one from me (for now ) I met my wife in Cyprus when she was on holiday and I was stationed there and got married in St Lucia 11 months later and had a blessing and a reception/night do when we came back. My mate from where I used to live came along his partner to the do and thought he had the wrong place because his neighbour was there! They were there because they were friends with my wife and had lived next door to each other for a few years. The funny thing is they had been talking with each other about going to weddings at the weekend prior - they could have shared a cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyefor Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 My wife's maiden name was Hill Her mother's maiden name was Barnes. Next year (ish , if we ever finish it🤞 ) we will be moving to The Old Stables, Hill Farm Barns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I rarely see my brother but i found myself sat next to him on the tube on a random visit to London. We named our youngest daughter Ellen Kate. much later we found out Ellen Kate was the name of both my wife's and my own grandmother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) A few years ago we were in Disney (magic kingdom) and a former student that my wife and I both taught, was in a queue for a ride (we didn’t know she was there - never had any contact after leaving school, she had done uni etc) and chatted as we moved. She was just starting travelling USA for a year. Roll forward 12 months, we are at the same park and same ride and guess who was in the queue at the same time..... Edited October 28, 2020 by markm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, markm said: A few years ago we were in Disney (magic kingdom) and a former student that my wife and I both taught, was in a queue for a ride (we didn’t know she was there - never had any contact after leaving school, she had done uni etc) and chatted as we moved. She was just starting travelling USA for a year. Roll forward 12 months, we are at the same park and same ride and guess who was in the queue..... Santa Claus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: Santa Claus? Showing very amateur wannabe comedian skills there. A real comic would have said “Mickey Mouse.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Mickey Mouse? Twelve years ago now my next door neighbour bid £50 on an advertisement with no pictures on it on eBay for "a Mickey Mouse outfit". Later that week a large minibus pulled up outside his house, Billy Davies and fifteen or so other blokes got out, then there was a knock at his door, and he found out he'd actually purchased the Derby County Football Club 2007/2008 Premier League team! How bizarre was that! Edited October 28, 2020 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: Mickey Mouse? Twelve years ago now my next door neighbour bid £50 on an advertisement with no pictures on it on eBay for "a Mickey Mouse outfit". Later that week a large minibus pulled up outside his house, Billy Davies and fifteen or so other blokes got out, then there was a knock at his door, and he found out he'd actually purchased the Derby County Football Club 2007/2008 Premier League team! How bizarre was that! Had he met them before ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 5 hours ago, markm said: Showing very amateur wannabe comedian skills there. A real comic would have said “Mickey Mouse.” too obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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