Mar 05 2002
Coincidence
John and I had brunch with Richard on Sunday at Rex Caf?. It was warm enough to sit outside in the sun, and although I was with two redheads, and the only one wearing sunscreen, I was the one who ended up with a slight sunburn. Malibu Suzy! The food was OK, but not great. We’re beginning to run out of good breakfast places on Polk Street. But it was good to catch up with each other.
You may remember that the apartment across the hall from us was bought by a couple with the same last name as John’s, a truly remarkable coincidence considering there are only 6 apartments in the entire building, two on each floor. What are the chances that both apartments on the same floor would be owned by people with the same name? It’s not a particularly common one, either.
And although this is a city, sometimes it seems like a city masquerading as a small town. On the weekend, we picked up John’s three prescriptions (with gratitude for my excEt medical benefits, since the actual cost was $250 and we only had to pay $15), only to be told by the pharmacist that Mr. Same Name’s mysterious and expensive prescription was ready. The pharmacist was amazed by the coincidence, too, and kept joking about it. Then when we were at the Good Guys on our toy shopping expedition, the computer brought up another guy with the exact same name as John’s, who also lives in the city. Yet we never win the lottery.
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