# An odd bit of synchronicity / coincidence..
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 28, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392 "2003-01-28T02:12:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/1 "2003-01-28T02:12:32Z")
I just checked my email, and this odd bit of weirdness presented itself therein:
Messages in inbox: 11
Message in bulk mail folder: 11
Percentage of email limit used: 11%
Time of check: 6:11 PM. (okay, not as wondrous i as it might have been if it was 11:11, but you take what you can get)
F\_X
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/2 "2003-01-28T02:21:13Z")
(insert Spinal Tap joke here)
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/3 "2003-01-28T02:35:27Z")
I just went to WinterPark, CO to ski and it’s Winter! Winter is a good time for skiing!
Will it never stop?
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/4 "2003-01-28T02:46:13Z")
Speaking as someone who once HAD a spinal tap, please try and refrain from using the words “insert Spinal Tap…” together again. _Shudder_
Thanks. 😃
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### Author:  [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/5 "2003-01-28T03:23:20Z")
What’s a spinal tap like, **Smeg**?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/6 "2003-01-28T03:25:11Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Smeghead \*
> \*\*Speaking as someone who once HAD a spinal tap, please try and refrain from using the words “insert Spinal Tap…” together again. _Shudder_
>
> Thanks. 😃 \*\*
My bad. 😃
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### Author:  [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/7 "2003-01-28T03:38:13Z")
**Flamsterette\_X** , please let us know when this coincidence repeats itself at 11:11 on 11/11/11.
This reminds me of something about 11/11/11…
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/8 "2003-01-28T03:38:23Z")
There’s something in those elevens, **Flamsterette\_X** that seems to make it a universally [memorable numerical coincidence.](http://www.greatdreams.com/11coin.htm)
You are not alone … 🙂
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/9 "2003-01-28T04:14:15Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Speaker for the Dead \*
> \*\*What’s a spinal tap like, **Smeg**? \*\*
Not fun. I was young at the time, but I remember that much quite well.
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### Author:  [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/10 "2003-01-28T07:31:40Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \*
> \*\*(insert Spinal Tap joke here) \*\*
Actually, turnituptoeleven was the name of some musical production company my brother and his friends were involved with a few years ago. The name derived from the very same Spinal Tap Joke I suspect you’re attempting to make. 🙂
F\_X
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/11 "2003-01-30T02:05:57Z")
Synchronicity was a good _Police_ song, too.
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### Author:  [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-odd-bit-of-synchronicity-coincidence/151392/12 "2003-01-31T01:30:54Z")
Thanks for the link, **Ice Wolf**. I just now got around to checking it out. Probably there is something in all the elevens, but who knows? Certainly not me! 🙂
F\_X