# Tell me about your craziest coincidences **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-craziest-coincidences/849595 "2020-03-16T16:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-craziest-coincidences/849595/20 "2020-03-17T02:53:40Z")
> [@What is the most improbable coincidence that has affected your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-improbable-coincidence-that-has-affected-your-life/696213/18): > > There’s a 10-digit number that I chose completely at random to use as a password when I started BBSing in the late '80s. Couple years later, I moved to the DC area, got a job, and opened a checking account at the credit union next door to my job. My account number was the exact same ten digits. They recognized the family dog: > [@Can you top this unlikely event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-top-this-unlikely-event/179520/32): > > I was travelling with my parents from the New Orleans area up to some family gathering in northern Illinois. Somewhere in southern Illinois, we were passed by my sister and her husband. They were travelling from their home outside Houston to the same gathering. > > The five of us pulled into the nearest rest area and chatted for a bit. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-craziest-coincidences/849595)._