{"id":35183,"date":"2026-07-27T18:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=35183"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:56:22","slug":"the-mathematics-of-coincidence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/the-mathematics-of-coincidence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mathematics of Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I suppose mathematically what feels like a rare occurrence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is often the inevitable outcome of      and basic probabilities <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What the fuck does that mean Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work it out for yourself sis <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are talking in riddles again  <br><br><br>Today I purchased a book of Tagore&#8217;s poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a random find Josie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had not planned to buy this book <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then why did you buy it Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because Tagore interests me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I admire his poetry  <br><br><br>We were planning to meet Sephine <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But she had been delayed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We agreed to split and you chose <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To meet her in town and share a coffee <br><br><br><br> As I had been suffering from a cold <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose to visit the beach <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the sea breezes were soothing  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I arrived I found a family from India <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flying their colourful kites <br><br><br>Without being trite I had not expected <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see a family from India <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this the most English of beaches <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were obviously visitors <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it was nice that they were here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoying their games and recreations  <br><br><br>Yet the coincidence screamed at me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I had expected <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My day to be linear <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things had happened <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To damage the straight line <br><br><br>I had randomly decided to visit the beach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had randomly purchased <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A book of poetry by Tagore <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family who were flying their kites <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Were from India <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tagore was from India <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our connection had not been planned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a pure coincidence <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That we were sitting only yards apart <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was reading an Indian poet <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And our visitors were from India     <br><br><br><br>Have you been taking anything Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No what about you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing apart from the usual shit <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do you ask <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you are talking bollocks <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possibly  <br><br><br>Joe what happened to the kites <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wind as gusty <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strings snapped <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they fell into the sea <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do you ask <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No reason <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose mathematically what feels like a rare occurrence Is often the inevitable outcome of and basic probabilities What the fuck does that mean Joe Work it out for yourself sis You are talking in riddles again Today I purchased a book of Tagore&#8217;s poetry It was a random find Josie I had not planned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35186,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35183\/revisions\/35186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}