Coincidence

Last week I had my friend Shep from Coromandel, NZ coming over to Holland. Before Shep got here he told me he has a nephew living in Odoorn, not far from Emmen. Since I got a couple of days off from work I decided we would go and stay in Emmen and surprise his nephew and wife.
So, off we went, and after a one-hour trainride we arrived at the Emmen trainstation. As we didn't know where to go we called for a cab.

After 10 minutes of waiting we see a car driving up and a guy gets out. Shep can't stop himself from staring at this guy.. He looks exactly like his nephew... so Shep decides to walk upto him... then he decides not too... then we realise he is wearing an All Blacks jersey... it's got to be him! Obviously Brian (the nephew) can't believe his uncle is just simply standing there, coming all the way from NZ.

If you think this is coincidence, read the next story.

After a few days in Holland Shep leaves for England to see a couple of mates. This was last tuesday.
Friday, as I step into the elevator at work I receive a phonecall from the UK. Damn the elevator since there is no signal... So I try calling back... the number is busy. Five minutes later I try again. Shep picks up... he is at Heathrow Airport, ready to fly home, and called me from a public payphone. He just happened to walk past that same payphone when I called and he picked it up... Anyone could have picked up that phone.. It was the weirdest thing!