hk blues Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 9 hours ago, peasy23 said: On 11/07/2022 at 07:07, Raidernation said: It only takes 23 people in a room for the likelihood of the same birthday ( day/month not year) to exceed 50% My mum and dad shared the same birthday, they met when working in a shop together and their boss also had the same birthday. This just reminded me of one - My Brother-in-law has the same birthday as my wife and his daughter, my niece, shares the same birthday as my son. Also, my sister-in-law and me have our birthdays only 9 days apart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I share my birthday with Peter Reid, and we are both handsome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, SlipperyP said: I share my birthday with Peter Reid, and we are both handsome. Pep for me - as handsome a pair as you could hope to find. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, hk blues said: Pep for me - as handsome a pair as you could hope to find. I can safely say that Peter agrees with my statement, not to sure if Pep does the same? Anyway, I picked my fitballer from the sticker albums when I was wee. Where you get your information? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 minute ago, SlipperyP said: I can safely say that Peter agrees with my statement, not to sure if Pep does the same? Anyway, I picked my fitballer from the sticker albums when I was wee. Where you get your information? Google. Actually, until about an hour ago I didn't know Pep and I were born on the same date. He's much older than I, of course! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 21 hours ago, Cosmic Joe said: I've never happened* across an East Fife player with the same birthday as me (day and month). And I collect that sort of useless information. *Nearly said "come". Near miss. But that's you looking for a specific date. In a room of 23 people there are 23 different dates to match up as opposed to 23 people trying to match up a specific date. The odds there are about in 1 in 15? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I was talking about absence with a guy in my work on Monday. In 12 years at the one place he's been off once, with snow. He never made it in today because the clutch on his car went. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I was talking about absence with a guy in my work on Monday. In 12 years at the one place he's been off once, with snow. He never made it in today because the clutch on his car went. Wait, what, the poor bugger was snowing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 My uncle and niece share a birthday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: My uncle and niece share a birthday. Apparently you only need to assemble a group of 23 people for there to be a 50% chance that two of them will have been born on the same day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem People who genuinely understand probability are interesting. I don't think the human brain is wired for it at all. Also, a kid I knew at school informed us that he was born the day after his father. I don't think he ever worked out why everyone found that so amusing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 All separate months, but mrs B and i were both born on the 16th. My oldest son and youngest nephew were born on the 11th of their respective months and my youngest son and oldest nephew born on the 28th. There was also a guy i went to school with, we were born on the same day, just shy of 12 hours apart and shared the same first name. We have a dog and one night, while i was sitting on the couch, he came up beside me and tucked his head right into my side (facing inwards). I did wonder why he had done this, but never bothered to take the two minutes to google it. The following day, a young caller to James O’Briens’ mystery hour said her dog had done the exact same with her thing and she rung in to find out why. Obviously the coincidence here is that all dogs probably do this, but the fact it was a question on a national programme the following day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 11/07/2022 at 00:07, Raidernation said: It only takes 23 people in a room for the likelihood of the same birthday ( day/month not year) to exceed 50% I have (had) 10 cousins + myself and my brother = 12. Three of us share the same birthday ( 9 years between cousin and me, 12 years between me and cousin, cousins not related). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Went for a pish in club in Nice when travelling and got chatting to a guy from Sweden next to me. When he found out I was Scottish he told me he'd been born in Scotland. Do you know what hospital, I asked? "Simpson Memorial" he said. Huh, me too I replied. What year? "1981" Hah, me too! What's your birthday I asked? June --th he replied. The exact same date as I was born. I would have pished myself if I allready wasn't doing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 19 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I was talking about absence with a guy in my work on Monday. In 12 years at the one place he's been off once, with snow. He never made it in today because the clutch on his car went. I reckon this is more cause and effect than coincidence. Your conversation probably made him very aware that he was long overdue a sickie and he'd still be well below average. Add in the pleasant weather and bingo. Clutch my arse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I live in house where everyone was born on a Wednesday ( apart from me) 4 folk, Which is classed as the day of unknown/wanderer . I was born on Thursday. the teacher/leader day. It's like herding cats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Myself and my younger granddaughter have the same birthday. And it’s apparently a statically “rare” birthday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, SlipperyP said: I live in house So do I. Would you credit it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said: Went for a pish in club in Nice when travelling and got chatting to a guy from Sweden next to me. When he found out I was Scottish he told me he'd been born in Scotland. Do you know what hospital, I asked? "Simpson Memorial" he said. Huh, me too I replied. What year? "1981" Hah, me too! What's your birthday I asked? June --th he replied. The exact same date as I was born. I would have pished myself if I allready wasn't doing it. You were talking to yourself in the mirror, you pickled ha'p'orth! 16 minutes ago, coprolite said: Clutch my arse. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 3 hours ago, BFTD said: Apparently you only need to assemble a group of 23 people for there to be a 50% chance that two of them will have been born on the same day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem People who genuinely understand probability are interesting. I don't think the human brain is wired for it at all. Also, a kid I knew at school informed us that he was born the day after his father. I don't think he ever worked out why everyone found that so amusing. So was my brother. Maybe it was him... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said: So was my brother. Maybe it was him... Better than being born before him, I guess. Family tree like an Escher drawing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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