[NBLUG/talk] No such thing as coincidence?

[Jack Smith]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 08:08:13AM -0400, Jack Smith wrote:
> >    When Linda shows up I tell her the story as an amusing coincidence.
>  She
> >    says, "Oh yeah, an ebleskuer pan".  Seems she knew someone whose
> mother
> >    made them.  From Denmark.  I look them up and they're called
> aebleskiver
> >    over there (no fish broth or octopus).
>
> Since this friend of mine was in Novato, the person from Denmark isn't
> in his early 30s, and named Mike, is it? :) :)
>
> -bill!
>

Nope, clear across the country, Michigan or Illinois, and probably about
50.  Wouldn't that be a coincidence though!

-- 
Jack Smith

English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other
languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.
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