In January 2009 I was in Killington, VT for a ski weekend that was planned at the last second with my girlfriend at the time and her friends. It was a Saturday night and we were at a bar called Jax. I was a few...maybe more...drinks in and was sitting at the bar next to my girl and we were ordering more. All of a sudden, someone shoves me from behind and puts me into a chokehold. The look on the bartender'​s face told me this could escalate quickly, so I stood up and held the attacker'​s arm in place around my neck so his feet would leave the ground. As I prepared to slam this person into a wall/window/floor/bar, my girlfriend grabbed me, screaming and laughing hysterically, and made me release. When I turned around, my roommate from college (Mac) was standing there grinning his drunken face off. I hadn'​t talked to the kid in months, so I picked him up, gave him a bear hug and ran him into the wall anyway. Turns out, he was there for the weekend too with another of our friends from college...we spent the rest of the night hanging out at the bar and reminiscing over cold Long Trail.

in January 2009, I had just recently received a grant to work at a university in Brazil. I decided that I would spend a month traveling during carnaval before starting my job. At the Brazilian embassy, I met a guy named Christian from Long Island who told me that he was about to travel to the same state that I was going to (Santa Catarina) with some buddies. We decided to meet up.

I did end up meeting up with him and his friends in Brazil, and we had a great time traveling during carnaval for 2-3 weeks. After carnaval ended, I parted ways with Christian and his friends and I started my work at the university.

Almost a year later, I was heading back to the United States a week before Christmas to spend the holidays with my family. My first flight was delayed, and I ended up getting to Sao Paulo an hour before my connection flight, and upon arriving at the gate, they told me they could not let me board the plane.

It was one of the most stressful events of my life. I had no idea where my luggage was, where I would stay that night, and how or if I would ever get home to spend the holidays with my family. To top it off, I was all alone in an airport screaming at airline employees in a language that was not my own.

After 4 hours of waiting for accomodations, a woman told me that I should have been waiting on a line to request a place to stay. The line was enormous. Completely and utterly depressed, I started walking towards the line when suddenly I saw a familiar face.

There was Christian, almost at the front of the line, chatting up some cute asian girl. At the moment he saw me, he silently uttered "​no f&​*$ing way"​.

He had been hired by a friend to bring some valuables to a state in Southern Brazil, and he also missed his flight on the same airline due to a snowstorm in New York.

It seemed to me a pretty big coincidence, but I was just happy to have a friend around during a sucky layover.

Christian left for Southern Brazil the next day. Unfortunately I ended up getting screwed over by the same airline, finding myself stuck in Sao Paulo for another day and a half. I hate flying.

I moved to CT a while back, and I lost contact with all the kids I grew up with in NY. I visited New York with my family to see a family friend, and one of their daughters brought their best friend with them (her parents were on vacation). Turns out that she was one of my best friends from back when I was a kid... boy was there a lot of catching up to do

First year in college and i was dorming with this girl Ashley... Comes to find out.. were FAMILY!! who woulda thought?!

It was mine and another girl'​s first day at work. We both pulled into the parking lot, looked at each other through the car windows, got out of the car and we both shouted "​you work here too!"​ - i thought she was a girl from my school, and she thought i was a girl from her school. COINCIDINKKKK!

I recently transferred from Ball State University to a UMASS Amherst and i unpacked all my stuff into my room and suddenly my new roommate walked in. He is asian and adopted and he introduced himself as Tim Dillon and I responded haha im Ryan Dillon.

Went to urologist. Doctor in the practice named Weiner.

My wife an I were in Chicago for a getaway weekend. While we were walking south on Michigan Avenue I noticed one of those honorable street signs and this one says Paul Harvey Way. At which point I said to my wife, look Paul Harvey and she says where? As I start to explain I was talking about the sign, I look below, who is standing there ready to cross the street? Paul Harvey.

Good Day!

I got a job in western Massachusetts teaching Puerto Rican women so they could pass the GED. On my first day at work I was talking to the director of the program. It turned out we were both from San Diego! What a coincidence. But wait... She was familiar with my high school. In fact, her nephew went to my high school... Taylor Spong!!!. Her nephew ended up being one of my good friends from High school. No f-ing way!!! What a small world.

PEace

While on a Disney vacation in Orlando Florida, our family was waiting for a table in Planet Hollywood when we ran into our next door neighbors from Brewster NY!