Re: OT Stranger than fiction...

"Hunter" <HHamp5246@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:33:36 GMT, one of us <bussiere@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>hey bob
>>do you have a source for " According to experts, the
>> > chances of someone having the same birthday as you in a room with
>> > 25 people is about fifty-fifty."
>>just mildly curious.
>>
>>chuck b:-)
>
> I've heard that for years and frequently test it at parties.... Bob's
> right.

<chuckling>

A number of years ago, my [now former] employer decided to abolish the
observance of a State Holiday and, instead, let the employees each have
their birthday off. [Birthdays being considered a good randomizing
method...]

Just in case 2 employees in a workgroup had birthdays on the same date
seniority was to determine which person got the specific date and which one
got the workday immediately before or after.

In my 5-person workgroup THREE of us shared the same date. [Different
years.]



.

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