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Adventures on my Paper Route – This is Incredible

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Okay. I’m going to describe what happened to me today as best I can. I drew a diagram to help out.

So yesterday – I have to start there – I was on my paper route, waiting for cars to pass so I could cross the street. (That’s me, the stick figure. In real life I wear clothes when I deliver the paper.) To my right (near the red box) the mailman, who I rarely see, was waiting as well, to go back to his van (the poorly drawn grey thing with yellow windows and black wheels.) He waved and I waved back. So I got across and came down the adjacent street and met one of my customers who was getting into his (orange) car. We spoke for a moment – weather’s getting colder, that sort of thing. Before I could cross the street again, I had to wait for the blue pickup truck to pull into the driveway (as shown. Yes, that is supposed to be a pickup truck. I never claimed to be an artist.) I then proceeded on my merry way.

Coincidence

Here’s where it gets freaky.

Today, I’m standing in the exact same place, waiting to cross the street when the mailman pulls up and gets out of his van. I wave, he waves back. We sign (he’s Deaf) about the coincidence of having met in the same place two days in a row.  That was weird, I think to myself. So I go down the next street and there’s my customer is getting out of his car. We exchange pleasantries – it’s even colder today than yesterday, etc. etc. I cross the street and guess who is backing out of his driveway… the guy in the blue pickup. I go along my merry way, thinking, what the hell?

What is it, opposite day today? I’m sorta glad I didn’t win the lottery yesterday…

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Author: Linda G. Hill

There's a writer in here, clawing her way out.

46 thoughts on “Adventures on my Paper Route – This is Incredible

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  2. Paula Mills's avatar

    That would have freaked me out ! I bet you will over analyse your walk every time now !

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  3. samokan's avatar

    somebody pressed the rewind button :).
    but nice illustration.

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  4. joey's avatar

    I lol’d at the naked stick figure bit 🙂
    weird day was weird!

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  5. vicbriggs's avatar

    Haha! Your own Truman’s Show. 😀

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  6. Aussa Lorens's avatar

    Have you seen the Truman Show? You’re totally living it. They’re all actors. Get out while youc an.

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  7. jdgallagher's avatar

    Just a glitch in the Matrix, now pop this blue pill into your mouth and everything will be okay.

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  8. Bruce Goodman's avatar

    Now that was funny!
    !ynnuf saw that woN

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  9. Opinionated Man's avatar

    I am going to hide here for awhile. I have a feeling I just made some Christians mad….

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  10. acuriousgal's avatar

    It’s like a reverse Déjà vu!!!

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  11. anmol's avatar

    Strange… and mysterious. Do tell if it happens again. 🙂

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  12. Subh Dasgupta's avatar

    Deja vu – almost! Damn the pick-up driver! 😀

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar

      Actually everything was backwards. The mailman was getting out of his van and the customer was just getting home today, where yesterday he was just leaving. But yes, the pickup driver was the only one going the opposite way both days.
      🙂

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  13. Charles Yallowitz's avatar

    Stuck in a time loop. Walk backwards and see if it helps. Use a mirror to see what’s coming.

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