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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Christ Yeah, welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Christian O'Connell's show, It is time for this two week's
What are the odds?
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I believe it or not?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
What are the odds?
Speaker 4 (00:12):
You gotta be justhing me, Like, were you with Cheryl
who married a Hun? Who works with the Cheryl who
married a Hun?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
As well?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Every Wednesday we look for and celebrate your stories of
coincidence and chance.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
I'd lost this tiny diamond from my engagement ring. Didn't
know where I lost it, refused to vacuum the house
for a whole week, and as my rob back was
vacuum me, it stopped and I went to check and
sure enough, right under new's my diamond ring.
Speaker 6 (00:45):
My son is called Jade. He dated a girl called Jade.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
She lived in Jade Court.
Speaker 7 (00:52):
A few years ago, when I was like working in
a course enter, I went to make a drink and
it was like a really clear glass and I said
that to myself. I said, wow, this is really a
clear loss of water. The next lady that caught up,
her name was clear Water.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
If you were there last week you heard that full story.
What a moment, all right? What are the arts?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I like this on from Jenny and to kick us off,
Christian jumping on the trampoline with a friend. The garage
door kept opening and slamming shark. We were kids. We
were joking that Freddy Krueger might be in there. I
said that in the movie they turned their back on
him and he would lose his power.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
So we did that.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
As soon as I turned my bat the garage door
swung wide open and slammed shut with an almighty bang.
We screamed and ran inside and grabbed a couple of
fantails from the Lonnie jar.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I looked at the wrapper of mine. What are the art?
It was? The celebrity was Freddy Krueger on a fan tail.
Hello to you all.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I've been hanging on to this what are the odd
scenario for a little while. Here it goes in October
nineteen ninety. Myself and my squad mate Tracy. I've almost
every other people graduated from the Victoria Police Academy. Over
the journey of life, Tracey and I lost contact. Tracy
left the force and started family, and I start a
family of my own.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Nothing overly unusual.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yet, however, we fast forward to the twenty ninth of
August twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I'll do the mask for you.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
It's thirty four years my son, Tracy's daughter also graduate
in the same unit from the Victoria Police Academy as
squad mate, just as we did thirty four years ago.
What are the chances, Danny Brown? That's a great one.
What are the odds? Christians listening to the podcast? Are
(02:37):
you talking to? And the wedding celebrant? Yeah, this is
from last week on the show. We had Lovely Anna
on Friday.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
I'm a primary school teacher and my side hustle with
my husband, husband and wife duo.
Speaker 8 (02:49):
We are celebrants at the weekend Infinity of Celebrancy.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
We are a duo.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
One marriage you. The other one is the roadie and
you can choose either of.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Us male or female.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Well this message here she was actually her husband. She
was listening to on the podcast they married her. What
are the odds?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Christian O'Connell's show. So we're signed for this week's what
are the odds? Your story so of coincidence and chance
on nine four one four, one oh four three. We
haven't given away yet this week one thousand dollars we
give away for Call of the Week. Whenever we hear
a great call, you can be winning. One thousand dollars
could go John the next course of an hour for
(03:32):
your story of coincidence and chance nine four one four
one oh four.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Three to share it with us. Rochelle, good morning.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Good morning team. How are you?
Speaker 6 (03:41):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Yeah, great, Rachelle. What's your story?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
So I'm a dentical twin and we're mirror twins. And
my twin sister was due to her the baby, and
her due date was the twenty sixth of October, and
her daughter arrived on the thirteenth of September, six weeks early.
Past forty year and a bit. I feel pregnant. I'm
due on the twenty sixth of October, and my son
(04:05):
arrives on the thirteenth of September, six weeks early.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Wow. Wow, this is an amazing one. Yeah, what is it, Rachelle?
Speaker 7 (04:14):
What does mirror twins mean?
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, I've never heard of that.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So everything's opposite. So she handed up when went on
to have two girls, and I went on to have
two boys. We have a birthmark on our legs staying size,
same shape, opposite leg unless I'm right handed, she's left handed,
so everything's mirrored.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Yeah, that is fascinating. We've never heard that phrase. You've
educated everyone's listening right now.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
And have you ever met any other mirror twins?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I haven't actually personally, no, I'm sure they would be
out there. But yeah, and we just we do random
things like send each other a birthday present and it's
exactly the same gift and we haven't discussed it. Witness.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, I've heard I've heard of this before.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And do you feel each other's pain, like if someone's
having a feeling oh bloody, I should have worn.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yes, we've had episodes where one of us is seen
in surgery and the other one has been rushed to
surgery for an emergency operations.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Incredible.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yep, wow, wow, Rochelle, amazing story. Thank you very much
for sharing it with us Today. I have a good day.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Let's go to Ginny.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
Good day, fellows.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Fascinated with the last joy in intriguing my ex husband.
Teacher at twin Burn Tech. His name John Jiell j
a double Elk. Another teacher, the John Dell. Another teacher
in the same school, John Bell.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
John Bell, John Bell, John Dell and John Jill.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
John Jael your deceased husband, gotcha.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
Day, mister, Well, oh oh, where's it?
Speaker 9 (06:02):
Joel, Ole Bell, Well guys have oh no, yeah, sorry, Okay, Diang,
good morning, Diane.
Speaker 8 (06:20):
Good morning fishing teams.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah, and Diana, what's your story for us?
Speaker 8 (06:25):
I grew up in Melbourne with five siblings. I did
a DNA test and found out I had five other
siblings that grew up in West Australia. My older sister
that I grew up with went and moved to West Australia,
ended up living in the exact same suburb as my
sister that grew up in West Australia. They had children
and their youngest children went to the same daycare center
(06:50):
as each other.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
So this is before you found out, just before you
found out about their being in your family. Yes, absolutely,
long before, so they would have seen each other before
finding out you're connected, you're in the same family.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Yes, Yes, the met the new siblings last year and
we went around the area where both of them lived
and it was remarkable because they lived virtually around the
street from each other.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Oh my god, wow, that is incredible. We've never had
a storied about that Diane, thank you very much for
sharing it.
Speaker 8 (07:24):
Have a good day, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Look Christian Connall's show podcast, Christian O'Connell's show, What are
the Odds? Your story of coincidence and chance. Let's get
Paul on now.
Speaker 10 (07:36):
Good morning Paul, christ to tell you my amazing story.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Please if you go, Paul, where all is all right?
Speaker 10 (07:45):
Well, basically, I've come to live in Australia twenty years
ago and I went to play in a snooter tournament
in a place called chumby Umbio in Central Coast, which
is in the middle of nowhere. I pulled into the
car park, A car pools in next to me. An
older couple get out and think. He says through his
life right love, there are you're going? And I was
like wow, I said, I mate, you're from the London,
which is the same with me. I'm from East London.
(08:06):
And basically I got talking to this guy and after
about five minutes chatting, I realized or we worked out
that he basically sold the same house that I sold
ten years previously to migrate to Australia.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Wow, this is incredible.
Speaker 10 (08:23):
Wow, the same has in the same street, the same number.
I even asked him questions. I said to him, what
was the hat the street that was opposite your hat,
and he went, oh, yeah, that Washurst Road and I went, yep,
that was Hearst Road is exactly where I am.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
And you're in the middle of nowhere a suker tournament
and they put up next to you.
Speaker 10 (08:40):
Yep, in the same in the car park in the
front of the club, and I was like, and like
I said, I only chatted to him because he sounded
like he was from East London. I said, how are
you going? He was like, oh wow, where are you from?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
And basically are from from the same house as you.
Speaker 10 (08:57):
Yep, exactly. It was just it was funny because his
wife went as white as a sheet and just walked
off and I was like, I can't believe this.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
This is just not She didn't have any more questions
or anything.
Speaker 10 (09:08):
I think she was so stunned that just yeah, absolutely amazed.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, Paul, that's a great story. Thank you very much
for showing at Mete no problem. This is the Christian
O'Connell Show podcast
Christ Yeah, welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Christian O'Connell's show, It is time for this two week's
What are the odds?
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I believe it or not?
Speaker 1 (00:11):
What are the odds?
Speaker 4 (00:12):
You gotta be justhing me, Like, were you with Cheryl
who married a Hun? Who works with the Cheryl who
married a Hun?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
As well?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Every Wednesday we look for and celebrate your stories of
coincidence and chance.
Speaker 5 (00:32):
I'd lost this tiny diamond from my engagement ring. Didn't
know where I lost it, refused to vacuum the house
for a whole week, and as my rob back was
vacuum me, it stopped and I went to check and
sure enough, right under new's my diamond ring.
Speaker 6 (00:45):
My son is called Jade. He dated a girl called Jade.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
She lived in Jade Court.
Speaker 7 (00:52):
A few years ago, when I was like working in
a course enter, I went to make a drink and
it was like a really clear glass and I said
that to myself. I said, wow, this is really a
clear loss of water. The next lady that caught up,
her name was clear Water.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
If you were there last week you heard that full story.
What a moment, all right? What are the arts?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I like this on from Jenny and to kick us off,
Christian jumping on the trampoline with a friend. The garage
door kept opening and slamming shark. We were kids. We
were joking that Freddy Krueger might be in there. I
said that in the movie they turned their back on
him and he would lose his power.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
So we did that.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
As soon as I turned my bat the garage door
swung wide open and slammed shut with an almighty bang.
We screamed and ran inside and grabbed a couple of
fantails from the Lonnie jar.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I looked at the wrapper of mine. What are the art?
It was? The celebrity was Freddy Krueger on a fan tail.
Hello to you all.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
I've been hanging on to this what are the odd
scenario for a little while. Here it goes in October
nineteen ninety. Myself and my squad mate Tracy. I've almost
every other people graduated from the Victoria Police Academy. Over
the journey of life, Tracey and I lost contact. Tracy
left the force and started family, and I start a
family of my own.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Nothing overly unusual.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yet, however, we fast forward to the twenty ninth of
August twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I'll do the mask for you.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
It's thirty four years my son, Tracy's daughter also graduate
in the same unit from the Victoria Police Academy as
squad mate, just as we did thirty four years ago.
What are the chances, Danny Brown? That's a great one.
What are the odds? Christians listening to the podcast? Are
(02:37):
you talking to? And the wedding celebrant? Yeah, this is
from last week on the show. We had Lovely Anna
on Friday.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
I'm a primary school teacher and my side hustle with
my husband, husband and wife duo.
Speaker 8 (02:49):
We are celebrants at the weekend Infinity of Celebrancy.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
We are a duo.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
One marriage you. The other one is the roadie and
you can choose either of.
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Us male or female.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Well this message here she was actually her husband. She
was listening to on the podcast they married her. What
are the odds?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Christian O'Connell's show. So we're signed for this week's what
are the odds? Your story so of coincidence and chance
on nine four one four, one oh four three. We
haven't given away yet this week one thousand dollars we
give away for Call of the Week. Whenever we hear
a great call, you can be winning. One thousand dollars
could go John the next course of an hour for
(03:32):
your story of coincidence and chance nine four one four
one oh four.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Three to share it with us. Rochelle, good morning.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Good morning team. How are you?
Speaker 6 (03:41):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Yeah, great, Rachelle. What's your story?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
So I'm a dentical twin and we're mirror twins. And
my twin sister was due to her the baby, and
her due date was the twenty sixth of October, and
her daughter arrived on the thirteenth of September, six weeks early.
Past forty year and a bit. I feel pregnant. I'm
due on the twenty sixth of October, and my son
(04:05):
arrives on the thirteenth of September, six weeks early.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Wow. Wow, this is an amazing one. Yeah, what is it, Rachelle?
Speaker 7 (04:14):
What does mirror twins mean?
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, I've never heard of that.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
So everything's opposite. So she handed up when went on
to have two girls, and I went on to have
two boys. We have a birthmark on our legs staying size,
same shape, opposite leg unless I'm right handed, she's left handed,
so everything's mirrored.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Yeah, that is fascinating. We've never heard that phrase. You've
educated everyone's listening right now.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah, yep.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
And have you ever met any other mirror twins?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I haven't actually personally, no, I'm sure they would be
out there. But yeah, and we just we do random
things like send each other a birthday present and it's
exactly the same gift and we haven't discussed it. Witness.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, I've heard I've heard of this before.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
And do you feel each other's pain, like if someone's
having a feeling oh bloody, I should have worn.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Yes, we've had episodes where one of us is seen
in surgery and the other one has been rushed to
surgery for an emergency operations.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Incredible.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yep, wow, wow, Rochelle, amazing story. Thank you very much
for sharing it with us Today. I have a good day.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Let's go to Ginny.
Speaker 7 (05:20):
Good day, fellows.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Fascinated with the last joy in intriguing my ex husband.
Teacher at twin Burn Tech. His name John Jiell j
a double Elk. Another teacher, the John Dell. Another teacher
in the same school, John Bell.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
John Bell, John Bell, John Dell and John Jill.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
John Jael your deceased husband, gotcha.
Speaker 6 (05:59):
Day, mister, Well, oh oh, where's it?
Speaker 9 (06:02):
Joel, Ole Bell, Well guys have oh no, yeah, sorry, Okay, Diang,
good morning, Diane.
Speaker 8 (06:20):
Good morning fishing teams.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yeah, and Diana, what's your story for us?
Speaker 8 (06:25):
I grew up in Melbourne with five siblings. I did
a DNA test and found out I had five other
siblings that grew up in West Australia. My older sister
that I grew up with went and moved to West Australia,
ended up living in the exact same suburb as my
sister that grew up in West Australia. They had children
and their youngest children went to the same daycare center
(06:50):
as each other.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
So this is before you found out, just before you
found out about their being in your family. Yes, absolutely,
long before, so they would have seen each other before
finding out you're connected, you're in the same family.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Yes, Yes, the met the new siblings last year and
we went around the area where both of them lived
and it was remarkable because they lived virtually around the
street from each other.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Oh my god, wow, that is incredible. We've never had
a storied about that Diane, thank you very much for
sharing it.
Speaker 8 (07:24):
Have a good day, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Look Christian Connall's show podcast, Christian O'Connell's show, What are
the Odds? Your story of coincidence and chance. Let's get
Paul on now.
Speaker 10 (07:36):
Good morning Paul, christ to tell you my amazing story.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Please if you go, Paul, where all is all right?
Speaker 10 (07:45):
Well, basically, I've come to live in Australia twenty years
ago and I went to play in a snooter tournament
in a place called chumby Umbio in Central Coast, which
is in the middle of nowhere. I pulled into the
car park, A car pools in next to me. An
older couple get out and think. He says through his
life right love, there are you're going? And I was
like wow, I said, I mate, you're from the London,
which is the same with me. I'm from East London.
(08:06):
And basically I got talking to this guy and after
about five minutes chatting, I realized or we worked out
that he basically sold the same house that I sold
ten years previously to migrate to Australia.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Wow, this is incredible.
Speaker 10 (08:23):
Wow, the same has in the same street, the same number.
I even asked him questions. I said to him, what
was the hat the street that was opposite your hat,
and he went, oh, yeah, that Washurst Road and I went, yep,
that was Hearst Road is exactly where I am.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
And you're in the middle of nowhere a suker tournament
and they put up next to you.
Speaker 10 (08:40):
Yep, in the same in the car park in the
front of the club, and I was like, and like
I said, I only chatted to him because he sounded
like he was from East London. I said, how are
you going? He was like, oh wow, where are you from?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
And basically are from from the same house as you.
Speaker 10 (08:57):
Yep, exactly. It was just it was funny because his
wife went as white as a sheet and just walked
off and I was like, I can't believe this.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
This is just not She didn't have any more questions
or anything.
Speaker 10 (09:08):
I think she was so stunned that just yeah, absolutely amazed.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, Paul, that's a great story. Thank you very much
for showing at Mete no problem. This is the Christian
O'Connell Show podcast
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