"Coincidence... I think not"

Why do people say this?
When did people start saying this?

It's really obnoxious.

it's funny...I was just thinking the same thing!

Obnoxious? How so? More like stupid.

i don't know anyone who's ever said this unironically

me neither!

Two events occur in temporal sequence. Coincidence? I think not.

I like it when people say Coinky Dink as in "whatta coinky dink!"

i don't know anyone who's ever said this unironically

― BYE! GOOD (latebloomer), Wednesday, November 5, 2008 4:31 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I know. That's why it's obnoxious. It's like a labored punchline that's turned into a mannerism.

I remember some comedian in the '90s had some bit where he would end every sentence with an intense "Coincidence?... I.. THINK.. NOT!" This was the first time I heard it, and I'm wondering if it like came from some hacky stand up bit and caught on. Or is this older? I dunno. I hate it.

I hate it.

Coincidence? I think NOT!

Do you swing yr arms when you walk y/n?

I think not

**twilight zone music**

"I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."

"I like it when people say Coinky Dink as in "whatta coinky dink!"

I liked it the first few times but some time over the last 12673 the law of diminishing returns well and truly kicked in.

"Coincidence? I think not!" Original? I think not. Ever uttered by people who are not complete wankers? I think even notter.

good thread? i think not

I like it when people say Coinky Dink as in "whatta coinky dink!

I've never heard anyone say this!

I liked it the first few times but some time over the last 12673 the law of diminishing returns well and truly kicked in.

http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=12673 <<<<<---

coincidence? fred nerk would like you to think so.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs204.snc1/7133_638892003510_36910239_40935935_4042054_n.jpg

(s)he came in through the bathroom window

Look at it staring out of the window, scared half to death, having clearly been seconds away from being killed by a squirrel or some shit

Here is my brother, surrendering it anew to the brutal whim of suburban London

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs224.snc1/7133_638892297920_36910239_40935946_6879527_n.jpg

murderers in our midst

look at it, scrambling to stay inside. there are stag-beetles out there. stag-beetles and fucking pigeons. shit.

It doesn't even have a fucking scarf on you animals

Shortly after this photo was taken, it was being pursued into the teeth of a muntjac deer by me, brandishing that foam-disc gun

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs204.snc1/7133_638892018480_36910239_40935937_2696123_n.jpg

if it comes back I'm dressing it in full charlton regalia and THEN we'll see who's barbaric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K37wQOV959s

IT IS HAPPENING...AGAIN

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs204.snc1/7133_639345863970_36910239_40960735_2407035_n.jpg

Tits on your dado?

luring defenceless creatures into yr house: new look '09

my other brother, this time, decides to set a decoy

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs204.snc1/7133_639345868960_36910239_40960736_4996777_n.jpg

...before having a Taxi Driver moment

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs224.snc1/7133_639345883930_36910239_40960738_1520864_n.jpg

Desperate measures are mooted:

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs204.snc1/7133_639345893910_36910239_40960740_2251160_n.jpg

...but finally the poor tit escapes, free to once more slaughter little lost kitty-cats in its barbaric way

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs204.snc1/7133_639345903890_36910239_40960742_4733296_n.jpg

If you want to keep animals out of your place, I recommend more piles of books and garbage.

My wife found a sparrow in our junk room office. We chucked a towel over him then gave him the bum's rush. Have used the towel thing on everything from mice to herring gulls, works well.

<3 herring gulls the awesome bastards

Well, it had been run over, so it wasn't really going to fight back too much.

:(

Oh it was alive, just had a broken wing. Sent it to a sanctuary to get fixed, it'll probably be up and stealing ice creams again in no time.

the way of the swooping beak XD

also ur a saint <3 and i will stop using emoticons :x

LIFE AT THE JAGGER ESTATE!!

Life sure has changed without fox hunting, old chap.

you should be grateful i have given you a window unto our manifold treasures

yes, in harsh times such as these, we must carouse with garden fauna for sport, 'tis meagre fare but keeps the ticker sharp

boy u crazy

i like the shelf detritus but wouldn't want to dust them down.

also bonkers wallpaper in the hallway.

I got the secret pin code for my new credit card in the mail today. It's exactly the same as the pin code for my normal bank card.

OK, chance of this happening with a 4-number pin code is 10x10x10x10 = 1 in 10.000, but still, pretty weird.

Last time I was on a 73 bus home talking to some random dude about synchronicity, tonight I randomly got to this thread on my mobile while on the 476 which goes more or less the same way. In fact I would have preferred a 73. Coincidence? I think not

This seems to be the best approximation of a coincidence thread.

Periodically, for milestone birthdays, I'll make someone a CD box-set of the Top 100 on the day he was born. I've made up two in the past month: a co-worker who turned 50 on Feb. 14, and a friend who'll turn 50 on March 22. There are probably 10 or 15 songs that ended up on both charts, including the Tradewinds' "New York's a Lonely Town": #49 and going up on the earlier chart, #49 and headed down on the second.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwqB6Wv1w00

My wife and I were driving, and I asked:
"Do we know anyone in our peer group [49-50] who's a grandparent?"
"There's a woman in my group who is, she's 58."
"That's not so odd, all you'd need is someone to have a child at 29, whose child then has a child at 29."
At that moment we pull up to a red light. Crossing the street in front of us is a woman pushing a stroller, with two big golden balloons attached: the digits "2" and "9".

Feel free to astound all your friends by pretending this amazing anecdote happened to you!

I was listening to Snoop Doggy Dogg about an hour before his bodyguard shot and killed me.

but that means she had the child when she was 28, or even 27. so, i think not.