A man kissing a lampost is just not right

It was such a dreich day, I just about started looking for cheapish property in the South of France. Oh such a thing does exist. Which reminds me of a mega coincidence which happened the other day. I was walking down the street, minding my own business when I saw a fellow who looked like he was wondering whether he should be parking there or not.

He called out to see if I knew and it turned out that he was French, from the South of France. After a couple of minutes chatting, it turns out that his wife is from this small village with a population of roughly 3000, he is from a small neighbouring village.

That in itself is nothing very exciting, however it turns out that it is the same village where I worked over a summer 23 years ago. Now tell me, what were the chances of that happening?

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