Of course, part of our holiday in Cyprus (see previous entry) was spent celebrating Michele and Emma's joint birthdays, on 1 July. Which is also the date of my Dad's birthday.
Which got me thinking.... not just about how expensive this day is destined to be for me for years to come, but also about the odds of 3 family members being born on the same day. By my reckoning it is 1/365 to the power 3 - which is 1 in 48,627,125. Which is surely about the same odds as winning the lottery.
Which of course (he says, being quick to point this out before someone else does) I have already done in lots of ways by virtue of being related to the aforementioned 3 persons.... (sigh).
Anyway, I know enough clever mathematicians (correct spelling?) to know that someone will no doubt confirm whether I am right or not before too long.
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I'm bored and have nothing to do so I worked it out. I think.
Say there are 11 people in you immediate family who should be included in the calculation then there is a 10 in 365 that 2 people are born on the same day and a 9 in 13325 chance that 3 are born on the same day. So thats roughly 1 in every 1481 families that share your circumstances.
Do I win a prize?
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