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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: ESP
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Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:39:47 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 18 04:39:47 1984
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There are many situations where ESP seems to come into play, but 
PROBABLY didn't.  One that bothered me for quite a while ran something
like this:

A friend and I were cleaning up the kitchen after eating.  Neither of
us were talking to each other at that moment.  Then suddenly, for
no reason that I could understand, I jokingly said, "Bipitty,
Bopitty, Boo!" (words from an old Disney jingle).  My friend almost
dropped the dish she was holding.  Apparently she had been thinking
about that song/jingle, and had just mentally gotten to the point
where the "Bipitty, Bopitty, Boo!" would go when I suddenly blurted
it out.

There are three possible explanations for this event:

1) ESP
2) Coincidence (rather low probability!)
3) Even though she didn't think that she was vocally humming or
   singing the tune, and even though I didn't remember hearing
   her hum or sing any tune, she actually was and I actually did
   hear it.

This event still bothers me from time to time, but, even though
it doesn't mesh with our conscious memory of the event, I must
assume that (3) was the actual cause.

--Lauren--