I was born in a super duper small town in Pennsylvania. I’ve met so many people from PA that don’t even know the town exists.

When I was living in Europe, I was at a house party and I was talking to this girl who did an exchange program. Guess where she did her semester? That super small town no one has ever heard of. She even knew a few people I grew up with.

Another time, I was walking in a random Spanish town with some random person, and who do I see walk by but some kid I went to high school with. We just sort of pointed at each other, confused, laughed and both kept walking past.

I love shit like that

I was living in Japan and ran into my high school class president (from Pennsylvania) in an Irish bar.

Once upon a time I was in the army and I was standing guard outside the royal palace 1000km away from home. It is common for bypasses to chitchat with the guards from time to time.

Turns out one of these bypassers was the childhood friend of my then GF. She and her family had moved there many years prior, but recognized my dialect.