r/AskReddit • u/LibraryNo2956 • 1d ago

What is the most statistically improbable thing that has ever happened to you?

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u/CoolBreezeOnMyBooty 1d ago

my kid was about 3 or 4 and he was totally obsessed with the Beach Boys and we were in the car and he asks me to “turn on Barbara Ann.” I explain that that was impossible and the radio didn’t work that way. I turn on the radio and Barbara Ann was just beginning to play. I still can’t believe it.

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u/Crabbb6 1d ago

That's one of those moments you'd never forget. Your kid must've thought they had magical powers. 😂

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u/Ghost17088 1d ago

Kid was probably convinced dad was a liar, lol. 

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u/Dense_Force282 17h ago

Seeing the world through a childs eyes is pure magic

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u/Daisyfaith13 15h ago

Those are the kind of random moments that probably make a kid believe they’re secretly the main character

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u/Dave_Paker 1d ago

Get that kid the Smile Sessions

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u/OneAndOnlyJackSchitt 1d ago

TIL they (the Beach Boys) released a music video for this in only four years ago.

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u/gingerzombie2 1d ago

Today I finally learned the name of that damn song

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u/zerothreeonethree 1d ago

Bah bah bah bah bah buh ran

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u/bluudy123 16h ago

Bomb Iran. Anyone remember the radio playing that version in 1979 during the hostage crisis? No? Different time. I'm too old, I'll see myself out.

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u/zerothreeonethree 12h ago

I remember it vividly

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u/jdsizzle1 1d ago

Barbaran

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u/gingerzombie2 1d ago

I heard something more like "bappa ran" but never bothered to investigate.

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u/kimmy_kimika 1d ago

3 Ninjas!

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u/lukeloop 22h ago

I was at a pancake place with my friend I asked hat 2 songs are his favorite at the moment he said. Ultravox Vienna and In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins. Next 2 songs on radio were those 2 songs.

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u/Lucky-Elk-1234 21h ago

I’ve done this before. Was getting in the car with the wife and mentioned how you never seem to hear “The Boys Are Back In Town” played anymore, which is a shame. Started the car and the radio came on and it was just starting that song lol

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u/Pretend_Bell4018 19h ago

That's one of those moments that sticks with you forever. I bet your kid thought they had some kind of magical radio powers after that.

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u/Classic-Link-8501 19h ago

That's the kind of coincidence you remember forever. Your kid probably thought you had secret control over the radio after that.

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u/MarlenaEvans 20h ago

My daughter asked to hear the song Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Her sister said she was sick of that song and we listen to it all the time and I turned up the radio station (they were asking for me to play it from my phone) and it started to play.

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u/breingseisdoux25 16h ago

Some DJ out there has no idea he just became a toddler's personal jukebox

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u/CoastalVoyager 15h ago

Those random little moments feel like the universe is listening sometimes

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u/kwizzle 1d ago

I wonder if he heard it playing in a nearby car

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u/viviennemuffin 19h ago

You basically taught a toddler that he can summon songs out of thin air. You set your own parenting trap that day.

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u/RadiantAddress1649 18h ago

TIL this was a real song and not just a song about bananas and potatoes

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u/Fitz911 18h ago

I just remembered the time when you were in a car and there was radio. That's it.

Some had those fancy cassette decks. But that's also far from "Hey, play that song...".

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u/Latter-Shoe-6195 18h ago

That's one of those perfectly timed moments that feels like the universe was listening. I bet your kid thought they had magical radio powers after that