As I rode on the T (Boston's subway) today, on my way home, I heard a guy on his cellphone say "plate o' shrimp." He looked at me as he said it. I smiled. When he got off the phone, he turned to me, and simultaneously we said, "Repo Man."
Here's the quote from the 1984 film Repo Man.
Miller: A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
Otto: You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days?
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