[net.sf-lovers] Once is an accident

minow%rex.DEC%decwrl.ARPA@csnet-relay.arpa (04/05/84)

In SFL V9.53, Jerry Bakin (Bakin @ HI-MULTICS) quotes one
of Arthur Clarke's characters as observing "once is an
accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a conspiracy."

If I remember correctly, the first use of that phrase was
from one of the James Bond novels (Goldfinger?):  "once
is happistance, twice is an accident, three times is
enemy action."

Martin Minow


Thu 5-Apr-1984 14:25 Maynard Time.  Martin Minow MLO3-3/U8, DTN 223-9922