Table: Circumstances of chance meetings

1. Shared a room at an overbooked inn
2. Shared a table at a full restaurant
3. Shared a cabin on a sea voyage
4. Helped to look for an address in a strange city
5. Tried to buy the same obscure item in a curio shop
6. Shared a holding cell after a misunderstanding with the law
7. Deeply admired the same work of art
8. Rode together in a caravan
9. Were the two finalists in a local contest
10. Unexpected allies in a bar brawl
11. Saved a drowning man together
12. Got drunk together and were briefly best friends
13. Adjoining hospital beds
14. Romantic rivalry over a jerk
15. Worked same job for a day
16. Camped out together
17. Attended same terrible performance; thrown out together for commiserating loudly
18. Borrowed a small sum at a crucial moment, promised to pay it back someday
19. Spent night in same barn
20. Woke up in bed together, no memory of how you got there