Have you ever seen someone you're SURE you knew from years past, you go up and say hi, and they deny being that person? But, it's not as if you found their double, you're positive it's the real thing, but they still deny it??
I went to the Parkside last night for a little NYE thing and, standing in the crowd, I noticed this big dude who stood out from the normal mod/hipster Harold Ray Live in Concert crowd.
Tall, frumpy clothes, dark hair, glasses, and he looked too much like my old college roommate to not be.
My old roommate had a very unique way of smoking. He'd pinch the cigarette as if it were a hair he found in his food between his index finger and thumb, take a long drag with a pained look on his face, hold it for a moment, and then tilt his head back, curl his lip up, and blow the smoke up and away.
The dude last night did the same thing. I was sure that it wasn't a coincidental similarity, that it was in fact my old roommate.
I finally went up and said, "Ben?!"
He quickly turned around and said, in my old college roommate's voice, "No, no, I'm not Ben."
A little taken aback, I said, "You're not Ben? You didn't go to college in New York City??"
He said, again in my old college roommate's voice, "No, no, I didn't go to college in New York City, but I wish I had."
So, I walked away, absolutely positive I was speaking with my old roommate. He jestured towards me repeatedly to his friends, but never said anything.
How odd is that? Back to the question I posed above, have you ever had something like that happen?
I went to the Parkside last night for a little NYE thing and, standing in the crowd, I noticed this big dude who stood out from the normal mod/hipster Harold Ray Live in Concert crowd.
Tall, frumpy clothes, dark hair, glasses, and he looked too much like my old college roommate to not be.
My old roommate had a very unique way of smoking. He'd pinch the cigarette as if it were a hair he found in his food between his index finger and thumb, take a long drag with a pained look on his face, hold it for a moment, and then tilt his head back, curl his lip up, and blow the smoke up and away.
The dude last night did the same thing. I was sure that it wasn't a coincidental similarity, that it was in fact my old roommate.
I finally went up and said, "Ben?!"
He quickly turned around and said, in my old college roommate's voice, "No, no, I'm not Ben."
A little taken aback, I said, "You're not Ben? You didn't go to college in New York City??"
He said, again in my old college roommate's voice, "No, no, I didn't go to college in New York City, but I wish I had."
So, I walked away, absolutely positive I was speaking with my old roommate. He jestured towards me repeatedly to his friends, but never said anything.
How odd is that? Back to the question I posed above, have you ever had something like that happen?
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monsterjoe:
Not bad advice Mud, but it's after midnight and cold, and I got all this work to do in front of the computer. I just can't shake the specter tonight.
squid_vicious:
Conversely, some nut job came up to me in Longs the other day and said he knew me from somewhere. I'd never seen this guy before but he just wouldn't drop it. The more he insisted that he knew me, the more creeped out I got.