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Hey, running into someone who is exceptional and having a fun story to tell about it is reasonable and doesn't deserve this negative energy. That time I ran in
by mlyle 1y ago
Hey, running into someone who is exceptional and having a fun story to tell about it is reasonable and doesn't deserve this negative energy.
That time I ran into Larry Bird, or just missed having dinner with Douglas Adams, or the time I talked to Jonny Kim-- they're little markers of time in my existence. I know they're not gods, and I've done pretty cool things myself, but I'm still in awe of the cool stuff they've done.
- jjulius 1y agoKevin Nash and I peed next to one another in an airport bathroom one time.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoWell don't leave us hanging.
- jonathanlydall 1y agoI have a famous person anecdote I enjoy telling. More than 20 years ago now, my brother (who was maybe 9) had his friend over for lunch and the night before my brother had spent the night at his house. So my mother asks what they got up to, and the friend says they were playing water pistol fights with his sister’s boyfriend, “Wa-kin”, who was visiting. We then ask what the boyfriend does, and he responds that he’s an actor. (Just be aware now that we live in Johannesburg, South Africa.) So we say, cool, has he acted in anything we might know? And friend says something like “Oh, lots of movies, Gladiator, Signs, others…”. At which point I remember thinking, “no way!” and “so that’s how Joaquin is pronounced” (as I’d only ever seen it written). Turns out the friend’s sister was a model living in New York which explained the situation I would never have guessed.