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In reply to the discussion: List 5 (or more) famous people you've either met or have been within a few feet of, but ONE [View all]Harker
(17,912 posts)336. Thank you! You're very kind.
My late aunt and uncle had a rowboat named "Sweet Caroline" in which I plied the shoreline of Pistakee Lake on the Fox River as a lad.
It's nice that you rekindled this thread, as the anecdotal remembrances have been fun, sometimes poigniant, and historically interesting.
Thanks for yours.
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List 5 (or more) famous people you've either met or have been within a few feet of, but ONE [View all]
red dog 1
Feb 2022
OP
Obvious guess would be Bill Clinton since people are kept away from a POTUS
Hugh_Lebowski
Feb 2022
#4
Nope, I spotted Karl Malden in a health food store in San Francisco..We were only a few feet apart.
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#92
Nope that one's real ... high-fived him on The Joshua Tree tour, April 1987 :) nt
Hugh_Lebowski
Feb 2022
#72
Well, by process of elimination then, it has to be either Scott Stapp or Cal Ripkin
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#145
These: all at the restaurant, half way between L A and Santa Barbara, where I waited tables.
Tikki
Feb 2022
#13
Without reading any of the comments, I'll guess the one from your list, then give my own
al bupp
Feb 2022
#16
When I was very young, my Dad took me to the NBA All-Star game at the Cow Palace in
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#101
Ate dinner, a few tables over from her, decades ago in a Columbus, Ohio restaurant.
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2022
#39
While in college, I took a job as a limo driver, and one day spent five hours driving
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#150
MINE ALL TRUE. President Bill Clinton - Senator Ron Wyden & Senator Wayne Morse
Trueblue1968
Feb 2022
#69
here ya go - I have more than I thought and I thought it would be hard. But I am old after all
yellowdogintexas
Feb 2022
#86
It wasn't my request, it was Khashoggi's Ghost over on Twitter that said "List 5"
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#112
In "Cadillac Records" The Rolling Stones are shown getting out of their limo and Muddy Waters
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#285
I know which one of the two that are left is a lie, but I'll let someone else guess it
red dog 1
Feb 2022
#186
That's a very high threshold. How many of us actually know FIVE (or more) famous people?
NurseJackie
Feb 2022
#173
Even then, I still don't travel in circles where I'd be that close to a celeb.
NurseJackie
Feb 2022
#175