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52. Even when I was a teen, folks would start talking to me as if they

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 04:08 PM

Feb 2014

knew me. My mother and sister have always thought it was hilarious. Its happened in front of them so many times. And its never one of them that the person thinks they know, always me.

I was back in Philly visiting my sister this summer, and we went to the store, after 10 minutes, woman walks up and starts talking to me ... sure she knows me ... thought she meet me a week earlier. Which was impossible because I was in NC a week earlier. My sister could not stop laughing. She couldn't believe that it still happens.

The other thing I find, these folks all assume that I hold all the same positions that they hold. Then they start talking like we're old friends. Telling me some of the wildest, often inappropriate, stories and slurs you can imagine. The conversations are very "interesting".

I am, average Joe.

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Do you look like or resemble a celebrity? [View all] neverforget Feb 2014 OP

I supposedly look like Mark Dacascos Xyzse Feb 2014 #1

I had to look him up neverforget Feb 2014 #4

He's muacular anda martial artist, Jenoch Feb 2014 #10

I am a few inches shorter Xyzse Feb 2014 #11

I always thought burly meant 'heavily built'. Jenoch Feb 2014 #12

True. Xyzse Feb 2014 #13

As a youth all I had to do was to eat Jenoch Feb 2014 #15

If I drop another 5-10 I might too. Xyzse Feb 2014 #48

Did you happen to see him pipi_k Feb 2014 #31

People used to tell me that I look like Judy Collins. In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #2

someone came up to me in a convenience store once, because they thought I was a soap star magical thyme Feb 2014 #3

Now when someone says I look like Bruce neverforget Feb 2014 #5

Not yet... petronius Feb 2014 #6

Lol! neverforget Feb 2014 #7

Within the last 6 years I have been approached twice, once in a rock club in Springfield, MO, GReedDiamond Feb 2014 #8

I hate to admit it, Mr.Bill Feb 2014 #9

I feel for you brutha... GReedDiamond Feb 2014 #17

Oh nooooo!!!! pipi_k Feb 2014 #33

Somebody Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #14

I've been told I look like Dana Delany BainsBane Feb 2014 #16

Bob Griese ? steve2470 Feb 2014 #18

Depends. Is 'Death Warmed-Over' a celebrity? pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #19

Ha ha ha! pablo_marmol Feb 2014 #20

Oh, I get my share of VERY flattering comments, too, like... pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #22

I've been told by a few people I look like Graham Greene denbot Feb 2014 #21

Maybe they meant this one sharp_stick Feb 2014 #38

Hmmm.. Still not seeing it. denbot Feb 2014 #76

You're right that is sharp_stick Feb 2014 #79

I kinda look like Rosanne Rosanna Danna. mucifer Feb 2014 #23

Well, mucifer, it just goes to show you, it's always something--if it ain't one thing, it's another pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #24

Yeah mucifer Feb 2014 #29

Shirley MacLaine, Veronica Lake. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2014 #25

John Belushi Recursion Feb 2014 #26

I am told I look like..... whistler162 Feb 2014 #32

After chemo, I chose to just stay bald TM99 Feb 2014 #27

No celebrity. I did used to scare small children with my appearance DFW Feb 2014 #28

A list pipi_k Feb 2014 #30

When I was in my twenties, someone said I looked like Ralph Feinnes. Aristus Feb 2014 #34

I've had celebrities claim they've been told they look like me Major Nikon Feb 2014 #35

Lol! Awesome! neverforget Feb 2014 #59

Yeah, that bald guy from those movies about the cars and crime and stuff. progressoid Feb 2014 #36

I've had people reference me as Willie Nelson for years. BarbaRosa Feb 2014 #37

When I was a little kid laundry_queen Feb 2014 #39

I've often been told I resemble a younger Jack Nicholson Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #40

15-20 yrs ago, customers would tell me I looked like Brett Butler or Bonnie Raitt. Blue Diadem Feb 2014 #41

Hayley Mills, when I was 12 nt LiberalEsto Feb 2014 #42

My high school boyfriend thought I resembled Natalie Wood. mnhtnbb Feb 2014 #43

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Meryl Streep DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #45

A Client Where I Work RobinA Feb 2014 #46

George Carlin HarveyDarkey Feb 2014 #47

Bernadette Peters hamsterjill Feb 2014 #49

I look like a guy you know from somewhere, or his brother. JoePhilly Feb 2014 #50

We must be related! Staph Feb 2014 #51

Even when I was a teen, folks would start talking to me as if they JoePhilly Feb 2014 #52

I did that to someone who was a stranger to me. murielm99 Feb 2014 #75

Simon Cowell, when my hair is short. Jokerman Feb 2014 #53

Tom Cruise back in the mid '80's... Callmecrazy Feb 2014 #54

I used to when I was young and gorgeous. RebelOne Feb 2014 #55

Nope, but my step-dad was a dead ringer for John Forsythe back in the day. Iggo Feb 2014 #56

I get told I look like Sigourney Weaver and Marlo Thomas. narnian60 Feb 2014 #57

I'm a dead ringer... rrneck Feb 2014 #58

When I was a teenager and in my 20s.... femmocrat Feb 2014 #60

That's a high compliment BainsBane Feb 2014 #63

I look like Zach Galafinakis without the beard. Initech Feb 2014 #61

I am the spitting image of Jabba the Hut Generic Brad Feb 2014 #62

When I was younger, Sarah Ferguson. onestepforward Feb 2014 #64

Most recently I was told I look like James Momoa as Khal Drogo from 'Game of Thrones.' AllenVanAllen Feb 2014 #65

I don't think there are that many Japanese American yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #66

Elizabeth Taylor - when I was young. Not so much now - old and fat :( patricia92243 Feb 2014 #67

Liz put on some weight herself in her later years KamaAina Feb 2014 #71

Been told by several people.... CherokeeDem Feb 2014 #68

only if Frankenstein counts as a celebrity...... lastlib Feb 2014 #69

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Majel Barrett Roddenberry told my husband he looked like Brent Spiner. eShirl Feb 2014 #77

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Kaiser Wilhelm II Sognefjord Feb 2014 #81

When I was a kid, 2theleft Feb 2014 #82

I'm a dead ringer for the Holbein portrait of Henry VIII... First Speaker Feb 2014 #83

My brother looked enough like Dave Mustaine (Metallica) TexasBushwhacker Feb 2014 #84