What was your brush with mediocrity?

[LynneSin]

Former US Representative George Gekas (Central PA) gave me his business card and said it was good for a free ice cream cone in New Zealand. I was only like 12 and I was actually asking him a question about the political process - he totally ignored my question. I was so glad when they redistricted his district with Tim Holden and Holden whooped his ass!!

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. When I was 3 the band Boston played my dad's nightclub

when they were doing their sound check they played Octopus' Garden for me while I drank a coca cola with a maraschino cherry in while sitting on my Dad's lap. Was autumn of 1972.

[AlCzervik]

2. I went to a party at my Uncle's house

he used to be an alderman in a city near Boston and Bill Weld was there. My Uncle said to me after i was glaring at him..."What, i didn't invite hime him!!!"

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. I sold a cup of coffee to Mario Lemieux

He thanked me, and walked out of the store. How's that for mediocre?

[GOPisEvil]

4. Every morning when I look in the mirror.

:evilgrin:

[LynneSin]

who is standing next to you in the morning

:shrug:

[GOPisEvil]

12. There's someone standing next to me?

:o

[Mara Steele]

28. She means you is

SOMEBODY SPECIAL, bro!!

:yourock:

:hi:

[Wabbajack]

5. Ever get that ice cream?

Oh and Tony Blair spoke at my high school 5 years ago.

And I saw Johnny Cochran in a lobby. He was talking on his cell phone.

[Guy Fawkes]

6. I went to a weekend camp where Fiengold's sister

was working. (It was a retreat for Jewish kids, and she's a rabbi) I thought she was kinda awesome/crazy.

[sangh0]

7. I met the Soup Nazi

He's really not so bad. Last time I believe my TV.

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. NO SOUP FOR YOU! TWO WEEKS!

[sangh0]

10. And I almost forgot. I'm a distant relative of Kitty Carlisle

from "What's My Line?"

You can't get any mediocre than that.

[LynneSin]

17. Yes you can, I'm a distant cousin of the White House Chimp

Beat ya!

[sangh0]

21. Curses

Foiled again!

(But that's definitely something you don't want to bring up too often)

[kmla]

9. I had a 7-UP at Lee Corso's kitchen table once.

When he was football coach at Indiana University...

[pscot]

11. The Harmonicats

played at our junior prom.

[CarolynEC]

14. I said "hi" to Janet Jackson

She was walking into a San Diego radio station as I was walking out, having inquired vainly for a job.

She smiled. Her gigantic bodyguard scowled.

And, no... not a hint of nipple showing. ;)

Edit: This was in 1986, before piercing was in.

[Sabriel]

13. I sat in a booth next to Tony LoBianco in an LA restaurant

Very dull.

[dr.strangelove]

15. Melissa Gilbert gave me marital advice once

I was in a local coffee shop having a spat with my wife over something stupid and this woman comes up to us. I assumed she was going to ask us to keep it down, but she went on about how we should not fight about trivial things, how precious love is and how we should embrace life and all its flaws. It was very corny. My wife and I thanked her, paid for our lattes and hit the road. It wasn't until we got in the car that my wife told me who it was.
Long and short of this, I loved her in Little House, but that woman is strange. I mean who does that?!?!

[BigMcLargehuge]

16. That's pretty cool :)

I'd have hit on her.

Just kidding.

[redqueen]

18. My uncle was close friends with Stewart Margolin

He starred in a bunch of the Rockford Files episodes and later went on to produce... wonder if he knows my uncle passed away recently. We cared for his dog Gerald when he got too old to travel. He was an Irish Wolfhound and a wonderful pet.

[southpaw]

19. One of my best friends in high school...

Scott Collier, went on to play drums for Brother Cane.

[greekspeak]

20. I once gave a book of matches to John Davidson

Hollywood Squares star and mediocre Branson, Missouri performer. He was trying to catch a smoke between shows I guess. Oh, and I once held the imprint of Yakhov Smirnoff's credit card in my hot little hands. Now if those are not two super-mediocre brushes, I am a Monkey's Uncle

[pagerbear]

22. See attached

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1495964

[eyesroll]

23. I met Jim Sensenbrenner at Fiesta Waukesha

(a riverfront festival sponsored by a group serving my city's Latino community).

I was working the Democrats booth, and wearing my Feingold shirt. F. Jim was wandering around, no staff, no literature, no sticker/button/name tag, announcing, "hi, I'm congressman Jim Sensenbrenner." (Yes, this is the one my husband was running against, way back when.)

He didn't even bother to stop at our booth, so I chased him down (I collect political handshakes, and it occurred to me I didn't have one from any Republicans that I know of). I introduced myself -- full name (to see if there was any hint of recognition -- there wasn't) -- he gave me a limp handshake and before I could even ask him a question, he was off.

You know, part of being a good legislator is paying attention to all of your constituents, not just the ones you know agree with you (although I heard he's not even nice to those, either)...:eyes:

[GalleryGod]

24. Met Catherine Oxenberg at dinner party

:wtf:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

25. Sam Harris...

I sat next to him at a showing of that Val Kilmer spy-spoof in LA, right after Harris had won his big "Star Search" turn.

He was wearing an incredibly trashy blue satin baseball-style jacket.

[Myrina]

26. every day of my life is mediocre !!

:shrug:

[psychopomp]

27. Mediocre: me Awsome: Carl Sagan

He was in for the SETI conference while I worked my summer job at a cafeteria. Two highlights that summer: living in a treehouse behind campus and seeing Carl Sagan on the other side of the sneeze-guard.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

29. I met Dick Clark and Chuck Berry

at this stupid 50s thing when I was a kid (it was 1980). And I was the mascot for the Dallas Tornadoes, an old pro indoor soccer team from the 80s (I just went out in a uniform and stood there and people clapped, I guess I was cute or something).

I met Howard Dean. Talked to him for a minute or two.

I know everyone on my school board. And I am friends with the woman running for state representative for my district.

Went to lunch with Ross Perot when I was 12. His company bought stuff from my stepdad's family. I remember thinking Perot was a VERY boring old man at the time.

Met Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys, I am pretty sure) at a restaurant in Dallas. I don't even like sports.

Yawn. What a fascinating life.

[SarahB]

30. My dad went to high school with Randy Misner of the Eagles...

and was interviewed by Dan Rather years ago at a Democratic convention. I met the guy who was in the Darth Vadar suit in Star Wars. Alexander Haig tried to pick up my mom at the airport about 20 years ago. I live near the coach of the women's NCAA basketball champs.

[pagerbear]

31. Ooh! Ooh!

I thought of this thread last night as I was walking on W 85th Street in Manhattan, and there coming the other way was TV host Nancy Glass!