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MikeWaters · 07-03-2008, 03:05 PM

Well, I am going to top all of you:

JFK Jr.

myboynoah · 07-03-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

Peter Vidmar (my bishop - now in stake presidency)

His son served for a very short time in our ward, he looked very much like his father. He seemed shocked that I knew who his father is/was. I guess that's a generational thing.

RC Vikings · 07-03-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Well, I am going to top all of you:

JFK Jr.

Did it have the same affect on you that it did Elaine.

Archaea · 07-03-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by marsupial

Babs, did you see this? You met someone who met John Cusack. Now, I can't even say that.

Come to Vegas, lose Danimal and then we can meet.

The strange thing is, being in my business I meet semi-famous people not infrequently, but I'd rather meet Arthur or Marsupial, than some of the dickweeds I meet.

And famous come up, now and then. For the most part, the famous people aren't worth meeting. Unless they want to lay down a huge retainer or form a network to increase my business contacts, I don't see much value in meeting them. I'd rather have lunch with creekster, Lebowski and Farrah than the ones people stargaze about.

Solon · 07-03-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

Not merely seen, but actually interacted with?

I don't have ten, but here's what I have:

- Charlton Heston (Call me "Chuck.")
- George Tenet
- LaDell Anderson (I coached his grandson in Sophomore football. We talked coaching for 45 minutes after a game one fall.)
- Andre Miller
- Mike Doleac
- Kirk Cameron (airplane - he rides coach, and my wife told him some jokes just to see that million dollar smile).
- My wife has chatted up Joe Paterno, but I wasn't there.

landpoke · 07-03-2008, 03:36 PM

I once shared an elevator with Cloris Leachman and her two yippy not-dogs. I said hi and asked her what kind of dogs they were. She pretended like she didn't hear me and left the elevator without acknowledging my existence.

I've always chalked her stony silence up to the fact that I'm too real and she wasn't emotionally able to deal with it.

Archaea · 07-03-2008, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by landpoke

I once shared an elevator with Cloris Leachman and her two yippy not-dogs. I said hi and asked her what kind of dogs they were. She pretended like she didn't hear me and left the elevator without acknowledging my existence.

I've always chalked her stony silence up to the fact that I'm too real and she wasn't emotionally able to deal with it.

She knew you were too hot for her and it hurt her deeply that she didn't have a chance with you.

Cali Coug · 07-03-2008, 03:47 PM

President Clinton
Scalia
Ken Starr
Gingrich
Alberto Gonzales
Hinckley
Monson
Faust
Margaret Thatcher
Al Gore

Sleeping in EQ · 07-03-2008, 03:52 PM

Some of these are pretty marginal as celebrities:

Howard Zinn
Steven R. Covey
Larry Hagman
John Schneider ("Yee haw!")
Orson Scott Card

and the shining stars on this list:

Kim Novak
Robert Redford
Stephen King

My Dad has met tons of top-tier politicians:

George W. Bush
Dick Cheney
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
George H.W. Bush
John Kerry
John Edwards
Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Ted Kennedy
Orrin Hatch
Gordon Smith
Jesse Jackson
...

MikeWaters · 07-03-2008, 03:52 PM

Someone should get Haddow over here to give his answer.

Btw, Adam you must be related to Richards families in the church?

I grew up with some Richards. Now I know where Adam gets his sullen edge!

07-03-2008, 03:36 PM	#36
landpoke Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Central God's Country Posts: 1,534	I once shared an elevator with Cloris Leachman and her two yippy not-dogs. I said hi and asked her what kind of dogs they were. She pretended like she didn't hear me and left the elevator without acknowledging my existence. I've always chalked her stony silence up to the fact that I'm too real and she wasn't emotionally able to deal with it. __________________ I see a hobo. And when I see the hobo, I think to myself, "This man is poor. His monetary value is low, and my monetary value is high, and it's a shame that he is himself. What can I do?"

07-03-2008, 03:52 PM	#39
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Some of these are pretty marginal as celebrities: Howard Zinn Steven R. Covey Larry Hagman John Schneider ("Yee haw!") Orson Scott Card and the shining stars on this list: Kim Novak Robert Redford Stephen King My Dad has met tons of top-tier politicians: George W. Bush Dick Cheney Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton George H.W. Bush John Kerry John Edwards Barack Obama Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Ted Kennedy Orrin Hatch Gordon Smith Jesse Jackson ... __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

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