I'm new here and this is my first post, so I hope I'm not stepping on anybody's toes (I know some people on message boards get very territorial to "newbies"). I just posted this story to facebook and thought maybe someone on this site might find it funny. Enjoy:
Random anecdote: I just remembered a day back in what I'm guessing was 2009 when I was working at a restaurant called Flying Burrito. I was working the register when a guy and his daughter come up to pay for their food, and the man looked EXACTLY like Stephen King. I'm a big King fan - both books and movies in which he made cameos - so I know what the dude looks like, and this guy was the spitting image of him. So I says to him, "I'm sorry, sir, but has anyone ever told you
that you look a lot like Stephen King?"
"All the time," he replies, "he's my cousin."
Flabbergasted, I says, "REALLY?! I'm a huge fan of his! I love his work!"
The man just snickered and says, "I'm sorry."
I was stunned. "Why?"
He smiles. "Because that guy is
CREEPY."
True story. To this day I like to entertain the idea that it actually was Stephen King and he just tells that story so people don't hound him for photo/autographs.
Random anecdote: I just remembered a day back in what I'm guessing was 2009 when I was working at a restaurant called Flying Burrito. I was working the register when a guy and his daughter come up to pay for their food, and the man looked EXACTLY like Stephen King. I'm a big King fan - both books and movies in which he made cameos - so I know what the dude looks like, and this guy was the spitting image of him. So I says to him, "I'm sorry, sir, but has anyone ever told you
that you look a lot like Stephen King?"
"All the time," he replies, "he's my cousin."
Flabbergasted, I says, "REALLY?! I'm a huge fan of his! I love his work!"
The man just snickered and says, "I'm sorry."
I was stunned. "Why?"
He smiles. "Because that guy is
CREEPY."
True story. To this day I like to entertain the idea that it actually was Stephen King and he just tells that story so people don't hound him for photo/autographs.