On Thu, 07 May 2009 10:18:10 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 07 May 2009 09:48:48 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:



I never could understand some peoples obsession with royals,
especially by Americans. The Canadians have an excuse, the Queen is
even on their dough. But then I am rather unimpressed with celebrities
in general. I would never dream of asking a movie actor for an
autograph. I figure they are entitled to a life when not working.

One of my kids told me about a hilarious incident he had when he
visited Hollywood while on a cross-country driving vacation.
He hit a big Mercedes with his Chevy station wagon, or the Mercedes
hit him. The Merc had a "driver' and the owner was in the back seat.
The black guy from a TV show called E.R.
Never watched it and don't know who he is. My son didn't either.
It was a little fender bender deal where my son had inched out of an
alley or parking lot and the Merc came speeding by, scraping the side
against the kid's front bumper. Probably mostly my son's fault.
The Merc went on a hundred feet or so before stopping.
Son was barely out his car before a guy came running from a nearby
restaurant.
"Do you know who you're in a accident with!!?"
Guy is all breathless excited, and say's "That's blah blah"
My kid is thinking WTF?
And this guy gets even more excited because my son never heard of him.
There was other stuff about how he and this actor did a stare-down.
Funny, but you have to hear him tell the story.
Anyway, there's lots of people who live their lives worshiping others.
Bottom line and most important is it didn't cost the kid a dime.
Probably best to pick rich actors for fender benders.

--Vic

Color is always the most easily distinguished detail. If the actor
were "default" white, you wouldn't have said so. Your description
would have only included the gender.

I'm not calling you a racist, it's just an interesting aside. I've
never watched ER either.