09-08-2020, 03:31 AM
I've never seen my doppelganger, but I know a woman who has.
In summer 1979, she saw me in a small town named Honaker, VA, walking down the street. She yelled and waved and tried every way she could to get my attention, to no avail. She was pretty upset that I was "ignoring" her.
I was overseas at the time, working.
When I got back to that area in December of that year, I went to see her and was met with a generous helping of ire for not responding to her when she saw me. Problem is, I wasn't there. I believe that to this day she is convinced it was me, but it wasn't. I was up to my ass in mud and blood and misery, far far away. To be honest, I was probably wishing I was in Honaker.
I don't really know who or what it is she saw, but she was - and likely still is - convinced it was me, and she knew me well, for years before that. It's hard to believe she was mistaken, and I wouldn't believe it, except I know where I was, and it wasn't there.
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In summer 1979, she saw me in a small town named Honaker, VA, walking down the street. She yelled and waved and tried every way she could to get my attention, to no avail. She was pretty upset that I was "ignoring" her.
I was overseas at the time, working.
When I got back to that area in December of that year, I went to see her and was met with a generous helping of ire for not responding to her when she saw me. Problem is, I wasn't there. I believe that to this day she is convinced it was me, but it wasn't. I was up to my ass in mud and blood and misery, far far away. To be honest, I was probably wishing I was in Honaker.
I don't really know who or what it is she saw, but she was - and likely still is - convinced it was me, and she knew me well, for years before that. It's hard to believe she was mistaken, and I wouldn't believe it, except I know where I was, and it wasn't there.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’