"...I ain't on some 'oh, I'm a celebrity,' I deal with the real..."

Ok...

So it's Friday and Hilary and I went out for our customary weekend dinner. We were at Maggiano's in Plano. Not too long after we'd gotten our food and started eating, this man approached our table and we both looked at him wondering what he wanted. So the guy said, "Sorry to bother you, but my kids think that you're Jerry Rice, so I want to play a trick on them. Would you mind giving me an autograph?" I thought that was hilarious so I agreed to do it. I signed a piece of paper as "Jerry Rice." I thought that was the end of it.

But it wasn't. Because now all of these kids wanted an autograph. And there were at least six of them who wanted me, or Jerry actually, to personalize an autograph for them. I did that too even though some of these kids were old enough to know better. And if that had been the end it would have been okay too.

But as we try to continue eating dinner, these kids keep coming back up to me to ask for more autographs or ask me questions. And when they weren't approaching us, they were standing on the staircase near our table and just staring at us. At this point I was ready to approach their dad and tell him, "WTF, dude? I did you a favor and agreed to this stupid joke. Can you please have the decency to watch your freaking kids? We're trying to eat." Fortunately the maitre d' and the rest of the waitstaff took care of that for us. They forced them all back up the stairs and wouldn't let them get near our table again. Except for right before we left when one of the kids came up to your table, dropped off a piece of paper and walked away. I completely ignored it and got up and left. Kid probaly thinks that Jerry Rice is a jerk now.

I think that this was probably the most bizarre random thing that's happend to me. I'm pretty sure that half of the people in the restaurant thought that we were a celebrity couple. But dang...if I didn't know before, I know now that I never, ever, ever want to be famous. That mess is annoying.


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The Roots (Black Thought); "You Got Me"