Brush with greatness

[agzg]

I met Ben Rothlisberger while I worked at Target in pgh and he needed maple syrup. He's a fratty tool.

[aephi alum]

Just off the top of my head:

- I've met Richard Stallman, who launched the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation.
- I've met Dr. Ruth.
- I got comp tickets and backstage passes to a Cher concert through DH's cousin, who was her band's drummer. I didn't meet Cher herself, but I met most of the band.
- Then-President Bill Clinton spoke at commencement when I received my bachelor's degree.
- Through a tour arranged by my high school's English department, I've met a number of Royal Shakespeare Company members and gotten a private tour of the theatres.
- I have sung in a choir at Lincoln Center.

Also, when W was campaigning in 2000, he visited the company my husband worked for at the time. DH shook his hand and got an autograph.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

Ben's a friend of mine from college. Not how I would describe him, but to each his own

If you found a guy playing with toys all over the back of the store then he runs up to you saying "maple syrup?" over and over you would think he was a fratty tool, too. To his credit, though, I guess, I thought a lot of the people that shopped there were tools. Why people can never say the full "excuse me where is the (item)?" I will never understand.

That Target had more Steelers come in - no one ever really bothered them though.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

My latest brush with greatness: Flava Flav. At the Sydney Airport earlier this month. You should have seen him trying to get through security.

[DreamfulSpirit]

They used to hold a celebrity charity golf tournament at a golf course that my neighborhood was on and we would go over and meet celebrities and get autographs and what not. Here's a few that I remember meeting at the tournament over the years:

-2 of the members of Hootie and the Blowfish
-Todd Eldredge (U.S. Olympic Figure Skater)
-Shannon Miller (Olympic Gold Medalist- Gymnastics)
-Dennis Haskins ("Mr. Belding" from "Saved by the Bell")
-Charles Barkley
-members of the Carolina Hurricanes NHL team (since we're minutes outside of Raleigh lol)
-Sidney Lowe (current Men's basketball coach- NC State)