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Mistaken Identity
Just went to the hairdresser to get my fringe cut.
As he was snipping away he starts talking to me like I am one of his regulars. It's a minute or two in that I realise he actually THINKS I am - as he's talking about how nice the cut has kept and he now works on Saturdays...I don't have the guts to say he's mistaken so I politely carry on the conversation pretending I know him well.
When the trim was finished I went to pay and the guy behind the counter is all like: "Oh because you're Lorenzo's regular it's free"
I left without paying. I did the right thing didn't I?
Have you ever had mistaken identity and gone along with it?
once this guy thought i was in fuck buttons when i was atp
so i just let it go for a couple of hours
did you pose for pics and sign an autograph for him?
no, i talked for an hour about the making of our album
he said Fuck Buttons.
Let me get my abacus ready to count the hypocrites, hang on...
You did the right thing
Any business that doesn't charge its regulars deserves to go out of business
My music teacher at school thought I was someone else for 2 years.
And yes, you did the right thing.
I've been mistaken for the following people:
- Gok Wan (whilst on the train some girl started yelling "oh my god it's Gok Wan!" Queue loads of people wandering down the carriage to see if it really was him)
- Some bloke from Diva Fever (by a young girl in Primark. I should have said yes)
- the drummer from Gallows (I was congratulated on an amazing show. Slightly bewildered I just went along with it)
- someone's grandson (that fucking freaked me out and I ran away)
I like to imagine the first scenario went something like this:
http://youtu.be/EDpx_EDcy48?t=1m34s
you only got your fringe cut?
i know people do this, but why only the fringe?
does it grow faster than the rest of the hair?
i'll answer
because when your fringe gets too long it's in your eyes and becomes a pain in the arse. having your fringe trimmed is a 5 minute job and is free / cheaper and quicker than having a full on cut.
It would have been funny if the real person went in straight after you.
Lorenzo would be so confused.
How long does it take to cut a fringe?
how long is a piece of fringe?
Classic Lorenzo
that's absolutely well good.
I fcking love it when stuff like that happens. Have an imaginary handshake.
The idiot who served you will be in for a right shitstorm when the real version goes in for hers! Hahaaa
I joined a boxing club, after not boxing for about six years.
It was my first session and I was on a punch bag warming up.
This rough geezer came up behind me and said "ooh, look who's been working on his jab. Much better than last week you doughy cunt. Have it, HAVE IT!"
Exact words.
:D which Boxing club was this?
It was in Ashton in Preston. Can't remember the name.
It was in a church.
magic
lovely work.
if you're not lying.
Definitely not.
I have the newly cut fringe to prove it.
I was once mistaken for Tim Burgess
He's about 20 years older than me. That hurt.
That's excellent
I get emails from people in the US roughly once a fortnight. My name is quite common over there, I guess. It's usually middle-aged technophobes who've typed the email address wrong. I got invited to a Christmas party at the Lowell, Massachussetts Chamber of Commerce this morning.
Did you accept?
Free booze and all that?
People always mistake me for Megan Fox and Cheryl Cole cos I'm dead fit. I promise this absolutely always happens.
But Megan Fox and Cheryl Cole don't look like each other
I'm confuseed.
was in a club in Edinburgh
and this girl was convinced that I was somebody but she couldn't remember who or articulate it very well, and kept hassling me all night trying to get me to admit that i was who she thought i was, but i wasn't, and she couldn't even really remember who it was. it was quite the experience.
Was probably ethric
fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Somone came up to me outside a pub in the town centre
and said "Hey John! remember? We drank 7 vodkas last weekend!"
Can't decide what is stranger: That I did this, and have no memory of it, or that he met someone called John (unlikely) who looks exactly like me (very unlikely) who speaks English (extremely unlikely)
It's definitely hard to find someone called John who speaks English.
;-)
in Poland it is
Wait, you've got another woman's hair cut?
YOU MONSTER!
Does it suit you?
It's my usual hairstyle.
And it wasn't my fault. They should know their customers. Especially if she was a regular.
you have to wonder about a hairdresser
that talks to a customer a lot & gets really up close and personal with someone & does not recognise that they are somebody entirely different
especially if they are an attractive female
what possible stereotype could do that?
Back in the days of me having a big blonde quiff,
(Way back, then), I was given free cocktails for 2 hours in covent garden because the manager believed me to be will young. I feel bad only because I did indeed look like him back then, but specifically like him if he'd fallen off the wagon and stopped taking care of himself. So I hope it didn't give him negative press.
i was on the tube couple of months ago
and some bloke goes 'SORRY MATE BUT ARE YOU MARK RONSON?'
I hope you hit him on the head with a trumpet.
This morning some incredibly mean person mistook me from someone who has recently moved to Farringdon
It completely ruined my day, if I'm honest.
some old uy in te pub
came up to me thinkin i was in te inbetweeners and told me off for swearin so much