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Old 12-10-2008, 10:46 PM
greatshakes greatshakes is offline
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I know who it is that the Gov. of Ill. reminds me of.

I knew that he looked like somebody that I had seen before, but I couldn't quite place him, but I've got it.

Lyle Menendez.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...p=mss&ei=UTF-8
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Old 12-11-2008, 05:14 AM
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Wow, you're absolutely right.

You aren't the only one to find his looks oddly striking. I had not spotted the Menendez resemblance, but to me, his facial features scream "Scam artist! Scam artist!" with an exceptional level of urgency.
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Old 12-11-2008, 07:27 AM
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The first thing I thought when I saw him was that I stumbled upon an episode of Barretta.
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Old 12-11-2008, 07:31 AM
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In another thread DanBlather mentions Mike Myers. My first inclination was toward William Devane. I guess what this means if nothing else is that there will be no shortage of candidates to portray him in the inevitable made for TV movie.
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:48 AM
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I knew that he looked like somebody that I had seen before, but I couldn't quite place him, but I've got it.

Lyle Menendez.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...p=mss&ei=UTF-8

TOTALLY! Now I can stop wondering why he looks so familiar! Thanks!
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:16 AM
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I knew that he looked like somebody that I had seen before, but I couldn't quite place him, but I've got it.

Lyle Menendez.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...p=mss&ei=UTF-8


You definitely need to go post this at Totally Looks Like.
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:42 AM
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I think he looks a bit like Samwise Gamgee. (sorry, but I can't link a pic from work)
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:57 AM
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The soon-to-be ex-Gov looks like a long-haired guinea pig I used to have.
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Old 12-12-2008, 07:37 PM
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He apparently shares a stylist with Donald Trump...
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Old 12-12-2008, 08:17 PM
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Bob of Bob's Big Boy
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Old 12-13-2008, 08:52 AM
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I think he looks kind of like this.
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Old 12-13-2008, 09:02 AM
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The soon-to-be ex-Gov looks like a long-haired guinea pig I used to have.
Now that we've found your guinea pig, would you please take him back?
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Old 12-13-2008, 09:03 AM
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I think he looks a bit like Vlad from Achewood. Look at 12/8-12/9.

http://achewood.com/index.php
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Old 12-13-2008, 07:07 PM
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Bob of Bob's Big Boy
Do you mean Bob, or the Big Boy? If the Wikipedia article is correct, the model for the Big Boy was a guy named Richard Woodruff.
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