# 1. Engage Brain 2. Open Mouth 3. Insert Foot: Sorry Lady! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307 "2003-12-27T21:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/1 "2003-12-27T21:28:47Z")
People are always telling me I look like someone famous. That ever happen to you? With me (in order of frequency) it’s Elton John, John Lennon or John Denver, but Thursday night at work a family member who was with a patient I was treating hit me with a new one: **Jerry Springer**. _"That **Sleazeball?!**?_, I ejaculated. And with those two words I managed to **be** insulted and insult someone else at the very same time. Whoops. Sorry! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/2 "2003-12-27T21:39:26Z")
Hmm, I don’t think I’d apologize if someone got offended at that. What on earth could go through someone’s head to think that they should tell someone to their face that they resemble a, well, sleazeball? (Or that they should tell someone that and not get a less than positive response, I suppose.) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/3 "2003-12-27T21:40:43Z")
I range from Mr bean to Keanu Reeves. In all honesty I look nothing like Keanu Reeves, it was just a comment from a rather creepy mother of a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/4 "2003-12-27T22:04:54Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever been compared to anyone famous. Wait–back in Jr. high, someone told me that I looked a little like Alyssa Milano. Which I did. If you squinted, stood on your head, and took some serious drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/5 "2003-12-27T22:19:12Z")
A year ago someone told me that I looked like John Candy. ☹ I was not flattered. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/6 "2003-12-27T22:39:01Z")
In college I was told that I looked like Charles Gibson and Eddie Munster. Perhaps I should clarify at this point that I am female. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/7 "2003-12-27T23:54:53Z")
A guy was trying to hit on me once and told me I look like Alanis Morisette. Ugh. Guess who didn’t get a date (he was married with four kids and also pinned me against a wall, so the Alanis thig wasn’t the real deal breaker) ---
**Author:** ![abba21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@abba21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abba21)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/8 "2003-12-28T01:07:44Z")
I used to get the Tracy Gold thing a lot. Also Linda Blair. I guess it’s the pug nose and round face. At least I don’t get compared to a bulldog. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/9 "2003-12-28T01:44:57Z")
I was once told I looked like a younger Robert Redford. At was so long ago, at the time I had no idea who he was. I still only know he was an actor. It was also an elderly woman who made the statement. I didn’t know whether to be flattered or creeped out. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/10 "2003-12-28T02:34:00Z")
I get compared to George Michael, or more recently, Russell Crowe _smiles_ Here are the pics those comments tend to get made over: [Pic 1](http://www.members.optushome.com.au/boifriday/george2.jpg) [Pic 2](http://www.members.optushome.com.au/boifriday/george3.jpg) Don’t see it myself… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/11 "2003-12-28T03:18:55Z")
I used to be mistaken for Donny Osmond. Now I still will on rare occasions overhear: “Boy, Donny Osmond has really let himself go, hasn’t he?” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/12 "2003-12-28T04:24:16Z")
In our younger days, we were sometimes mistaken for [bats](http://community.webshots.com/photo/782975/784355). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/13 "2003-12-28T05:04:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*_"That **Sleazeball?!**?_, I ejaculated. And with those two words I managed to **be** insulted and insult someone else at the very same time. > > Whoops. Sorry! > > Quasi \*\* Ummm…yeah. You **ejaculated** on them? Ewwwww… ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/14 "2003-12-28T05:18:24Z")
When _Xena: Warrior Princess_ was showing regularly, I got lots of comments on how I looked like Lucy Lawless (I’m an inch taller to boot!). My brother told me I looked like Erin Gray (_Buck Rogers_ and _Silver Spoons_) but I can’t see it. Anyway, I went to a Xena/Hercules con and met Robert Trebor off the show. I got a lot of stares that day. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/15 "2003-12-28T05:29:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chimera \* > \*\*Ummm…yeah. You **ejaculated** on them? > > Ewwwww… \*\* You have to bring raincoats when you meet Quasi! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/16 "2003-12-28T06:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*You have to bring raincoats when you meet Quasi! 😃 \*\* **Guffaw**! I am _guffawing_ here, Dude! :D:D:D Love you and the **M** lady! Q ---
**Author:** ![BlackNGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BlackNGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackNGold)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/17 "2003-12-28T07:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chimera \* > \*\*Ummm…yeah. You **ejaculated** on them? > > Ewwwww… \*\* For me, this causes a dead-stop and laugh every time I read a Sherlock Holmes story: “Holmes!” I ejaculated. I imagine the good Dr. Watson’s pants are a mess. On topic, I used to be told I looked like Kiefer Sutherland all the time when I was younger. I never could see the resemblance myself. ---
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/18 "2003-12-28T08:18:59Z")
All throughout high school, I was told I looked like Jonathon Brandis. Now, I have to fish for comments that I look like someone else. ---
**Author:** ![danixa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@danixa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danixa)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/19 "2003-12-28T11:31:42Z")
I’ve been told I look like Julia Roberts, Chloe Maxwell, and once, Norah Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307/20 "2003-12-28T13:45:25Z")
I’ve been told I look like Wynonna Ryder. Hmmm. Sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-engage-brain-2-open-mouth-3-insert-foot-sorry-lady/221307.md?page=2)