# Alternate Universes, or Life Imitates Art

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 31, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-universes-or-life-imitates-art/262444 "2004-08-31T17:47:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-universes-or-life-imitates-art/262444/1 "2004-08-31T17:47:31Z")

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So over in Great Debates we are engaged in a thread in which nonexistent monarchs are engaged in assaulting mathematicians – and, being a Heinlein fan, the first thing that comes to mind is “The Number of the Beast.”

The fact that the Jefferson County, NY, USDA Agent is a gentleman named Paul Remillard, and Maureen Johnson lives not far from him, while Woody Smith formerly lived nearby but moved to a larger city – no, they didn’t tickle my fancy with literary allusions at all! 😉

Anyone else have little oddities of this sort crop up that produce “life imitates art” doubletakes in their lives?

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-universes-or-life-imitates-art/262444/2 "2004-08-31T18:07:40Z")

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Well, my wife’s name is Grace Kelly and she’s not a very good driver…

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**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-universes-or-life-imitates-art/262444/3 "2004-08-31T19:03:35Z")

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Jennifer Weiner, whose name is _very_ similar to mine (in fact, I learned as a child that it was easier to answer to “Jennifer Weiner” than it was to try and remind people of my actual name), has written two books (_Good in Bed_ and _In Her Shoes_) containing characters that could very well be me in a slightly altered parallel dimension.

It kinda freaks me out, actually. 🙂