# Celebrity Shopping! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 1999, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187 "1999-08-26T07:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187/21 "1999-08-26T23:08:00Z")
Ted Knight on 2nd Ave. in NYC. Paul Anka in record store (!) in NYC. Charlie Gibson (ex-GMA) on plane from London to Venice for G-7 Economic Summit. Brian Keith at L.B. Pearson Airport in Toronto (Toronto - LA flight). Al Haig at the U.S. mission to the UN (NYC). Brooke Shields and Shirley MacLaine at the Rio de Janeiro Intercontinental Hotel for the UN World Conference on Environment and Development. ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187/22 "1999-08-27T00:07:00Z")
How could I forget the Velvet Fog!! (elevator of Kimberly Hotel - NYC) ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Hall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@Rich\_Hall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Hall)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187/23 "1999-08-27T11:20:00Z")
Iäve seen them all. They are just regular folks. I think Ringo and Yasser Arafat are the same person. Just tell me, have you ever seen them together? When Arafat was going to college in London, that just happened to be the Beatles touring years. Coincidence? I have also met the Rutles. Nasty does not actually play bass! As proof that I have met celebrities, I collect their used chewing gum. I lost most of them, but I do have Madonna and Bob hope, stored in zip lock bags. ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187/24 "1999-08-27T13:09:00Z")
Rich: ROTFLMAO!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 1999, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187/25 "1999-08-28T07:09:00Z")
Stoidela tells us not to assume a particular gender, so everyone assumes that it’s a female. Huh? * * * -Ryan " ‘Ideas on Earth were badges of friendship or enmity. Their content did not matter.’ " -Kurt Vonnegut, \* Breakfast of Champions \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-shopping/7187.md?page=1)