# I'm at a restaurant in SLC. Guess who I am sitting not ten feet away from, facing them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948 "2015-01-16T01:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/1 "2015-01-16T01:25:11Z")
It’s Mitt Romney. Mundane pointless had to share. ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/2 "2015-01-16T01:30:20Z")
Can you still eat? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/3 "2015-01-16T02:18:59Z")
Did you shout “please run!” Jon Stuart needs the material. And I want to get another shot at figuring out his taxes. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/4 "2015-01-16T02:31:20Z")
Go introduce yourself as one of the 48%. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/5 "2015-01-16T02:36:18Z")
What’s he wearing? What’s he eating? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/6 "2015-01-16T03:21:15Z")
Is his hair perfectly styled? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/7 "2015-01-16T03:23:27Z")
And what kind of restaurant are you in? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/8 "2015-01-16T04:24:05Z")
Gotta be the Cheesecake Factory. Mitt is nuts about the Toasted Marshmallow S’Mores Galore. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/9 "2015-01-16T04:51:17Z")
Buy him a cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/10 "2015-01-16T05:41:01Z")
Where’s SLC? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/11 "2015-01-16T05:45:39Z")
Salt Lake City, Utah. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/12 "2015-01-16T05:48:35Z")
does he pay with cash or credit card? I saw Steve Ballmer once in a Tullys coffee shop. Where I was sitting didn’t give a clear view of how he paid for his latte. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/13 "2015-01-16T06:17:31Z")
What’s he eating? Not that I really care; I couldn’t think of anything about him that I really care about. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/14 "2015-01-16T06:39:12Z")
Did he seem visibly unsettled about being in close proximity to The Poor? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/15 "2015-01-16T06:49:26Z")
Did he bring his dog inside? Or did he just leave it on the roof of his car? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/16 "2015-01-16T07:55:51Z")
Well don’t just sit there! Go up and donate all your money to him and his campaign! ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/17 "2015-01-16T08:52:37Z")
Upon reading the thread title, I immediately guessed “Weird Al Yankovic.” I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![48Willys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/db5fbb/32.png) [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/18 "2015-01-16T09:33:16Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Upon reading the thread title, I immediately guessed “Weird Al Yankovic.” > I was wrong. X2. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/19 "2015-01-16T09:37:35Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What’s he wearing? What’s he eating? A hemp dashiki, purple Crocs and a cardboard crown. A small stack of Zwiebacks and a teacup filled with warm mayonnaise. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-a-restaurant-in-slc-guess-who-i-am-sitting-not-ten-feet-away-from-facing-them/709948/20 "2015-01-16T12:28:17Z")
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