This thread was inspired by an incidental comment
by Yue Han on another thread (a mournful thread that I didn’t to mar with frivolity):
**See, my friend’s new girlfriend… err… looks like a raccoon.
And I really wanna say “Ah, it’s Ranger Chris, who loves all woodland creatures, but especially raccoons.” That would be wrong.
Wrong wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.
God help me. **
And suddenly I was reminded of all the people I’ve
known who bore striking resemblances to animals.
P. - who eventually married a good friend of mine, but
15 years ago, my friend’s sister said “He looks like
a turtle,” and danged if he didn’t! Every time I see
him I check to see if he still does. Yup.
L. - who (and there’s no two ways about it) looked like
a goldfish. I can’t say why (she was pretty enough)
but that was most people’s secret reaction
Once I was with a group of friends at a hotel, trying
to track her down, and our efforts to describe her
(slim, olive skin, 5’ 4") were getting nowhere until
I used the “G” word. There was a collective gasp of
shock and relief (they were all thinking it) but the
guy at the desk immediately knew who she was.
So… anyone else know people like this, or should I quit
storing isotopes in my garage?