# The funniest case of person mis-identification you had or saw?

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**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-case-of-person-mis-identification-you-had-or-saw/498791 "2009-06-05T06:34:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funniest-case-of-person-mis-identification-you-had-or-saw/498791/5 "2009-06-05T12:52:15Z")

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Something I posted to a similar thread awhile back:

> [@Odd siblings you have known.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-siblings-you-have-known/417006/17):
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> Many, many years ago I became friends with a guy named Lance. Cool guy, we had a lot in common, and wound up hanging out quite a lot.
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> After maybe six months or so, I was walking through the mall when I saw him coming the other way. “Hey, Lance…”, I said, “…what’s going on. Didn’t know you were heading out here today”.
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> “I’m not Lance”, was his reply.
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> “Yeah, ok, funny. So, wanna grab some food?”
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> “Seriously man…I don’t know you. I’m not Lance, I’m his twin brother”.
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> Turns out he wasn’t lying. Lance had a twin brother, and the two pretty much couldn’t stand each other. Never even knew the guy existed.

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