I always get tiramisu and Napoleon cake mixed up. For some reason, I think the swirly top of Napoleon cake is what tiramisu should look like.
It’s not too bad because either way you still end up with a tasty dessert. I have a slight preference for Napoleon cake, though, so I have been mildly disappointed a few times.
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Jake Gyllenhaall: http://imdb.com/media/rm4172389632/nm0350453
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Toby Maguire: http://imdb.com/media/rm3937508608/nm0001497
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Absolutely!
They’re not the same person?
I also do the Al Pacino/Robert de Niro one. It drives my husband absolutely bonkers.
I also get Matthew McConaughey mixed up with every other actor on the planet. He just doesn’t leave any kind of impression on me.
I’ve just recently learned the difference between an artichoke and an avocado. That could’ve made for some interesting guacamole.
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Dustin Hoffman/ Al Pacino/ Robert De Niro.
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My brain can never tell Hoffman & Pacino apart.
Matthew Broderick and Matthew Perry.
Left and Right. Seriously. Much the same idea, totally arbitrary distinction.
On TV I watched part of a Johnny Depp movie called Chill Factor. When I looked the movie up in the IMDb, I was started to learn that Johnny Depp wasn’t in it at all. It was Skeet Ulrich.
I finally thought of who it is that I confuse with Julia Stiles: Kirsten Dunst.
There are other under-30 actresses that I can’t keep straight, but those two really morph into each other regularly.
And then there’s Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet and Toni Collette. Not in looks so much as the types of roles they’ve had and the whole Aussie thing.
And, hey, the younger males are easy for me to interchange, too.
I’m sure there’s little real difference between this crowd and the Troy Donahue, Tab Hunter, Doug McClure and Crispin Glover group, but I get the impression that the cookie cutter just changes shapes every 5-10 years, depending on the casting clique.
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) and Todd McFarlane (Spawn).
They’re both popular “cartoonists” for my generation.
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Hah! I always get Kurt Russell and Patrick Swayze mixed up.
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Which is why I came into this thread.
Culinary delight doesn’t mean what I thought it did. And I am no longer welcome at Olive Garden…
I tend to confuse the titles of the films “Lion in Winter” and “Man for All Seasons.” The problems of Henry II or Henry VIII–what’s the difference?
And I have more than once embarassingly confused the names of authors PG Wodehouse and PD James.
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I used to confuse the words “cavalry” and “calvary”.
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The phrase “hung like a horse” comes to mind.
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Mushrooms and marshmallows. My entire life I’ve been saying mushrooms when I really mean marshmallows. I just can’t ever get marshmallow to come out on the first try.
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I have the same problem with the colors orange and purple. I’m not color blind; I can see the difference, but my brain has swapped the labels.
I’ve recently learned, that both my Father and my older boy have the same problem.
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And then there’s Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet and Toni Collette. Not in looks so much as the types of roles they’ve had and the whole Aussie thing.
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Psst… Kate Winslet is English.
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Brian Cox, and Albert Finney
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If you’d seen Super Troopers you’d stop doing that 
I get ice hockey teams mixed up.
The Detroit Flyers, Montreal Maple Leafs, Toronto Blue Jackets…
The only ones I always remember correctly are the Lightning (because they’re just down the road) and the Ducks, because of the stupid movies.
Kid Rock and Chris Rock. I’m still not sure who Kid Rock is.
Kate Bosworth and Kate Beckinsale. They are both super hot actresses. I guess that one is blond and the other brunette, but given their names, I can’t remember which is which.
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I finally thought of who it is that I confuse with Julia Stiles: Kirsten Dunst.
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I often get Erika Christensen mixed up with Julia Stiles.
Well, since looks count, I almost always mistake Neil Patrick Harris for Christopher Masterson.
This isn’t mine, but it’s too good not to share. One night we were sitting around the campfire with my husband’s family when my brother-in-law suggested that we sing some Bob Denver tunes. He meant John Denver, of course—Bob Denver being the guy who played Gillian on “Gilligan’s Island.”
I also had a hell of a time trying to convince my best friend that Steven Tyler is not the lead singer of the Rolling Stones. I think she was mesmerized by the lips.
Chris Rock/Tucker.
Bill Paxton/Pullman.
