The Never Ending Topic

[Keith Whitener]

Today I got, "I thought 'Oh my god this guy looks like fuckin Arnold Horshack!!!' That's not a bad thing. I think it's neat."

Two weeks ago, two different people, told me I look and sound like Jeff Goldblum.

When I was on Facebook, someone had tagged me as Borat. Not Sacha Baron Cohen, but Borat. Thanks. I look like a guy who intentionally doesn't bathe for weeks to make the caricature that he's portraying more authentic and funny.

Next I need someone to say, "You look vaguely Middle Eastern. Jew? Arab?"

[yesno]

I've gotten:

Pee Wee Herman (when I have short hair)

Emo Phillips

The above two are inevitable when you have dark hair, are thin or nearly so, with pale skin.

On the more positive front when I had longer hair I got Tom Cruise multiple times.  And I got my first girlfriend in middle school because I had a skater cut like the kid from Terminator 2.

[JonFromMaplewood]

For me, the sad part is the progression over my life: I have gone from a young Elliott Gould to David Schwimmer to "a tall Paul Giamatti."

[masterofsparks]

I have honestly never been told that I look like a celebrity. I usually get "You remind me of my brother," but I think that's usually more of a personality thing than an appearance thing.

[kittykittymeowmixhead]

This isn't exactly on this topic but it's related...Every now and then (more frequently when I was younger, like in high school), people come up to me and ask "how tall are you?" Like in a bar some stranger will just ask me that. Like it's public information and they have a right to know. If someone came up to me and said "what time is it?" I would think they were rude, let alone "how tall are you?" Secondly, I'm obviously short, why would I want to be reminded by some strange dude that I'm 'not normal'?? Lastly, who cares??

People. Honestly.

[Christina]

This isn't exactly on this topic but it's related...Every now and then (more frequently when I was younger, like in high school), people come up to me and ask "how tall are you?" Like in a bar some stranger will just ask me that. Like it's public information and they have a right to know. If someone came up to me and said "what time is it?" I would think they were rude, let alone "how tall are you?" Secondly, I'm obviously short, why would I want to be reminded by some strange dude that I'm 'not normal'?? Lastly, who cares??

People. Honestly.

I get that on the opposite end of the spectrum - total strangers asking me how tall I am, or asking me to get things off higher shelves for them in stores. Or did I play basketball etc.

[buffcoat]

And I got my first girlfriend in middle school because I had a skater cut like the kid from Terminator 2.

She told you this?

[masterofsparks]

This isn't exactly on this topic but it's related...Every now and then (more frequently when I was younger, like in high school), people come up to me and ask "how tall are you?" Like in a bar some stranger will just ask me that. Like it's public information and they have a right to know. If someone came up to me and said "what time is it?" I would think they were rude, let alone "how tall are you?" Secondly, I'm obviously short, why would I want to be reminded by some strange dude that I'm 'not normal'?? Lastly, who cares??

People. Honestly.

I get that on the opposite end of the spectrum - total strangers asking me how tall I am, or asking me to get things off higher shelves for them in stores. Or did I play basketball etc.

This happens to my wife all the time. I guess guys used to use some variation of "Wow, you're tall" as an approach, apparently not realizing how much it pissed her off.

[AndrewVDill]

Best I ever got:  Orlando Bloom/Bret from Flight of the Conchords


Worst: "Carrot Top, but with brown hair."

[fonpr]

Worst: "Carrot Top, but with brown hair."

What would one call a brown haired Carrot Top?   

Potato Skin Top?    Nooooooooooo.

[chrisfoll577]

I've gotten Eugene Mirman, or as the lady at work put it: "The Guy on the Mike-FM commercial".  I love Eugene Mirman to death, but I wish she had not made the comparison.

[yesno]

And I got my first girlfriend in middle school because I had a skater cut like the kid from Terminator 2.

She told you this?

Yes.

[buffcoat]

At various times when I've gotten a shorter than normal haircut, people will say "Nazi."  As a blond, blue-eyed, pale American, that hurts!  Although I'm not actually being discriminated against, now I totally know what discrimination is like.


Another time, my homeroom teacher in high school, apropos of nothing, on the last day of school asked me if I were Swedish.  Despite my non-Swedish name, the fact that I was from the town I was in, and I'd never worn any sort of national Swedish costume.

Yorgen vorgen I was angry!

[oilcantim]

At various times when I've gotten a shorter than normal haircut, people will say "Nazi."  As a blond, blue-eyed, pale American, that hurts!  Although I'm not actually being discriminated against, now I totally know what discrimination is like.

Maybe if your eyes weren't so clearly full of hate, this wouldn't be a problem!  Also, stop bossing people around about cream.

[fonpr]

At various times when I've gotten a shorter than normal haircut,

Nazi!