It's Official!

[ArcticChicken]

I have definitely been cloned by mad scientists!

So, several years ago, when I was getting my GED, the the community college I went to in order to prep had a fire drill. So there I was standing outside, reading my book, when a random girl starts talking to me like she knows me. She turns to look at me and exclaims "Oh, I thought you were my best friend! Sorry." and wanders off to find her real friend.

Later that week I was standing outside waiting for my bus, reading like usual, when a professor walks up to me and makes some flippant comment about how I 'always have my nose in a book' or some thing. I look up at him with a "who the fuck are you?" look and my face, and he says "Oh, I'm sorry I thought you were one of my students." And leaves.

Later, the the guy pizza place I would get my lunch at when I walked to the library ($3 for two slices of cheese and a soda, good pizza, too.) got my regular order confused with someone else's.

Then I moved to Philly. While I was walking home from the library (can you sense a theme here?) some man was outside doing yard work or whatever, and stopped me and asked me if I was <some guy>'s daughter. No, no I'm not.

A few months after that some random guy on the street stopped and tried to sell me something electronic. I was having none of it. He then proceeded to insist I was 'Chrissy', one of his friends college roommates, and that we used to hang out all the time, didn't I remember him? I'm not sure this one really counts, as he then proceeded to ask me out, and became indignant when I refused. No, jackass, it's not because you're black, it's because you're a perfect stranger, and you're creeping me out.

But then, yesterday, I was walking down the street after class, on my way to the train station this happened:

SG = some girl
Me = have a cookie

SG:"Molly!"
ME: *continues walking assuming she's talking to someone behind me*
SG: *walks up to me*
SG: "Molly, I like your new glasses!"
ME: :confused:
SG: ....
SG: "You're not Molly."
ME: "No."
SG: "Wow, I'm sorry, I'm so embarrassed."
ME: "Don't worry about it, that happens to me all the time. Some girl mistook me for her best friend once."
SG: "Thanks for not making me feel stupid."



You see? I must have a clone!
Mom swears that I wasn't twins, that's the only explanation!

That or someone is playing a massive prank on me.

[JessEm]

That or someone is playing a massive prank on me.

Did no one tell you your life was a prototype for the Truman Show? :p

Seriously, though, you have a doppelganger wandering around. Take care never to come in contact with her, you might cancel each other out.

[Evil Queen]

Hm, maybe you're the doppleganger?

*looks at ArcticChicken suspiciously*

[rvdammit]

Maybe they're mistaking you for the good twin? :roll:

[crazylegs]

That or someone is playing a massive prank on me.

Well now you've guessed, I suppose I better come clean... :angel::lol:

[Umingmaq]

My favorite similar moment came when I casually sat at a table in my company cafeteria across from someone I did not know at all, but who looked familiar. It wasn't until later that I realized that he was me, but without the beard I have worn for most of my life. Creepy. I never saw him again.

Later someone sent me a picture of me in an antique bathtub, beard and all. I was convinced that it was me, except that it never happened. It was an ad for an old house parts reseller, and when I called them they told me the picture was 10 years old or so and that they had no idea who it actually was.

I can't wait to find out whose picture appears over my obituary.

[AnaKhouri]

I used to have a co-worker who had a resemblance to me (except she was way skinnier, had longer hair and wore glasses). One day a lady came up and started to me like we were old pals, and it took a few moments for us to work out she was mistaken- she thought I was my co-worker! When I told the co-worker about it she said, "Oh, that was my future mother-in-law!". I was slightly confused; shouldn't one's future mother-in-law know what one looks like? We weren't THAT similar. :lol:

[BookstoreEscapee]

I have definitely been cloned by mad scientists!



Igorina (http://www.customerssuck.com/board/member.php?find=lastposter&t=26877)??? :blink:

I apparently went to high school with someone who looked a lot like me...I have no idea who, but one of my classmates once told me she had started talking to this girl in the hallway before realizing it wasn't me.

My best friend and I look a lot alike (moreso than either of us look like our siblings). Not twins, exactly, but we could trade driver's licenses... (in our first licenses we were even wearing the same color shirt and had our hair the same way).

[unclejampuff]

That happens to me a lot. I have a very stereotypical Irish face, so I don't entirely blame them for being mistaken. It's really bad when I'm in a town with a large Irish-American population(like Buffalo, yaaay :(). The only time it really got to me was when people thought I was this one crazy girl who lived in my hometown. Granted, she and I do look very alike, but my behavior was so completely different.. gah. Not crazy girl.

[Primer]

I have a couple of dopplegangers in Austin that I know of. I even saw one in traffic once.

The really fun one was when I was about 11 and my father came home from work, bewildered to find me at home. He thought he had just seen me up at the local ballpark playing with a bunch of other kids. Yes, that was one of my primary hangouts, but I was nowhere near there that day.

[Slytovhand]

I've heard that Becky gets that problem all the time.

And, come to think of it, so does Bella!!

So - go rob a bank - and then tell them it was your evil twin :devil:

[BookstoreEscapee]

So - go rob a bank - and then tell them it was your evil twin :devil:

But how do we know which one's the evil one? :confused:

[Becks]

I'm the evil one.

No one would ever suspect since I look innocent. :angel:

[Sylvia727]

I do this to people all the time. I'm horrible with faces, so I tend to memorize people by their 'furniture' - their hairstyle, cut, and color, the type of clothes they wear, general height and build, etc. So it's terribly easy for me to confuse people, especially from a distance or from the back.

One of my friends even commented on it to me recently. Her class lets out at the same time mine starts, so we frequently pass each other in front of the dorm hall. She asked, "How come you always squint at me?" "Making sure it's really you," didn't seem like a good answer for a friend to give, so I just shrugged and kept walking. I feel terrible but what can you do?

[Igorina]

I have definitely been cloned by mad scientists!



Igorina (http://www.customerssuck.com/board/member.php?find=lastposter&t=26877)??? :blink:


Don't look at me!:)

I work with insects. Or E.coli. Or parasitic vectors. No humans, nu-uh. No vertebrates at all, actually.

[ArcticChicken]

But how do we know which one's the evil one? :confused:

I'm not sure. We both have glasses, and I'm pretty sure that girl would have remarked if Molly had a goatee and I didn't. I suppose she might own a cowboy hat...

I suspect myself of being the evil twin, but then again, I can spend six hours on register at thanksgiving without killiung any one, so it's hard to tell.