Numero uno: About five years ago, I was at a function in Williamson County, which is just south of Austin. This was a rural BBQ cook-off and after it was over, me and the locals were having a few brews in the Polish Hall.

After a little BS'ing, thhe guy next to me asks me a question. This fellow was probably in his early '60's and was right off the tractor. He had on overalls, a plaid shirt and his Lone Star Feed cap. So the question he asked me was NOT what I expected. What he asked me was:

"Did you know my daughter was Miss Universe three years ago?" (Maybe he said Miss World, can't remember for sure.)

WHAT THE FUCK? REALLY?!?

Turns out that yes, she was. He showed me her business card from her current job as a reporter for a Bryan, Texas TV station. Underneath her name was "Miss Universe" (or "Miss World") (Can't remember the year).

Numero dos: I work downtown and there's this cool guy named Rick that has a shoeshine operation right outside our building's door, down in the tunnel level. He does pretty well with it. Sometimes, he's gone for days at a time. I always hope he's not sick or having some sort of problem.

Turns out he's doing jussssst fiiinnnnne.

He's shining my shoes yesterday and another guy comes up and asks Rick how the tour was. Rick says it was great.

I ask him what kind of tour, and he says he's a musician. I ask him what kind of music and he says "Rythym and blues". I ask him what band he plays in and he says:

"I am the drummer for Frankie Beverly and Maze".

WHAT THE FUCK? REALLY?!?

I check out Maze's website and Rick is not listed as the drummer, but the guy that IS listed is also charactized as the "on again/off again" drummer. I check out Rick's story with some of the people down here who would know, and they all verify that yes - Rick is the drummer for Frankie Beverly and Maze.

I love life! I love people! You never know who you're gonna meet!

WTF

that's what makes it interesting to get to know people better

Here's another one:

My brother and I were in NYC a few years ago, and we went to some hot club. I think it was called Tattoo but I don't remember.

Anyway, there's an African-American lady dressed rather outlandishly. My brother cannot resist striking up a conversation with her, mainly to have a story to tell his buddies back home. He figures she's a nut. So he goes over and approaches her. I stay behind, not wanting to be part of the debacle.

Not two minutes into the converstation, he comes back to me and says, "Bro - you have GOT to meet this woman! Come on!" Before I can resist, we're all toegther in a group. My brother says,

"I would like to introduce you to Sharon Nelson. She is Prince's sister."

WHAT THE FUCK? REALLY?!?

Yep, she was. She was very nice. This was during the time of the symbol name. She said Prince changed his name to get out of his Warner Brothers' contract, because they were dicking him over. (She didn't say "dicking". She was very nice.)

At that time, she was interested in promoting her and Prince's dad, John L. I told her I was hooked up in Houston and could make arrangements to get John L. some bookings. Sharon gave me a copy of John L.'s CD "Father's Song" which, interestingly enough, does not have that particular song on it.

But it does have other songs in which Prince played - albeit under the non de plume "Gemini".

It is my rarest Prince possession.

So you never know! Life is great!

BTW, I never heard back from Sharon, and I never saw where John L. ever came through Houston.

So what are YOUR "WTF" moments? When has someone's true identity surprised you?

I was walking down the street and there was a rotund gentleman in a suit, (nobody else in my town hangs out in a suit on a Saturday afternoon). So I look at him for a while and decide to take my chances "Are you BB King?" I know, very embarassing that I have to ask and he said "Yes I am" and he pulled me and my boyfriend around the corner into an alley, and gave us Lucille badges he had his pocket full of them!

Then he asked us to escort him to some record shops, where he wanted to look which of his albums they stocked

ZombieKitten said:

AWESOME!

RodeoSchro said: