Reply #11: I guess this is true! [View All]

I also understand that you can't always get a second chance to make a good first impression. However, it is also true that we were meeting people after the event in a pure haze and were not even conscious of our own names at that point. We were dazed. We had no idea that we were going to be called up on a stage in front of a raucous crowd and allowed to stand behind and to the side of John Kerry as he gave a short speech. We had no idea that we would be so near the lovely and warm and incredible THK. It was, for some us, a rather singular and overwhelming event.

After the principles left and we had a chance to remove our collective jaws from the floor, we attempted to communicate using recognizable human vocal patterns, with relative degrees of success. At this, alas, we may have somewhat failed. As yet another caring and supportive JK person, you will, no doubt, explain the extraordinary specialness of this occasion and our deepest regrets that we didn't function up to maximum level. (The attempt was made. However, the part of the brain that controls recognition, speech and manners was disabled due to blown bits and pieces that invaded from the other parts of the head that had just blown up.) There were several people there who had only ever seen THK & JK either on tv or as part of huge crowds in 2004. The up-close-and-personal thing was a bit, to say the least, overwhelming.

Perhaps you can convey these sentiments and our apologies. We are but human, after all.