Do you ever consider celebrities your age from your hometown area, and think, why didn't I turn out

closeupready

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:05 PM
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Do you ever consider celebrities your age from your hometown area, and think, why didn't I turn out

Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 02:06 PM by closeupready

like that? You know, rich, famous, charmed life, the whole bit. (in my case, Cindy Crawford would be a good example.)

Then again, when I really look back at my own life, I realize there are good reasons why I turned out just as I did, and that I should feel grateful that I am where I am.

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MrCoffee

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:08 PM
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1. i grew up within 5 miles of three MLB pitchers...and was dumb enough to play catcher

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closeupready

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:09 PM
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2. Ok, so your excuse is that your dumb?

Edited on Wed Oct-31-07 02:10 PM by closeupready

got it. :D :rofl: (join the club... lol - I guess my excuse would be that I'm ugly.)

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MrCoffee

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:11 PM
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3. you ever catch a 92 mph fastball? i'm a moran for doing that.

damn near broke my hand.

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KitchenWitch

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:13 PM
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4. My son is a catcher who sometimes pitches

I wish he would pitch more and catch less.

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closeupready

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:14 PM
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5. wow.

That's amazing - 92mph, is that how fast they throw them?? :wow: Scary.

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MrCoffee

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:42 PM
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7. in HS, it's friggin' terrifying

scared the bejeezus out of me behind the plate. i hated calling for fastballs.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:19 PM
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6. Can't think of many celebrities my age from my area...

The band Good Charlotte started up in Waldorf, Maryland, which was one county over. The lead singer dated Hilary Duff for a while, who became hated because she referred to Waldorf as a "ghetto" (Waldorf is a suburban, predominatly middle class town, so Duff came off rather airheaded).

I went to college with the girl who married the lead singer of Creed (Woo-Hoo! :eyes:). Apparently, the singer got drunk on the honeymoon flight and spent the first weekend of married life in jail. And then he got arrested again for throwing things at her. She was Miss New York or something like that. But I really didn't know her.

Then I went to law school and did some studying with the girl who married Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrelle Willis. He too got drunk the weekend they got married and got a DUI. Hmm, I sense a pattern here.

But that's about it. I can't say I envy any of them. Now, if somebody I knew growing up becomes President, that might be a different story.

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closeupready

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:53 PM
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8. I don't know anyone who ever grew up to be president.

I don't even think I'd want to have a beer with any of 'em, either. :D

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StrongBad

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Wed Oct-31-07 02:55 PM
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9. Sometimes

I grew up in the same town as Kevin Smith, and while I do think he's only moderately talented, I definitely have to give him props for taking a huge risk in trying to fulfill his dream. So more than anything seeing his experience was inspiring.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Wed Oct-31-07 03:03 PM
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10. Had an ex who lived in that area

Monmouth County, right?

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StrongBad

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Wed Oct-31-07 03:26 PM
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12. Yeah exactly

More specifically, Leonardo, New Jersey.

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trof

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Wed Oct-31-07 03:23 PM
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11. Yeah, I look at Gomer and Goober and think

"Why THEM and not ME?"

Jim Nabors as
Gomer Pyle

George Lindsey as
Goober Pyle

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