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General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: ChelseySuzie on Oct 15, 2008, 02:24:16 AM

Title: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Oct 15, 2008, 02:24:16 AM
He came in to the restaurant I spend the vast majority of my time at for dinner.  My boss's fiancee's family is good friends with the Bidens so I'm sure they're friends with other political families.  They must have known him because she and her mother were talking to him about her little sister and how she got onto Homecoming court last year.

Anyways, we found out about an hour before he was supposed to come in, and we all started freaking out.  Yea, he's like so four years ago, but whatever!  It's not often that we get presidential candidates eating our food (Obama did order food to go from us last spring, but didn't order anything on the menu.  His wife Michelle was supposed to eat dinner one night but was held up late) I was talking to a table of mine about him coming there when I saw him walk into the bar and I said, "OMG THERE HE IS!"  He's much taller in person and has a lot more white hair than he used to.  I shook his hand and told him that I had voted for him in '04, he laughed and said, "This is a smart girl!"  He then patted me on the back and when I sort of hugged him back, I think I felt a gun or some sort of weird device on his side.

So yea, that was my somewhat exciting night.  My friend actually got to wait on him, but I was glad to not have that kind of pressure (even though they were the only table there at the time).  Next time someone asks me about our shrimp and scallops over risotto I'll tell them that John Kerry ate it and loved it.  They may affect my tips in either a negative or positive way though.  It's kind of funny that he showed up because my boyfriend and a bandmate were playing an acoustic set at a local college for a rally for Obama, and he told me that Kerry wasn't even there. 

I think that if John McCain called to eat dinner there, we'd probably tell him that we're closed.  :razz:
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Derrick on Oct 15, 2008, 06:39:11 AM
Bradley Effect, habeeb it.
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 15, 2008, 02:10:43 PM
a "gun on his side"?? A penis!!
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 15, 2008, 08:49:47 PM
<Ace>"Your gun is digging into my hip."</Ace>

I think that if John McCain called to eat dinner there, we'd probably tell him that we're closed.  :razz:

That's one classy restaurant you have there.
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2008, 10:51:02 PM
Hey they have a rainbow Donkey Sticker on the front glass.
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Oct 16, 2008, 10:43:56 AM
<Ace>"Your gun is digging into my hip."</Ace>

I think that if John McCain called to eat dinner there, we'd probably tell him that we're closed.  :razz:

That's one classy restaurant you have there.


We try  :)
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: The D on Oct 16, 2008, 04:17:21 PM
I'd let McCain eat there. I'd just spit in his food.  ;D
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Bernie AKA on Oct 17, 2008, 09:43:41 AM
What a great evening, Chelsey!   :D
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Wickedly Yours E on Oct 17, 2008, 10:03:23 AM
Pretty nifty!
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2008, 04:25:42 PM
Awesome.  I don't think it was a gun either, though.  It was probably a bottle of ketchup.  I'm certain if you had asked nicely, he would've autographed it and given it to you.  God bless Heinz.
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Derrick on Oct 21, 2008, 07:02:50 AM
Pics or it didn't happen.

I'm shocked no one said this by now.
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Oct 21, 2008, 12:06:23 PM
I wanted to get a picture with him so bad, but I was afraid that my boss or somebody wouldn't let me.  Though after he left, my boss's fiance goes, "Aw, we should have gotten a picture with him.  They like that stuff!"
Title: Re: I got to meet John Kerry!
Post by: Bernie AKA on Oct 21, 2008, 01:52:31 PM
The height perception & hair description nail it - he was there.  Tall thin guys always look gigantic in person.  People used to freak out when meeting my ex, no matter how many pictures they saw of us together with me almost a foot & a half shorter.