[kenrexford]

I just today stumbled across a blog discussion of a surreal experience someone had running into a strange person randomly. The description of the strange person made me laugh, because I knew instantly who the person was, only to find confirmation later.

It reminded me of a few people I have known who have "big" personalities, people you meet in life that you will never forget. Not necessarily (and usually not) the glitter people. Rather, just "big."

My favorite example was a guy I never met but only heard about through a friend who did meet him. I think his name was Earl.

Earl live(d? s?) in way upstate Michigan. My friend and his family live many hours south in Ohio. Two Earl stories.

After my friend's folks ran into Earl one weekend in upstate Michigan, they drove hours south to go home. As they usually did, they went to a specific local restaurant for dinner on Sunday night after arriving home. In the lounge of that restaurant was a man who was a dead-ringer for Earl. (Actually, it WAS Earl.) When approached, however, the man (Earl) refused to admit that he was Earl and in fact got extremely hostile and angry. He never gave up his secret but just later drove home.

Another time, Earl drove back faster than the Ohioans and waited for them to get home. When they left again for the restaurant, Earl and his buddy broke into their house to find their camera. The buddy then took a picture of Earl butt naked in their house, with a perplexed look on his face. They then just left back for Michigan. The first this was noticed was when the photos were developed at the store (with some strange looks upon picking them up).

Any big people stories?

[ggwhiz]

Some are easy.

When I first started playing Bridge, my buddies told me about a Montreal couple, the Kofflers. At one tournament, they said she was 8 months pregnant, scurrying under tables on hands and knees while 10 players tried to tackle her husband, hot in pursuit yelling "I'll keeeel you!"

My first out of town tourney, come up against this pair where the hubby goes into a massive tank. After a couple of minutes, his wife (pard) lifts her head, looks at him and BAM, drills her forehead into the table.

Picks hersef up and says "Are you going to bid or NOT!"

I just looked at my pard and mouthed "Kofflers?"

BTW, they are happily married to this day.

[Al_U_Card]

Ady and Nancy?

A classic bridge couple....

[Fluffy]

In spain we have a kofflers couple also, not phisically violent but verbally....

Once she said: -You play worse than you f**k!

the oponnent replied: But you like it so much!