I don't know when it exactly started but I do know why. For years now anytime I go somewhere with my wife and children within minutes someone says the name of a celebrity and the rest of us look to see who they're referring to. This began as a means of keeping our children occupied at some event, like waiting at my oldest daughter's 6th grade graduation. Whoever had the idea that families should all sit and wait through a graduation ceremony for the end of every school, elementary school, middle school, etc., never had to sit through one with a 5 year old. I'll tackle that subject another time.
Anyway, I digress, as a means of keeping the children, and their father, entertained, my wife started celebrity spotting.
This activity reached an all time high when the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie came out and we vacationing in Santa Cruz. One of the kids started it and it just went on and on. There are blocks in Santa Cruz where there's a lot of people roaming around that look like they could have played Johnny Depp's double in the "Pirates" movies. One day the kids spotted Johnny Depp 13 times between the boardwalk and downtown.
Another high point of the game was at my daughter-in-law's college graduation. It was on the lawn on the campus, in late May, temperature near 100. It was a miracle there weren't more people with water bottles and water balloons starting something. This time it wasn't Johnny Depp that was seen every where you looked. The name I heard most was "Snookie". The first time I heard the name I looked just in time to see a rather large young lady wearing a dress, I think it was a dress, that was about 3 sizes to small with orange skin and her handing standing at least 2 feet above her head. After that I didn't bother trying to see who people were referring to when they said, "I see Snookie again".
Some people may not think it is nice, but it can be a fun diversion. And, every once in awhile you actually do see a celebrity. On one trip to Disneyland, coming out of Autotopia I grabbed my wife's arm and said "look, it's Teri Hatcher!" My wife didn't even turn around and just said, "yeah right." She finally looked when she heard somebody walking by saying they had just seen Teri Hatcher. Yes, it was Teri Hatcher at Disneyland. Once in awhile.
Anyway, I digress, as a means of keeping the children, and their father, entertained, my wife started celebrity spotting.
This activity reached an all time high when the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie came out and we vacationing in Santa Cruz. One of the kids started it and it just went on and on. There are blocks in Santa Cruz where there's a lot of people roaming around that look like they could have played Johnny Depp's double in the "Pirates" movies. One day the kids spotted Johnny Depp 13 times between the boardwalk and downtown.
Another high point of the game was at my daughter-in-law's college graduation. It was on the lawn on the campus, in late May, temperature near 100. It was a miracle there weren't more people with water bottles and water balloons starting something. This time it wasn't Johnny Depp that was seen every where you looked. The name I heard most was "Snookie". The first time I heard the name I looked just in time to see a rather large young lady wearing a dress, I think it was a dress, that was about 3 sizes to small with orange skin and her handing standing at least 2 feet above her head. After that I didn't bother trying to see who people were referring to when they said, "I see Snookie again".
Some people may not think it is nice, but it can be a fun diversion. And, every once in awhile you actually do see a celebrity. On one trip to Disneyland, coming out of Autotopia I grabbed my wife's arm and said "look, it's Teri Hatcher!" My wife didn't even turn around and just said, "yeah right." She finally looked when she heard somebody walking by saying they had just seen Teri Hatcher. Yes, it was Teri Hatcher at Disneyland. Once in awhile.
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