Everybody Loves...

Posted at 05:03PM Feb 05, 2010 by pneditor in Status

Walking up behind me was the largest specimen of a guy I had ever seen outside a college football game. He had to be at least six foot four and was well over 250 pounds, but he carried all that weight with dignity, his shoulders back, his stride confident. He had ruddy cheeks, round glasses, and a much older man's haircut, the kind that stood up in the front about an inch and was matted down with gel in the back. He strode across the clearing, nodding to the Billings Girls like some aristocrat before reaching out a hand to smack palms with Dash, Gage, Josh, and the others.

"How are we all this fine evening?" he asked in his booming voice. He placed his hands over the fire, rubbed them together, and then held them out again.

Who was this guy? And why did he talk like he'd just stepped out of a Jane Austen novel?

Maybe you know his name, and maybe you don't. But what I really want to know is, do you know anyone like him? The kind of guy who's a complete original? An endless source of entertainment? And you just can't help but remember him for life? Got any stories about the one-of-a-kind characters in your life?

<3 Kate

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