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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (68688)	7/13/2007 9:02:35 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

Now I know that my stories about the car mechanic with eyes like Paul Newman, or the pest control guy who looked just like Steve McQueen were thought to be literary license, but finally I have the proof that I do NOT exaggerate these things. We've just returned from a week in the Bahamas (gratuitous explanation designed to evoke sighs of envy. Actually, if you felt any stabs of jealousy, don't. It was very hot and Nassau is not terribly clean and the prices are outrageous. I read six books and slept a lot.) On the flight home, I was settling in with my last paperback when a pleasant voice asked if I would like some champagne before departure. I looked up and there was Colin Powell, leaning over me with a tray of wine glasses. My first thought was, "ooo, free champagne!" My second was, "Well, you are better off now than you were five years ago." It was an odd sensation to be waited on by a Sec of State. I finally said, "I guess you hear all the time that you bear a very strong likeness to Colin Powell." "Actually, most people tell me I look like Brad Pitt." Which of course meant that he has heard it a few times. Then he told us he was an illegitimate half-brother. The guy had a whole comedy routine based on his resemblance. But finally he admitted, no, he just happens to look a great deal like Colin Powell. In fact, so much so that he was hired by Amstelgate Beer for a commercial to BE Colin Powell and he gave us the You Tube site so we could see it, along with showing us pictures of himself making the commercial. So here I offer proof that I do NOT exaggerate in my stories. He appears in the 36-39 seconds of the commercial. youtube.com As we deplaned, I told him he had my vote.