Flattered, but I'm not Jeannette Lee - Funny

No, I'm not Alice either!

allie said:
Hey Sunny, how are you doing? :)

When I played in my very first WPBA event back in 1998, someone came up to me with a magazine and asked me to autograph it. I was somewhat bewildered, and replied "Sorry, but I'm not Jeanette Lee." The guy came back with "Of course not! You're Jennifer Chen, right?"

I remember that incident almost more than how my matches went that event. It was pretty funny to me....

Alice Rim

P.S. I think people have accidentally called me "Sunny" too when I was still living in the Midwest. :p

Oh, no, don't you get me started, Alice. Remember when your name was listed to be an attendance for the Glass City Open 2006 and you didn't show? I was there to watch Josh play and I had to run from people calling "Alice, Alice, can I have your autograph?"

Hmm:rolleyes: I owe you.

Sunny - your distant sister in law who married your sister's husband's brother!:p
 
jay helfert said:
This must be my job here. Lee Boyar was a noted photgrapher and pool enthusiast. Her classic photos of some of the old time greats are still reproduced and sold as posters. I have seen them in pool halls all over America.

Her husband Marshall was a successful real estate developer and part time anouncer for various products. He had a great sense of humor, and a booming voice. He was often hired to do the announcing at Los Angeles area pool tournaments in the 70's and early 80's.

Marshall passed away in the mid 80's. Lee is still alive I think. She would be in her late 60's to early 70's now. We all know Asian women live forever and still look good. :) I want one too, but they all seem to be taken.

What? I thought you already got one of your own.
 
jay helfert said:
Sunny, If this is the tourney held at the Coeur D'alene Casino, Luat won that one and beat Alex in the Finals. I was the T.D. and promoter. We had something like 178 players (maybe more) and yes Gerda played real well, finishing something like 9-12th overall. Too bad we never got to do that one again.

The nearest motels were 20-30 miles away. I remember that too. I heard they have a hotel there now.

You are right, Jay! Luat was the winner (you've got a memory of an elephant). It really was a great tournament with lots of big names. Yeah, I can't believe that tourny didn't become an annual event. It was huge with local media coverage and all.

Jay, I didn't know then you were the promoter, but thank you, I had a great time there. It was one of my very first "pro" tounament I went to watch and look what you have created!

S.
 
sunnyday said:
Last night I went to a benefit auction to support a cause. A local girl was attacked by a pit bull and needed some support. I volunteered to be an auctioneer model? and maybe make a purchase or two...

At the auction, a lady walked up to me and asked me to autograph her jacket and I simply thought she wanted to remember this event by getting everyone's signature on her jacket. As she turns her back to me to sign, I noticed that no one else has signed her jacket. Something told me to ask, "and why do you want me to sign your jacket?" She replied with a huge grin and said, "my husband watches you on TV all the time and he will never believe that I saw you here!"

I had to tell that lady that I wasn't Jeannette Lee. I think I broke her heart, she thought she had met a celebrity.

Just for the record, I am flattered, but I don't have any similar feature to Jeannette Lee. It just amazes me how most people think "we" all look alike :rolleyes:

S.

Several years ago, my mother, who was white, and I, started to watch
the Orange Bowl. All of the skill positions were manned by black
players. Almost all the linemen were white.
My mother looks over at me and very innocently says, " Is it
just me or do all those white guys look alike?'
I cracked up.
 
crosseyedjoe said:
What? I thought you already got one of your own.

She's in the Philipines. That doesn't count. :) She is a little doll though.

I'd like to find one a little more local, like less than 6,000 miles away.
 
This happens to my friend Chandra too. Here is a pic of her in Vegas with Jeanette!:)

Jeanette.jpg
 
gutshot said:
This happens to my friend Chandra too. Here is a pic of her in Vegas with Jeanette!:)

Jeanette.jpg

All I got to say is that George won the Grand Prize! Beautiful, smart and plays great. What more could a man ask for?
 
jay helfert said:
I've got a good one for you if you saw the movie Pool Hall Junkies. There is a couple of scenes where they feature a character called Toupee Jay, who is the Tournament Director. Yes, this character is patterned after me (I actually signed a "release" for them to use my name), but "I" was played by a character actor named Richard Portnoy, who does resemble me.

After the movie came out, someone came up to me and complimented me on my fine acting in the film. I had to laugh when I told him it wasn't "me". He didn't seem to grasp that an actor was playing the part.

In fact, a couple of other people asked me if I was in the film. They did a good job of casting is all I have to say.

Jay, I really didn't see the resemblence. I imagine you to be much taller than Portnoy. I watched the movie on TV & he couldn't have been more than 18 inches tall!! Maybe I just need a bigger TV!:(
 
sunnyday said:
I had to tell that lady that I wasn't Jeannette Lee. I think I broke her heart, she thought she had met a celebrity.

Just for the record, I am flattered, but I don't have any similar feature to Jeannette Lee. It just amazes me how most people think "we" all look alike :rolleyes:

S.

Unfortunately, many people are morons.
I knew a caucasian couple who adopted a chinese baby, and when they came home with her, one of the grandmothers (of the adoptive mother) came up and said, "Oh how cute. Will she be able to speak english when she grows up?"
 
Welcome newbie

JohnnyOzone said:
Unfortunately, many people are morons.
I knew a caucasian couple who adopted a chinese baby, and when they came home with her, one of the grandmothers (of the adoptive mother) came up and said, "Oh how cute. Will she be able to speak english when she grows up?"

Oh, yes...I've been asked some of the most ridiculous questions too, growing up. But that's gonna have to be another thread.

Welcome to the AZ Forum.

S.
 
whoa, there is a blast from the past! i am now wondering how good chandra ended up getting, she was well on her way! oh yeah, i didn't forget about you either, cloudy (sunny), warren <-- ended up a professor, so far ;)

gutshot said:
This happens to my friend Chandra too. Here is a pic of her in Vegas with Jeanette!:)

Jeanette.jpg
 
yobagua said:
Any Asian pool women married to guys who are Asian?

You mean, Asian women that live here in US, NO because one or both of the two will be a doctor, dentist, lawyer or a highly-paid nurse. LOL. So pool will be out of the question.
 
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