Pointless Anecdote #472

One day when I was in elementary school, presumably in 1988, I was in the bathroom. A boy came in and asked me a question. I can’t remember the question, but it had something to do with Michael Dukakis, the Democratic presidential candidate. The boy then said, “He’s my dad.” The kid had the same bushy eyebrows and dark hair that Michael Dukakis did, and so it seemed plausible enough to my 8-year-old mind.

Every once in a while I think about that odd experience. And today I finally looked him up, to find out that Michael Dukakis has no biological son, just one adopted son who would have been 30 years old at the time. So I have no idea who the kid was.

The End.

Comments

Lizzy said…
Huh. Weird.
I "voted" for Dukakis, when they polled us in my elementary. I kept hearing about how no one was going to be voting for him, and I thought that was wrong.
Apparently I've always loved the underdog.
January 23, 2012 at 4:07 AM
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