Saturday 30 April 2016

Alfred.


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I can't count the amount of times that we've recently said to each other "That bloke looks just like Alfred E Neuman" (it happened again last night).

Lookalikes turn up reading the news on TV, at the supermarket checkout, serving in restaurants, and elsewhere.

Could there be a new international breed of human, cloned from the great man himself?

I think we should be told.



25 comments:

  1. That's my brother I'll have you know!!
    Such a close resemblance that he uses the same picture on Facepaperback...but he's replaced the missing tooth using Photoshop.

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    1. Please forward our kindest regards (and sympathy).

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  2. I don't know who this man is that you are talking about, but I often think I see someone who I know but do not because they are not the person I thought I knew. Hope you followed that. Am still foggy headed with night time sleep.

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    1. I am shocked to hear that you don't know Alfred E Neuman.

      A while back I said good morning (and kissed) a woman in the charcuterie queue at Leclerc thinking it was my neighbour..... It wasn't.

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  3. I didn't know who he was either, but I do now! Wiki P is a place I visit often!

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    1. What were you doing when you were supposed to be mis-spending your youth? Alfred E Neuman was an icon!

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  4. I didn't know either. I'm not sure I'm much wiser now!
    Arilx

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  5. Ah, Alfred E Neuman! I was hooked on Mad magazine for many years as a kid, I adored its total irreverence. It probably explains the quite unsuitable irreverence I still display on what are supposed to be serious and solemn occasions. What, me worry?

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  6. Well at least I now know who Alfred E Neuman is.

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    1. Those who were brought up with AEN could never forget him. Those who were not have my sympathy.

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  7. I read Jackie and my brothers had The Eagle and The Beano. I never saw anyone called Alfred only Dan Dare and Roger the Dodger.

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    1. I used to read The Eagle too, but Alfred will always be No 1.

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    2. My favourite was always Desperate Dan.

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    3. School Friend was around in my girly day.
      My husband's son 'reminded me ' of AEN. Of course, I am not able to say - he looked like him , even if he did. Now in his fifties he looks normal!

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    4. Maybe certain boys go through an AEN stage. Good to hear they grow out of it!

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    5. I've heard of AEN, but never read Mad magazine, so know nothing about him. I would assume he was some sort of holy (American) terror?
      School Friend and Girl magazines in my youth too.

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  8. Mad definitely was a feature of my youth. It is surprising to see from the prior comments that some folks had not met up with AEN.

    I recently had to explain to a 19 year old friend who Yoko Ono is. Of course, I am sure that I am currently unaware of some other icons who are gathering their followers.

    Best wishes.

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    1. I'm rather surprised too Frances; I thought everyone knew of him! I was married just after John and Yoko (in Gibraltar), so I do know her.

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  9. Alfred was always a bit of a hero of mine, though I've never met his like in person.

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    1. Well, his doppelgängers seem to be all over the place.

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  10. Unfortunately, if we look closely, we will find a little bit of Alfred in all politicians.

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