Amazing the people you see in Walmart!

marilynk · #1 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 04:55 PM

So....we're doing our grocery shopping @Walmart this AM.
My kids point out that an older gentleman wearing an Arkansas Razorback shirt. (we're originally from Arkansas)--and it's not often that we see someone in Razorback gear. So, I politely ask him if he's from Arkansas. He replies that his sons work in Arkansas @ the Univ. I say, "Oh? what do they do there?" His response: Oh, they are coaches. Bobby and Pete Petrino. We make a little small talk and move on.
Then it hits me---I just met Bobby Petrino's daddy! He lives here. I just met the father of the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks!!!
Made my day, I tell you.

(for those who don't know---I am a HUGE Razorback fan, HUGE!)

read52 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 06:01 PM

My son lives in San Antonio. His wife saw one of the ladies from "Desperate Housewifes" Eva Longoria in Walmart. She lives in the area.

genichols · #3 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 06:13 PM

Well how cool is that??

You knew that I'd appreciate this little story!!

Snoodles74 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by marilynk

So....we're doing our grocery shopping @Walmart this AM.
My kids point out that an older gentleman wearing an Arkansas Razorback shirt. (we're originally from Arkansas)--and it's not often that we see someone in Razorback gear. So, I politely ask him if he's from Arkansas. He replies that his sons work in Arkansas @ the Univ. I say, "Oh? what do they do there?" His response: Oh, they are coaches. Bobby and Pete Petrino. We make a little small talk and move on.
Then it hits me---I just met Bobby Petrino's daddy! He lives here. I just met the father of the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks!!!
Made my day, I tell you.

(for those who don't know---I am a HUGE Razorback fan, HUGE!)

OMG! U crack me up!!

Glad to hear you are having an amazing day because of this!
I could "hear" the huge smile in your typing

annadrose · #5 (**permalink**) 08-02-2009, 04:15 PM

What a great little excitement for your day!

blackberrybunny · #6 (**permalink**) 08-03-2009, 12:46 PM

That is cool. I have never met anyone near famous, haha!

opaldancing · #7 (**permalink**) 08-04-2009, 12:14 PM

That was exciting for a Razorback fan! I've never seen anybody famous in a Walmart.

beckyandplacido · #8 (**permalink**) 08-04-2009, 01:08 PM

That made me laugh, because was thinking of the type of people I see in my walmart.... I saw a husband and wife in their wedding clothes, in the deli section of walmart... Oh, the stuff you see at walmart!

Iguana · #9 (**permalink**) 08-04-2009, 11:46 PM

The best I ever got was Julia Child who ran over my new cowboy boots with a heavy piece of rolling luggage back in the '90's at an airport. I was ready to scream it hurt so much and then I heard that odd cackle that she had and I looked up. She didn't even know she was in the airport-clearly she was losing it back then. She didn't realize she had run over my foot. No excitement in my NJ Walmart!