Which real life person does a SPCNET member evoke?

[PJ]

Which real life folks do SPCNETers evoke?

For example, for many of us, Ken Cheng evokes Mao Zedong, because of his looks.

For myself, I may evoke Weird Al due to my frequent parodies of others' posts.

Who else?

[Ken Cheng]

For example, for many of us, Ken Cheng evokes Mao Zedong, because of his looks.

I can resemble Mao Zedong, but for most observers, the similarity isn't immediately obvious. It usually takes a verbal suggestion from me (or someone else) before most observers are "primed" to see the resemblance.

If you want to see a real dead ringer for Mao, however, you need look no farther than my late maternal grandfather. Thirty years ago, when my grandfather was in his late fifties/early sixties, he could have easily won (or come in no worse than second runner up) in a Mao lookalike contest. I kid you not.

[PJ]

What, you and Mao are practically twins

[Ken Cheng]

What, you and Mao are practically twins

My grandpa *was* Mao.

Well, maybe not quite (Mao died in 1976; my grandfather lived until 1995), but the resemblance was uncanny. In elementary school, when I opened a history book and saw Mao's picture for the first time, my initial reaction was, "....Grandpa?!"

Grandpa had less hair than Mao, though. For as long as I knew my grandfather, he was bald. According to my mom, grandmother, aunts, and uncles, he'd been completely bald since he was in his late forties.