Doppelgangers

davyjose

Have you ever seen one (do you know what it means? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelganger)

My ultra freaky doppelganger moment came last April. I'm from Templeogue and my ex is from Lucan. Anyway, for reasons involving whole paragraphs of unnecessary filler, last April I found myself crossing the Mississippi river from Illinois to Iowa, and, stopped at a light, I ventured to look in the rearviewmirror. What did I see, only a girl in a Cadillac (or some other old, banged-up, over-sized, American banger), who was the exact spitting image of my ex. It freaked me out to the point where I almost got out and said "Hi Fi, What the fook are you doing here in Iowa behind me?" I didn't get out of the car, but I still swear to this day that it was the nearest human image of her imaginable.

The best bit, though - the bit that makes this a truly freaky moment - was that as this happened I realised that the song playing on the radio was Springsteen's Brilliant Disguise*. Seriously.

So that's my freaky Doppelganger moment. Yours?

*For those that don't know the song, it contains the line: "Is it you, baby, or just a Brilliant Disguise" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx0E6EbpSn0

Kold

There's only about 50 different Irish faces.

davyjose

Kold wrote: »

There's only about 50 different Irish faces.

Hence my surprise to see one in Midwest America!!!

Turd Ferguson

I was doing yore ma and I could have sworn from a certain angle that it was yore da

Kiera

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I was doing yore ma and I could have sworn from a certain angle that it was yore da

Which image tipped you over the edge?

Cupcake_Crisis

when i was living in vancouver i found chinese versions of all my friends back home.....does that count??

davyjose

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

when i was living in vancouver i found chinese versions of all my friends back home.....does that count??

It super-counts

Cupcake_Crisis

well then ive had some serious doppleganger moment!!
it was mildly unsettling!

who ever came up with the word 'doppleganger' is a genius!!!!

Turd Ferguson

Kiera wrote: »

Which image tipped you over the edge?

The framed picture of the dog that was on the dresser

Danbo!

Your ex is a HiFi?

woodseb

noblestee wrote: »

Your ex is a HiFi?

she must have been in stereo

phenomenon

OP you dirty cnut.

check out urban dictionary's definition for doppelganger no.6 here

giggsy664

I saw the Hispanic version of a school mate in Florida.

Does that count?

Gloom

Haven't seen any apart from twins.

However, I do sometimes see people who are the spitting image of other people I know..except if they were older. I know this guy in school and one of our teachers looks exactly like him, just older.

It is kind of scary.. like looking into the future.

Davidius

I remember when I was younger, my grandparents had Canadian relatives over and they were showing pictures of their side of the family.

One of the children in the photo looked exactly like my twin brother (we're not identical) did at the time. Though it was freaky, it got a bit weirder after finding out the child in the picture was adopted.

Then later we had some more Canadians relatives over. The type that live in the US for some reason. Then I was told that I looked like one of their friends almost exactly.

On the other hand lots of people with the same name as me are involved in mathematics.
Mathematics is my best subject and I was heavily considering it for further study when I found that out. SHOCK HORROR.

Insect Overlord

I was nearly positive, and I mean 95% certain here, that I saw Rozabeez in Limerick today.

AnonoBoy

Kold wrote: »

There's only about 50 different Irish faces.

And I have most of them kept in jars in a big fridge in my garden shed.

What? That's not weird - it's a hobby.

I remember seeing a Mexican doppelganger for a Canadian dude who stole my girlfriend once. It was on TV though so I couldn't punch the smug c*nt in the face. :mad:

Bottle_of_Smoke

Corker & the-Rigger look exactly the same. The first time I met rigger I kept thinking it was corker for a second