Comments on: The Upper West Side Twin http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin Austin, Texas novelist Ruth Pennebaker, who's old enough to call herself "fabulous," writes about family, politics, marriage, friendship, feminism, aging and whatever else occurs to her. Her latest novel, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, was published by Berkley in January 2011. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexandra http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin/comment-page-1#comment-5329 Alexandra Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:29 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=2094#comment-5329 Can't wait to hear about the next time you run into this person.  It would be fun to see a photo of him beside your husband ... Can’t wait to hear about the next time you run into this person.  It would be fun to see a photo of him beside your husband …

]]> By: Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin/comment-page-1#comment-5326 Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:58:10 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=2094#comment-5326 Oh, dear. I nearly choked from laughing. Both at the twin and the app, but also the twin naming thing. Wow! I cannot imagine being named Homa. Oh, dear. I nearly choked from laughing. Both at the twin and the app, but also the twin naming thing. Wow! I cannot imagine being named Homa.

]]> By: Cindy A http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin/comment-page-1#comment-5319 Cindy A Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:20 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=2094#comment-5319 HOPE to be coming to NYC anyway.   I figure if I send a query out once a month, I should be coming in 2042 to meet my new agent. I think Winston's onto something with that whole body snatcher thing.  Just too coincidental. When your hubby can't remember the names of your most annoying relatives, be scared. HOPE to be coming to NYC anyway.   I figure if I send a query out once a month, I should be coming in 2042 to meet my new agent.

I think Winston’s onto something with that whole body snatcher thing.  Just too coincidental. When your hubby can’t remember the names of your most annoying relatives, be scared.

]]> By: ruthpennebaker http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin/comment-page-1#comment-5318 ruthpennebaker Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:39:11 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=2094#comment-5318 <p>Winston, I always try to dutifully walk several steps behind my husband and will keep a close watch.</p> <p>Cindy, what do you mean you never go anyplace interesting?  I thought you went to rodeos.  And you're coming to NYC, right?</p> <p> </p> Winston, I always try to dutifully walk several steps behind my husband and will keep a close watch.

Cindy, what do you mean you never go anyplace interesting?  I thought you went to rodeos.  And you’re coming to NYC, right?

 

]]> By: Winston http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin/comment-page-1#comment-5316 Winston Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:25:31 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=2094#comment-5316 Confidentially speaking, with all those millions of people in NYC, what are the statistical chances of spotting your husband's "twin" and in the near vicinity of where you and he are presently living and otherwise hanging out? I think what you have seen is no coincidence at all.  What you've seen is a deliberate "person" designed to replace your husband.  And you have happened to twice catch that "twin" doing some advance scouting expeditions into your lives.  My dear, you have seen a pod person-- more specifically, an iPod person.  Only known of, and whispered about, by a few of us national geniuses, it's part of a person-replacement phenomena which first began occurring in th D.C. area in the late 1980s, and has more recently spread northward.  Some knowing parties believe Steve Jobs and Walt Disney's legacy of animatronics are at the root of the puzzling phenomena.  As a first precaution, try never to leave your husband alone.  And be leery of ever walking ahead of your husband.  One day you and he may take a subway en route to a musical extravaganza, say, and you inadvertently step ahead of him upon exiting the doorway.  Then Bam!  A large apple-shaped vessel suddenly and momentarily hovers over the platform and in a blink exchanges your husband with the iPod duplicate right behind your back.  Life may become a bit more eerie for you from there on.  On the chance you may have to leave your husband alone at any time, I suggest that you slip a sedative into a drink for your husband ASAP, and when you are certain he is in a deep sleep, draw a wee intricate "birthmark" with India ink into the hairline at the base of his neck.  Then you'll readily have a way of verifying the switch whenever it should occur, and take appropriate steps.   Psychologists are going to be needed to fill an integral role in the "Plan," so I hear.  In the meantime, enjoy the city... and... pleasant dreams! Confidentially speaking, with all those millions of people in NYC, what are the statistical chances of spotting your husband’s “twin” and in the near vicinity of where you and he are presently living and otherwise hanging out? I think what you have seen is no coincidence at all.  What you’ve seen is a deliberate “person” designed to replace your husband.  And you have happened to twice catch that “twin” doing some advance scouting expeditions into your lives.  My dear, you have seen a pod person– more specifically, an iPod person.  Only known of, and whispered about, by a few of us national geniuses, it’s part of a person-replacement phenomena which first began occurring in th D.C. area in the late 1980s, and has more recently spread northward.  Some knowing parties believe Steve Jobs and Walt Disney’s legacy of animatronics are at the root of the puzzling phenomena.  As a first precaution, try never to leave your husband alone.  And be leery of ever walking ahead of your husband.  One day you and he may take a subway en route to a musical extravaganza, say, and you inadvertently step ahead of him upon exiting the doorway.  Then Bam!  A large apple-shaped vessel suddenly and momentarily hovers over the platform and in a blink exchanges your husband with the iPod duplicate right behind your back.  Life may become a bit more eerie for you from there on.  On the chance you may have to leave your husband alone at any time, I suggest that you slip a sedative into a drink for your husband ASAP, and when you are certain he is in a deep sleep, draw a wee intricate “birthmark” with India ink into the hairline at the base of his neck.  Then you’ll readily have a way of verifying the switch whenever it should occur, and take appropriate steps.   Psychologists are going to be needed to fill an integral role in the “Plan,” so I hear.  In the meantime, enjoy the city… and… pleasant dreams!

]]> By: Cindy A http://www.geezersisters.com/new-york/the-upper-west-side-twin/comment-page-1#comment-5315 Cindy A Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:58 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=2094#comment-5315 Funny, but my husband had similar "if you lose your phone" GPS reasoning when we went to get new phones a few weeks ago. My young daughter hated the idea but was trapped. However, I said, "LOOK! ONE WITH A TV!" And no freaking GPS system. So now I have a clunky phone with a TV I rarely watch, but can come and go incognito.  Too bad I never go any place interesting... Funny, but my husband had similar “if you lose your phone” GPS reasoning when we went to get new phones a few weeks ago. My young daughter hated the idea but was trapped. However, I said, “LOOK! ONE WITH A TV!” And no freaking GPS system. So now I have a clunky phone with a TV I rarely watch, but can come and go incognito.  Too bad I never go any place interesting…

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