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Sunday, August 26, 2007

I'm a Nobody

I volunteered at the Minnesota State Fair today for MPR's The Current. I thought it would be a great people watching opportunity, and not to mention a free ticket into the fair. Part of my job was to go up and greet anyone that approached the booth, talk to them about the fair (eat anything on a stick?), MPR, and hand out various freebies (buttons, magnets, etc).

One family briefly stopped in front of the booth and I knelt down to ask the little girl if she'd like a button. The mom started to walk away, pulling the girl behind her. The little girl looked up at her mom and asked, "Who was that?" Without looking back, the mom flatly said, "That's nobody, honey."

Sweet.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

you're a somebody!

gomattolson said...

Awww shucks, thanks Mana!

Anonymous said...

Matt,

You're good enough, you're smart enough, and dog-gone-it, people like you!

Stuart Smally

Anonymous said...

Just an example of that midwestern friendliness, eh?

Addie O said...

At least Fergie didn't vomit on you. You don't want to be that somebody

gomattolson said...

Amen, my sister.