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A pensioner from Stockholm, Margareta Winberg, took her place at the top table at government headquarters along with ministers, ex-ministers, diplomats and high ranking officials in a banquet marking the big three-day environmental conference taking place in the Swedish capital. However, there was one problem: the wrong Margareta Winberg had been invited.
(Thanks to Johan in Sweden)
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"We had a starter, main course and dessert, and everyone was very nice. There were interesting people to talk to, such as Hans Blix"
Wasn't that the guy Bruce Willis killed at the end of the first "Die Hard"?
I'm guessing they all gave her fake names to save embarrassment. "Um, yes, delighted, I'm, ummmm, Sven Rockhard."
Posted by: padraig | April 25, 2012 at 03:33 PM
how did he know she was hungry? maybe they should invite one 'regular' citizen to all of these rubber chicken dinners. we should do that here. of course, then you'd have to listen to the gasbag pols talk about all the wonderful things they've done...snore. might be worth a chicken dinner.
Posted by: queensbee | April 25, 2012 at 03:36 PM
There was an artist who painted on silk who shared a name with a performance artist. Apparently, they received each other's invitations to events on a regular basis.
You wanted to make sure which one was at your table before you asked someone to pass the rolls.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | April 25, 2012 at 04:34 PM
Send an invitation to Prince Albert and see if he shows up in a can.
Posted by: Clankie | April 25, 2012 at 04:54 PM
It's a humorous story, yes. But my strongest reaction was wonder! at the graciousness with which she was received. I can't imagine such behavior from our bureaucrats at any level of government.
Posted by: Curtis E Flush | April 25, 2012 at 08:21 PM
I invited the wrong Paul McCartney to dinner once.
Neither one of them showed up.
Posted by: Wolfsong | April 25, 2012 at 09:51 PM
"There are 20 people with the same name in the hole of Sweden."
A result of Boring?
Posted by: O the Umanity | April 26, 2012 at 12:26 AM
I had something like that happen once. I had a hard time convincing the police, who had just blown down the front door, that they really want to talk to my cousin.
Posted by: ferj | April 26, 2012 at 12:56 AM
The real one was just wastin' away somewhere.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | April 26, 2012 at 08:19 AM
And the last shall be first!
Posted by: Renee (the First) | April 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM