ACTUAL CONVERSATION I HAD WITH A WOMAN IN A BAR ON SATURDAY NIGHT
Woman: Are you Dave Barry?
Me: Yes.
Woman: I LOVED Marley and Me.
Me: Thanks, but I didn't write that.
(Pause)
Woman: It made me cry.
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Woman: Are you Dave Barry?
Me: Yes.
Woman: I LOVED Marley and Me.
Me: Thanks, but I didn't write that.
(Pause)
Woman: It made me cry.
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Don't worry about it Dave. I once told John Grogan that I enjoyed his book, "Boogers Are My Beat". It made him cry.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 17, 2013 at 02:35 PM
Obviously not a blogger.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | December 17, 2013 at 02:40 PM
Was she blonde?
Posted by: Ms. Flukey | December 17, 2013 at 02:51 PM
Dave was in a bar????
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 17, 2013 at 02:52 PM
In a bar, on a Saturday night?
Where did Mrs. Blog think you were?
Posted by: jon | December 17, 2013 at 02:54 PM
Mrs. Blog is extremely understanding.
She is also capable of kicking his @ss.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 17, 2013 at 02:56 PM
A writer walked into a bar...
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | December 17, 2013 at 02:58 PM
@NMUA you beat me to it!
Posted by: RyanNerd | December 17, 2013 at 03:05 PM
A common mistake. Dave wrote Tuesdays with Morley.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 17, 2013 at 03:07 PM
Dave,
Bang up job on Marley and Me. Keep up the great work.
Sincerely,
Your Editor
Posted by: tropichunt.com guy™ | December 17, 2013 at 03:15 PM
This is how you can tell Dave is seriously married. If a cute woman makes this kind of mistake to a bachelor writer, he would say, "Thank you. Do you know that when I wrote it, I had a perfect reader in mind, and she looked just like you?"
Posted by: padraig | December 17, 2013 at 03:20 PM
dave went to a bar with marley cyrus?! was there twerking involved ??!
Posted by: ligirl | December 17, 2013 at 03:22 PM
I had no idea there were bars in Cyprus.
Marley the dog walks into a bar and says, "I'm lookin' for the man who shot my paw."
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 17, 2013 at 03:30 PM
i thought bob marley died years ago . . . dave's a stoner???!?
Posted by: ligirl | December 17, 2013 at 03:39 PM
Woman : I keep thinking you are Dave Barry, but you look like Tony Curtis?
(pause)
Dave: Let Tony buy you drink.
Posted by: manual tomato | December 17, 2013 at 04:38 PM
Incredibly, you-know-what was prolly involved.
Posted by: MOTW | December 17, 2013 at 04:58 PM
Everybody knows that. BTW, great job with Maximum Bob.
Posted by: Loudmouth | December 17, 2013 at 06:25 PM
nothing good comes of going into bars. think of the women you could have picked up in a liberry. oh wait.
Posted by: queensbee | December 17, 2013 at 06:31 PM
What bar was this ? I think I wrote " Old Yeller " and " The Champ ".
Posted by: Clankazoid | December 17, 2013 at 06:54 PM
At first glance I thought Dave was in a bra. Which would've been absolutely fine.
Posted by: Jan Grimsby. | December 17, 2013 at 07:21 PM
I wrote this.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 17, 2013 at 07:26 PM
Dave Barry was also great in the film Charlie's Angels
Posted by: Elon | December 17, 2013 at 08:02 PM
I get that, too:
Woman: Are you Dave Barry?
Me: Yes.
Woman: Nice hair!
Me: Thanks.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 17, 2013 at 08:13 PM
Oh Dave, this is too funny. How many drinks did she have? I was so glad you came to the radiothon this year and I got the chance to meet you but last year I volunteered there and I had shoppers come up to me when you came up on the screen who said to me who's that? Of course I explained who you were and that was when I mentioned last year that you needed to come to Michigan sometime and thankfully you did. Have a nice holiday
Posted by: Theresa | December 17, 2013 at 08:15 PM
I loved that one where he played the President's double.
Posted by: Steve | December 17, 2013 at 08:15 PM
At least she didn't confuse Barry with Barry.
I assure you, both images are from miamiherald.com.
Posted by: oneblankspace | December 17, 2013 at 09:14 PM
Dave wrote a book?
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | December 17, 2013 at 09:32 PM
So you're actually Rick Barry?
Funny, I thought you'd be taller.
Posted by: Bar Fly Woman | December 18, 2013 at 12:13 AM
Marley and the Starcatchers would be a great name for a rock band that makes blonde dog-lovers cry. Does Dave play music that dogs can hear?
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | December 18, 2013 at 05:17 AM
How dare you not be the person she expected.
Posted by: Steve H | December 18, 2013 at 09:00 AM
The book would have ended better if Dave had written it. And there would have been a spare dog involved.
The image of a dog barking to be let out of a door that is the only thing standing after a hurricane is getting me to laugh.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | December 18, 2013 at 10:29 AM