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@olaf_von_pokemon
Cycling home about 2 months ago saw a bloke at the side of the road I knew from work. I pulled over and said 'Hello Richard' and asked him how he was. He looked at me really confused and said he wasn't Richard, and said he couldn't be Richard as he was Italian and would be called Riccardo. I was a little bit embarrassed and apologised and went on my way.
It played on my mind as I was convinced I knew the guy. Eventually I forgot about it until the other night I was flicking through the channels and the footie was on. Imagine my surprise when I saw my ‘mate’ talking about the Italy game. Turns out the person I thought I knew was Gianluca Viali not Richard from that conference I was at. I felt a bit more of a twat but looking back on it at least he was very nice about it and didn’t mind someone who had seen him on TV thought they knew him. I guess at least I didn’t ask for an autograph.