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Bit of a non-spot this morning. I think I may have been mistaken for Hillbilly.
Guy in a Renault Clio pulls up alongside at the lights, smiles and waves at me. I'm doing the smile back while running through the mental index of faces, but no, I just don't recognise him. Then he winds the window down and says "alright mate, on your way to Brixton?". "I'm sorry I think you've mistaken me for someone else", then it clicks "but I think I know who you've mistaken me for". They never look to see who's behind the beard.
I was still suffering from Guinness withdrawal from last night and didn't think I could get my powers of conversation working well enough to verify, so I carried on smiling and looked away.