Years back I was walking out of a convenience store in Hanover, MA and literally walked into Marvin Haggler, bumped right into him - idiot high school kid not looking where I was going.

A few years later I working as a security guard at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston during major renovations of the place. Because of this, anytime someone used the elevator, a security guard and a construction elevator operator had to be present. One day a Caspar Weinberger and his wife, who was in a wheelchair, showed up for a book fair to promote some book she had written. Rode up in the elevator while the elevator operator, being a solid union Democrat harangued Weinberger about how much money Reagan was blowing on star wars (SDI). Weinberger not only was really short, he was bow-legged as well; made him look about 5'2".

And at my graduation from the University of London last Monday I met Princess Ann who's the Chancellor of the university. Doffed my cap, bowed, said "Yer Highness", she said "congratulations", and I walked off stage.