That’s the subject line of the email I received from my dad this morning. Here’s the body, it comes from Dear Prudence on Slate (an addiction of mine):
“Nose tw, Ind.: Hi Prudy, I know this is a bit out of left field, but I don’t know who else to ask. Is there a term for when somebody has the exact same nose as you do?
If you have the same parents, you’re siblings. And if you have the same job, you’re coworkers. If you play basketball together: you’re teammates. Same nationality: compatriots. Same house: roommates. But what’s the term when you have the same nose?
I ask because I have the exact same nose as Roger Federer.”
If you’ve never met me or my dad, you wouldn’t get the joke here, but if you have, I hope you appreciate it.
See that nose there? Well I have the same one now, and I’m still waiting to grow into it. I’m not sure if there’s a term for having the same nose as a celebrity, but the term for my situation is family.
PS – Aren’t I adorable?
June 10, 2009 at 1:38 pm |
I have never met you or your dad but you ARE adorable and this is an AWESOME pic of the two of you!
June 10, 2009 at 8:41 pm |
Thanks!
There aren’t a plethora of pictures from my childhood (I was the second kid, the novelty was gone), and I’m so happy to have this one of me and my dad.
June 27, 2009 at 4:00 pm |
My brother and I both have my dad’s nose—big crooked angle down the top of it, like a hook. I’ve grown accustomed to it on my own face, for the most part, but when I see it on my brother, it totally freaks me out. My little brother is 6′4″ and all of his features are proportioned to his height/size. When I see how big and how *crooked* his nose is, I always think, “omg that’s on my face, too!”