Tom Brokaw and other oddballs

Tom Brokaw came through our little hole-in-the-wall airport this morning.  Hold your panties ladies, he's taken!  I was at the walk-through-metal-detector and didn't realize it was him until he spoke - that voice resonated through me like the Hallelujah Chorus!  He was a quiet man, alone and pretty much unnoticed by other travelers - he could have been any old man, a little disheveled and still half-asleep at such an early hour of the morning.

That is, until he put himself back together.  I watched with mild curiosity, as he shoved himself into a shiny, silvery, slightly puffy, too-snug jacket, then pulled on a pair of cowboy boots with his wind pants tucked into them.  My gawd, THE Tom Brokaw looked like a total dork!

It got me thinking about all the silly things I've seen in my job over the years, mostly when I worked in Denver.  People are fascinating.  Sometimes a bit gross, sometimes ridiculous, sometimes flat out what. the. fuck?

I've seen a grown man dressed as a bunny; a grown man dressed as a banana; a young 20-something couple, both wearing mouse ears and tails; twice I saw the same man in a kilt who would bend over on purpose to show his large white pendulous balls (even blogged about that one here); men dressed as women; women dressed as men; and plenty of women dressed like hookers.

If you like to people-watch, pack a lunch and git on over to the nearest airport.  I promise, you won't be disappointed.

***I forgot the best one of all!  Last summer Lady Gaga came through the Denver Airport.  This is how she looked!

I got this picture from Lady Gaga's twitter, so I suppose I should give the proper photo credit to her.