I met Sarah downtown for lunch earlier at 5th Street Wine & Deli. While we were eating, she said, “That guy over there looks like the dude from the Barenaked Ladies.”
I glanced over my shoulder at the dude in question. “Yeah, I suppose so.”
A few minutes later, we overheard another customer say: “Holy shit — you’re him aren’t you? You’re from Barenaked Ladies.”
The guy replied with something modest, like, “Yep, that’s me.”
Sarah looked at me. “I told you.”
He was with another member of the band, and some other random guy. Further eavesdropping revealed that they were in Dayton to do an interview at the radio station, and stopped in to get a sandwich.
It was very odd, but I am happy to report that neither Sarah nor I got all fannishly creepy like some of the other customers. That’s us: too cool for school.
I know one of the guys that works at the deli, he said he’d just told a horrible barenaked ladies joke before realizing that yes they were fifteen feet away and overheard.
That’s awesome. Was it a joke about heroin use? That’d be great, considering their lead singer’s addiction and all.
Maybe . . . but from what was implied it was just making fun of their songs, something about “yaaitzben, itzben” in some sort or sexual connotation.
I have no idea what that bit of German(?) is, but making fun of people by way of sexual connotation is always okay in my book.