Originally Posted by
Champ967
Ok so … pardon me if I've told this story before.
My mom was a flight attendant, based out of NOLA, for roughly 30 years. She encountered more than a few celebrities in her career. Everyone from Snoop Dogg to Princess Diana. When I was in the first grade, she brought me an autograph from Linda Carter, television's Wonder Woman. Now at age six, I didn't really know what an autograph was, but I sure as heck knew that no self-respecting first grade boy has anything to do with Wonder Woman. So I threw it away.
She didn't bring me home another autograph for 10 years. My siblings got them though … every famous actor, athlete or musician flying into or out of New Orleans seemed to be on MY MOMS FLIGHT and all of them signed cocktail napkins for my baby brothers to post on their bedroom corkboards.
Finally, mom caved when I was 16. William Shatner was on her plane, and she knew I was a huge Star Wars fan. Not knowing the difference, she got me Captain Kirk's autograph, thinking he might have been Luke Skywalker, or something. I was grateful all the same, and never turned up my nose at an autograph again.