- “Hey, aren’t you the bassist from Death Angel?” (note: he’s Filipino)
- “OH MY GOD, you’re James Iha!” (half-Japanese, though I did have blonde hair at the same time he did, for what it’s worth)
- Some guy named Terry, who apparently treated this girl rather badly (I got slapped in the face at the bar)
- “Holy shit - you’re the guy from 21 Jump Street!” (Vietnamese. This was preceded by the same person saying that my aboriginal buddy was “totally Johnny Depp”.)
- Repeatedly mistaken for a guy named Nick. Nick, Neil - they both sounds like verbs, I guess.
- Someone with a deep, meaningful grasp of the dark martial arts. You would be amazed how often this still happens. Stop learning your racial stereotypes from 70’s action movies, please.
- “Hey, aren’t you the guy from the Mighty Power Rangers?” (Archie Kao, now a semi-regular on CSI, and Chinese.)
- Shauna’s boyfriend’s cousin Lance. Maybe this name-as-verbs theory does hold water…
- The “surly, bitchy shop owner” from the convenience store down the street.
People I have been mistaken for that I am most definitely not
