Governor

  It is said that somewhere in the world, everyone has a twin.  Someone who looks like another person.  I have been mistaken in the past by name, and that was because they didn't know my name, so I was called something else.  Usually, they would call me by my brother's name.  I answered to "John" about as often as to "Walter".  Especially in school, because many of my teachers had also taught my brother earlier.  Sometimes in church, because people would know my father, whose name was John.  For those who didn't know my brother but knew my father, it was assumed that my name was John.  If I corrected them, they would get embarrassed.  So, I wouldn't correct them.  Once in college, I was identified as "William" in the yearbook.  I have a cousin named William.  I've had a few people call me "William" throughout life.  My father sometimes called me "Roger", because he had an associate in the Sunday School Department that was named Roger.  I guess that was one reason why I got into acting.  My talent got be noticed as "Walter".

 Back to doubles.  From time to time, I have had people ask me if I was on a certain show or at some place that I wasn't.  They would say that they could have sworn it was me.  However, the tables turned one night as I was coming home from work.  I stopped by a Wendy's restaurant to pick up some supper and ordered my usual.  The manager of the restaurant came running over to me and told me that my food was on the house.  Had they seen one of my movies?  After all, I had some notoriety around town.  Then, he said that he was so happy to have the Governor in his restaurant.  The Governor of South Carolina at the time was Dick Riley.   He was kind of hunched over, because he had back issues, and so did I. He wore wire-rimmed glasses, and so did I.  He was also about twenty years older than me.  Maybe the manager needed glasses.  I'm glad he didn't see the car I drove up in.  I don't think the Governor would be driving a Nissan Sentra.  

 I took the free food and left.  Thankfully, the manager moved onto another restaurant.  I think I might owe Governor Riley a cheeseburger and fries.