Brush with Fame

I think I had my first famous bus passenger the other day while driving the Intown route. I say "I think" because I'm not actually sure if it was who I think it was, or if it was just a look-alike, a body double perhaps. Anyhow, body double or genuine article, either way she is the closest thing to a famous person I've had on my bus during my entire illustrious bus-driving career. I think this person might have been none other than the legendary Denver Channel 7 News anchor, Bertha Lynn. She is definitely the most famous local television personality with whom I have been in close proximity ever since I met the venerable Ernie Bjorkman way back in elementary school.

I didn't realize who I thought it was until she came up to the front of the bus to ask if the bus stops at the Marriott Hotel. I simply replied, "Yup," and she said, "Awesome," and that was the end of the "conversation." In addition to her striking physical resemblance to Bertha Lynn, I was also tipped off by her rather distinctive television voice. She also seemed to be looking at me in a way like she was half expecting me to recognize her from the TV. I thought about asking her if she was indeed Bertha Lynn, but then I thought I would feel silly if she wasn't. What if she wasn't even from this state and I start asking her if she is one of our treasured local icons? It might be uncomfortable. So then I thought about simply telling her that she happens to look like a local television personality, and then if she really WAS Bertha Lynn, she would have the option of either lying to me and saying that she was not who I claimed her to look like, or she could fess up and spill the beans.

In the end I did neither of these things. I simply pulled up to the stop, opened the door and let her get off the bus just like any other Jane Doe, never knowing the full truth of the situation. Now I will live the rest of my life unsure if Bertha Lynn is the most famous person to have graced my bus with their presence or not...