I got this strange e-mail:
Hi Eric,
My best friend is really in love with you when she heard about your car crash she was sad then happy that god saved you .SHE HAS ALL YOUR PICTURES!!!! and thinks your wife(or ex) was really lucky. Please email me saying hi or watever because I want to show her the emal as a birthday present because her birthday is in 2 days.
Thank You,
Zeena
At first I thought this was merely an instance of someone seeing a celebrity mentioned on this site and mistakenly (stupidly) believing the site to be affiliated with that person. But then I noticed: She addresses the e-mail “Dear Eric.” So the celebrity Zeena thinks I am is someone with the same first name as me.
And now I’m dying to know: Who did she think I was? Which celebrity Eric has recently suffered a car accident? So I Googled a few of the famous Erics I could think of off the top of my head, along with the words “car accident,” and discovered that Eric Bana crashed a car during a race a few weeks ago. Mystery solved. Except for the mystery of why Zeena thought EricDSnider.com was the website for Eric Bana.
I, for one, am glad that God is looking out for Eric Bana, otherwise he might hulk out and kill all of us, and that would be bad.
Yeah, well, God must have been busy the day Mr. Bana signed on to do “Lucky You.” 😉
So I assume you wrote her back? What did she say?
Maybe she hacked your computer and has, like, ALL of your pictures. Don’t think Zeena is not talking to you, because she probably is. Now the ex-wife business might be a little hard to explain, since I’m guessing you’re not divorced, but don’t act like she’s not talking to you.
I recommend that you find out if her friend is hot. That is the first item of business.
I agree with Huzzak. If the friend is hot, you could be Eric Bana…
I agree with stupid (heh). It’s you, Eric, you know it is. Maybe she’s just fishing around with the wife/ex-wife thing, kind of like men do when they’re hitting on someone and lead off with “Your boyfriend is sure a lucky guy.” Personally I’d be concerned about this Zeena person, you’d better start watching your mailbox for dead cats or brownies or something.
Wait, though, didn’t you have a car accident a little while back, that whole Progressive thing you wrote a column about? You should write back assuming that’s what she was talking about. Hilarity will ensue.
Does EricBana know Raven-Symone?
Once I had a roommate at BYU-I who was obsessed with you. She visited your website every day and read her favorite parts aloud to the rest of her roommates. Also, she frequently told me that she wanted to marry you. So, um, I guess ladies like Zeena’s friend are not as rare as you may think…