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My friend lives in Plains, Georgia. He was doing some work on his place and I had agreed to spend a weekend helping him out. This naturally resulted in a few too many trips to the local hardware store...on one such trip I came around the corner and there before me...sure as shit stood Jimmy Carter with a small secret service detail.

I look at him, and go "Mr. President?" He turns and says "Yes" I go "Jimmy I'd have voted for you If I was alive when you ran" he laughed and asked if I had voted in the last election and I said I sure did and he thanked me and went about his way.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I saw Jimmy Carter at a grocery store in Augusta a couple years ago. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I too saw Jimmy Carter. Him and his secret service detail had formed a heist crew called the "Cartwheelers". I know because they hired me to be the getaway driver, which was interesting because I don't have a driving license. They went to the bank with Jimmy Carter face masks to throw everyone off the scent, the ultimate double bluff.

The cashier, told to fill the bag with non-sequential bills at gunpoint, said "Mr. President? You sound an awful lot like Mr. Carter", to which he replied "I told you to fill the bag, not speculate on who I might be!", then pistol-whipped her. Anyways, long story short, we made it out of there ok. He left his calling card just outside the bank: a single peanut.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

I appreciate this beautifully nuanced response to the previous post's attempt at plausibility.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That’s nuts.

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