I got to meet George and Nancy one morning back in 1997, while I was eating breakfast at Shoneys in Laurel Mississippi. He had almost finished eating breakfast, and nobody had noticed him yet, wearing his green and white John Deere ball cap.
My friend and I had been watching him, and speculating on whether or not it was actually him. As soon as we walked out the front door and saw a black Mercedes with tinted windows, I looked at my friend and said "I bet the tag says "NO SHOW!"
Sure enough, the tag read "NO SHOW 3." We grabbed some notebook paper and a pen and went back in to get his autograph. Nancy told us that she didn't think anyone would recognize him with his John Deere hat on. They were both really friendly and weren't offended at all that we interrupted their breakfast.
My only regret, is that I didn't have a bottle of vodka for him to sign. RIP Possum!
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