Meme -
Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "At @Tillys with my daughter, waiting for her by dressing room, mask on.
Guy folding clothes nearby: "Anyone tell you that you look like Tony Hawk?"
me (looking over, expecting sarcasm but realizing he's serious): you have no idea
him: That's cool, he's cool
me: thanks!
him: huh?"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "At physical therapy, answering questions about my fingers:
therapist: have you ever had serious injuries prior to this?
me, deadpan (assuming she's joking): yes
her: how many times?
me, realizing she is not joking: many times
her: in the last 10 years?
me: in the last 40 years"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "To clarify: my legal name is Anthony
TSA agent checks my ID, looks at me, looks at ID, looks back at me quizzically and loudly says "Tony Hawk's my favorite skater"
Me: I'll tell him."
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "At a drive-thru, waiting on my order, looking at phone. Guy at window: "you kinda look like Tony Hawk"
me (turning towards him, assuming he is in on the joke): "haha, cool"
Him (looking disappointed): "well, from the side you do. Here's your food."
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "Guy approaches me while standing in line at coffee shop in Cancún.
Him: my friend says you are a famous person. Is that true?
Me: that depends on your definition of fame
Him: will you show up on Google if I search your name?
Me: yes
Him (typing into phone): you are Tony Stark?"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "TSA agent (staring intently): I'm trying to figure out who you look like before checking your ID.
Me: ok
TSA: that cyclist Armstrong!
Nearby agent: that ain't Lance Armstrong
Me: he's right
TSA: oh you look like that skateboarder (checks ID). Same last name too! Crazy!
Me: crazy"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "Woman on plane retrieving her luggage in the overhead: "Who's skateboard is this? It's blocking my bag"
me: that's mine, you can pass it here
her: "It's yours? You ride it?
me: yes
her: "Are you any good at it?"
me: sometimes
her: cackles maniacally, exits plane"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "Guy asks for a picture with me, woman nearby says "I don't know who you are"
me: I don't expect you to
her: what do you do?
me: I'm a pro skateboarder
her: are you from Huntington Beach?
me: no, I'm from San Diego
her: so you're not that guy with red hair that won the Olympics?"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "Flight attendant checking overhead bins, sees four skateboards
Him, jokingly: "is Tony Hawk on this flight or something?"
Looks down, sees me
Him: "I guess he is""
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "At a skatepark, older dude outside the fence sees me and yells (heckles) “do a kickflip!” So I did one. He then turns to his friend and says: “holy sh!t, he actually did it”"
"did you find this humiliating or liberating"
"I was just happy to make it first try"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "TSA agent (checking my ID): "Hawk, like that skateboarder Tony Hawk!"
Me: exactly
Her: "Cool, I wonder what he's up to these days"
Me: this"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "guy on escalator: Hey are you Tony Hawk?
me: yes
him: you still skate?
me: yes, quite often
him: but you're not that recognizable!
me: I'm not sure what that means ... but you recognized me, so here we are
him: [blank stare]
- escalator ends -"
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "Pulling up to drive-through window, girl starts to read back my order and stops herself: "you're Tony Hawk?"
me: yes
her: "can I tell everyone?"
me: I suppose
her: "yo, we got Tony Hawk at the window!"
voice from kitchen: "Who?""
Meme - Tony Hawk @tonyhawk: "Kid at skatepark: "Are you Tony Hawk?"
me: I am
him: "no you're not"
me: ok, I'm not
him: "but are you, FOR REAL?"
me: I am, for real
him: I thought you'd look younger
me: ME TOO"
Meme - "Tony Hawk is like fucking Perry the Platypus because if I saw him without a skateboard I'd be like "A man" and the second he picks up a skateboard I'd be like "TONY HAWK?!?!?!?!?!""
"This basically sums up all his tweets"
*Hawk* "A Hawk?"
*Hawk on skateboard* "TONY THE HAWK?!!"
Meme - "Playstation 2
"I wonder what he's up to these days." - TSA Agent
"You famous?" - Guy at restaurant "
girl at restaurant: "Are you Tony Hawk?" me: "Yes." her: "Why?" I had no idea how to answer.
"Who's skateboard is this?" -Woman on Plane
TONY HAWK'S EXISTENTIAL NIGHTMARE"