I've been sitting here this morning thinking back on all that time I spent overseas in the military, and something just jumped out at me that I never really connected up before.

Somewhere in this world there is a man who is my exact double!

I remember that pretty much everywhere I went, I was mistaken for this guy. I didn't really notice it at the time, but it's very clear to me in retrospect.

He must be a very gregarious sort as a lot of people seem to know him.

And furthermore, I know his name.

His name is "Joe". Yes, that's right. Out there somewhere is a guy named Joe who looks exactly like me.

Almost everywhere I went overseas, and that's a lot of different countries when you look at where I've been, as soon as I set foot into the local community, someone would call out, "Hey Joe!"

The guy is very well traveled. He's been almost everywhere. And to be honest, I think he was an easy mark. People selling things always thought I was him. "Hey Joe! You want to buy..."

And he was a carouser. Many was the time that ladies of the evening would see me and mistake me for him. "Hey Joe! Buy me a drink!" they'd call to me.

"Sorry! I'm not Joe!" I'd have to explain.

It's a strange feeling knowing that there's someone out there who looks exactly like me; who probably chose a very similar career to me; who has been to most of the places that I've been.

And I'm pretty proud of myself for putting this all together and figuring this one out. I think it's a fine piece of deductive reasoning.

I'd have probably made a really good detective.

Cheers!

Rick...

"Joe" must be the good twin.

Unfortunately for you, Sauron, Joe seems to be always 2-5 steps ahead of you, and he seems to have more money than you .

Hey Joe where are you going with that gun in your hand?

He doesn't seem as scary now he's called Joe...