I almost met Dr. Laffer.
When I worked in LA during the mid-Nineties, I spotted the investor relations VP of my company in the fine Italian seafood restaurant across the street talking with someone who was a ringer for Art Laffer. After lunch I dropped in at the VP's office.
ME: Was that Arthur Laffer with you across the street?
VP: Yeah. You should have come over and introduced yourself. Art's pretty approachable. He was my economics prof at USC.
ME: I remember how he ripped Mitchell Rogovin a new one in 1980 on TV.
VP: Art would have liked someone remembering that. We were finishing a debate we'd started last night at Chris Cox's house.
ME: You know Christopher Cox?!
VP: Yeah, I've known him for years. Dan Quayle was in town, and Chris threw a dinner party for him. I hadn't talked to Dan in years, and then I ran into Art.
ME: You know Dan Quayle?!
Needless to say, I was blown away.