I haven’t received any job offers for the other Michael Estrin recently, but that doesn’t mean my doppelgängers aren’t out there. Folks, my doppelgängers are legion! Over the weekend, my sister, Allison, spotted a sticker with a face that bears more than a passing resemblance to yours truly.
Allison spotted the sticker on the lid of a trash can in the restroom of a bar in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. I used to live in Brooklyn, but I don’t remember drinking in Gowanus, or licensing my likeness to a sticker company. So what’s going on here? I have some theories, naturally:
Allison went drinking in a parallel universe where her older brother is an icon for Bizarro Brooklyn’s anti-littering campaign.
My Brooklyn-based doppelgänger is trash.
The sticker is a reference to “In Marge We Trust,” a classic episode from season eight of The Simpsons, where Homer discovers his likeness on box of Japanese dishwasher detergent. The manufacturer in Hokkaidō sends Homer a promotional video that…
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