true, I was working briefly in washington national airport doing interior landscaping job and bob dole walks by and shakes my hand. actually a few days before that mr. cabela of fishing and hunting catalog fame stepped out of his limo and helped me drag a big potted bush off of a dolley at the same place (the suits riding with him hemmed and hawed and looked like they wanted to pretend that they were also going to try and help, but since the potted bush was larger than a briefcase they just sort of waved their hands a bit.
tpbm has had candied hot maple syrup poured over fresh snow and eaten it like dessert (snow used to be clean enough to do that way back when)