A Michigan woman and her family were vacationing in a small New England town where Paul Newman and his family often visited. One Sunday morning, the woman got up early to take a long walk. After a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself to a double-dip chocolate ice cream cone. She hopped in the car, drove to the centre of the village, and went straight to the combination bakery/ice cream parlor.
There was only one other patron in the store…Paul Newman… sitting at the counter having a donut and coffee.
The woman’s heart skipped a beat as her eyes made contact with those famous baby-blue eyes.
The actor nodded graciously and the star struck woman smiled demurely.
Pull yourself together! She chides herself. You’re a happily married woman with three children. You’re 45 years old… not a teenager!
The clerk filled her order. She took the double-dip chocolate ice cream cone in one hand and her change in the other. Then she went out the door, avoiding even a glance in Paul Newman’s direction.
When she reached the car, she realized that she had a handful of change, but her other hand was empty.
Where’s my ice cream cone? Did I leave it in the store? Back into the shop she went, expecting to see the cone still in the clerk’s hand or in a holder on the counter or something. No ice cream cone was in sight.
With that, she happened to look over at Paul Newman.
His face broke into his familiar warm friendly grin, and he said to the woman…
“You put it in your purse.”
Grannymar 
Oh dear I must remember this if I ever meet a celeb when I’m ordering ice cream! LOL
Oh Grannymar! I’m grinning ear to hear. I love that story – tell me it’s true. It has to be.
My father told me one like that about Bing Crosby!!!!
I wonder which female star would have a similar effect on men?
For me it would be that lovely lady from Four Weddings and a Funeral! Can never remember her name. Or maybe Mary Black.
Chris ~ just send Embee!
Nelly ~ be careful next time you go to Mauds!
Magpie ~ was it Andie Mac Dowell?
You had me there, Grannymar
Great fun 😆
You’re dreaming of toyboys again, aren’t you?
My hubbie once shared an almost empty (UK – IRL) flight with Paul Newman (who was heading to Barrettstown Camp) and reported back that he seemed to be a really down-to-earth, nice guy. He also commented that while his blue eyes are a real feature, his face looks very weather beaten these days.
Sorry to step on your dreams, GM 😉
Steph just ’cause I’m on a diet doesn’t mean I can’t read the menu ❗
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was made in 1969. Even I look different after all those years 😆
Paul Newman also needs glasses to read the menu 😉
😆 I need them to see where I’m going 😆
Magpie – Which female star would have a similar effect on men? Andie MacDowell for sure. Also Julia Roberts and Liz Hurley. That probably makes me hopelessly old-fashioned!
Nick I was almost tempted to say – one who almost had her top on! 😆
Grannymar,
Your story reminded me of something that happened to a neighbor of mine a few years ago.
We got a new neighbor and she was gorgeous and was a bit of an exhibitionist. She washed her car out in the driveway with her skimpiest bikini on and lolled around in a beach chair in her tightest shorts and lowest cut tops.
One day my next door neighbor was leaving for work and the woman was laying in the sun in her bikini and he walked toward his car at the curb. I watched him as he pretended that he wasn’t looking at her, but out of the corner of his eye ,he was. His wife was also watching him.
He went to his car,opened the door, got in and reached for the steering wheel. It wasn’t there! What happened to it? Nothing, he was in the BACK SEAT !
Nancy that is so funny! 😆
Not only a nice guy but donates heaps of cash through the proceeds of his salad dressings and spaghetti sauces. I’m a PN Balsamic Dressing fan myself!
Nancy, that’s a classic!
Baino he comes over as a really nice guy with or without the dressing. 😉
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I’m sure that’s what I would have done…..LOL
Oh you devil, GM, making us all drool a bit today and not for the icecream either. Paul became my hero when he said he never fooled around on his wife as why mess with hamburger when he had the best steak at home. I took it in context as women are NOT pieces of meat and I don’t think he meant that they were……
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I like that phrase ‘why mess with hamburger when he had the best steak at home’! I have often said that if a man gets what he wants at home, there is no need to go looking for it outside!
Of course, that works for women as well!
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