'Dude, You're Getting a Pre-Mixed Margarita'

Ever ponder the fate of Ben Curtis, a.k.a. the Dell Dude? New York magazine did, and decided to track him down to see how things were going for the up and coming actor. Turns out, the former Dell poster boy now works at Tortilla Flats, a restaurant in New York the magazine describes as: "that species of cantina where you can scream 'whoo-hoo!,' make a lasso out of your Brooks Brothers belt and still find a date."

And yet, Curtis, who waits tables at the cantina, is still recognized for his acting work. He relays this gem of a story to the magazine during their Q&A:

There was a group of women in their early forties, one of whom was bawling. I walk over and they said, 'Our friend just passed away. We thought you might be able to cheer [us] up, we know who you are and you're an incredible human and you've been through a lot and you're an incredible actor. We're all DEA agents, and we think you should smoke as much pot as you want to. And we love you.'

Curtis was charged with criminal possession of marijuana in 2003 after he was nabbed by police trying to buy a small bag of the giggle weed from a dealer on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Too bad it wasn't a DEA bust.

[Via New York Magazine, via Network World]