would you mind if I took your picture?

I sat next to a man I thought looked cool. I think I've seen him before at the metro and thought he looked cool then too and wanted to take his picture then too. But tonight I asked! I told him I thought he looked cool and would he mind if I took his picture. He said that he didn't think anyone had ever said he looked cool before. I absolutely flummoxed him, but I also tickled him, and he let me take his picture, and then we sat in silence reading our cell phones. He gave me his email, I sent him his pictures, I'm glad I asked.