# Almost Famous People **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708 "2016-03-20T22:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/201 "2016-04-03T20:48:18Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > :eek: You’re doing WHAT to the D? Ya gotta give it some bark! > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. When I have a fever, my brain tends to get scrambled. > > Eggy Lipton? Close, but I think another answer fits better. > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Ha ha, that’s a good one, but not the one I was thinking of. Motels are very stationary! > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I need to move my ears back, get rid of these parentheses around my mouth, and add some more context to my eyebrows. Eleanor or Montgomery Lift? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/202 "2016-04-03T20:49:07Z")
1. Angels always exclaim when they see me climb inside a horse carcass. Lo, DiCaprio. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/203 "2016-04-03T20:55:20Z")
1. I’m what you’d do to the fourth letter of the alphabet after you marinade it but before you smoke it. > [@](#): > > Ya gotta give it some bark! (Thanks for the additional clue!) Rub Dee. (And now that I have thought about it, thanks for making the original clue about barbecue…) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/204 "2016-04-03T20:57:20Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I’m what you’d do to the fourth letter of the alphabet after you marinade it but before you smoke it. > > (Thanks for the additional clue!) > > Rub Dee. > > (And now that I have thought about it, thanks for making the original clue about barbecue…) Are you hungry? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/205 "2016-04-03T20:59:03Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Eleanor or Montgomery Lift? These work, but mine works better. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/206 "2016-04-03T21:00:44Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Are you hungry? 😃 Not for barbecue… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/207 "2016-04-03T21:18:18Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. Wait, wait, I need to light up this doobie. After IMMENSE PRESSURE (the disadvantage of living with the primary clue-maker), I have arrived at the solution to this. Roy Blunt, Jr. Sheesh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/208 "2016-04-03T21:21:02Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. People think I’m hot stuff, but I am really just an ass. Donald Rump? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/209 "2016-04-03T22:43:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Donald Rump? You got it! Yayyy! (If it were a cryptic crossword clue, I would add “& lit”) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/210 "2016-04-03T23:32:41Z")
1. When I have a fever, my brain tends to get scrambled. Eggy Lee. (I was spending all my concentration on “brain” and not on “fever”!) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/211 "2016-04-04T00:16:27Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I need to move my ears back, get rid of these parentheses around my mouth, and add some more context to my eyebrows. Edit Head? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/212 "2016-04-04T00:42:34Z")
**36. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition.** Rock HOLT! (Diamonds, see?) (I have a feeling I am not right.) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/213 "2016-04-04T02:36:58Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Edit Head? Yayy!!! Another correct one. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/214 "2016-04-06T15:18:24Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **36. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition.** > > Rock HOLT! (Diamonds, see?) > > (I have a feeling I am not right.) Sadly, no, but I actually like that answer. Bonus points! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/215 "2016-04-08T05:42:54Z")
1. Yes, yes, yes, I think it’s so nice to have you back where you belong. “Hell, Dolly, I’ve told you that a million times!” ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/216 "2016-04-08T05:52:32Z")
1. I’m a diminutive actress who would feel right at home in a grass house. Tipi Hendren? IMDB says she is 5’4", and google says “tipi” is an alternate spelling of tepee/teepee. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/217 "2016-04-08T05:59:42Z")
1. I’m still dead, but I’m worth about $1.02 now. Buck Owes? ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/218 "2016-04-08T11:40:36Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I’m a diminutive actress who would feel right at home in a grass house. > > Tipi Hendren? IMDB says she is 5’4", and google says “tipi” is an alternate spelling of tepee/teepee. No, TH is much taller. But her last name does start with an H. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/219 "2016-04-08T12:29:18Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I’m still dead, but I’m worth about $1.02 now. > > Buck Owes? Ha! But no. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/220 "2016-04-08T18:03:12Z")
1. I’m a diminutive actress who would feel right at home in a grass house. Linda Hun? I don’t know where the Huns lived (and google is no help, keeps wanting me to look at “hen houses” or “HUD homes”) but it is possible they lived in grass homes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=12)