# 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:** 5
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/81 "2016-03-25T00:37:24Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs. > > Stockyard Channing! Wait… different game. No, but I absolutely love it! ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/82 "2016-03-25T00:49:33Z")
1. I like to assist people, especially if they are drowning. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/83 "2016-03-25T00:52:26Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. I like to assist people, especially if they are drowning. Michael Helps! ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/84 "2016-03-25T01:02:51Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > **19. I was a great tennis player until that dramatic explosion.** Arthur Ash…I was seriously not thinking of that one the right way for the longest time. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/85 "2016-03-25T01:04:45Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Arthur Ash…I was seriously not thinking of that one the right way for the longest time. The funniest thing is that it fits, but isn’t the answer I had in mind. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/86 "2016-03-25T01:11:31Z")
1. You’d buy pants from me at my very own store, if you’re wise. If I can remove more than one letter, I can get “Gap” from “Gaspar”… Um, must be quitting time… ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/87 "2016-03-25T01:22:26Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. You’d buy pants from me at my very own store, if you’re wise. > > If I can remove more than one letter, I can get “Gap” from “Gaspar”… > > Um, must be quitting time… I continue to like the way you think. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/88 "2016-03-25T01:30:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. I should hang out with #22 in a Mexican ballpark. I wanted to edit this one for clarity: 1. I should hang out with [#22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19204144&postcount=32) in a Mexican ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/89 "2016-03-25T02:12:41Z")
Correct on Kevin (s)Pacey! 1. I’m a seminal film director with a case of the clap. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/90 "2016-03-25T05:37:06Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I wanted to edit this one for clarity: > > 1. I should hang out with [#22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19204144&postcount=32) in a Mexican ballpark. Oh! Oh! (Nice one!) Y Young. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/91 "2016-03-25T05:49:41Z")
1. I’m quite diminutive, but I am still at this location, over there, and everywhere. Here Villechaize ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/92 "2016-03-25T06:04:39Z")
1. You could call me a golden god of the kitchen. Rachael Ra. (Man, I went down a looooong rabbit hole trying to do something with “idol”). ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/93 "2016-03-25T11:32:10Z")
1. My best friend’s boyfriend Ken always ogles me when I drop by to sing. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/94 "2016-03-25T12:26:11Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Oh! Oh! (Nice one!) > > Y Young. > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. You could call me a golden god of the kitchen. > > Rachael Ra. (Man, I went down a looooong rabbit hole trying to do something with “idol”). Like a couple of others, you gave really good answers that were not exactly the answers I was going for. So, we can consider these closed, or if people want to keep trying, they are still open. > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I’m quite diminutive, but I am still at this location, over there, and everywhere. > > Here Villechaize Excellent. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/95 "2016-03-25T15:31:55Z")
1. I’ll probably change your diapers if you cross the continental divide. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/96 "2016-03-25T15:41:43Z")
1. I am the world’s very first stuntwoman. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/97 "2016-03-25T22:19:11Z")
1. I’ll probably change your diapers if you cross the continental divide. “Ew!”, is Clark. (Clark is all “I’m not touching that!”) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/98 "2016-03-26T01:37:26Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > 1. I am the world’s very first stuntwoman. Eve Knievel! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/99 "2016-03-26T01:38:22Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I’ll probably change your diapers if you cross the continental divide. > > “Ew!”, is Clark. (Clark is all “I’m not touching that!”) Hah! That’s not it, but seriously, you are all over this with the alternate answers! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/100 "2016-03-26T01:38:31Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > 1. My best friend’s boyfriend Ken always ogles me when I drop by to sing. This made me google Barbie’s friends. I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=6)