# 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:** 9
**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 31, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/161 "2016-03-31T00:56:31Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet. > > Mae Wet. > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > XX. My indian companion indicates he is going to California. > > Me West Ha! ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/162 "2016-03-31T00:57:12Z")
XX. Why don’t you come up and see me in my time zone sometime? Mae EST. ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/163 "2016-03-31T00:57:58Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > XX. My indian companion indicates he is going to California. > > Me West I’d like to swim in the Pacific wearing only my diphthong. _Ae West._ “Stop that! It’s silly!” ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/164 "2016-03-31T00:58:16Z")
1. I’ll probably change your diapers if you cross the continental divide. MA WEST! Yay, me!!! Thank you thank you! ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/165 "2016-03-31T01:01:24Z")
A monster has been unleashed upon the world. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/166 "2016-03-31T01:04:09Z")
I’m a little punchy – I’ve been through 3 days of jury selection. When I left, they were STILL trying to seat that jury. They had to bring in a fresh load of chumps. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/167 "2016-03-31T01:05:34Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. One of the letters in my surname blew away while making a movie. > > Clark Gale! Correctarama! Clark Ga(b)le. > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet. > > Mae Wet. Kinda works, but not who I was thinking of. Maybe I should say that this one is a fictional character… ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/168 "2016-03-31T01:08:05Z")
1. I’ve never let Miss Tessmacher see my centaur portrait. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/169 "2016-03-31T01:12:35Z")
1. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet. Harry Otter! ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/170 "2016-03-31T01:13:12Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. I’ve never let Miss Tessmacher see my centaur portrait. Lex Rodriguez! Funny! ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/171 "2016-03-31T01:14:28Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I’m a little punchy – I’ve been through 3 days of jury selection. When I left, they were STILL trying to seat that jury. They had to bring in a fresh load of chumps. (slight hijack) Were you a potential juror, or are you in law? (/hijack) ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/172 "2016-03-31T01:19:17Z")
1. With 82, I am spicy, but rarely served with frankfurters. 2. Compared to 81, I’m a little bland. But don’t cry for me, I’m still a superstar. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/173 "2016-03-31T01:23:59Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > (slight hijack) Were you a potential juror, or are you in law? (/hijack) Potential juror. I was #59 of the first group of 60. I was preempted by Defense counsel. (#7 of 10 peremptory challenges for the defense.) They’ll be lucky to seat a jury by the end of the week. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/174 "2016-03-31T01:29:53Z")
I would like to ask a question about the “double clues”, e.g., 70+71 and 81+82. Are the clues just slightly related or are they something like “Pen and Eller” where the two names are generally given together in a group. (Crossword puzzle-style). E.g., “Pen” is the answer for one clue and “Eller” is the answer for the other clue. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/175 "2016-03-31T01:33:48Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I would like to ask a question about the “double clues”, e.g., 70+71 and 81+82. Are the clues just slightly related or are they something like “Pen and Eller” where the two names are generally given together in a group. (Crossword puzzle-style). E.g., “Pen” is the answer for one clue and “Eller” is the answer for the other clue. I should make that clear, shouldn’t I? 70&71 would be closer to “Pen and Eller.” 81&82 would be more just a relationship between the answers (akin to the And Warhol, Y Young clues upthread). ---
**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 31, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/176 "2016-03-31T15:07:52Z")
1. Some call me notorious, but I feel like I’m stuck in my routine. 2. Radiation is my special hobby horse. 3. My father’s ghost keeps encouraging me to stab Woody Allen in the hall. 4. When those little bugs are purple colored, they are much easier to detect. 5. I was just betting that those fish eggs would hatch. ---
**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 1, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/177 "2016-04-01T00:40:00Z")
1. Radiation is my special hobby horse. Mare Curie. ---
**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 1, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/178 "2016-04-01T00:41:36Z")
1. My father’s ghost keeps encouraging me to stab Woody Allen in the hall. Dane Keaton. ---
**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 1, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/179 "2016-04-01T00:43:34Z")
1. I was just betting that those fish eggs would hatch. Pete Roe! Ha ha, good one. (Man, you get on a roll with these things and the stupid board says you have to wait 60 seconds between posts. Eff that!) ---
**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 1, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/180 "2016-04-01T00:54:02Z")
1. With 82, I am spicy, but rarely served with frankfurters. 2. Compared to 81, I’m a little bland. But don’t cry for me, I’m still a superstar. All I can think of is Evita Poupon. It’s crowding out all other thoughts… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=10)