# Are you famous? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570 "2005-07-08T07:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/41 "2005-07-08T23:53:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Can’t wait! I’m afraid you’ll have to. I’ve decided not to pursue my acting career until I turn 18 so my parents won’t be involved in such things. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/42 "2005-07-08T23:55:42Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > If you’ve been to the Original Uptown Poetry Slam at the Green Mill in Chicago, you’d know who I was (probably). I went once. The guy who should have won got sabotaged. That’s all I really remember about it. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/43 "2005-07-09T00:27:43Z")
The past few years have resulted in various quotes of mine appearing in mainstream media coverage (most but not limited to online articles) about internet fraud and phishing, as well as a fairly widespread level of recognition from other like-minded individuals who work for various internet industry companies. That’s about as “famous” as this reluctant geek hopes to get, and it was not anything I ever expected to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/44 "2005-07-09T00:37:46Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > **Boo Boo Foo** is not riding in the Tour De France and he never has. Check the TdF thread in Cafe Society. No wonder I never cuaght the announcers on OLN saying, “And there’s Boo Boo Foo making a break from the pelleton!” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/45 "2005-07-09T00:39:04Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > I hope it’s not Julia Child, 'cause she’s dead. :eek: OK, so Julia Roberts is the one who’s not dead … yet. That’ll make keeping them sorted out easier! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/46 "2005-07-09T05:29:08Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > I’m afraid you’ll have to. I’ve decided not to pursue my acting career until I turn 18 so my parents won’t be involved in such things. If you look like you could be Sandra Oh’s kid, it’ll be worth the wait. 🙂 Good luck in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/47 "2005-07-09T05:54:33Z")
Nope. Not even in the dart league that I won five consecutive championships. I think they are “denying” me. I have been “86ed” from a couple of casinos. I don’t think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/48 "2005-07-09T05:58:34Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > I’m Brian. I’m Brian too, and so’s my Wife! ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/49 "2005-07-09T06:00:27Z")
No, but wait till my papers on Quantum Loop Gravity get published. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/50 "2005-07-09T06:01:04Z")
I’m not, though I do have my own imdb entry and wikipedia link, which is slightly cool. I’m not responsible for either, at least as far as creating the links. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/51 "2005-07-09T06:37:46Z")
I’m Jared from the Subway commericals. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/52 "2005-07-09T06:58:03Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > I’m Jared from the Subway commericals. Whatever you do, don’t search for your own name on this board! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/53 "2005-07-09T08:05:21Z")
I am the world’s leading supplier of conventional, nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Well, for a flight simulator. One flight simulator. One that’s mostly popular with Mac users. But hey, I am _the_ guy! ::pause:: i go kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/54 "2005-07-09T09:37:32Z")
I’m somewhat well known around San Leandro. I wasn’t popular in high school, exactly, but everyone knew who I was. Perhaps it had something to do with my habit of debating with certain teachers in the middle of class. Also, I was in the local paper once for a “man on the street” type interview, and I was seen doing a wheelie on the local access channel. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/55 "2005-07-09T13:43:29Z")
I’m really really really famous. To members of the website I work for. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/56 "2005-07-09T13:54:24Z")
For one week in May, my picture was in every newspaper in a 25 mile radius, including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette\*. I was mentioned fleetingly on the statewide newscast (KARK-4), also. Professional photographs of me will be hanging in the foyer of the building where I work, as well as our main public offices. - I was actually on the front page of two of the papers. I was only on page three of the Democrat-Gazette. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/57 "2005-07-09T15:44:53Z")
I’m not famous for anything and never will be, but my neighbour’s children’s grandfather was quoted in a newspaper article that I saw posted on Usenet once. Please, don’t get all silly over it; I can’t stand the fawning and adulation. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/58 "2005-07-09T18:33:44Z")
I’m not famous (few video game writers/librarians are) but three articles I’ve written have been picked up by Slashdot, which is always a thrill. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/59 "2005-07-10T07:05:52Z")
I think I’m relatively well-known in the circles of a certain popular game. Maybe not. Depends on whether you pay attention to the particular aspect I… specialize in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570/60 "2005-07-10T12:54:33Z")
I enjoyed some brief fame in my old industry as a result of some trade magazine articles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-famous/311570.md?page=4)