# He IS the most intresting man in the world. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912 "2009-08-10T10:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/21 "2009-08-10T19:35:52Z")
I like the campaign, and there are a lot of different commercials on YouTube… …so WHY do they only play one commercial on every show on TV? I mean, if they have dozens of different ones, why can’t I see those? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/22 "2009-08-10T19:37:40Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > This thread fits well with the [xkcd](http://www.xkcd.com/621/) comic today. 😉 I think I understand that comic now. Missing context has been filled in. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/23 "2009-08-10T19:41:10Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > [.myspace.jpg"]Oh, fuck!]([http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl/myspace/1219727088166.png.](http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl/myspace/1219727088166.png.)[[roflposters.com](http://roflposters.com)) When I was a kid, we got near those things boating/fishing on a couple of occasions. They scared the crap outa me ! The fact the water on the lips was inches deep and you would probably have to purposely crawl over it to fall in and get sucked to your doom did little to console me ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/24 "2009-08-10T19:42:23Z")
He killed a man once…with his bare hands…then brought him back to life with just a concentrated stare… ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/25 "2009-08-10T19:54:03Z")
He won a Pulitzer for his shopping list. He joined the Mile High Club while under water. When a tree falls in the forest and no one can hear it…he can. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/26 "2009-08-10T19:59:35Z")
Amnesty International considers it torture when he tells a joke, but does not deliver the punch line. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/27 "2009-08-10T20:00:45Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > [.myspace.jpg"]Oh, fuck!]([http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl/myspace/1219727088166.png.](http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl/myspace/1219727088166.png.)[[roflposters.com](http://roflposters.com)) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/28 "2009-08-10T20:15:47Z")
His Social Security Number is 1. He has crossed the Atlantic nonstop…by skateboard. The atomic clock depends on him for the correct time. He knows pi to 30, 000 decimal places. Not from memory; _he just knows._ He once kicked Chuck Norris’ ass…_with Wilford Brimley’s foot!_ ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/29 "2009-08-10T20:17:49Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > He can \_\_\_\_ his own \_\_\_\_\_, without lowering his neck. Tickle his own feet? Hey, there’s one… he can tickle himself! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/30 "2009-08-10T20:23:21Z")
Honest, I did NOT see the pi or Norris references upthread. Hivemind or eerie coincidence? You decide… ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/31 "2009-08-10T21:03:16Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Tickle his own feet? > > Hey, there’s one… he can tickle himself! Strangely, my wife can tickle herself. And does not drink beer. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/32 "2009-08-10T21:16:01Z")
He _intentionally_ a beer bottle. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/33 "2009-08-10T21:18:38Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Honest, I did NOT see the pi or Norris references upthread. Hivemind or eerie coincidence? You decide… I know Chuck Norris to 30,000 decimal places 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/34 "2009-08-10T21:24:45Z")
He once won National Geographic’s photo of the year contest…with a sketch made with crayons. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/35 "2009-08-10T21:25:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I think I understand that comic now. Missing context has been filled in. Yeah, this thread turned that comic from bizarre and unfunny to amusing. I should have realized that there are some background. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/36 "2009-08-10T21:46:27Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > Yeah, this thread turned that comic from bizarre and unfunny to amusing. I should have realized that there are some background. There always is. If you think a XKCD comic is unfunny, do some research or ask here. It might still be unfunny, but at least you’ll have learned something. ---
**Author:** ![in\_hiding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@in\_hiding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/in_hiding)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/37 "2009-08-10T22:10:39Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > He _intentionally_ a beer bottle. _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/38 "2009-08-11T00:27:00Z")
He once actually won a debate on SDMB, by not participating. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/39 "2009-08-11T00:32:01Z")
He won two Noble prizes in the same year, one as himself, and the other as a transvestite. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912/40 "2009-08-11T00:34:38Z")
He once won a James Beard Award and employee of the month at McDonalds on the same day. He thought that climbing Mt. Everest without oxygen and a coat was a “pussy sport”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-the-most-intresting-man-in-the-world/505912.md?page=3)