# Heh, I'm world famous and didn't even know it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978 "2018-02-01T20:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/1 "2018-02-01T20:27:53Z")
At work, we have this age old SMS system. Some 20+ years ago, I got bored and decided to make a calendar on it. And every year since then, I would update it. Until this year. I figured “What’s the point? We all have internet connections now, no need for this obsolete thing.” Well, today I get a call from a guy in IT asking me if I would update it. IT: “Grrr, can you update your calendar?” Me: “No, that’s okay, nobody in the area uses it anymore. You can just delete it.” IT: “I understand, could you still update it please? I’ve been getting calls from Japan, Mexico, etc, that still use it.” Me: “Whoa, really? Okay then” So weird how it went “work viral” like that. I never told anyone about the calendar except for the folks I worked with. I have no idea how people in Japan and the like even know about it. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/2 "2018-02-01T20:58:26Z")
That, plus every dog on the planet knows your name. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/3 "2018-02-01T21:12:15Z")
Link please … ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/4 "2018-02-01T21:16:02Z")
Here you [go](https://www.google.com/search?q=dogs&source=lnms&tbm=isch). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/5 "2018-02-01T21:21:46Z")
You give a dog a bone…oh NM. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/6 "2018-02-01T21:24:14Z")
Neat! What’s an SMS calendar? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/7 "2018-02-01T21:41:01Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > That, plus every dog on the planet knows your name. Ha! Clever! > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Neat! What’s an SMS calendar? It’s a shared format that only allows texts. No graphs, no pictures… Just plain old text. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/8 "2018-02-01T22:19:23Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Here you [go](https://www.google.com/search?q=dogs&source=lnms&tbm=isch). I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-im-world-famous-and-didnt-even-know-it/807978/9 "2018-02-01T22:30:29Z")
So you could have been the latest ‘Instagram’ type thing, if you had done some clever marketing?