Hrm. I was afraid of this.
If we’re curious, he’s superior because he duped us all into asking questions and wondering about him by posting just a few little words.
If we’re angry about that, he’s superior because we’re all childish.
Bummer.
Egads man! I am no more superior than someone who knows the punchline to a joke…how did this get to be so serious to some of you? I certainly am not lauding over you the fact that I know my name and you do not. I don’t know YOUR name, and I am sure it is a fine name at that.
A confused smiley for you.
**newcrasher ** is…Sally Struthers
Be afraid…be very afraid…
I don’t know, maybe it was the rather boastful and so far unsupported claim of “I am the most famous doper in the real world”. You should know that any fact stating of this sort is met with a hardy…
Cite?
Well I find this thread mostly in good, senseless fun, and using my favorite powers of search and investigate, I do know more about you now (assuming you speak the truth on the message boards) than I know about most dopers. I tried to translate that information into a relevant Googling but the only thing I can come up with is someone named “Jeremy” (I’ll omit the last name, because it doesn’t matter, I don’t think) whose son was born in New Hampshire. But that doesn’t quite fit the information, unless your wife gave birth on a road trip.
That said, I think it actually is “lauding it over us” when you come in, say you’re famous (by whatever definition) and then don’t actually give more information. It definitely can be construed (or misconstrued) as an attempt to say “Hey, I’m cool, but you don’t know why, and I have no intention of telling you.” It reminds me of a headgame I used to play on my brother when we were kids. If he did something to piss me off, I’d tell him “Well, I was just about to give you some of my Halloween candy, but now that you’re being a brat, you’re not gonna get some.”
Either way, it doesn’t actually bother me, because… it just doesn’t matter. Just clarifying why, from my POV, some people might not take too kindly to this.
No matter how silly the joke, it’s never cool to start telling it and then leave out the punchline. Are you going to tell us? If not, let me know so I can unsubscribe from this thread and put the whole thing in the past.
By the way, MPSIMS is also theplace for announcements about username changes, moving day threads, and announcements about the well being of our members, none of which are mundane, and all of which are taken quite seriously.
Gee, I assumed it was a game: tell me why I’m famous! Make it wild, make it crazy, make it funny as heck!
Never occurred to me it might be halfway serious, and I still don’t believe that it is.
What’s with the 20 minutes in 1960 jokes I’ve been seeing lately? Am I missing something?
Ron Jeremy is a doper :eek: ?
What are you talking about? I have seen no “20 minutes in 1960” jokes.
Well, only one, and that was nearly half a century ago…
Was it for 20 minutes? 
At the risk of being whooshed (or for the benefit of others who haven’t seen them), a couple of examples:
Uh huh. Now I see I AM being whooshed:
OK so I’m a dingbat because, I guess I’ve found the origin of our newest 1920s style death ray…
Ron Jeremy lives in New Hampshire :eek: :eek: ?
Newcrasher.
Ever go to 7Bs?
Rush?..is that you?
Dammit, I already have over 2000 posts and five years here, and I’m using my real name! What’s the matter with you people?!
So basically, “I have a secret and I’m not telling you. Nanny nanny poo poo.”
I trust you realize why some of us will find this annoying.
P.S. Over 3,000 posts! Jerks!
Well, from what I could see from his past posts, he’s a guy that’s worked at a Baptist Church and doesn’t know how to do Whip-Its from Whipped Cream Canisters, but is curious to know how.
So I found a site that lists famous Baptists, using that angle… I got Glen Campbell or Donna Summer. Maybe he’s their love child. “She works hard for the Wichita Lineman”?
I ain’t famous and don’t particularly want to be. But I used to work in the TV industry (behind the camera) and got to know several famous people. They seem to have common issues - lack of self esteem, the need to use their fame for validation, which resulted in them pushing it in everyone’s faces in a really irritating fashion. When I was a kid I wanted to be famous, too. As an adult, I would look at these people with great distaste and think “Thank god I’m not one of them!”
Sorry if that seems like a personal attack, newcrasher. It isn’t meant to be - just trying to provide others an insight into what to expect from famous people, from my own personal experience.
As for the rest of you, stop trying to figure out who he is and maybe he’ll tell you.
Ha, I’ve got all of you beat. I’ve been interviewed by Ted Koppel. I’ve sung with Pattie LaBelle. I was in a movie with Jim Belushi. I was last interviewed on TV locally about 4 years ago. Top that!!!
Yes, those are all true if incredibly misleading
As to the OP, based on his use of the English language I was thinking Gregg Easterbrook, or maybe Drudge.