# The most interesting man in the world **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691 "2011-12-01T12:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/21 "2011-12-01T15:58:41Z")
Remember, folks, he’s the most _interesting_ man in the world, not the toughest, smartest, coolest, etc. I think the ads get away from that sometimes. My favorite: “You see I fell in love with Dos Equis after my short stay in jail in Guadalajara. In fact I returned every Thursday after I was sprung to play canasta with some of the guards. I express reservations.” Read one of the early ones [here](http://www.hark.com/clips/pnnkzyzzsc-dos-equis-commercial-4). I say we start a campaign to get him back to his roots. In other news, apparently my best friend knows someone in LA who docks his boat next to that actor’s boat. So I’m only three degrees away from the most interesting man in the world. How cool am I? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/22 "2011-12-01T16:19:43Z")
He once ran a marathon backwards, just to see what second place looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/23 "2011-12-01T16:32:59Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Remember, folks, he’s the most _interesting_ man in the world, not the toughest, smartest, coolest, etc. I think the ads get away from that sometimes. My favorite: “You see I fell in love with Dos Equis after my short stay in jail in Guadalajara. In fact I returned every Thursday after I was sprung to play canasta with some of the guards. I express reservations.” > > Read one of the early ones [here](http://www.hark.com/clips/pnnkzyzzsc-dos-equis-commercial-4). I say we start a campaign to get him back to his roots. > > In other news, apparently my best friend knows someone in LA who docks his boat next to that actor’s boat. So I’m only three degrees away from the most interesting man in the world. How cool am I? I’m glad they dropped the ads where he gave advice. He’s not supposed to have an opinion about anything. People are supposed to imagine what his opinions are, and believe that his opinions actually satisfy both sides of an issue. That said, he once performed an appendectomy during an earthquake with a ball-point pen and a flashlight. On himself. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/24 "2011-12-01T16:33:51Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > He doesn’t always discuss paradoxes, but when he does, he doesn’t. This is by far the best one I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/25 "2011-12-01T17:05:01Z")
He rose from the dead on the \*second \*day. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/26 "2011-12-01T17:11:23Z")
Superman wears pajamas with his likeness printed on them. The boogie man is pretty sure he’s under the bed. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/27 "2011-12-01T18:13:45Z")
He once beat Gary Kasparov at chess…with checkers. He once won a Russian roulette tournament using a fully loaded gun…He went first. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/28 "2011-12-01T18:48:47Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I’m glad they dropped the ads where he gave advice. He’s not supposed to have an opinion about anything. People are supposed to imagine what his opinions are, and believe that his opinions actually satisfy both sides of an issue. My favorite of that series still holds, then: the subject was “Manscaping”, and after a brief pause, the Most Interesting Man said, “…I have no idea what this is.” Damn right, he’s just that manly. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/29 "2011-12-01T18:58:29Z")
Smiles and says nothing when people call Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/30 "2011-12-02T00:11:00Z")
Favorite line from the commercial: “When he’s in Rome, they do as he does.” Cracks me up every time. J. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/31 "2011-12-02T00:49:57Z")
People standing in line invite him to cut in front of them. He always gets what he needs AND what he wants. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/32 "2011-12-02T00:56:38Z")
[The baby of the most interesting man in the world…](http://www.epiclol.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/funny-awesome-photos-thechive-0.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/33 "2011-12-02T07:46:51Z")
[Earler Dope thread here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=527566). There are some pretty damn funny ones in there. My personal favorite: [QUOTE=Princhester] He once held the rapt attention of a theater full of teenage girls with ADD for four hours by sitting silently on the stage on a chair looking like he was about to speak. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/34 "2011-12-02T10:17:30Z")
My favorite line is “In museums, he’s allowed to touch the art” ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/35 "2011-12-02T10:34:33Z")
He doesn’t test his code, but when he does he does it in production. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/36 "2011-12-02T10:54:50Z")
Never seen those ads before, or heard of the beer. Lots of good lines in this thread and the other one. \*Restaurants call him to make a reservation. His balloon animals are indistinguisable from the real thing. He has never won a literary prize, as those who start reading his books are unable to put them down. He has a reserved seat at the UN assembly. He told the original version of “The Aristocrats” joke, all others are a pale imitation. He wasn’t surprised by anything in The Necronomican. He knows what caused the big bang, and the truth about penguins. He could charm either guard into telling him which door was safe.\* ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/37 "2011-12-02T11:36:06Z")
He once held a conversation with a friend in a theater during a performance of _Hamlet_ starring Laurence Olivier. Olivier apologized to him for interrupting him with his soliloquy. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/38 "2011-12-02T11:45:05Z")
_He’s never had to resort to giving socks at Christmas._ ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/39 "2011-12-02T13:55:21Z")
The most interesting man in the world has found God. Drunk, without purpose, and wearing no pants. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691/40 "2011-12-02T15:14:36Z")
I must be getting more interesting myself, because I just put this one on twitter: “Three porn websites have signed up to follow me. Apparently, I’m so good, porn watches ME.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/604691.md?page=3)