# What is your claim to fame? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956 "2016-08-15T22:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/61 "2016-08-17T14:34:29Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > I’m not the guy you’re asking, but my Bacon Number is 2. Maybe that’s my claim to fame? Hey, me too! Through Mark Ruffalo: _In the Cut_ \> _The Avengers_. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/62 "2016-08-17T15:30:32Z")
Ah, I almost forgot…the best man at my wedding was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/63 "2016-08-17T15:42:03Z")
A few years back my buddy and I started an online campaign to deal with what was at the time a common annoyance. We had our 15 minutes of fame - written up in magazines from Business Week to High Times, on local and national news (Fox did a live broadcast from my house, CNN’s Rusty Dornin filmed the story inside my garage, etc), got to testify before a subcommittee at the CA state legislature and so on. We were also an answer on NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” lightning round. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/64 "2016-08-17T16:03:04Z")
As of this posting I’m the longest member of the SDMB (157) although Rick Kitchen gave me a scare (211). Also I’m very skilled at flipping pencils into ceiling tiles. Yeah, I don’t have much. Oh wait, I hung out with The Marshall Tucker Band all day once while my friend was editing one of their music videos. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/65 "2016-08-17T16:05:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hey, me too! Through Mark Ruffalo: _In the Cut_ \> _The Avengers_. Cool! Mine is far less interesting of a source, but the cool part is it’s x2. It’s through a small, independent film, with two actors who were also in two different films with Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/66 "2016-08-17T16:33:18Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Miss Virginia sang Happy Birthday to me, and it wound up on the local TV station Well, I had Carrot Top sing to me on my 21st birthday. What do I win? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/67 "2016-08-17T16:42:36Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Well, I had Carrot Top sing to me on my 21st birthday. What do I win? 🆒 My condolences. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/68 "2016-08-17T17:03:12Z")
And this set of earplugs. Too late, I know, but it’s the thought that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/69 "2016-08-17T18:18:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > and my saliva contains powerful adhesive properties. How do you open your mouth? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/70 "2016-08-17T18:22:46Z")
I built a giant bow on discovery channel to power a Leonardo Da Vinci designed catapult. I also am a published author in a series of books called the " Primitive Bowyers Bible" Volume 4. My chapter has been very well recieved globaly. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/71 "2016-08-17T18:23:19Z")
I’m the #1 reviewer from my city on TripAdvisor. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/72 "2016-08-17T21:16:37Z")
I was credited, along with the late **OpalCat** , as a contributor to one of Vincent Flanders’ “[Web Pages that Suck](http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/)” books. (I noticed Opal in the credits because she was credited as “OpalCat” while I was credited by my real name, so we ended up practically next to each other in the alphabetical listing.) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/73 "2016-08-17T23:02:40Z")
1. \*\*\*\*I starred in a major motion picture. My daughter was in it, too…so was my retched ex-wife. …ok, I suppose, technically I didn’t actually _star_ in the movie…but, I was in a couple scenes with some Hollywood A-listers (John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Laura Dern). I got yelled at by the director because my ex was blabbering some crap to me when the director called, “action!” and they had to re-do the scene. 1. I won my Cub Scout troop’s Pinewood Derby Race in 1964 (don’t tell anybody…but I cheated). 2. After the Pinewood Derby, I had sex with 3 different women in 3 different states, in 1 day (and I didn’t pay for any of it). …it was 12 years \*after \*the Pinewood Derby…but, still, pretty impressive! ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/74 "2016-08-22T09:30:48Z")
I have had 16 books published. All non-fiction except one novel. The new one, The Memory Code, has just been published in Australia is doing really well. It is released in the US and UK in February. It’s been a long haul, but I think I have finally written the Big One. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/75 "2016-08-22T09:55:36Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > As of this posting I’m the longest member of the SDMB (157) although Rick Kitchen gave me a scare (211). When standing up or lying down? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/76 "2016-08-22T11:37:31Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > As of this posting I’m the longest member of the SDMB (157) although Rick Kitchen gave me a scare (211). > [@Princhester](#): > > When standing up or lying down? Measured along the top or the bottom? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956/77 "2016-08-22T11:50:30Z")
I only have one published professional article, but the damn brick is in JACS (the magazine chemists would give an eyetooth to publish in). Apparently when I got my ESL degree, the local official school of languages only gave two per year: one in June, one in September. Mine was the September one and I had people coming up to me asking “hey, was it you…?” for several months. I was an immort for several MUDs, one of which is still going. I haven’t set foot in the virtual place for 15 years, but between writing and editing I’ve worked in half their areas. That MUD got me thanked in a Russian book about the internet. Twice, same book. Once under my immort name, once under the name of my main player character. That book got us a slew of Russian players wanting to practice their English. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-claim-to-fame/762956.md?page=3)