# Whoa, I'm famous- and flabberghasted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 13, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618 "2009-02-13T00:39:37Z")\
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**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:** [February 13, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618/1 "2009-02-13T00:39:37Z")

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So last night I was at a lecture by [Natan Slifkin](http://www.zootorah.com/), the Zoo Rabbi. (Title of the lecture: “How to avoid bear attacks, and thereby save the Jews”. That man is several shades of awesome).

I was talking to him before he started, and I mentioned my recent [lion-related](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10791681&postcount=11) troubles. The conversation went something like this:

Me: So I was bitten by a lion…  
Him: Really? Where?  
Me: In Zimbabwe.  
Him: At a lion walk?  
Me: Yeah.  
Him: That’s was _you_? I heard about that!  
Me: _jaw drops open_

It turns out he knew my tour guide, and was on a safari himself at the time. But still…

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**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618/2 "2009-02-13T01:05:01Z")

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Wow, that’s weirdly cool. Did you ever figure out why the lion bit you? Just took a dislike to your pants?

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618/3 "2009-02-13T01:21:17Z")

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It’s a small world after all.  
It’s a small world after all.  
It’s a small world after all.  
It’s a small, small world.

😃

And thanks for the link to the Zoo Rabbi. My boss’s son just went on safari last Summer and is getting Bar Mitvahed in May, so he’d probably really like that guy. I’m going to pass along the link!

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618/4 "2009-02-13T01:46:37Z")

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I’m not big on attending lectures since I left school and all, but I’d totally have had to poke my head in on that one. Fuckin Nazi bears.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-im-famous-and-flabberghasted/485618/5 "2009-02-13T02:23:29Z")

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Too bad the conversation didn’t go more like this:

Me: So I was bitten by a lion…  
Him: Really? Where?  
Me: Right here on the ass (pulls down pants to show the scar)  
…