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“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ When I was 10, I got hit by a car.
Dented the fender with my knee, broke the windshield with my back, flew 10 feet, when they slammed on the brakes and didn't get hurt.
Local paper wrote about it with the title " boy hits car, car damaged"
Someone sent it to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and he talked about me and showed the newspaper clipping with my picture. Said something like, " The terminators kid is running around and to be careful

Final score:

274points

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago

That's pretty awesome.

86points

Rachael Smith 11 months ago

Same happened to my husband when he was about 5! The car owner had the temerity to call his dad and try to demand payment for the car damage.

24points

WindySwede 11 months ago

🤔🙄 in chock or just an idiot?

8points

OneHappyPuppy 11 months ago

When I was in elementary school, a kid got hit by a bus in my hometown. For whatever reason, they published the full name of the kid - my name. Now, my first name is the most popular name in my country but my last name is not that common. I was in school when it all went down and all that day and for the next week we used to get phone calls from relatives to ask if I'm ok?? Got bored of explaining myself pretty quickly...

9points

chamvindev 11 months ago

Is that you, Chuck Norris?

9points

Happy Jack 11 months ago (edited)

Had a car turn in front of me as I was bombing down a hill on my bicycle. Put a big dent in the rear quarter panel, flipped over the trunk and landed on my feet on the other side of the vehicle. Bike wheel was slightly bent, but I was not. Police tried to blame me.

6points

Russell Tilling 11 months ago

He'll be back!

4points

David Leick 11 months ago (edited)

Are you Sarah Connor? Can your son John come out to play? We're going to play catch at the steel mill.

2points

lily jones 11 months ago

They should've titled it 'Car gets hit by ten year old boy'

1point

bbfa 9 months ago

I sent Leno a headline with a specific joke made out of it. He presented it in his monologue as his. Although his writers may have come up with it separately, I heard he helped himself to jokes from a lot of comedians.

0points

LinkTheHylian 10 months ago

Was it a Tesla? I bet it was a Tesla.

0points

Lindy Mac 10 months ago

Great story: boy hits car, car damaged. I bet the insurance company was relieved they DIDN'T hurt you.

0points

Simona M. 11 months ago

🤣

0points

Glen Ellyn Premium 11 months ago

Reminds me of a story I read in the local paper. It would have fit in well with Leno's "headlines segment." There was a collision between a car and a cow within the city limits. "The cow left the scene." It cracked me up. Hit and run? Cow refused to give a statement? 🤣 I'm still wondering where the cow came from.

0points

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ A documentary crew was visiting the hospital I worked at. They were filming the average shifts of doctors and nurses etc. I didn't want to be part of it and as I came around the corner, there they all were, coming straight toward me and talking to another nurse. I immediately turned left to get away, tripped over a wet floor sign and fell flat on my face. When the documentary aired, they included the quick talk with the nurse and all you could see in the background was me run, fall and then see my feet poking out of a cupboard.

curiousopenmind22 , amynapaloha Report

Final score:

241points

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glowworm2 11 months ago

Didn’t want to be part of it. Unintentionally became a legend.

156points

Comfortable-Ear-9186 , dmitry-demidov-515774 Report

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I voiced a video game and when I recently looked up the game reviews on Reddit, people said one of the most annoying aspects of the game is my voice!

Final score:

206points

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UndertaleLover (She/Her) 11 months ago

Oof

104points

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I ran with the Olympic torch when I was 10 years old in Connecticut.

I_am_not_Spider_Man , adamkr Report

Final score:

186points

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Downunderdude 11 months ago

Yeah, but you're supposed to give it back.

165points

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I found myself on People of Walmart

Jetter37 , jeepersmedia Report

Final score:

182points

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Kzincat 11 months ago (edited)

I laughed too hard at this.

124points

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I once donated a signed piece of tv show merch to a charity auction and it turned out to be the main attraction that people were really battling over. No one knew it came from me or anything but it was pretty cool sitting in the audience watching people fight over something I contributed.

karmagirl314 , julia-m-cameron Report

Final score:

181points

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NoBadDays 11 months ago

That’s pretty cool, I hope it helped the charity a bit more!

60points

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was at a Transiberian Orchestra Concert. I was really into it and after a solid guitar solo from one of the bandmembers, I looked at him and stuck my fist in the air. Well, he saw it, looked at me, and did the same. He then encouraged the rest of the crowd to do the same when they were "feeling it"! Moments like those make you feel like you can command legions.

ashley21093 , jbtzxclsv Report

Final score:

180points

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

I went to a baseball game for my bachelor outing. I moved over to a standing section just over the bullpen (where relief pitchers warm up in case they're needed). I shouted at a pitching coach to put in a red-hot, young rookie relief pitcher. When he got sent into the game, the pitcher pointed at me and gave me a thumbs up.

108points

RecommendationFew787 Report

I'm a white Aussie woman, in my mid 20's I was flying to the USA and had a layover in Japan- Narita Airport. Went to the food court Macdonalds and I don't really know what what was said, but it became clear the girl at the counter mistook me for someone famous. Next thing I know I'm being mobbed and asked for pics with everyone! I just went with it and now have a pic of me sitting on the counter of the Maccas with about 80 Japanese people all posing with me very excited. I still have no idea who I was meant to be. I'm average looking and don't wear make up or fancy clothes.

Final score:

180points

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C.O. Shea 11 months ago

A bunch of guys at a Jiffy Lube were convinced I was Ellen DeGeneres. I'm not blond, not tall, kinda pudgy. It was hilariously surreal.

99points

#10

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ 2-day Jeopardy champion. One of the best experiences of my life.

Wonder_woman_1965 , russloar Report

Final score:

174points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

With Alex?! Another human that humans didn't deserve.

62points

#11

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was (14yo, 1985) a recipient of of one of the early Cochlear Implants this side of the country. I went on speaking engagements, did some interviews, articles in newspapers and teen magazines, did a benefit with Woody Paige (he wrote the newspaper articles too) and I met with prospective patients around the state for a couple years.

I stopped wearing my implant a few years after high school. I had had enough. Silence is golden! Remain a staunch supporter but it wasn't for me.

onedef1 , bodenchuknata Report

Final score:

168points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

Very cool that you still help and support. These days, silence is bliss.

60points

#12

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was on Google Street View. Recognizably.

That's global, man!

druu222 , simplysuzy Report

Final score:

152points

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Kate 11 months ago

Y'know those plywood cutouts of wide butts that are supposed to look like someone is bending over in the garden and pulling weeds or something? Yeah, we've never had one. Which confused me for a sec when I looked up my parents' house years ago on Google. Mom says she had no idea the Google car was even there.

105points

#13

My husband’s 15 minutes of fame is when we went and saw Bert Kreischer and as Bert was joking about having a hairy a*****e I pointed at my husband and for the rest of the bit he kept pointing at my husband and saying things like “this guy knows what I’m talking about.” My husband was mortified and it was the best birthday I’ve had in awhile lol

ShannonsParade Report

Final score:

150points

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C.O. Shea 11 months ago

Bwaahahahahaaa... awesome!

34points

Artificial-insanitee , waldemarbrandt67w Report

#14

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I bought the winning ticket for my work lottery group. $10,000,000.

Final score:

148points

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Tucker Cahooter 11 months ago

Ah yes but did you choose the numbers?

10points

#15

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ Tagged along with a friend to a house party where I barely knew anyone. Was walking in the kitchen when someone decided to prep a big fruit salad and I offered to help with the mango because just a couple days prior I had watched a Youtube tutorial on how to easily cut up a mango. (Cut off “flat” sides, cross score, flip inside out to get a “mango hedgehog”, cut off spikes, easy!). I had never tried that technique before but still gave it a shot. Somehow I managed to pull it off perfectly. When I looked up everyone in the kitchen was astounded by how skillfully I had prepped that mango. One of my buddies female friends so much so, that we ended up hooking up that evening and had a months long fling.

TL;DR Handled a mango, got the girl.

anon , roman-odintsov Report

Final score:

144points

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Deborah B 11 months ago

He showed: Confidence, competence, kitchen skills, helpfulness, and just being willing to pitch in on food prep and chores. Guys, if you don't have the oportunity to peel a mango, try loading the dishwasher correctly.

14points

Standard-Carry-2219 , sarah-blocksidge-69426152 Report

#16

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ My google reviews are marked as helpful by thousands

Final score:

137points

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Tucker Cahooter 11 months ago

I used to give bogus Google reviews for prisons. Both the Bangkok Post and Daily Mail UK picked up on one I did for Wormwood Scrubs; I'm not entirely sure they know I was joking

56points

#17

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ There was a while when American eagle in Times Square had a thing where if you took a picture in their store, it would show up on their massive billboard in the square for 15 seconds. The biggest one there. You didn’t have to purchase anything. So my friend and I went in and they took our picture and sure enough within a couple minutes we were on the biggest screen in Times Square!

And it never went away 😂 I guess nobody else wanted to do it…. Because our picture stayed there all night. We returned after dinner and a show and it was still there. Still wonder how many people saw that goofy picture of us just smiling at the camera.

False_Aioli4961 , alexhaney Report

Final score:

129points

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EP 11 months ago

That’s really funny. You think let’s do it bc it’s brief. Never did it cross your mind that no one would line up behind you to replace your photo.

49points

#18

I used to do gymnastics, and to this day I can still just pull a backflip pretty much anywhere

So I was out clubbing w some friends, and we’re at the dance floor, and this group of guys decided to make a circle, so ppl are dancing and s**t. And a lot of girls were taking turns twerking, which there’s nothing wrong w that, but everyone was kinda waiting for someone to do smth else. So I go in and I do my little backflip, and I thought that would be the end of it.

Everyone starts cheering and going crazy as if I just scored the winning point at the Super Bowl. And for a while ppl kept like following me as we were leaving to get to our table, and the same group of guys even bought us a round of shots.

Obvs the hype ended up dying as the night went on, but I felt pretty cool abt myself, like a lil adrenaline came in lmao

Sleviss Report

Final score:

120points

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Moos 11 months ago

Cool :)

25points

#19

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ Russell Howard asked me a question while he was performing stand-up in a tiny venue, and my panicked answer made him laugh so hard he bought me a drink afterwards. Most of the details of our interaction are lost to adrenaline, sadly, but he was nice.

ibiacmbyww , ilyasssed Report

Final score:

117points

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Jules 11 months ago

Russell Howard is a great comedian and always seems to be a genuinely nice guy. Especially love his stories about the West Country and his family

31points

#20

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I made a reference to one of the fanfictions I wrote. And somebody was like, "HOLY S**T, IS THAT _______" they shouted it out in the middle of a grocery store......... that was my 15 seconds of fame moment.

alonelydnd , tatianasyrikova Report

Final score:

108points

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WindySwede 11 months ago

For once BP is not to blame for censoring. But can't get the word, or good/bad?

16points

#21

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ Cramming a hotdog in my mouth while a famous golf shot was made in a Major. It is a rerun in a lot of sports highlight reels.

never_stirred , blunkorama Report

Final score:

105points

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Keira Robertson 11 months ago

Lol that's epic!

24points

#22

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I became somewhat known in the retro gaming community for doing this insane YouTube video on an obscure shooter (SHMUP) from 1992. I’d go to cons and get recognized. It was incredibly bizarre but wonderful at the same time. It led to me meeting a somewhat well known game dev. In 2019 he invited me out to San Francisco to a game release party where I spent the day with a bunch of legendary game devs as well as Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song. Good times.

reefguy007 , nordwood Report

Final score:

96points

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Breadcrumb. 11 months ago

How is Culkin doin?

11points

#23

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was killed at the red wedding (Game of Thrones)

Ok-Fudge8848 , IMDb Report

Final score:

95points

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

Sorry, but every time I see a reference to the red wedding, I think to myself, "But father... I want to sing!" The worse thing about ripping off Monty Python's Holy Grail is that there was an entire episode of Northern Exposure where an artsy film-maker was devastated to learn his idea of seeing a cow flying through the air was an accidental rip-off of that movie. Never has someone been so distraught by hearing, "You mean like fetchez la vache?" Sorry, I went ADD again, didn't I?

58points

#24

I was the only kid in sixth grade who could spell "psychology". And then everybody clapped. No, really.

6r576fru7 Report

Final score:

94points

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Lavern Defazio 11 months ago

Czechoslovakia. That was mine.

62points

#25

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was one of the little kids trick or treating in the opening sequence of Halloweentown.

necianokomis , charles-parker Report

Final score:

93points

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Headless Horseman 11 months ago (edited)

I know the girl who lived in a house in the background of a Twilight movie. I also know a girl who was in the background of a scene that made it into the movie. It's possible that my dog is barking in the background of the same scene, I saw her walking with her friend as I was walking with my dog and my dog barked at her a lot.

28points

#26

When I was a child, maybe 8 or 9, my mum took us to London, and we were just on the way out of the natural history museum and there were a couple of people on the street with a camera asking passers by if they wanted to be on TV.

Long story short, I ended up on the Disney channel (in the UK anyway) announcing one of the nominations for some awards show, i think in an ad for the show and not in the show itself. Anyway, looking directly into the camera, I was instructed to say "this year, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrect was absolutely magical", and throw my arm towards the camera like I was casting a spell.

My poor grandmother recorded hours and hours of that damn channel so I could see the footage (we didn't have Disney Channel at home) and did manage to get it. Clearly the take where I threw my arm out didn't make it as they used one of the other ones where I awkwardly look off camera at my mum. I expect that tape is long gone now, but think about it from time to time. It's my go to if I ever need to share one interesting fact about myself.

PM_ME_YOUR_JUNK_ Report

Final score:

88points

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Jake B 11 months ago

Mischief managed

46points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#27

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I ate 100 chicken wings in one sitting as a teenager and the chef came out to tell me he was impressed

rapture189 , scotteckersley Report

Final score:

84points

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Tucker Cahooter 11 months ago

He also brought with him the sick bucket (a la Mr Creosote)

46points

#28

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ Profiled on Humans of New York.

Said profile also appears in Humans of NY Stories (book).

CharminginBK , gonchifacello Report

Final score:

78points

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Pink kitty 11 months ago

Some fascinating stories in Humans of New York!

3points

#29

My picture was in playboy magazine. My mom bought five copies

02K30C1 Report

Final score:

73points

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Bob Brooce 11 months ago

When I was on the cover of the Rolling Stone I bought five copies for my mother.

104points

babythrottlepop , amyjoyhumphries Report

#30

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I slapped some choking kid on the back at Disney world when I was 16. His parents didn’t realize he was choking. I didn’t even know if that was what I was supposed to do. It worked though. The awkward little emo I was hated the amount of attention it got, even if it was only a few minutes worth.

Final score:

72points

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Panda Kicki 11 months ago (edited)

I did a similar thing with a choking baby when the mum got frozen and just stood there. Turned it downed over my arm, stedy pat on back. Baby is fine and the mum is still over the moon about me if she sees me somewhere (small town)

57points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#31

I was on a TV show back in the day called Forgive or Forget. In a previous episode, I’d seen this young woman who was being abused by her boyfriend, but couldn’t afford to leave so I wrote the show to tell them if she was really interested in leaving she could stay with me in my New York apartment until she got it together. I’m single with no kids still.

So I went on the show and I was excited to meet her and then **do you know what this b***h did**? After the show, she asked me if her boyfriend could also move in with us. I was so through. Removed myself from the situation.

*But I looked good on television* 🤣. I wish I could find the episode. It was around 1999, before Robin Givens took over the show.

EAHWP Report

Final score:

71points

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C.O. Shea 11 months ago

Sadly, abusive relationships take many tries to break free. You offered a road she wasn't capable of walking yet. I'm sorry.

64points

#32

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was the victim of a popular prank video on Tiktok that went viral. It's completely ruined my Social life

Yaancat17 , a_d_s_w Report

Final score:

70points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

It's sad how much damage social media can do, especially to kids.

93points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#33

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was on who wants to be a millionaire, i didnt participate but i was the one who came as a friend for the participant, after that episoded aired on the next day at school i was pretty popular. After 2 days nobody gave a s**t anymore.

MrChopsticks89 , kenner116 Report

Final score:

66points

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ShyWahine 11 months ago

Did your friend reach out and use you as a lifeline during the show ?

10points

#34

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ My dog was in the Latin-American soap opera, ¿Donde Esta Elisa? - he was even in the opening credits. (This is more towards my ex-wife's 15 minutes).

For me, I was on ESPN during the 1992-1993 HCAA hockey championship. I was in the pep band for UMaine and they put the camera right on me playing my tenor sax.

.. and yes, the UMaine Black Bears won. :D

draggar , yaspho Report

Final score:

63points

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Nikki Hilton 11 months ago

Was your dog Elisa? Or did your dog help in the search for Elisa? Where *WAS* Elisa?

14points

#35

I was in college when the Virginia Tech shooting happened. My school had some sort of memorial service, and a couple friends and I decided to go because we had nothing better to do and it just kinda felt right.

Turns out the photographer for our school newspaper was there and my friends and I ended up on the front page, holding our candles.

Nothing really came of it but it was kinda wild to see my face on the newsstands.

Immortal_in_well Report

Final score:

61points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

Better than on a wanted poster.

24points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#36

I got top comment on an AskReddit thread once

ThomasTanker022 Report

Final score:

60points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

Is that better or worse than top comment on BP?

25points

#37

I was car-spotting and filming cars in London when a Lamborghini caught fire from revving too hard.
I had a large bottle of water on hand to help put out the car fire.

x-katie-x Report

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53points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

Insurance company was surely grateful.

14points

#38

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I roasted a celebrity that shall remain nameless in 2020 on Twitter, so many likes retweets replies and… bad DMs I ended up getting so scared I deleted my account.

KatesCool , nate_dumlao Report

Final score:

52points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago (edited)

Stories like this are why my few profiles have names only people that know me would get. Mostly dog and nautical themes. Also why I won't put anything remotely political on my car, I like my windows.

39points

#39

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ Years ago when I was a teenager I was in one of those Truth anti-tobacco commercials. My role was the popular girl at a beach party that missed out on the fun because she just HAD to go have a smoke.

They made me take huge puffs from a real cigarette to induce coughing, it was nuts lol

I never got a copy of the finished commercial but I got to see it before it aired.

SchylaZeal , handywicaksono Report

Final score:

51points

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Bec 11 months ago

Lol. Do they gave a minor a real cigarette for an anti-smoking commercial? They do make fakes specifically for this kind of thing 🙄

34points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#40

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ I was ranked world number 3 in my sport for 4 years. I’ve been interviewed for sport specific news publications in various countries.

Time-For-A-Brew , jrice_photography Report

Final score:

50points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

Thanks for leaving us hangin'.

31points

#41

I had a number one iTunes podcast and the logo for my podcast (and my face) was on a screen behind Steve Jobs while he was describing the top podcasts on iTunes. It was an Apple event for the iPod mini in 2005.

bunnehfeet Report

Final score:

49points

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#42

I got scouted off the street in NYC to be in a shoot for a hair salon, which got printed in a few small magazines. The shoot was ridiculous and so were the hair pieces they put on me. They had one concept for a photo that was “think tank” themed, so they literally… had me stand inside a giant fish tank with f****n e=mc^2 and chemistry equations on a chalkboard behind it. While wearing what I can only describe as waist-length puffy witch hair. While I was having my makeup done, the hair salon guy came around and said he didn’t like the “c*m lips” they gave me which—I agreed with, foundation lips are weird but *man* what a weird thing to say to someone you just met. There was also an older, actually signed model who was clearly going through something and felt threatened by me for whatever reason. She was also a vegan, and they had us in a photo together and made her stand in front of a grill holding a slab of meat with tongs?? With like some Whoville looking hairstyle. The whole thing was a mess 😂

GCCjigglypuff Report

Final score:

44points

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MontanaMariner 11 months ago

Reminds me of all the recent nonsense colonge/perfume ads from before Xmas. Wtf does Johnny Depp playing guitar in the desert smell like? Sweaty a$$?

35points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#43

My mum won a BAFTA. Not really MY 15 second of fame, but it doesn’t stop me telling people.

If we’re talking exclusively MINE, I was very briefly featured on The One Show, in passing footage.

LoudAndQueer1991 Report

Final score:

43points

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Moos 11 months ago

3points

#44

Hanging out with the GZA and The Funky Nomads while GZA and my 12 year old played chess.

I will forever be famous to my son for this event! Thanks GZA!

For those who don’t know GZA is a member of the Wu Tang Clan.

Ok_Blueberry_6250 Report

Final score:

39points

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Multa Nocte 11 months ago (edited)

So who won - your son or GZA? I've heard he is a mean chess player. And is Wu Tang really for the children? ;-)

4points

#45

“I Found Myself On People Of Walmart”: 50 People That Had Their ‘15 Seconds Of Fame’ Went to a professional baseball game in military uniform as a “member of the women’s council”. Went on the field and everything before the game. I was the only male in the group (not actually part of the council) but my female army roommate gave me and another female medic the tickets and we weren’t aware it was an event.

The guy reading the names paused before reading mine. Made it a wee bit awkward 🤣

FlyingDodoBird25 , gstockstudio Report

Final score:

38points

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laura lee 11 months ago

Is our next world war going to be in the Matrix or something? Why are all the uniforms digitized?

1point

College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

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Internet Gives Unemployed Woman A Reality Check After She Expects Friends To Buy Her A Trip

#46

John Daily made fun of me on the Daily show for a picture that was taken of me drunk at a football game. The same picture was on the front page of the newspaper and on every highlight of the game. Colorado 62 Nebraska 36

DegngusKhan Report

Final score:

36points

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Bartlet for World Domination 11 months ago

Jon Stewart?

27points

#47

I hugged prime Britney Spears when I was 16 and she was dating Justin Timberlake, she came into the store I was working at and I told her to have a Merry Christmas

Temporary-Ad-4666 Report

Final score:

36points

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Nicky 11 months ago

She's still prime

31points

sortaseabeethrowaway Report

#48

I brought a dishwasher to school

Final score:

35points

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Lavern Defazio 11 months ago

Machine or human ?

31points

#49

I was on Good Morning America for about 15-30 seconds. Still have the video saved somewhere.

ChemE-challenged Report

Final score:

32points

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Nicola Mawson 11 months ago

Still got my TV appearances and radio interview

1point

#50

A friend of mine posted a clip of us playing Lethal Company on TikTok that blew up and became the most watched clip of the game for a while. I had no idea until a bunch of people sent it to me and were like “is this you?”

No_Creativity Report

Final score:

32points

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MalayDragon 11 months ago

I wonder if the OP is talking about the Clip about the Secret Weapon. The Ladder. That clip cracks me up every time.

1point

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TrdFrgsn 11 months ago

Wrote a comment on Bored Panda. Got upvoted.

36points

Katie Lutesinger 11 months ago

Another upvote from me! Go you!! (Seriously, BP comment upvotes are like crack cocaine for me).

16points

Katie Lutesinger 11 months ago

I was a reasonably successful mid-list author of fantasy novels for a few years. I'm still an author of fantasy novels, of course, but all it took was a couple of years of no big releases and the "fame" part was over. Calling it 15 minutes of fame is incredibly accurate; it seemed like pretty much overnight the public had gone from knowing who I was to never having heard of me. But it was nice while it lasted.

13points

Gavin Johnson 11 months ago

I was Time ‘Person of the Year’ in 2006. I’m still wondering if I should put it on my C.V.

9points

two-sided llama 11 months ago

just searched that up. That's a funny trick thought you were famous

7points

DB 11 months ago

I was featured on my company's career website for a few years, even after I left.

6points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

My work mate recently showed me a picture of her on her school's website- from at least 10 years after she went there, not long before she left that country

0points

AG 11 months ago

When I was 5ish, my mother and I were in a Mr Rogers book.

6points

I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 11 months ago

Posting here because comments not open on other articles. Please stop posting products like buzzfeed!!

6points

Multa Nocte 11 months ago

Yes!!!!

2points

Fynne 11 months ago

When I was about four, I would sing a song from a tv show thing called Doctor Horribles Sing-Along Blog starring Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris. Anyway, a video of tiny me singing was uploaded to YouTube by my dad and got about 25k views. Nathan Fillion also responded to the video on Facebook I think.

4points

Alan Jay Weiner 11 months ago

That's awesome! Funny video, too!

1point

Kai 11 months ago

There are multiple articles about me and my mom (washington post, good morning america, one on bored panda!) from a silly little prank/art(?) type thing we did ~dec 2020 :)

4points

The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

I have more "famous" moments, (which might break my anonymity. Not that anyone would ever say, "Oh, he's that guy!" but I don't trust data miners) but this a smallish moment that got slightly beyond my intents: At the height of his fame, Chris Rock did a free concert at my religiously affiliated university. Normally, he's VERY funny. This time, however, he read the room horribly wrong. Maybe he thought we were all itching to rebel against what he presumed to be repression. He started talking about stealing smells of girls' body parts, etc. I was there on a sort of a date. (You know, the kind where you're both trying to figure out what sort of relationship you're looking for?) I found him very unfunny and I could see the girl I liked was very uncomfortable, so I said, "let's ditch this." I knew it was a gamble because comics will mercilessly roast someone who leaves. But apparently, our departure provided cover for others to leave. It started to look like a protest movement as several dozen people left. He was quite shaken.

4points

Alex Helm 11 months ago

I used to do Roman re-enactment, including gladiators. We did a show in a reasonably intact Roman arena in Wales. I win my duel, raised my sword, the whole crowd cheered. I really felt like Russell Crowe!

3points

Tiny Dancer 11 months ago

In the '70s, when I was in high school, my parents' band recorded an album (with my name in the liner notes) which was nominated for a JUNO (Canada's Grammy!) and they had a local hit with one of the songs. For weeks, I was greeted by the kids at school singing the chorus when I entered the classroom every morning. In my adult years, I ran a very popular X-Files site that FOX shut down three times (it was saved by an Aussie fan who hosted it on his server far from their clutches, waah-haa-haa!). I shall always be very proud of that era of my life, ducking the FOX suits with my little fan site.

3points

Magnifico Giganticus (it) 11 months ago

I can recite the alphabet backwards and this is my 15 seconds!

3points

Petra Schaap 11 months ago

we were at a big John Fogerty show in Los Angeles, front row. At one moment John pointed at us and told the audience we came all the way from Europe :-D everyone cheered for us. After the show, i was so emotional for so many reasons and turned away from my friends to cry in a corner, when all of a sudden this guy looked at me and yelled to his friends "HERES THAT CHICK FROM EUROPE!!!" and the next moment we had to take pictures with a bunch of strangers, while mascara running down my cheeks. Turns out that when Fogerty introduced us to the crowd, we were on the big screen!

3points

Jacob B. 11 months ago

I got one, but goes way back. I was doing printing for a sponsored after school trade craft. Well, when I got to the point to do screen printing, for shoots and giggles I did the Soviet red star and yellow hammer and sickle and put it on the back of t-shirts and sweat shirts. My father would use me as free labor in his construction business on Saturdays and school holidays. So on Labor Day, I put on one the shirts and went to work. My mom saw the news that day and saw my backside and signature shirt and the reporter said "but some still have to work today".

3points

Rick Seiden 11 months ago

When I was in my 20s I was in Orlando at a Raiders of the Lost Ark live action event in one of the parks. They needed two people to scream, so they asked the audience to scream if they wanted to be in the show. I can get VERY loud when I want to. I just screamed as loud as I could. The guy on stage whipped his head in my direction really fast and called me down. I got to be in the show as a random screamer. I think we were supposed to scream at snakes. "Why did it have to be snakes?" (I really do think it was snakes, though)

2points

Linda Lee 11 months ago

I was my high school chess champ.

2points

ʇı ɓnɟ 11 months ago

i was on hgtv's house hunters

2points

Apatheist Account2 11 months ago

Been on three TV quiz shows in the UK...two of them I was on for the full show, so I think I've had far more than my official 15 minutes...in fact, all told, it probably comes to about an hour and a half :) I know it's greedy but I want to do more, including every different type - I have yet to do any with a team of strangers, on a buzzer, or a pilot or first series. Got an audition for a pilot of a show next week though...here's hoping :)

2points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

Which shows were you on? I would have loved to be on the Aussie version of Pointless with my dad, but it was such a short lived show we missed the boat! I read a book by one of the Aussie Chasers a while ago and he was talking about all the quiz shows he was on before he became the chaser. Started as a teen, not even winning all of them, so you never know, you could have a bigger future ahead :)

0points

Trisec Tebeakesse 11 months ago

A group of us went to the Obama inauguration. We started the "Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye" chant where we were standing. Watching the video later, we heard that on TV!

2points

Headless Horseman 11 months ago (edited)

I know the girl who lived in a house in the background of a Twilight movie. I also know the girl who was in the background of a scene that made it into the movie. It's possible that my dog is barking in the background of the same scene, I saw the girl walking with her friend as I was walking with my dog and my dog barked at her a lot while we walked past the filming. I haven't seen the movies, so I don't know any more details other than the scene was filmed in St. Helens, Oregon and it was filmed by one of the only alleys in the entire town. Also, since I grew up in St. Helens, everyone asks me about Halloweentown. Let me tell you, it is not worth the visit to see the vehicle and giant movie props they bring by every year. I have told this to many people and they always tell me I was right when they come back from seeing it. It's crowded, loud, in a tiny courtyard with HUNDREDS of people and $20 hot dogs.

2points

Sky Render 11 months ago

I guess my big "moment of fame" (as it were) was when a fan translation I'd done of a very popular Super Nintendo RPG got a direct reference in the Game Boy Advance port of said game. That reference did not return for the recent remaster, sadly.

2points

Elio 11 months ago

I got mentioned in a local newspaper along with some of my classmates because one of the local banks was doing outreach at my school when I was in 5th grade. My main takeaway about banking is that the money counter is fun. My dad ended up on the news because they found a human skeleton at one of the sites he was working at and they had to halt construction.

2points

Taswell the fox(he/him) 11 months ago

These were cool! I met the voice actor for Larry the Cucumber once (Veggietales)

2points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

That's cool!

0points

Tamara Augustine 10 months ago

I was on the front page of my local newspaper! The photographer was taking a lovely photo of a duck in the grass and there I was in the background. :)

1point

Jaguarundi 10 months ago

I was separated from my family at the New York World's Fair for several hours. When I was found, I was playing with the model trains with "John-John" Kennedy, the late President John F. Kennedy's son. A photograph of the two of us playing with the trains was in Life Magazine. I remember that the model train set had an exploding volcano that we took turns setting off to erupt.My mother almost caused an incident with the Secret Service when she tried to retrieve me. Jacqueline Kennedy intervened and had an agent escort me back to my Mom.

1point

ConstantlyJon 10 months ago

I follow a very large sports blog and sometimes write longform pieces for them. Eeeeevery once in a while I make it on the front page of the blog in a quick mention. Has happened a few times and makes my week every time it happens. (sidenote: GO BLUE)

1point

Big Chungus 10 months ago

I once captured the universal studio globe when Pokemon go was big, I held that b***h for a minute lol

1point

Alan Jay Weiner 11 months ago

I've got two minor ones - the dojo I go to had a fund-raiser. One of the things we could do was board breaking, which I love doing (it's remarkably easy and fun). The local newspaper printed a photo of me breaking 5 boards. Another maybe one-tenth of a second of fame; I was an extra in Little Women. At the beginning of the film when she's running down the street, she passes a woman and a police officer. If you grab *just* the right time, and enlarge it, you can see my face between them under an umbrella. I was filmed in a number of other scenes, but they didn't use them. Was amazing to see all the work they did for what probably ended up as five minutes of the movie. Hundreds of extras, at least a hundred crew members, dozens of cameras, etc.

1point

Heather Evans 11 months ago

I was eating a cheeseburger in the background of a McDonald's commercial in 1988. Unfortunately a VCR was an expensive thing that we didn't own so I was never able to see a recording of it.

1point

Himory TheDreamer 11 months ago

My 15 minutes of fame is being recognized in random websites and social media by people that saw my account on a certain game.

1point

mSpencer 11 months ago

I was arrested for a protest. It circulated from the local news (Orlando Florida) up to the BBC! And my grandparents gave me such s**t

1point

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

Not quite as interesting but, my mum and stepdad were on the footage of a protest once, holding a sign saying 'Mary, Joseph and Jesus were refugees too'.

0points

EmBree 11 months ago

My best friend and I worked at the same restaurant and a TV team came to report on our exceptional buffet. My friend wanted to be on TV, I didn't. The reporter interviewed our boss and my friend kept trying to be close to the action cleaning tables and fussing about, while I stayed away. The interview was over, the camera man focused on filming the food and I thought it safe to run past them. The reporter grabbed me and asked a couple of question. I wanted to die and my friend wanted to kill me for "steeling the show". We all gathered around the TV the next day to see the reportage. It was the reporter commenting on the food, then they played funny cartoon music as the camera showed the food and ended up focusing on my friend's butt. That was all. I was happy, my boss and my friend was not.

1point

BarkingSpider 11 months ago

I got interviewed at a comic convention once and I guess it was on a local radio station, but I made one stupid comment during the conversation and that is the clip they put in the news... they also talked to my daughter who was 5 or 6 at the time and she was so cute and articulate, but they didn't use any of it which was a bummer.

1point

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 11 months ago

Any military vets here? Somewhere in storage is a vcr tape with a commercial that was filmed for the armed forces network. It was, oh, 2003 or 4, reminding you to to turn in your absentee ballot for the US elections. Monty Python-ish, involved hurling a dummy via catapult over a wall. Actors were local SCA group around middle Tennessee. I'm the little girl at the top of the stairs, really long hair, blue and white dress. Camera is quick to follow the main actor, so less than 15 seconds for me, more like 2.5 lol

1point

Maehem 11 months ago

At the age of 11 or 12, I was at the beach with my family when a very popular news company set up a camera on shore. I noticed the camera following me as I was swimming around. Wasn't until we got home a few days later, that I found they had done a piece on a boy who had drowned there the week before. 😅 Never watched the footage though.

1point

two-sided llama 11 months ago (edited)

I'm on an episode of amazing hotel ( the BBC show).In the Kasbah Tamout episode, my family was in the dining room while they were filming. They also had a magician at dinner and there was a part where they filmed me and my family reacting to the magician. It was very cool. ( also my uncle appears in the Will Ferrell lose in New York scene in Elf in the background)

1point

Nerd Groupie 11 months ago

I was raised in a very small rural town. It was the 90's and I love magazines (Teen, Seventeen, YM, etc) I wrote in to one that was lesser known and shorter lived than those. I was chosen for a story they did on "a day in the life of a teenage girl" and there were 4 of us from all around the US and Canada. The writer interviewed me over the phone and sent a professional photographer to my hometown to take my photos. We waited months for "my" issue to come out and our town store ordered extra copies. The actual article ended up being pretty cringe (the main photo they used didn't even show my face and the writer made SO many mistakes, I really have to wonder if she even bothered to take notes or just winged it) but I definitely was known around my school for a bit!

1point

Nerd Groupie 11 months ago

Just noticed this posted as a reply to a comment instead of the article. Sorry!

0points

GoldminerGirl 11 months ago

In the early 80’s, my husband was involved in Road Rally’s, and competed 2 or 3 of the Cannonball Run races across the country. When arriving at the finish line in the Detroit area, I was waiting for him with a large bouquet of roses. The event was televised and the cameraman zoomed in on me for about 10 seconds and I ended up on the next episode of “Speed Week”. Didn’t know it until one of my husband’s friends ask him “hey Wayne, was that your wife I saw on Speed Week Sunday?” Thought it was kinda cool!

1point

mysterious(all pronouns) 11 months ago

I got mentioned in a (positive) review at my job, which felt really great, also I am briefly in a few shots in a documentary.

1point

Raven DeathShade 11 months ago

I was in my local paper for a production of Clue that I was in. We got a standing ovation opening night. (For those of you who don't know, Clue is a murder mystery board game adapted in the 80s into a movie.) I was my favorite character, Miss Scarlet. Unfortunately, the picture of me and the rest of the cast was ruined due to the fact my ex was in it, but still.

1point

Remi (He/Him) 11 months ago

When I was in my early twenties, there was a Finnish actor in a drama series who looked enough like me that I had people asking me for an autograph or come talk about the series several times. That was a weird two years until they killed off the character.

1point

Bidango Smith 11 months ago

I was more famous than a Kardashian for a full BuzzFeed week. Goggle, "The Beth Project"

1point

Fora Nakit 11 months ago

I never understood that "fame" need. I grew up among well-known, and famous people. My step-sister and step-mother have their own Wikipedia page, even my less famous family members were friends with some famous or significant people ( not the same thing usually). When I think about all the interviews that they had to make, how careful they had to be when going in public... no thanks. I love the fact that nobody knows me.

1point

Papa 11 months ago

I agree. My wife and I were in a restaurant about 20 years ago and Chuck Norris came in. The man could barely eat his meal with all the people coming up to him. I would not want to be famous.

4points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

I never even had 15 seconds of fame, but my step brother was in the Aussie movie Evil Angels (now titled A cry in the dark) about the Azaria Chamberlin missing child case. I think he was only in a few frames. Last year my stepdad tried to find it online after my stepbrother died, but couldn't, but I think my other brother has the dvd stored in my house somewhere. One of my brothers also 'sold' (it was effectively an engineered charity) a painting to a well known ex-afl footballer when he was 10, for $150 which he bought an N64 with. Turns out the guy that bought it actually did put it up in his home, and it was still there when he met him again about 10 years later. Many of my family members met multiple players from the football team they supported and were in snippets of the news when they did, as publicity for a disability charity etc. My mum has some of the footage on a dvd, because a family friend worked for the news channel at the time and recorded it onto disc for us. My sister

0points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

was recently director of photography and lead camera person for a multimedia short film called Upside-down people that aired in Capitol theatre and will be going online at some stage. So all in all, I am surrounded by many people who are more interesting then me!

0points

xczechr 11 months ago

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0points

Moosy Girl 11 months ago

I got nominated for a "… of the year" award, noped out of that situation pretty quickly after hearing I’d have to give a speech if I won. :p

0points

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TrdFrgsn 11 months ago

Wrote a comment on Bored Panda. Got upvoted.

36points

Katie Lutesinger 11 months ago

Another upvote from me! Go you!! (Seriously, BP comment upvotes are like crack cocaine for me).

16points

Katie Lutesinger 11 months ago

13points

Gavin Johnson 11 months ago

I was Time ‘Person of the Year’ in 2006. I’m still wondering if I should put it on my C.V.

9points

two-sided llama 11 months ago

just searched that up. That's a funny trick thought you were famous

7points

DB 11 months ago

I was featured on my company's career website for a few years, even after I left.

6points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

My work mate recently showed me a picture of her on her school's website- from at least 10 years after she went there, not long before she left that country

0points

AG 11 months ago

When I was 5ish, my mother and I were in a Mr Rogers book.

6points

I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 11 months ago

Posting here because comments not open on other articles. Please stop posting products like buzzfeed!!

6points

Multa Nocte 11 months ago

Yes!!!!

2points

Fynne 11 months ago

4points

Alan Jay Weiner 11 months ago

That's awesome! Funny video, too!

1point

Kai 11 months ago

There are multiple articles about me and my mom (washington post, good morning america, one on bored panda!) from a silly little prank/art(?) type thing we did ~dec 2020 :)

4points

The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

4points

Alex Helm 11 months ago

3points

Tiny Dancer 11 months ago

3points

Magnifico Giganticus (it) 11 months ago

I can recite the alphabet backwards and this is my 15 seconds!

3points

Petra Schaap 11 months ago

3points

Jacob B. 11 months ago

3points

Rick Seiden 11 months ago

2points

Linda Lee 11 months ago

I was my high school chess champ.

2points

ʇı ɓnɟ 11 months ago

i was on hgtv's house hunters

2points

Apatheist Account2 11 months ago

2points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

0points

Trisec Tebeakesse 11 months ago

A group of us went to the Obama inauguration. We started the "Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye" chant where we were standing. Watching the video later, we heard that on TV!

2points

Headless Horseman 11 months ago (edited)

2points

Sky Render 11 months ago

2points

Elio 11 months ago

2points

Taswell the fox(he/him) 11 months ago

These were cool! I met the voice actor for Larry the Cucumber once (Veggietales)

2points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

That's cool!

0points

Tamara Augustine 10 months ago

I was on the front page of my local newspaper! The photographer was taking a lovely photo of a duck in the grass and there I was in the background. :)

1point

Jaguarundi 10 months ago

1point

ConstantlyJon 10 months ago

1point

Big Chungus 10 months ago

I once captured the universal studio globe when Pokemon go was big, I held that b***h for a minute lol

1point

Alan Jay Weiner 11 months ago

1point

Heather Evans 11 months ago

I was eating a cheeseburger in the background of a McDonald's commercial in 1988. Unfortunately a VCR was an expensive thing that we didn't own so I was never able to see a recording of it.

1point

Himory TheDreamer 11 months ago

My 15 minutes of fame is being recognized in random websites and social media by people that saw my account on a certain game.

1point

mSpencer 11 months ago

I was arrested for a protest. It circulated from the local news (Orlando Florida) up to the BBC! And my grandparents gave me such s**t

1point

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

Not quite as interesting but, my mum and stepdad were on the footage of a protest once, holding a sign saying 'Mary, Joseph and Jesus were refugees too'.

0points

EmBree 11 months ago

1point

BarkingSpider 11 months ago

1point

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 11 months ago

1point

Maehem 11 months ago

1point

two-sided llama 11 months ago (edited)

1point

Nerd Groupie 11 months ago

1point

Nerd Groupie 11 months ago

Just noticed this posted as a reply to a comment instead of the article. Sorry!

0points

GoldminerGirl 11 months ago

1point

mysterious(all pronouns) 11 months ago

I got mentioned in a (positive) review at my job, which felt really great, also I am briefly in a few shots in a documentary.

1point

Raven DeathShade 11 months ago

1point

Remi (He/Him) 11 months ago

1point

Bidango Smith 11 months ago

I was more famous than a Kardashian for a full BuzzFeed week. Goggle, "The Beth Project"

1point

Fora Nakit 11 months ago

1point

Papa 11 months ago

I agree. My wife and I were in a restaurant about 20 years ago and Chuck Norris came in. The man could barely eat his meal with all the people coming up to him. I would not want to be famous.

4points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

0points

Huddo's sister 10 months ago

0points