Message Forum: Re: Claims to Fame

Re: Claims to Fame

Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.37.82
Date: Friday, March 30, 2001, at 17:28:02
In Reply To: Claims to Fame posted by gabby on Friday, March 30, 2001, at 15:26:14:

> Every town, village, unincorporated hamlet, road, hill, hole, and hall has one. Sometimes, though, they're a bit of a stretch. I read a pamphlet on a ferryboat on Lake Chelan which was unintentionally absurd. The gist:
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> "Lake Chelan is the DEEPEST GORGE IN THE WORLD, except for some others, and only if you start from top of the highest nearby mountain."
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> Personally, I'm fonder of the neighboring town of Oakland's claims to fame: onetime turkey *and* prune capital of the world.
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> gab"RinkForum: BIGGEST ONLINE FORUM IN THE WORLD that is owned by Samuel Stoddard"by

Everybody has a claim-to-fame. It is not necessarily 15 minutes. Just to show you how varied claims-to-fames can be, I will list mine:

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Re: Claims to Fame - Nyperold - Fri, 3/30/2001, 20:55:53
- Re: Claims to Fame - Howard - Sat, 3/31/2001, 06:48:16
  - Re: Claims to Fame - Sam - Sat, 3/31/2001, 16:07:45
    - Re: Claims to Fame - Howard - Sat, 3/31/2001, 18:44:58
      - Re: Claims to Fame - dingdong - Sun, 4/1/2001, 19:58:54