15 minutes of fame

[KillerMuffin]

A recent Harris poll was centered around fame. 60 million Americans believe that they may become famous for at least 15 minutes. 84% of the respondants said that they would use their 15 minutes of fame to help the less fortunate and 37% said they'd use their fame to get a promotion or a better job.

Yes, 84+37=121. However, this was multiple guess and you could choose more than one answer. Bean counters sheesh.

What would you do with your 15 minutes?

Me? I'd use it to promote my writing and publishing stuff. Seems some publishers will publish anyone's biography if they had any fame at all.

 

[TonyG]

I'm not sure on a serious note what I would do since I don't think I would ever get that 15 minutes. But on a light hearted note if it did happen it would be neat if I knew how to slow time down.

 

[R Nitelight]

Debauchery.

 

[naudiz]

Definitely debauchery.

Then again, that's how I'd like to get famous in the first place...

 

[TigerClaw]

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[Andra_Jenny]

Try to drive faster than O.J.

 

[Closet Desire]

The great thing...

...about fifteen minutes of fame is that it usually happens again and again and again after that unless you're describing how the tornado sounded as it chewed up your trailer home...that doesn't count!

Oh...me famous? Not really. CD-able's the famous one...I live in her small shadow! She doesn't even cut out the magazine articles anymore (I do though!) There not much you can do with fame though. It sort of has a life all its own and its the media that decides how it will be used.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

For the first minute........

I'd assess my audience.

For the second minute, I'd surmise my target constituency within that audience.

For the third minute, I'd make my pitch to that target constituency regarding more time. More than 15 minutes and why they should grant it to me. Why I deserved it.

For the fourth minute I'd lie to that target constituency regarding "their end of the deal" - what benefits they would reap via my extensive fame and their participation in it.

For the fifth minute I'd reap "my new deal" for extended time of fame.

For the sixth minute I'd makes plans to rape my own fame for all it was worth, for as long as possible.

For the seventh minute and beyond - I'd bask in my own fame as I flipped the bird toward all those who put me there.

And thus is the way of an Uber OZ.