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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 05:46 PM Feb 2015

Forgotten Man Seeks Attention BY ANDY BOROWITZ

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—A largely forgotten man sought attention on Wednesday night before returning to obscurity on Thursday, according to reports.

The man, whom many Americans had difficulty placing, was making a desperate bid to remind people of his existence, experts believe. His efforts were somewhat successful, as his widely reported outburst caused people across the country to rack their brains to try to remember who he was.

After briefly attempting to recall where they had seen the man before, many people gave up and moved on with their days, but for others, the desperate man’s remarks left a bitter aftertaste.

“There is no excuse for making comments like those, no matter who you are,” Tracy Klugian, forty-seven, of Springfield, Missouri, said. “Who is he again?”

Still others showed concern for the man, and expressed hope that, instead of future bids for attention, he would find fulfillment in crafting or some other harmless hobby.

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http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/forgotten-man-seeks-attention

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Forgotten Man Seeks Attention BY ANDY BOROWITZ (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2015 OP
Who? nt DRoseDARs Feb 2015 #1
It's on the tip of my tongue....that thing he was in, with whatsherface....nt msanthrope Feb 2015 #2
at the link.. i couldn't guess for the life of me Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #7
All I see is some jackass on a blurry background. DRoseDARs Feb 2015 #9
That's gonna leave a mark pscot Feb 2015 #3
spot on Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #4
I fervently hope he gets the treatment he deserves! lastlib Feb 2015 #5
Poifect! Fumesucker Feb 2015 #6
Hint: A noun, a verb and 9/11 Marie Marie Feb 2015 #8
Who? Did he used to be somebody? Scuba Feb 2015 #10
Man? trumad Feb 2015 #11
 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
9. All I see is some jackass on a blurry background.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 09:43 PM
Feb 2015

Braying something along the lines of "NINE-eluuhvahn! NINE-eluuhvahn!" trying to form sentences.

What it's like to sit through one of his speeches, because you know the shit is coming...

lastlib

(23,238 posts)
5. I fervently hope he gets the treatment he deserves!
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:15 PM
Feb 2015

It's just wrong to let him go on about with his foot in his mouth like that. He must be suffering from some kind of post-traumatic stress problem.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
8. Hint: A noun, a verb and 9/11
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 08:48 PM
Feb 2015

But still can't remember his name or who he was. Oh yeah, now I remember - he is the guy on the LifeLock commercials. Just can't figure out why any one would care about some commercial guy seeking attention?

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