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jvowles

Stuff You Didn't Know

Sep 17, 2008 19:01

10 facts about Wil Wheaton (someone attempting to recreate the magic of Chuck Norris nonsense ( Read more... )

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jeriendhal September 17 2008, 23:29:25 UTC

16. Wil Wheaton was the original co-host G4's X-Play opposite Morgan Webb, but he was replaced for making her look too ugly.

17. Wil Wheaton is the only DM able to comprehend Chuck Norris' D&D stats.

jvowles September 18 2008, 00:38:47 UTC

18. Chuck Norris no longer plays D&D because Wil Wheaton caught him cheating, and tore up his sheet.

19. Wil Wheaton goes out for target practice with fellow sniper Dr Ruth Westheimer. He always outshoots her, then gives her tips on her sex life.

20. Wil played Portal once. He actually got cake. With his name on it.

jeriendhal September 18 2008, 07:28:38 UTC

Jim, could I repost these on the original blogger thread?

jvowles September 18 2008, 12:22:10 UTC

sure

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dumwytgi September 18 2008, 13:39:33 UTC

I actually started doing these (well before doing the Wil Wheaton one) on my LiveJournal because of a discussion I had about nature shows with a friend over dinner. Originally, every ten unknown facts had ten facts about an animal attributed to a celebrity (Jessica Alba has four stomachs, David Bowie navigates by echolocation, Orpah Winfrey can run up to 49 kmph in open plains, etc). I started coming up with non-animal related things only recently when I started running out of interesting animal facts. And because Wil Wheaton's book was called "Just a Geek," I made every entry have a geeky reference. The Chuck Norris Fad had nothing to do with the creation of these lists.

jvowles September 18 2008, 14:09:30 UTC

Perhaps you inspired them?

dumwytgi September 18 2008, 14:12:34 UTC

I'm not THAT cool ;)

In all seriousness, it's something I was probably bound to do eventually. The Chuck Norris fad did come first, and for a while I was so sick of it, I would either retell Chuck Norris ones with a difference celebrity (my favorites were Mr. Rogers and Big Bird), or I would come up with some to put Chuck Norris in his place (selling Bowflex home gyms at 2:00 a.m.). And then the animal planet discussion came up and... one way or the other I'd have ended up here.

Though I think now I'll post ten facts about Chuck and make them the most boring facts ever...