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Who is the most famous person you've ever met? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me it was Jeff Kinney. I was meeting a different author I love, but there wasn't enough room downstairs and we had to go up. Turns out that's exactly where Jeff Kinney works! He's the author who got me into reading so I thought that was so cool

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pope John Paul II.

I was working catering in the Vatican for some conference, and they kind of forced me to go to the audience with the Pope. Sort of shook his hand, but he was already late into Parkinson's.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So what you're saying is his hand was shaking without your involvement?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lol, pretty much