Ways NOT To Be Infamous

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's Awesome Applesauce: Charles Quevedo

Now-a-days, it seems that everybody is trying to get famous by all kinds of crazy ways.  Beware, there's "famous"... and then there's "infamous".  Being famous for an embarrassing, dispicable or stupid act is NOT a way you want to go down in history.  Here are some ways to avoid becoming "infamous":

1) DON'T lie to the media and law enforcement about your kid accidently flying away in a homemade air balloon (in hopes that you'll gain sympathy from the world and get a reality show out of it).  Faking such an act can lead to possible jail time and make you the laughing stock of the entire world ("Balloon Boy" incident).

2) DON'T hijack a commercial airliner, demand a ransom for the passengers, and then jump out of the plane (with the money) and never be heard from again ("D.B. Cooper").

3) DON'T exploit your excessive amount of children for a reality show.  Those are your children, NOT stepping-stones for YOU to get famous in Hollywood.

4) DON'T post a video of yourself up on YouTube crying excessively about a celebrity (the "Leave Britney Alone!" incident comes to mind).

5) DON'T be "The President of the United States" and leave your DNA on an intern's dress (after a sex act).

6) DON'T become a serial killer ("Jack The Ripper").

7) DON'T win the Lottery, post a video about it on YouTube, then get kidnapped for ransom.

8) DON'T make a sex tape and post it on-line when you're really drunk (especially when you're seen lasting ONLY two minutes).

9) DON'T go on a reality show and be an obnoxious "a-hole".

10) DON'T whup a paparazzo's ass in front of an army of photographers (with itchy trigger fingers on their cameras).

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