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Have you ever noticed that that entire poem is really a bunch of insults?  HEH.  And yet his love is as rare as any....  *swoon...

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There's someone I have to add to this list out of gratitude, even though I never met him.  Around 4 years ago, I had just finished my 4th chemo.  Chemos 3 and 4 had been taken back to back, had lasted over 9 months and neither had worked.  I was on "wait and see" and at an all time low that I couldn't kick free of.  I spent a lot of time at a fanclub forum on EZ Board, and when I hit rock bottom, my friends (2 I had met in person) went behind my back and suddenly things began arriving in the mail.  The fanclub had been for an English actor named Alan Rickman, some Harry Potter fans would recognise him better as Professor Severus Snape.  Anyway, some of the girls sent me pix of him from their printer (mine was broken, lol), others sent scraps of HP fabric I hadn't seen before, bookmarks, HP stickers, and they pooled some money together to get me 2 DVDs...Mesmer and Robin Hood; Prince of Thieves (Rickman was the Sheriff, and this was the extended European version, yum), and another woman who lived in Europe went to a reputable company that sold autographed photos of celebrities and they bought me one.  So I had an autograph, my very first.  But...something else happened. 

A large envelope from England arrived.  From Alan Rickman.  I was squealing as bad as any teenybopper fangirl, lol.  I will never forget that moment as long as I live.

I got several autographed photos, and a calendar with scenes of peaceful countryside stuff.  I learned that his father had died from cancer.  Within the year, I was in remission.  For no reason.  The girls made me take pix of everything, including the envelopes and letter from his secretary.  Turns out that my name written on the envelope with the pictures...was in his handwriting, not in hers.  The girls almost screamed themselves hoarse when they discovered that and told me about it.  I hadn't noticed.  <has the grace to blush>

So...the fact that I'm here is sorta Alan Rickman's fault. 

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ORIGINAL: slavekal

You are missing the point.  I never said that learning about famous people was important.  I said that it is really unlikely that someone has never heard of household names.  And you can's be all that harried.  You have posted a bunch of times on this thread alone.