What's the Worst act of "FAM" you've committed?

Here's mine: http://www.prince.org/msg/7/221620

(Thanks to nurse for the spin-off idea! )

nurse said:

oh no... please share!

To who? ok, ok, I was in Japan (mainland) and Sugarfoot (Ohio Players) was on stage groovin and this guy asked me to dance, well, i'm not that great of a dancer but i took a shot and my left foot crossed with the other left foot right in front of Sugarfoot. Very embarrising.
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chocolate1 said:

Well, mine's is not to bad I wrote him once when I was a teen-with no reply There I did it-I feel better now

took one of the pink rocks from PP landscape

stillw8ing said:

Prince theft

stillw8ing said:

and did what with them

nurse said:

after getting on stage during one of the Jam of the Year tours I bowed to him as he walked by me (during the line up and clap for all the stupid dancers segment)...he gave me this look:

sosgemini said:

at least he looked

What does Fam stand for or what does it mean?

My fam outs have been solely sartorial or coiffure-ial in nature. At no time, however, have I ever worn the symbol.

ychismb said:

It's a term Prince made up to describe his fans. He doesn't like the word 'fan' because it's short for 'fanatic'. 'Fam' on the other hand is short for 'family'. But most people I know don't like the term 'fam' and it's become kind of a mock word for an overly obsessed fan!!

toejam said:

I think of a "fam" as more of a fanatic- anyone who'd actually refer to him/herself as a "fam" to a non-Prince fan with a straight face and not expect the

Genesia said:

Now I don't think that's so bad. I wouldn't permanently ink into my skin, but I do own a gold, silver and 'rose' version. I wear them to concerts. (Not together!)
(Okay, I wear the rose on June 7th, but most people don't realize that one is a !)

Hey- sports fans wear their favorite teams on hats, shirts, and jackets- sometimes all at the same time!

chocolate1 said:

Exactly. It kind of back-fired on him, because the only people who refer to themselves as 'fams' are usually the real fanatics

chocolate1 said:

I also posted mine on that thread already.

sosgemini said:

stillw8ing said:

I did that too, in fact, I still have it.

Illustrator said:

Um, yeah.... saw that.

chocolate1 said:[quote]

toejam said:

I have a thing about labels. I don't wear obvious designer garb, I don't wear team regalia...hell, I don't even wear obvious endorsements of my alma mater. (I wear the colors, but no insignia.)

I figure...if someone wants me to advertise for them, they gotta pay me -- not the other way around.

I'll only post 3 of many:I xhausted a new credit card with hundreds of copies of 3121 last year,in hopes of finding a purple ticket.I quit a job 2 attend a Prince show,and I stayed awake all nite so as not 2 oversleep when he appeared on Good Morning America!

sexxydancer said:

I figured U would have gotten the award for this category!

chocolate1 said:

sexxydancer has a whole cabinet full of "Fammies"

LittleSmedley said:

I sure do!

I never tried to contact the man himself, but these are the fammiest things I've done.

When the Black Album was first circulating, a local newspaper columnist wrote about it. I wrote to the guy and asked where I could get a copy. When I didn't get a reply, I wrote another, angry letter, which also wasn't answered.

Once when he was on Letterman (the time he sang "Dolphin"), I went to the theater and asked people on line if they would sell their ticket to me. I only had the nerve to ask a couple people, because they looked at me like I was crazy. I did get to see him leave the building in a hail of camera flashes. He had so much makeup on he looked like a clown.

Also during the o(+> era, one halloween I carved a pumpkin with his symbol in it. On one side were the words "Love God" and on the other "Be Wild." It looked pretty awesome. I took pictures, but I have only hardcopies of them, unfortunately, or I'd share. Maybe I should've mailed it to him.
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one night P asked us to come to paisley park 'dressed to the nine's for a video filming. so i wore a black skirt and matching black jacket with my favorite sun and moon pins... couldn't really find the right blouse so decided to be 'cool' and wear no shirt underneath. the jacket sort of permitted this and i stitched it closed so it wouldn't reveal too much. ha, or so i thought.

well, about the time someone shone a spotlight on me i happened to glance down and see that my jacket had popped open and let's just say my lack of shirt was quite evident.

ultimately my effort to be cool resulted in just the opposite. dang.
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XxAxX said:

Woah!

psychodelicide said:

i know. pumps, stockings, skirt, jacket, jewelry, i was feeling so cool, up till i happened to glance down.