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Phil Collins once tried to barge in front of me in the queue for lunch at Townhouse 1.
I've been hosed down by Emma Pooley.
Exchanged nods with Stuart Pearce in the gym.
Had breakfast next to Jonathan Edwards and Rob Hayles.
Checked out of a hotel whilst Simon Gerrans was doing the same.
Been given an evil look by Andrew Talansky.
Appeared in a photo on The Sufferfest Facebook page. Also quoted on their web site reviewing one of their videos.
you know that Nasty Nick bateman off of the early (1st?) big brother?
I've punched him in the face*
I've also been offered a magnum or similar ice cream off of superstar DJ Andrew Weatherall. he was just popping out for one while he was waiting at the hair salon.
*OK it was actually in a kick-boxing class but I did punch the ****er in his gormless fizzog.
My parent's had a labrador when they were younger & Emma Thompson used to come round and take it for walks.
I stood in a lift with Jonathan Edwards at a hotel in Croydon; felt like I should say something, but didn't. I was on a training course there and I think there was a massive British Atheletics conference going on. I was sat next to Dwayne Chambers, Christian Malcolm etc. at breakfast and I saw Kelly Holmes in reception and squeaked a hello at her as I walked past. She looked at me like I was a piece of dog poo she had just stepped in.
My brother used to share a flat with Dermot O'Leary (along with a couple of others) in Queens Park. He opened a beer for me.
Oooh, I once held a door open for Dalton Grant and Jon Regis at an athletics meet at West London Stadium (might now be called Linford Christie stadium, I think); home of Thames Valley Harriers anyway, who I used to run for.
...I sold Daniella Nardini a phone charger when I worked in the shop named after a fruit.
Lord Lichfield spilt my pint.
OK, it was a glass of champagne, really.
Got told to F off by Tom Baker in (what was) the Racing Page in Richmond.
Almost had a fight with Mike Gatting whilst he was (miserably) attempting to sleaze up a girl I was with at the time.
I was in/on Treasure Hunt hosted by Anneka Rice was about 12 years old and chased her/them around the village on my Grifter.
Had a pint with Warren Gatland and Rob Howley (I paid) whilst staying in the Richmond Gate hotel before beating England 19 v 12.
My uncle bought a gold coloured Ford Granada from Judy Finnegan's Dad in mid 80s.
It caught fire after one too many overheating problems whilst he was giving us a lift to the cinema
I saw Elvis 😉 in our chip shop.
Ooo, ooo, pick me, I have two!
I won the Weakest Link
And my second cousin is Hugh Jackman. Never met him. Nor's my mum, whose cousin he is. She's met all his siblings and his parents though!
There it is people, you may kiss my hand.
I had an email conversation with the late Tom Clancy about the best spot to aim at on a Soviet T80 tank when aiming a Charley-G at it.
My dad handed the popular beat combo 'black lace' a noise abatement order when they used to practice in their garage. Unfortunately for us all, it was a temporary thing.
I've used the words off, right and **** in a conversation with Prince Charles.
The most tenuous is that a school fiend of my wife's played 'moaning myrtle' in the Harry potter series of films.
Got told to "**** Off" by Ian McCulloch.
I've got the drawers from eric morecambes sisters desk under my desk.
Anyone else have to read that more than twice?
the crapper family name is where the word crap comes from.
No it isn't. It's derived from something Germanic IIRC, and Crapper is a corruption of Cropper. Wholly unrelated words, anyway.
I introduced Barry Mcguigan to Tony Hawk at a party
Many of these are not tenuous
I saw the non-Harry Enfield half of the Double Take brothers in Shaftesbury Avenue. I didn't realise who he was initially, took another look and acted in surprise when I worked it out
I think he thought I was being funny
Woppit .... That's no surprise !
EVERYONE tells you to **** off 😀
😆
My mum used to work in the same tax ofice as thew bass player from the Who, John Entwistle. I'm assuming this was before he became a multi-millionaire rock star.
My dad knew Tommy Cooper.
I sat next to Sue Pollard on a plane once (and she talked at me for the whole flight, 'twas glad to land!).
And I've met one of ELO, Nick Kaminski on a TV show.
Wow, just waiting for Heat magazine to ring me up and do a feature on my celebirty lifestyle!
Too many to mention them all - aren't I modest..
Been shouted at by Neil Diamond during his rehearsal for a gig
Made quote of the week in the Telegraph - naturally I was misquoted.
Peter Higgs was in my Cafe yesterday
Had dinner with one of the "Stone of Destiny" thieves/freedom fighters
Was on TV once when I drove through the race course at Aintree on Grand National day...
Had a piss next to Arthur Lee at The Highbury Garage
Well if that counts, I've had a piss next to Paul Weller
I won the Weakest Link
@njee 😀
Shook hands with a conservative eduction minister when at an educational schools support day, felt so unclean after,and no soap in toilets.
Worked in the house of some famous footballer,didnt have any idea who he was, he kept asking me if i was intrested in any football team,i just kept saying no,large picture of him in hallway to which he kept looking at.
I am an ex professional cyclist and have competed at both National and European level.
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I'm in the Carter USM video for Bloodsports For All, stage diving. The clip was used on the Top of the Pops chart rundown.
Mate at Uni was Loz from Kingmakers cousin.
Had a chat with Jeff Emig at Fat Cats moto track, he asked me what I was riding and was super nice. Didn't click who he was until I walked away - not every day a world champ is hanging out at your local track!
Was on the deck of a vert ramp with Matt Hoffman AND Tony Hawk at the same time! Nodded at them, got a nod back. (I had a camera. Not a bike)
Met Johnny Vegas on an escalator in Liverpool Airport.
Had my picture in MBUK (Malverns, '95) and DIRT (double page spread, shot from behind!)
The guy that wrote Birds of a Feather lives across the road from Mum and Dad. The guy that started Cult Clothing/Superdry is on the other side.
Any climbers out there? Pushed Steve McClure's daughter on a swing, he's my mates neighbour.
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Woppit .... That's no surprise !EVERYONE tells you to **** off
Not really.
Had that Mel Gaynor and his missus round at mine once for some "round-the-glass-topped-table-Saturday-night-domestic-entertainment -everybodytalkatninetymilesanhour".
A colleague of my Dad's was Lord Lucan's best man.
Was that in the Talardy,North Wales?
It was indeed, many moons ago
Mrs Monkeysfeet was an "exotic" dancer in that there club (at the time Mike Ahearn aka Warrior) was a "friend "of hers,
Many many moons later she still points this out to me...
David Bowie puked in a cupboard in one of our flats.
I went to a gig in Cheam in the 1980's of a dodgy band known as the 'Flared Generation' who comprised of a couple of my schoolmates (Clive C and Simon W) plus Jeremy Vine and Tim Vine.
I don't remember either of them.
EDIT: Ooh and on more band-related nonsense that reminds me, my cousin Sarah had a date with Lemmy from Motorhead, again in the 80's. Apparently he was a sexist pig. (I mean really, what did she expect)
My mum went to school with the lead guitarist of The Animals.
A friend of mine is guitar tech for Joss Stone when she tours.
I now live in the home city of the band GWAR.
David Bowie puked in a cupboard in one of our flats.
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My Mum was at college in Manchester. Her flatmate went out with George Best.
Slept in Ian Browns bed!(he wasn't staying at the hotel that night but I got his room, even crapped in the same Loo Ian probably crapped in) as it was the room he had just stayed in after Glastonbury .
Ponced a ciggie off Fish in a bar in Liverpool without cracking on I knew who he was.
Any climbers out there?
Years ago, a mate of mine of mine went with one of his mates to a climbing wall with no real idea of what they were doing. Some old bloke wandered over, grabbed the knot tied to his harness and looked at it, said "yep, you're going to die" and wandered off.
The old bloke? Chris Bonnington.
(so he claims anyway)
I've met the queen.
Played snooker with Jimmy White, Willie Thorne and Andy Gray.
Was briefly on Central News when I was an RAF cadet.
Served Nigel Kennedy and Robert Plant beer in the pub I used to work in.
Sat on the table next to Patrick Stewart in the local curry house.
Best of all, got a kiss off this fine lady when I was about 12 when she opened our school fete. I got the job of showing her round and I got a kiss because "it will make all of your school mates jealous"...Indeed it did 🙂
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Other half's brother held the school 400m record until it was broken by Iwan Thomas.
Her Father who also worked at the same school taught music to one of the fellas out of the prodigy.
Another gf's grandfather taught some of the Supergrass lads out to fish as children.
I live next door to Once the worlds highest paid porn actress' Gemma Massey and her stupid excuse for a dog. On the other side is a football player who has more cars than I have hot meals I a week.
I was interviewed for radio and TV a few times when the protests started in Ukraine last year.
Oh, and Charlotte Church's parents are my next door neighbours.
Not a tenuous link but a chance encounter. I was waiting for a friend at Heathrow when out strode Alice Cooper with a huge grin, had to say hi. He was very chatty, then he said 'Iggy should be through soon'. Next thing I'm standing chatting with Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop!
Tenuous indeed, and could be a coincidence but... Circa 2k-01 I was wheelchair ridden after developing a systemic disease following injury. My school job being effectively over I took to doing what I did before, ie graphic design, photography etc. An old cycling pal visited me this one day, saying someone he knew had a bike company and could I come up with a logo design. I put something together, just one design, very distinctive font. He took it with him next visit and then dropped off the scene, and I moved so didn't see him for years, in fact never see him. Never heard of the bike company at the time either, but the first time (and now every time) I see one of those frames I wonder if it was a 'coincidence ' or if my old pal got paid instead of me. Not bitter!
Mrs MR was in a famous 'cycling' music video, but that's not my claim to any fame, I just spent about two hrs pausing the youtube version to work out which pixel was her 🙂
I'm also in a movie starting Christian Slater, Marissa Tomei, and. Rosie Perez.
But you'd have it know what my arm looks like to know it is me.
When I had a petrol station I once filled up Sir Norman Tebbits Range Rover with fuel ( I knew him from somewhere but when he handed me his credit card I realised who it was)
I once had a part in Emmerdale when they were filming a prison visits scene.
Edit, I realise neither claims are anything like 'fame' but It's as close as I can get.
Musical connections first.
My schoolfriend Emma is now known as Scout Niblett and has recorded with Steve Albini and Bonnie Prince Billy. Tony Soprano's daughter Meadow had a poster of Emma on the wall in her college room.
I was also at school with the bassist from the Darkness (not the original one). I'm less proud of this.
When working behind the bar at Hull University the [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_MC ]Rebel MC[/url] got shirty with me because I served him a pint in a plastic glass.
Gerry Love from teenage fan club was in my Spanish class. Took me about 2 months and about 30 after class pints before I knew who he was! 😆 Sound guy though.
30 years ago I was in a Robert Plant video..
that is me on the left at 1.47 🙂
Sir Paul bought the band 10CC to my house when I was a kid
used to go to his house quite a lot, xmas parties etc