[Closed] Bad name-dropping

I stopped a mate accosting Ed Norton in a restaurant in New Mexico

Met Craig Charles on a train and lived in a house once owned by Steve Wright

i told chris moyles he was a c*ck in a pub in leeds.

me and clooney were chatting about this the other day, name dropping is just embarrassing.

[i]the shameful "Seb Coe" debacle that has left one embarrassed stw'r notably absent today[/i]

ooh, what happened?

I was on a rollercoaster at Alton Towers with Carol Vorderman. It was awesome.

my colleague sold 2 bikes to richard ashcroft - 2 raleigh zero G's i might add.....

Oooh! Oooh!

My lbs ex-employer used to hire bikes to Ronnie Corbett!

Nick Cave pointed me out to his security after I spent an entire gig trying to 'illegaly' photograph him 🙁

bruno brookes' mum used to give me and his little brother lifts home from primary school.

I have a client in Brazil called Danny DeVito, but he's about 6ft.....

i have been bought beer by several premiership footballers. which would be great if I followed football, or knew who they were. I also went to a wedding with Jo Blyth the weather girl, which was nice but i prefer the other one, and she knew that.

I killed Michael Jackson.....

Too Much? - i'll get my coat 🙄

My mother in law was family Dr to one of the chuckle brothers if that counts?

I onced challenged Anneka Rice to collect all the trolleys at Waitrose for me. She declined.

Selina Scott commented on how healthy my goats looked, Was nice but they weren't my sheep.

And James Herriot was my vet.

my mum used to date ken morley.
i cringe everytime i see him advertising windows.

Henry Rollins apologized to me when he bumped into me backstage at his own gig.

My mother in law was family Dr to one of the chuckle brothers if that counts?

Well that's a lie! I don't feel I need to point out exactly how I know.

Annie Nightingale replied to one of my tweets and then mentioned it on air! Do I win?

Hold the frickin' front page!

I held a gate open for Dave Seaman when he turned up at a fishing lake near my house.

ive met the chuckle brothers in local supermarket-awesome

My grandma taught Roy Castle geography. Apparently he was rubbish at it.

Hold the frickin' front page!

I held a gate open for Dave Seaman when he turned up at a fishing lake near my house.

Oh crumbs, i just remembered Dave Seaman was at the second Gig i did in christchurch haha!

I once met the bloke who played Danny Kendal in Grange Hill.

xc-steve - Member
Annie Nightingale replied to one of my tweets and then mentioned it on air! Do I win?

Not a chance. I've been mentioned on Richard Bacon's show. TWICE 😡

I sat next to Vic Reeves in our form room at school for the whole of the 4th year

I once had a curry with John Peel

Well, not strictly "with" him, I was eating at The Manzil curry house in Bradford, c1983, and he came in & sat down at the next table but one. The place was otherwise empty

I've shared a pint and a chat about salt marshes in Italy with Ian Mathews of that making Scotland's landscape series. Got first aid of some Emmerdale GILF when I had a childhood fishing accident involving a fly and my lip.

I have cooked fish and chips for Suggs and Andrew Ridgely many times. Plus the entire Sheffield Wednesday team when they were a bit better than they are now.

My dad taught Phil Lynott to play guitar.
He also gigged with Bob Marley.

Surely none of those mentioned above are bad names...

Where are the stories about spending your childhood with Jonathon King?
Dining out with Jeffery Dahmer?
Helping Hitler with the housework?

had a beer with my mate who rand a night club and huey from FLC, barely spoke was in awe at the coolness that dripped off huey

was long before he did that pets thing on sky with lisa tarbuck, how many drugs was he on when he signed that contract?

My brother once met the great Brian Jacks in a cafe near the river in Knaresborough.

And we went to school with the trumpet player from Simply Red (who later formed the dance band 'Olive')

Ooh, ooh, I forgot about this: Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs served me a pint once.

m_f that's pretty bad both Simply Red and Olive were shite.

I was on Carol Vorderman - it was like a rollercoaster at Alton Towers with [s]Carol Vorderman[/s]. It was awesome.

Fixed that for you.

I sat behind Fernando Torres at Anfield and had no idea who he was?

I once worked on Lee Brennans car off of 911 "fame", oh yeah!

I once saw Rod Hull in a shoe shop in Corfu.

TooTall - Member
Henry Rollins apologized to me when he bumped into me backstage at his own gig.

Nice, Jerry Only said sorry after kicking me in the back when he was climbing over some tables and Dez Cadena joined me for a beer, on the same night in CBGBs for Joey Ramones' birthday party.

8)

Does anyone remember when Seb Coe went down for murder?

I sat in front of Brian May at the cinema many years ago.... Felt sorry for those behind him!!

I sold one of my Lake District landscape photos to Nigel Kennedy.

timmy mallet hit me on the head with his mallet

sue pollard came back to our house after opening a shopping centre my dad designed.

bob geldof thought he recognised me at a bbq, he was mistaken and very annoying.

bruce grobalar used to have a kid at the same infants school as me, he hung around the playground.

jet from gladiators lived about 4 roads away from me.

done lots of stuff with various musicians but they're all from bands that you oldies wouldn't appreciate, but 16 years olds on facebook would cream over.

martin clunes is a regular at the market in the town where my mum now lives, hes a nice chap and has some very cute dogs.

i grew up with a kid who murdered someone in aldershot and cut up the body leaving it behind a bin... apparently he used to scratch me until i cried as a baby :S

met/worked with a few of the famous names who have been through broadmoor and other psychiatric services.

and maybe one day... i'll let some of you meet me, then all this talk of "celebs" will be worthless as you'll have been able to bask in my glory.

Never mind name dropping, I want to know what happened with the Seb Coe posting?

Please tell me it was mr awesome himself?

TSY I wasnt in the consulting room at the time but the mother in law doesn't stike me as somebody who lies, even God wouldn't question her.... so come on, why do you think it may be, I am keen to know

Oooh! Oooh!

I serviced a bike for the lead singer of the Dead Kennedys.

oh - nearly forgot

threw the band Tigertailz out of their own gig. They had been on, they were 'bigging it up' backstage as only the 'British kings of glam rock' could, and we were tired. So they got chucked out.

I saw Ken Livingston at a station in London once. He appeared to have a cold.

Got spattered by Jason Donovan's splashback while standing next to him in the bogs of "My Father's Moustache" in Aberdeen.

I took the trolley from Jasper Carrot in Warwick Sainsburys when I was working there. (long long time ago)

Gee Jay. They're brothers, they live together... how could she be the family doctor to just one of them. I'm not stupid. Nothing gets past me!

Almost ran into Kris Akabusi at Manchester airport arrivals (many years ago) and sat in front of Gary Lineker on a plane to the Isle of Man, I was pleased with that one

Oooh! Oooh!

I've flown on the same plane as Steve Redgrave (at the same time)!

Ron Atkinson stole my golf ball on my local (council run!) golf course.

Thieving git. Even had the cheek to congratulate me on my good shot (par 3 where you play while those on the green step aside) when i got to the green only to notice he'd played my far better shot and left me his 30 footer. Grrrr.....

Still, karma got him back for me! 😉

1)

I once met the bloke who played Danny Kendal in Grange Hill.

2) Had to meet Whitney Houston at Heathrow once as a favour to a mate who was a fixer for some V rich Saudi's. He had arranged for her to do a private singsong, and she insisted on being met at the terminal only to escorted by me and about 150 of her entourage to the adjacent terminal as she got off one private jet onto another..
She was not very nice to me.

3) My great grandfather sold his land to the Aga Khan where Shergar was then stolen from, and my Mum was pals with one of the Princesses when she was little.

4) My mum was also friends with Terry Wogans wife.

5) I saw Jeffrey Archer in the Street once..

- Was asked by Black Lace to score for them when I worked in the Uni Bar.
- Served Rory Bremner with a table lamp in BHS (I asked if he wanted a bag but he didn't).
- Went to school with the kid who appeared in the Curly Wurly advert with Eric Bristowe.
- Nodded at Richard Stilgo when he appeared at a theatre I was working in.
- Morton Harket and David Bowie use my local Post Office when in the village shooting/fishing.

My Father in Law did some plans for Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) and when he went to drop them around he was out but Zoe Ball and her Dad was there! He later said to Norman that rather than pay for the plans he could DJ at my Wedding, my Father in Law got paid 🙁

Once had the dubious pleasure of treating that Gavin Campbell off That's Life for jogger's nipple at the Leeds Marathon. Sure I've never been the sane since...

Oh yes - and might have accidentally pushed Richard Whiteley down some steps in Yeadon, trying to get through to the Fish & Chip shop that was doing chips for an old penny each when it was 100 years old. (hey, we were hungry Yorkshire kids and we had loads of old pennies!)

Rachel

Used to walk my dog with Brian Blessed and his dogs for a couple of years

Got sacked for calling Zoe Wannamaker 'Dude'.

Once asked Peter Crouch who he was in a hot tub at Pennyhill Park. He didn't believe I didn't know and was quite offended.

Played football with Robbie Williams backstage at Glastonbury many years ago. He was a dick.

A singer called Evi Vine once gave me a dedication on stage at Glasters. That was exciting.

Had Edward Fox turn up at a dinner party I threw.

Quite a few I can't really mention as discretion does not allow. House shared with a Knight, dated the daughter of a top novelist.

I always hope that some of the creativity/money will rub off on me but it never seems to.

stood next to Rafa Benitez checking in at Manchester airport the week after Liverpool had won the European Cup, I had no idea who he was.
My ex father in law was Ozzy Osbourne's GP when he lived near Eccleshall.
BEAT THAT

all that's not really name dropping though, is it ?

can't claim to do it myself, can't even pretend to know anyone worth 'dropping' - 'cept maybe a mates sister was in a popular soap, and me wife's step bro was in one too in the usa ..

but in a similar vein, another mate of mine name drops 'brands', as that's how he refers to just about every object he owns .... really bizarre.

anyone else do this ?

Ozzy Osbourne gave me an item of his clothing ...

"I once met the bloke who played Danny Kendal in Grange Hill"......

I walked the Pennine Way with the bloke who played Danny Kendal in Grange Hill

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I met (twice) "Peanut" off the Fosters tattoo advert

torm.. your list is almost as good as my encounter with timmy mallet.

we should combine forces somehow.... i'm not sure how... but if my memory serves me correctly you dont live too far away and i dont know who peter crouch is either. so surely by the power of greyskull somethings gotta work out?!

I have taken a piss next to Sven just before he signed at Man City's manager.

And on to Ozzy - my best mate's band has supported for Ozzy and he has Sharon's number in his phone.

diana dors used to take my brother for walks in his pram.

Seems to be a few Chuckle Brother mentions so I'll add another...

I once sold Barry Chuckle (the sensible one) a squash raquet.

diana dors

Oh, that reminds me of a cracking joke...

Diana Dors was a swindon lass and at a village fete some years ago the local vicar invited her to open the fete. Now if you know the area or the family then you will know that her original family name was Fluck.

So, the day of the fete came and the vicar got up to announce Diana's arrival to cut the ribbon and said...

'I would like to announce one of Swindons finest daughters who is here to open our fete, of course around here she is not known as Dors but indeed as Diana....

...erm...

[look of panic followed by relief]

of course, ladies and gentlemen: Diana Clunt.

True story apparently.

Philc - I can always be lured out for beers or riding, just say the word.

My dad taught Phil Lynott to play guitar.

Personally I can claim to having annoyed Ray French, Mike Harding and Willy Whitelaw, but not all at the same time. I also completely failed to recognize Linford Christie despite him being a) bloody enormous and b) very obviously Linford Christie.

Additionally I once stopped some one-hit-wonder rapper taking a glass outside when I worked behind the bar at Hull University Union. “Oi mate, plastic if you are going out!”. His response was “Do you know who I am?”, to which I lied “No”. I did at the time but now I’ve forgotten although it could have been The Rebel MC.

I shared a house with Brant Richards as a student, but he’s not a real person.

I once got a Hand Job from Edwina Curry!

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I once told Michelle Collins (Cindy Beale from 'stenders) that she had a nice bag - which she did.

RV, that picture must be priceless 😆

TSY - with you now 🙂

Torminalis - I heard that Diana Dors story too but heard she lived in Priddy, no wonder the barmaid I was explaining it to at a pub in Priddy looked at me oddly

Thank christ he posted the pic!

And...

RV WINS!!!!

I've told Micky Moody that I didn't come for the music when he asked what I thought of his set one Sunday afternoon recently.
Someone I was at school with apparently married Monica Lewinsky.

I have another one that is also crap

I was sitting on a terrace bar in Gent on a table immediatley adjacent to Steven Dewaele (as in Too Many DJ's / Soulwax).
A lady was being chased by the police & they caught her right next to us. As she was resisting arrest she p1ssed herself. 😕

[i]Never mind name dropping, I want to know what happened with the Seb Coe posting?

Please tell me it was mr awesome himself?[/i]

Sporting legends thread. Nothing happened really.

mick one of the guitarists from slipknot entered into a staring competition with me at reading festival, i lost because i got kicked in the skull by someone moshing next to me.

the bassist from 100reasons gave me a bottle of bulgarian absinthe as a birthday present and a big woolly hat when we were working together 🙂