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[Closed] Your most tenuous connection to someone famous. My two for starters.

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My father in law was Frank Bruno's football coach.....

My best friend at primary school was Dr Jonathan Foyle, who at one time last year had two TV series on the go at the same time, as my mother was fond of reminding me at the time 🙄


 
Posted : 19/03/2011 9:27 pm
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Ellie Goulding once tweeted me
Dads friend in New York lives in the same apartment block as claudia schiffer and madonna, I think ..


 
Posted : 19/03/2011 9:44 pm
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Ginger woman from eastenders held a door open for me once (well bought up young lady).
Got nick beggs (catchygoogoo bassis) autograph when i got drunk in a hotel he was staying in.
Worked in Jennifer Lopez's house, what a dissapointment! In real life she lives in Stafford looks seventy and hasn't got her own teeth... 😉
Nick Craig has passed me several times in races.
My wife's distantly related to Les West (top roadie from the old days)
Met Hugh (the voice of cycling) Porter and his wife (top olympic swimmer in the old days)
Saved the best till last, friend of mine went to the same church as the mother of one of the members of The Editors (can't remember which one though) Now thats tenuous.


 
Posted : 19/03/2011 11:06 pm
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jim root came into my work (slipknot) when they were on tour..
he's a really really nice bloke.


 
Posted : 19/03/2011 11:31 pm
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ok here goes
my sister was barry humphries (Dame Edna),nanny to his two boys fron his second marriage
I said goodnight to peter cook
sat on a tube with the comdenian Ben ? with glasses
walked past fiona fullerton
went out wth a girl who was in the tv series Angels
My mum went out with the Blonde guy from playaway? Brian somebody
I went to Giles the cartoonist xmas party my mum knew him,
went to Peter Cooks memorial service,
my wife sat on the same plane as Kate winslet


 
Posted : 19/03/2011 11:46 pm
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My dad's second cousin's husband was 'The Skull' in the movie Scarface.

I think that's all I got.

edit: my dad also used to drink with Kenny Baker (R2D2) down the local. bleep bloop!


 
Posted : 20/03/2011 12:01 am
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My 1st cousin twice removed (I think? - gran's cousin) had high tea with Haile Selassie.

Jah Rastafari!


 
Posted : 24/03/2011 2:08 pm
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My Great great Uncle (or something, maybe a bit more removed) was Al Capone's accountant and was deported from the US.

Princess Anne's bodyguard shoved me aside and told me to,'Lose the fag and the coffee'

I've met Ted Heath.


 
Posted : 24/03/2011 3:07 pm
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I was ambushed by James Cameron, He sort of jumped out on me, and asked accusingly what I was doing. It was quite strange.


 
Posted : 24/03/2011 3:39 pm
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Sharleene Spitteri's cousin stole one of my Eric Clapton CD's
" " " used to sell some real nice weed
" " " gave me a backie on his FZ600
Got Annie Lennox and Dave Stewarts autographs when they were in The Eurythmics.
Once seen Spike Milligan running for a train at Glasgow Central train station


 
Posted : 24/03/2011 9:33 pm
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I just turned on the telly to see a sort of ex who is the dietician on supersize v superskinny


 
Posted : 24/03/2011 9:43 pm
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McMoonter got to ride with me, and I am a personal friend of Gary Fisher.


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 12:08 am
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I have served tea/coffee to Nicky Campbell and Feargal Sharkey in the green room for The Big Questions. That's all I have.


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 12:11 am
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I learnt to walk on The Queen Mary, sailing from New York to UK in 1963.
My mother, whilst pregnant with myself, was an 'Extra' in Dr No whilst it was being filmed in Jamaica.

My Brother and Sister in Law cook for The Queen, as well as a number of other Heads of State.

I've shared a pint with the son of the lady who used to arrange the Queen's floral table decorations when she was in Windsor.

But best of the bunch- My mate Justin's dad was an advertising bloke. He brought back these snacks for us to check out and we decided that 'Fish and Chips' was the best name for them.


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 1:00 am
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Oooh, nearly forgot:

My mates sister was the inspiration for the girl in this advert:

Waves at Heather McGowan, if by some bizarre freaky chance she's looking at this.....


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 1:38 am
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I was the driver of the Golf in this PR thingy for the new astra with Fabrizio Giovanardi (Touring Car driver). Obviously I didnt get to choose my own racing line otherwise he wouldnt have got past!


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 7:38 am
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My grandma's cousin is/was Michael Rennie

When I was a mortgage advisor I arranged mortgages for Damien Lewis (band of brothers etc) / Jamie Baulch (athlete) / Dean lennox Kelly (shameless) and Paul Spencer (Dario G!)


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 8:09 am
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My English teacher when I was 14 was the brother of Jo Durie (English tennis player from the 80's).

I once stood behind Nigel Gleghorn at a cashpoint in Manchester.

The second cousin of a childhood friend was Peter Powell - inventor of the stunt kite.


 
Posted : 25/03/2011 10:17 am
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One from last night. A lad I used to ride moto-x with got beaten up by James Bond in quantum of solace last night.


 
Posted : 27/03/2011 10:00 am
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When entering an office one day famous Spanish singer [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Santos ]Tony Santos[/url] was interrupted and forced to wait as I was given my visitor pass and ushered through security. The receptionist who gave me the visitor pass was one of the ONCE Lottery girlies, a fact only relevant to those who live in Spain.


 
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