Bad name-dropping

After the shameful “Seb Coe” debacle that has left one embarrassed stw’r notably absent today, what’s the worst name-drop you can do?

Me: I got the evil eye from Euan McGregor once.

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.

the shameful “Seb Coe” debacle that has left one embarrassed stw’r notably absent today

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.

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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 Carol Vorderman. 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.