Claim to fame Etc.

chillidoggy

So, this afternoon me and the missus bumped into Bernie Fineman from 'Classic Car Rescue' on the Canterbury park and ride bus. Bloody nice bloke.

Oh and...

Bumped into a long-lost friend later. She's had a pretty shit life to be honest, but then she said she'd met a millionaire, but he was an alcoholic. "GET IN," I shouted across the M&S cafe. She didn't seem impressed.

How the fuck was I to know her former boyfriend had been an alkie?

jd0272

New one's got the wallet, she should desist fckn whinging. The world is not perfect. Have a Wis for the GET IN.

Myranda

I'm not sure any of those are claims to fame.

At least not in the way I understand fame...

Even Katie Price has more claim to fame than that... and her fame is as being a has-been who got her boobs out then married a shiny person (who was famous as a greasy/shiny/orange person who sang a bit).

VimFuego

met a woman yesterday who's ancestor received a letter from Charles Darwin (which she still has).

randomhandclaps

Myranda said:

I'm not sure any of those are claims to fame.

At least not in the way I understand fame...

Even Katie Price has more claim to fame than that... and her fame is as being a has-been who got her boobs out then married a shiny person (who was famous as a greasy/shiny/orange person who sang a bit).

I think that's quite deriding of Katie Price's own achievements.  She's was and is a famous cunt in her own right.

monquixote

My favorite claim to fame is that my wife killed Mr Blobby and his whole family. 

Richardj

I had a chat once with Gryff Rhys Jones on the tube between Euston Square and Liverpool Street. Nice bloke.

Do I win £5?

chillidoggy

No.

Axe_meister

I past Micky Flanagan's house today just as he was leaving. I couldn't resist asking if he was going out or out out.

He replied 'Good one'

Axe_meister

Family wise I'v got a few claims to Fame.
My Aunt was the young girl in the original 'Tomorrow people'
A very distant relative Joan Winmill Brown dated JFK.
My great step Grandfather was Mayor of Berlin during the Blockade.

mudslide73

@wezv has met Alison Hammond!

TTony

I once shared an evening with BB King.

Just me and about 2,999 others in the audience.

boogieman

I went to school with Angela Lansbury's (Jessica from Murder She Wrote) niece. I took her to see Led Zeppelin once.

holnrew

boogieman said:

I went to school with Angela Lansbury's (Jessica from Murder She Wrote) niece. I took her to see Led Zeppelin once.

Did you bang?

Alnico

I've kissed Kylie Minogue.

Working with a photographer at the rehearsals for the John Lennon Tribute concert at the Pier Head, Liverpool in 1990. I met her, asked her for a kiss and got one.

J.D.

Paul_C

I've repaired Isla St Clair's guitar.

I nearly ran over Dennis Taylor in a Metro.

NervousJohn

The greasy/shiny/orange person who sang a bit kept the 3 day old NervousJunior awake by shouting at a TV camera outside his hospital room.

I loathe him with every fibre of my being. In fact I'm tempted to become religious just so I can believe he will end up in a special circle of hell.

Emp_Fab

Alnico said:

I've kissed Kylie Minogue.

Working with a photographer at the rehearsals for the John Lennon Tribute concert at the Pier Head, Liverpool in 1990. I met her, asked her for a kiss and got one.

J.D.

I've had Kylie Minogue. I was working as a sound engineer at an open-air concert and we hit it off.  Next thing I know, we're in her Winnebago banging away like a couple possessed.

Oh... hang on....  that one might have been a dream I had.

Grunfeld

Paul_C said:

I nearly ran over Dennis Taylor in a Metro.

I've just googled to see that Dennis Taylor is a retired snooker player.

Because, as it happens, I have an album signed by a Dennis Taylor who was, (somewhat briefly), the bass player in Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come -- who were, IMO, singularly sh*t except for one piece of magnificence which is the track "Time Captives".  Spotify it; YouTube it, whatever... roll a carrot for the first three minutes then enjoy. 

EricTheWeary

Paul_C said:

I've repaired Isla St Clair's guitar.

I nearly ran over Dennis Taylor in a Metro.

I nearly ran over Aled Jones.

richardhomer

EricTheWeary;384591" said:

I nearly ran over Aled Jones.

It's really frustrating when you keep missing....