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14 Feb 2003, 21:45
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
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Tenuous claims to fame
They have to be true, but apart from that the more tenuous the better. I'll begin.
My mate used to babysit for John Inverdale.
I have also stood behind Iwan Thomas at the peak of his 400m running career in a queue for a ride at Chessington World of Adventures.
Follow that.
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14 Feb 2003, 21:49
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Look! He's Dancing!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Gawd Bless Glasgow
Posts: 2,144
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I'm related to Air Marshall Dowding
and also to Gladstone through some tenuous link
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[22:18] <nodrog> Cock: 8" (20cm) uncut
[22:18] <nodrog> Balls: Large hefty balls, stretched max 6" (15.5cm)
[22:18] <nodrog> Arse: Can take two fists, or one fist almost to the elbow, but slow warming up.
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14 Feb 2003, 21:56
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Dirte
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,573
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Some off my ancestors were brutal and bloodthirsty vikings.
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"Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he makes waffles not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it."
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14 Feb 2003, 22:03
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Mr. Blobby
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Belgium
Posts: 8,271
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I've been on television in two consecutive years participating in the National Spelling Competition which was an annual event about 8 years ago. Came in 3rd and 9th, heh.
How sad is that :/
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14 Feb 2003, 22:07
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Down with the sickness
Posts: 2,484
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I went to Uni with someone who was mates with a bloke who was cousins with Annie Lennox.
I live nearish to Francis Shand Kydd (Princess Di's mum) and once saw her being arrested for drunk driving \o/
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Me
In my sleep I grind my teeth.
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14 Feb 2003, 22:11
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Look over there!
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 704
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Paul McGann** is a member of my girlfriend's* health club.
*as in her father owns it, not as in "she's a member".
**Try harder Wiggles***
***thanks mark
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Do not argue with me! I control your arms!
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14 Feb 2003, 22:37
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
Posts: 550
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Oh yes, my friend has seen Gianfranco Zola in our local Blockbusters.
Now that's rock n'roll.
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14 Feb 2003, 22:41
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Down with the sickness
Posts: 2,484
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I saw Dominic Diamond browsing the '2 for £22' section in Virgin once!!
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14 Feb 2003, 22:46
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Twang Twang
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Where I live
Posts: 837
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On multiple occasions i have seen lenny henry jogging in the morning.
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"I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard"
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14 Feb 2003, 22:51
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 23,481
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My cousin won Masterchef and writes books for Sainsbury's.
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14 Feb 2003, 22:52
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Happy
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canada eh
Posts: 4,793
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uhm.. my bf shook hands with the Queen years and years ago when she came here..
i made some of the winner's bouqets for the '94 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, BC. (Canada) my mom however got a 'special pass' that allowed her to go to all the venues. and i believe she was one of two florists who were allowed to go into the Queen's private washrooms to change the flowers. yay mom.
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Where ever you go, there you are.
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14 Feb 2003, 22:54
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Down with the sickness
Posts: 2,484
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I once met a guy who was Superscot Champion!!!!!
I met Tony Blair the day before he became Prime Minister :(
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14 Feb 2003, 22:56
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
Posts: 550
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sarina_Joy
I once met a guy who was Superscot Champion!!!!!
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Explain. That sounds like the greatest title to win ever.
I've also met "Wolf" from Gladiators who shouted at me to stop pushing in the queue to ask him a question.
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14 Feb 2003, 23:00
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Aquafresh
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: [^-^]
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I saw patrick moores house.
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14 Feb 2003, 23:04
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Down with the sickness
Posts: 2,484
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Quote:
Originally posted by Black Dog
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Explain. That sounds like the greatest title to win ever.
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Erm
It was an absolutely terrible general knowledge quiz show on the tv , I think in the 80's. It was hosted by Jane someone (Franchi?) and I can't remember much else about it because I was quite young at the time :/
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14 Feb 2003, 23:07
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
Posts: 550
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sarina_Joy
It was an absolutely terrible general knowledge quiz show on the tv
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Right, I'll take it that it was the 'Blockbusters' of its time.
Unless of course, it was the equivalent of Mastermind for kids in which case it is quite likely to have been the most amusing programme ever.
It's still the best name for a title I've ever heard.
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14 Feb 2003, 23:08
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Down with the sickness
Posts: 2,484
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It was way way worse than Blockbusters!
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14 Feb 2003, 23:10
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Here Today
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 266
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I used to play in the junior football team (HF Newman), and was coached by Lloyd McGrath who won the FA Cup with Coventry City in 1987/8/some other year!
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14 Feb 2003, 23:13
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
Posts: 550
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sarina_Joy
It was way way worse than Blockbusters!
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Yes, the mascots made that programme good.
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14 Feb 2003, 23:21
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It was a Stupid Dream
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Winchester, UK
Posts: 2,077
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I saw blairs kid in a club once
hes a tosser, was tempted to tell him his dad is a tosser as well
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14 Feb 2003, 23:22
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
Posts: 550
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Quote:
Originally posted by Starbucks
I saw blairs kid in a club once
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Pah I can top that. I knew someone who was friends with a girl who used to go out with Euan Blair.
He is a twat also apparently.
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15 Feb 2003, 00:05
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IRC Lackey
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions...
Posts: 1,471
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heh
My late Grandfather was a great personal friend of King Peter II of Yugoslavia.
Beat that
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw
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15 Feb 2003, 00:08
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J to the C to the A G E
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Scúnthorpe
Posts: 5,583
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Roger Glover gave me a plectrum!
My father used to be good mates with Ian Botham
When my grandparents owned a chippie, they once served Kevin Keegan
Speaking of chipshops, I shouldn't have eaten that pickled onion and that pickled egg I bought from the chip shop and then ran home. I'm going to have the ****s tonight!
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15 Feb 2003, 01:55
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mmm lambs
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: London
Posts: 1,906
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My uncle scored the first ever try at Pontypridd's rugby ground Sardis Road, he has helped coach the Welsh rugby team in the past and is currently director of Rugby for Singapore.
My mothers cousin I think has also had 2 number 1 singles with different bands, chripy chirpy cheep cheep being 1 of them he was the drummer and is sooooooooo ashamed of that song.
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15 Feb 2003, 01:57
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Has Soup On His Head
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 10,095
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My Mothers Cousin is the Assistant Headcoach of the Boston Celtics.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
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15 Feb 2003, 01:58
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Has Soup On His Head
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 10,095
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My Brother has been out drinking with Scotland International Footballer Peter Canero.
Hes also played football from an Early age with Scotland U21 Captain Brian Kerr.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
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15 Feb 2003, 02:03
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Not Dark or Handsome
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Cwmbru
Posts: 2,588
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I served Gary Speed at a petrol station in Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
Joan Collins was married to my Aunties Uncle;
The same Aunties father was a bbc director for some old tv show i forget the name of;
I met Donald Pleasants when i was 2 (or 3) at the very same Aunties wedding;
and i appeared on Gamesmaster playing Zool.
(Not to mention my numerous appearances on teletext \o/).
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"You can't drink a pint of Bovril."
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15 Feb 2003, 02:21
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Prince of Amber
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Posts: 1,313
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My father's first cousins are the Gatlin Brothers -- Larry Gatlin being the most famous. They are Country and Western musicians.
I am very distantly related to Daniel Boone and Richard Nixon through the same family line. Nearest ancestor by marriage was about 250 years ago.
My mother thought we were related to Catherine the Great, but she was wrong.
I was on Belgian televison twice last year.
Le Soir, the largest French-language Belgian daily newspaper, did a very short piece on me with my picture last year.
I won third place in the Math Counts competition between seven schools when I was 12-years old.
I was at the department store and the woman at the cash register said, "Your the guy who does the columns for the newspaper, aren't you?"
I was the king of the elementary school when I was eight-years old along with Kimberly Perez, my girlfriend at the time.
That's all I can think of.
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15 Feb 2003, 02:26
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: I hate you all
Posts: 718
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I girl i knows dad wrote 'crocodile shoes'
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I admit it, i'm a [TiT]
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15 Feb 2003, 09:37
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Wearing Speedos
Posts: 1,021
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The ex Miss Woof worked in the nursery which Fankie Detori's son went to, outside Newmarket.
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15 Feb 2003, 10:22
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Chimping
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Newcastle, England.
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I met Hulk Hogan in Planet Hollywood, New York.
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15 Feb 2003, 10:36
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Blowdried
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Lost
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Quote:
Originally posted by Black Dog
I've also met "Wolf" from Gladiators who shouted at me to stop pushing in the queue to ask him a question.
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I also met Wolf from Gladiators, he said my dog was cute \o/
apparently I played football with Robbie williams when I was 6 as his father was the owner of a holiday camp I went to
I know the sister of the guitarist of the LostProphets
I live 2 minutes away from where Tom Jones used to live
Midge5, how many people do you honestly think know where Pontypridd is?
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15 Feb 2003, 11:47
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mmm lambs
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: London
Posts: 1,906
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Not many but its still my biggest claim to fame
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I drink therefore I am
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15 Feb 2003, 11:50
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: lost
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Quote:
Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
I know the sister of the guitarist of the LostProphets
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This brings up even more, someone who I help run a sports camp in the summer has played with Incubus.
His dad runs a studio and lives off the royalties from the guitar parts he played in loads of really famous songs.
(do you remember Wolf being really small or is it just me?)
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15 Feb 2003, 11:59
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Better then you.
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Actual Date of joining PA Forums: June 2001
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I have met and spoken to Rowan Atkinson several times. I have met William Shatner. I used to live in the same town as one of the Beetles. I have been in the local Newspaper 4 times. I have met/shook hands with Tony Blair. I have met the Queen. I am distantly related to the Sultan of Johor.
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For every force in the universe, There is an opposite.
For every good, There is an evil.
And the only way to conquer it...is to face it.
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15 Feb 2003, 11:59
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Blowdried
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Lost
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Quote:
Originally posted by Black Dog
(do you remember Wolf being really small or is it just me?)
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yeh he did seem pretty short
or maybe we're stupidly tall
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15 Feb 2003, 12:01
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lolly roffle
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 5,514
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Dennis Taylor live 5 minutes away from me, and i have met him a few times.
Carl Foggerty (superbike champion) used to live across the road from me.
My junior football team was coached by Derek Fazacoli (sp?) for a while (ex-Newcastle and England football coach, now at Man City)
I met Dwight Yorke in Manchester airport the week before he moved from Man U to Blackburn (i had my Rovers shirt on and obviously persuaded him to move)
I saw Michael Schumacher in Universal Studios, Florida.
James Beattie went to my school.
Matt Parker, an old friend of mine, was in Champ manager 3, unfortunately he had to retire due to injury so didnt make it big .
My school Biology teacher coached Gary Linekar at cricket.
My great grandad was chairman of Blackburn Rovers football club \o/.
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15 Feb 2003, 12:36
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Gone
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Stuck in the middle with you
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I used to play cricket alot with Robin and Chris Smith, and occasionally Cardigan O'Connor.
My Grandparents are family friends.
I actually bowled Robin out once.
I was 8 at the time.
Heh.
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15 Feb 2003, 12:53
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
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I went to the same school as Rowan Atkinson and Tony Blair, and one of my teachers (who is a friend of my father) told Atkinson to go into comedy.
I go to the same college that Ali G went to.
I'm 4 1337 m0d3r4t0r 0n GD h4><0r l1k3
I'm Basil Brush
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15 Feb 2003, 13:06
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Fidel Cakestro
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Heiro's Garden.
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ive touched the original wrong trousers.
ive seen bonehead in a bar,
and my dad saw david ginola in a bar as well.
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15 Feb 2003, 13:07
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Motherfracker
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 2,985
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In a shopping mall in Orlando, I bumped into Robbie Fowler in a restaurent there and later bumped into Andy Cole in the same place.
All in one day, all in the same place!!
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15 Feb 2003, 13:11
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Gone
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Stuck in the middle with you
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Oh...and...
"Roy Mallard" taught English at my college.
When I was 5 I was friends with Archi Bland, who's father at the time was Director of LWT, and has since gone BBC-wards. I soileed myself on his sofa. Pld me.
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15 Feb 2003, 18:33
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Old Man O Deh *****s
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: In spelelpee land
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Whilst playing hockey in Enfield, someone smacked the ball of the pitch, straight towards Mike Gatting (ex-England cricket captain), who attempted to stop the ball with his outstretched foot.
The ball went straight past his foot and between his legs. On seeing this I shouted 'Nothing's changed since you stopped playing then, Mr Gatting !!'
At this point he turned round and gave me the finger.
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You dont need to keep beating a dog to get it to stop shitting on the carpet
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15 Feb 2003, 18:35
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Bitch
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: North Yorkshire
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I served Kim Tate a G&T when she came into the pub I was working in. Rrrrrraaaahhhhh!
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ACHTUNG!!!
Das machine is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy
schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und corkenpoppen mit
spitzensparken. Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen. Das
rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets. Relaxen und vatch
das blinkenlights!!!
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15 Feb 2003, 18:45
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Born Sinful
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Loughborough, UK
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One of my friends is distantly related to Dubya (the tree split 4 generations ago i think). She's very embarresed about it.
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Worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for. Amen.
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16 Feb 2003, 01:22
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finnish pokèmon
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Who cares?
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My dad is responsible for Chris Akabussi's (athlete) broken nose.
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We often think that when we have completed our study of one, we know all about two, because two is 'one and one'. We forget that we have still to make a study of 'and'.
Quote:
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We enjoy sucking the fun out of the boards. It's a competition.
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16 Feb 2003, 01:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
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There used to be an american show called "Small Wonder" featuring a lifelike robot who was about ten years old. My aunt had a role on that show as a foster care worker. She's also had some commercials and small one time roles on tv.
I also met some actors from Xena including Ted Raimi who is the brother of Sam Raimi director of the Evil Dead series and Spiderman.
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I'm bigger than you.
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16 Feb 2003, 03:02
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Not Banned!!
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some not so tenuous, but amusing all the same...
I made 'Cliff' from 'Gay Dad' cry.
I abused Boy Zone live on Radio One for 4 mins whilst their manager tried to cut me off and Simon Mayo flapped about in a shock/panic... Boyzone later 'thunderbolted' me my crimes against 'pop'.
Adam Faiths wife 'Manon' runs a record label, i spoke to her a couple of times about getting a deal.
'Duffy' from BBC1's casualty was at one my gigs.
At the TFI Friday xmas special, Robbie Williams winked at my girlfriend, and Nick Han**** gave me a ****ty remark when he was late for the show and being heckled by me and my mates.
Neil Webb (ex portsmouth/forest/england footy star) wanted to shag my mum.
Frankie Howard asked my nan to marry him before 'coming out'
Upon leaving for AC Milan (from Portsmouth) I told Mark Hately not to worry and that im sure they'd let him come back to pompey soon... He thanked me didn't break my childhood vision of the fact pompey footy club wasn't the centre of the universe...
I met Chris Eubank in a resturant in Brighton 2 summers ago. I told him my mate was a huge fan, and got him to phone him up heh... my mate thought it was me doing an impression of him (i do a good one) and started abusing him... comedy etc
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DarkJedi - The Nelson Mandela of PA (Freed Mon 2nd Dec 2002)
<@JonnyFive> well there you go, dj's ego really is mightier than ships
<@Hevonen> DarkJedi, thank god
[00:02] <Iniluki> self glorfying sigs are ****ing childish
[00:04] <DarkJedi> arrogance is bliss
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16 Feb 2003, 15:35
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hated dead or alive
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by Leshy
I've been on television in two consecutive years participating in the National Spelling Competition which was an annual event about 8 years ago. Came in 3rd and 9th, heh.
How sad is that :/
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16 Feb 2003, 15:38
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hated dead or alive
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I am Me!
(and i once won a kitchen in Wheel of Fortune wich i sold :P)
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