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  • Masterbrew
    Masterbrew Posts: 264
    Gate-crashing a special programme for the 40th anniversary of ITV children's programmes (20:44). Quite a few well-known presenters there

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sOh3jydSY
  • Danepak
    Danepak Posts: 1,630

    I once asked Donald Trump a question - and he actually answered me.

    Back in 2011, I was working at the 'National Achievers Congress' in Melbourne where he was the main speaker. Afterwards, there was a small gathering of about 50 people where he was taking questions.

    As he walked past at the end about to leave, I asked the one question that I could think of as a mildly obsessive sports fan: Which NFL team he supports. His answer: “All of them.”

    So yes, I met one of the most powerful men in the world (not back then though) and… asked about American football.



  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,681
    Off_it said:
    I once did a VAT inspection on John Inman.

    But it was at his accountants, so I didn't meet him. He wasn't free. 

    Funny you mention that one and not the Wendy James one…
  • Low_Ears
    Low_Ears Posts: 695
    I had a phone conversation with a two time Superbowl Champion from the Superbowl winners parade. I have his personal email address and I am good friends with his best friend from where he grew up.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,899
    Boom said:
    Off_it said:
    I once did a VAT inspection on John Inman.

    But it was at his accountants, so I didn't meet him. He wasn't free. 

    Funny you mention that one and not the Wendy James one…
    Or Des O'Connor!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,167
    edited October 16
    Off_it said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    iaitch said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    At school (Forest Hill Boys), was taught by Roy Dwight (Elton's cousin).
    Famously scored for Forest in the 1959 Cup Final and then got stretchered off with a broken leg.
    Was a lovely guy.
    I was there at that time.
    I was in Harvey, 1981-86
    Poor old Harvey
    Or lucky old Harvey. 

    Takes all sorts to make a world...  :D
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,239
    CaptainRobbo said:
    iaitch said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    At school (Forest Hill Boys), was taught by Roy Dwight (Elton's cousin).
    Famously scored for Forest in the 1959 Cup Final and then got stretchered off with a broken leg.
    Was a lovely guy.
    I was there at that time.
    I was in Harvey, 1981-86
    Way behind me Robbo, I was in Newton 67-72.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 653
    iaitch said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    iaitch said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    At school (Forest Hill Boys), was taught by Roy Dwight (Elton's cousin).
    Famously scored for Forest in the 1959 Cup Final and then got stretchered off with a broken leg.
    Was a lovely guy.
    I was there at that time.
    I was in Harvey, 1981-86
    Way behind me Robbo, I was in Newton 67-72.
    Blimey, you make me feel young 😀
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,392
    Neil Arthur from the Band Blancmange told me to F**K off at one of his gigs ........... I Didn't !
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,506
    edited October 16
    SuedeAdidas said:
    DOUCHER said:
    a girl i work with friends dad is the only giraffe dentist in the uk     
    I defy anyone to come up with something better than this 😄
    Geezer drinks in the pub reckons he's a rhinoceros gynecologist. Can't be too many of them in the UK

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  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,300
    I was interviewed about the weather by a Japanese TV station and about England's disputed third goal in the 1966  World Cup Final for German TV. Whether either got shown I have no idea!
  • WHAddick
    WHAddick Posts: 1,156
    Gribbo said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    DOUCHER said:
    a girl i work with friends dad is the only giraffe dentist in the uk     
    I defy anyone to come up with something better than this 😄
    Geezer drinks in the pub reckons he's a rhinoceros gynecologist. Can't be too many of them in the UK
    Is that needed because they are horny?
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,914
    Some more obscure one's - My son's friend (a Liverpool fan) was face timing another one of their mates last year who was on holiday in Turkey. Mo Salah was on the next sunbed in the hotel and he handed the phone over and had a chat with him. My brother pulled up at the lights next to the Queen Mother and they winked at each other. I was project managing a pub refurb in soho and, unbeknown to me, Chris Evans and his gang used the upstairs room to plot TFI Friday.  I used the toilet upstairs and a trombone and all sorts were playing as i did my business and they filmed me going in and coming out the cubicle. They wanted to use it on the show but i wouldn't sign for it to be shown. Shared a table in a restaurant with Bruce Dickinson's mum and dad (restaraunt just round the corner from where i met Andy Nelson). My kids had a photo with Johnny Jackson at the same resort. My brother 'copped hold of (details never been 100% clarified :D ) Kirsten Imre (page 3 model) in Ibiza in the late 80's. Colin Clarke (Charlton coach) broke my dads record player at a party and - think i've said this one before on here some time - Lee Bowyer broke my mum's pedal bin in Spain.              
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,899
    A bloke on a football forum I frequent once had a punch-up with Ade Edmundson
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,907
    Mike Gatting swore and ate a lot during a conversation with me 
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,907
    I recently appeared on BBC south east news extolling the virtues of walking cricket in Bexhill 
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,199
    I was in the crowd when Jarvis Cocker ran on stage to upset Michael Jackson. We cheered him on. And when Jackson came up to get an award or whatever, we chanted "Moonwalk! Moonwalk!" and he refused so we jeered him 'cos we were 16 and had been drinking bottles of Hooch. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,051
    CaptainRobbo said:
    iaitch said:
    CaptainRobbo said:
    At school (Forest Hill Boys), was taught by Roy Dwight (Elton's cousin).
    Famously scored for Forest in the 1959 Cup Final and then got stretchered off with a broken leg.
    Was a lovely guy.
    I was there at that time.
    I was in Harvey, 1981-86

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,706
    Off_it said:
    A bloke on a football forum I frequent once had a punch-up with Ade Edmundson
    Will we ever get to the bottom of who this is?
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,137
    guinnessaddick said:
    Off_it said:
    A bloke on a football forum I frequent once had a punch-up with Ade Edmundson
    Will we ever get to the bottom of who this is?
    He was the bloke in the Young Ones, I think he was called Neil though so that may be the source of your confusion

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  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,113
    In 1981, I pursued Robert Plant around San Antonio,Ibiza one night before plucking up the courage to ask if I could buy him a drink. He said ‘I’ll have a large scotch’. When I gave it to him, he told me to eff off 
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,693
    _MrDick said:
    In 1981, I pursued Robert Plant around San Antonio,Ibiza one night before plucking up the courage to ask if I could buy him a drink. He said ‘I’ll have a large scotch’. When I gave it to him, he told me to eff off 
    Should've shown him the Stairway to Heaven.

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