Paid Members JNLister Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 We've had plenty of mentions on here of great claims to fame in the forms of celebrity encounter. With Keith Houchen turning out to be the lifetime winner in this category, and with me having just posted my "nan weighed baby Davy Jones" story, I think it's time we turned our attention to the more tenuous connections. Â So the rules are: Â * Your claim must have an intermediary step. You cannot have deal/interacted with the celebrity yourself. Hence the fact I once saw Ian Duncan Smith on a train doesn't count. (He's the only man I've ever seen with negative charisma.) Â * The claim must involve a closer form of interaction other than "saw him in the supermarket, got his autograph." Â * Ideally you want a lame celebrity, a particularly strained connection, or both. Â To kick off: Â An ex-girlfriend previously went out with a man who wrote songs for the Beautiful South and claimed he'd written How Long's a Tear Take To Dry about her. He was probably lying. Â I slept with a woman who'd previously turned down the saxophonist from ABC. Â My former boss's husband once punched Derek Hatton in his kitchen. He later saved Sammy Lee (Liverpool, not Sayama) from choking. Â My wife's dad went out with the sister of Noel Redding, the bass player for Jimi Hendrix. Â My junior school headmistress was a direct descendant of Captain Oates, as in "I am just going outside and may be some time." Â The girl who lived opposite me and with whom I had my first proper kiss is now married to the keyboard player in Keane. Â My housemate worked at the desk next to the mum of Emma from Big Brother series 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted March 1, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2012 My mum sold a lightbulb to Dave Benson Phillips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jock Knew Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 My dad's cousin went to St. Mirin's Secondary School in Paisley and was in the same year/class as Joe Egan of Stealers Wheel. He stayed in the same scheme as Gerry Rafferty and former Celtic defender/manager Davie Hay, who were in the year below them. He used to do a milk run in the mornings with Hay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 1, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 My dad was in the same class as Dave Lee Travis, the same year as Robert Powell, and the year below Ben Kingsley. Â Yep. Jesus, Ghandi and the Hairy Cornflake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 A manager at work who I used to really fancy fucked Bobcat Goldthwaite (Zed from Police Academy) when she was a teenager. Â Â Â And she wouldn't fuck me, bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Ronnie Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 I spoke to Gary Lineker's mum on the phone when she was ordering some football merchandise on his behalf. She wouldn't give me his address though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Burchill's Buddy Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 My mum sold a lightbulb to Dave Benson Phillips. In an almost identical story, my sister sold a lightbulb to Rupert Grint's (Ron Weasley's) dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 1, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2012 Kano hit on one of my mates in a club like a couple weeks before he really blew up and beecame a big name. Â My old English teacher also taught Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 One of me mates stole Cerys Matthew's shoe from her after a TFI performance. I didnt ask how that came about as I was rather drunk at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmcstyles Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 My mother served Nikka Sanderson at a coop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 - Keith Houchen. We've never met, although we may have been in the same room. Â My grandfather-in-law is a fountain of this stuff: Â - I was recently in basketball player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 I was the last 'official' visitor to step into Roker Park. We were the last school to go on the trip and I turned up late, so I was at the back. As we were going through the turnstiles, this bloke in a suit said "whats your name" and I replied "The BarbarIAN, sir" and he noted me down. On the afternoon as the Sunderland staff and tour guides were talking about how the club is moving forward, the expectations of the club floating on the stockmarket and if any of us wanted any Dariusz Kubicki keyrings they had on offer, the same bloke turned up in a suit and tie and said my name and gave me a Hall of Fame-esque speech about how I was the last man standing. I got the previous season's (the tight bastards) Sunderland shirt and I was in the paper and in the club programme. They way they were treating me that day, I thought they were going to give me a run out alongside Phillips. It was a really hot, summer's day as well. I have great memories of it. Â The match programme for the game following the destruction of Roker Park was the highest selling programme in the clubs history as well. I draw money. Me and Status Quo had them hanging from the rafters, that day. Rats everywhere. Â EDIT: Actually that isnt even lame. I'm a big star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolann Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 My brother in law went to the same school as Jimmy Carr  I had a music teacher in secondary school who was the cousin of Linda Cozlowsky (sp??) Crocodile Dundees wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickin it wit the kliq Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 My cousin waited tables at Wayne Gretzky's stag do, does that count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jaffa Posted March 1, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2012 I helped Dirk Kuyt's agent arrange his mortgage when he first arrived in England. Â Never spoke to Kuyt himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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