What's your (most tenuous) claim to fame?

peterattheboro · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:06

Housey said:
Been out for a night out with some of the top snooker players more than once, friends of a mate.

Met Jimmy White.

Was in Daniel Ayala's house the other week (Boro defender)

High fived Simon Webb (some boyband singer)

Bumped into Pierluigi Collina (bald football referee) coming out of the toilets at Schiphol airport.

Oh and nearly got run over by Shane Lynch at Teesside Autodrome when he took a corner too tightly (drifting) and he came straight at me when I was taking photos

Guest2 · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:07

Great idea for a thread.

I saw Sting when I was about 12 in Turkey. I had no idea who it was at the time
I went on a 'date' (alton towers) many years ago with Eric Claptons daughter. Nothing good happened

I met timmy mallett in a club on a student night. He was doing some standup or something. It was as terrible as it sounds

spookywillow · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:11

Used to be very good friends with Shirly bassey son Mark. Met him through my sister when I lived in Spain.

Also met Bombhead from hollyoaks in a service station in essex.

peterwalkley · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:15

I once claimed to be Spartacus.

Maximum Triceratops · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:28

I served Paul Heaton once, I met Bez at a Stone Roses concert and I saw Sue Polard one time. Oh I have met Roy Walker as well

TommyV · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:42

Met Frank Bruno at Odeon in Southampton many many years ago.

There are a couple more but involve my family and various relations, for that reason I won't detail these ones!

Ryan-3 · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:43

Met Sting's brother and had a chat with Peter Beardsley. That's it.

VeNT · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:44

once went white water rafting in Colorado with Harrison Ford and his kid.
My (then) brother in law had been teaching his son to snowboard in the winter.
At the time (I was young) I didn't equate Harrison Ford with the actor.
When we got back the penny dropped, I'd spent most of the time talking to his son (couple of years my junior).

OracIe · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:44

I was on an ITV kids show once, I played a yob that threw a water container at an ice cream van!! Can't even remember what it was called.

Met Sean Connery quite a lot in a cafe in Belgravia, likewise Madonna jogging and her two gaurds and various MP's.

JBuk · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:53

peterwalkley said:
I once claimed to be Spartacus.

No, I'm Spartac.....

Evo8 · 4 Sep 2015 at 20:48

I used to go to the same school and played in the same team as Paul Caddis (Birmingham City player).

I got booked for snapping Steven Naismith (Everton player) when I was playing against him about 15 years ago.

I met Jasper Carrott in Majorca about 20 years ago.

I shared a flight to Ibiza with 3 Celtic players and many other Scottish footballers as I was attending my brothers stag and they were all joining Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic player) on his stag.

DoneADougalOnSofa · 4 Sep 2015 at 20:57

Kris Marshall is a semi-regular in my pub. Forgot to mention him before...
Stephen Fry, Jeremy Vine, Andrew Marr have all been in, Ali Vowles off of BBC Points West local news pops in from time to time, and Ashley Pharoah (Ashes to Ashes creator) is also a semi-regular. Chatted to him for an hour before I found out who he was. Lovely bloke.
Oh yeah, Jeremy Guscott too.
Mike Catt (few years back)
Did I mention Amy Williams? I did? Oh well, Amy Williams. I was sat down, she was stood nearby talking, and no joke, her, umm, situpon was about 6 inches from my face. Never been so tempted to earn myself a place on the register...
And yes, she's just got married. Sigh.

setter · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:00

Lived next door to Joey Dunlop for a few months when I was a kid. Later painted a house for his brother Robert, two very down to earth guys. Both sadly killed in racing accidents.

Slam62 · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:02

When I was a lot younger I may well have done the first ever selfy in the history of the world with John Noakes.

I may not have though.

JBod · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:16

My favorite "tenuous" connection is that the office building I am working in (sitting right now) was regularly used as a film set for a few episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Their production office I believe use to be just around the corner.

PapaLazaru · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:22

I sat next to Colin McRae once on an internal flight in Finland. He was out there testing and said that if I found out where he was testing and came down, he would take me for a spin. Never found out where he was testing. RIP Colin.

I used to speak to Julian Clairy quite a lot on the phone, a colleague of mine looked after his finances. He always made me laugh without trying to.

I also met Suggs a number of times as he used to bank in the branch I used to work in, in Camden. He even gave us one of their gold album plaques when one of their albums went gold. Can't remember which one it was. We hung it up in the branch.

Spoken to Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra fame a lot, as he was a client.

James Rushent of Does It Offend You, Yeah? used to be a very good mate of mine when we were young.

Colin McFarlane was at my Dads wedding last year. He is a very well dressed man and he told me my suit was 'dapper'.

Duncan Norvelle was a family friend when I was a kid.

rebel rebel · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:31

In the early 90s I was asked the time by British Olympic javelin legend Tessa Sanderson.

Edit: 5.45pm

leoncuprar · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:42

Had a nice chat with Jill Dando outside Sydney Opera House.

Shared a jacuzzi years ago with Liz McColgan .. you youngsters won't have heard of her.

Bumped into Daley Thompson at the Melbourne Grand Prix.

Terminal_Boy · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:42

I was a BAe apprentice alongside the drummer from Fields Of The Nephilim.

I've stencilled "Tractor Spares" in Afrikaans on crates of weapons being shipped to South Africa in the 1980s.

I watched Piper Alpha burn.

zola25 · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:48

I can be seen in a 1995 episode of MTV's Headbanger's Ball. Whilst Vanessa Warwick is speaking to the camera I can be seen in the background of Metallica's "snakepit" at Donington.

Still have it on VHS somewhere, but don't have a VHS player ha!