The thread in which PHers reveal tenuous links to famous people.

The thread in which PHers reveal tenuous links to famous people.

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paulwirral

3,133 posts

135 months

Saturday 23rd March
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Apparently he keeps an eye on the house , i don’t actually know which one it is but the big Mack visited a few years ago with the family and there was a lot of security driving around the area .
John Barnes lives along the other way and Paul ince is a regular in the pub along the road , to be fair , barnes is a regular bloke but it’s obvious ince misses the big time . There’s a few other of them but I’ve no idea as I’ve always been a motorsport guy .

matrignano

4,370 posts

210 months

Monday 22nd April
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Just landed from Mexico City where I was sitting 3 rows behind Tom Jones.

We had to wait for his highness to board the plane before anyone else was allowed to board( do celebrities always get this kind of treatment on BA?)

He arrived to the gate late from the lounge. This on a flight that was already 2 hours late.
Ergo, he’s a tosser hehe

illmonkey

18,200 posts

198 months

Monday 22nd April
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matrignano said:
Just landed from Mexico City where I was sitting 3 rows behind Tom Jones.

We had to wait for his highness to board the plane before anyone else was allowed to board (do celebrities always get this kind of treatment on BA?)

He arrived to the gate late from the lounge. This on a flight that was already 2 hours late.
Ergo, he’s a tosser hehe
It’s not unusual…

RammyMP

6,771 posts

153 months

Monday 22nd April
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illmonkey said:
matrignano said:
Just landed from Mexico City where I was sitting 3 rows behind Tom Jones.

We had to wait for his highness to board the plane before anyone else was allowed to board (do celebrities always get this kind of treatment on BA?)

He arrived to the gate late from the lounge. This on a flight that was already 2 hours late.
Ergo, he’s a tosser hehe
It’s not unusual…
Was he heading for the green green grass of home?

Nick Forest

6 posts

83 months

Monday 22nd April
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My mum used to make the costumes for Pans People (TOTP) and knocked out half a dozen costumes every week for 12 years and all done from the kitchen table in our little house in Kent.

jbailey114

44 posts

2 months

Monday 22nd April
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Many years ago when I was in my early twenties I was working in a coffee shop in Canada. It was a weekend morning and the place was pretty dead (financial district) so it was just my workmate and I hanging around being quite bored.

A female customer, probably in her fifties, came in to get a coffee. She was friendly and outgoing and we bantered about this and that for a while. For some reason we got on to the subject of pillow fights and I jokingly told her that she looked like she enjoyed a good pillow fight. We joked on a bit and eventually she went to get her coffee.

The next thing I knew, my workmate asked if she wouldn't mind taking a photo with him. She gladly obliged. I had no idea who our friendly customer was so I asked.

"I'm Jamie-Lee Curtis", she replied.

Killer2005

19,643 posts

228 months

Monday 22nd April
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Can't remember if I posted this before, but my mum worked for Murray Walker and my dad was offered a job by Hesketh racing (but turned it down).

Doofus

25,819 posts

173 months

Monday 22nd April
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Killer2005 said:
Can't remember if I posted this before, but my mum worked for Murray Walker and my dad was offered a job by Hesketh racing (but turned it down).
My ex (and late) business partner did jail time for selling two of Alex Hesketh's companies without telling him, and pocketing the cash.

5 In a Row

1,483 posts

227 months

Tuesday
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Nick Forest said:
My mum used to make the costumes for Pans People (TOTP) and knocked out half a dozen costumes every week for 12 years and all done from the kitchen table in our little house in Kent.
That wouldnt've taken your mum long though, from the memory of a 7 year old Pans People didn't have costumes giving, er, extensive coverage biggrin

Rushjob

1,853 posts

258 months

Tuesday
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I arrested John McGeoch ( RIP ) in the early 90's for drink driving ( just before lunch time bow ) and Anne Scargill as she was then in 98/99 at an anti opencast mining protest.

John was a really nice guy, pity I can't say the same for Mrs Combover - a horrible individual.

Rusty Old-Banger

3,824 posts

213 months

Tuesday
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I work with a guy who used to be in Grange Hill.

Skii

1,630 posts

191 months

Tuesday
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White-Noise said:
I had the same barber as timmy mallet and Chris barrie
I accidentally knocked Timmy Mallet over in Smokey Joe's Roadhouse, Maidenhead in 1996

illmonkey

18,200 posts

198 months

Tuesday
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Skii said:
White-Noise said:
I had the same barber as timmy mallet and Chris barrie
I accidentally knocked Timmy Mallet over in Smokey Joe's Roadhouse, Maidenhead in 1996
I saw Timmy Mallet live at Windsor panto year ago. I purchased a soft toy mallet and had him sign it, then a photo of the 3 of us together. It was magical and my life peaked at that point.

andburg

7,292 posts

169 months

Tuesday
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Years ago my employers hired it’s a knockout including Cheggers to run the day!

BEAMS 162

163 posts

47 months

Tuesday
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I accidentally swam into Roy Walker ,original Catchphrase presenter,in a pool in Tenerife in the early 90's..
"It's good...but its not riiiight"

My wifes friend's partner's cousin (bear with me here), is a member of Squeeze,cant remember which one though.
My colleague Lee at work in the office is Queen bassist John Deacon's cousin.Says he's only seen him a few times over the years at family do's and he's not exactly an extrovert character. (John,not Lee..)

Tenuous enough?

paulguitar

23,432 posts

113 months

Tuesday
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I went to the same school as Bill Beaumont.




SpudLink

5,786 posts

192 months

Tuesday
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BEAMS 162 said:
I accidentally swam into Roy Walker ,original Catchphrase presenter,in a pool in Tenerife in the early 90's..
"It's good...but its not riiiight"

My wifes friend's partner's cousin (bear with me here), is a member of Squeeze,cant remember which one though.
My colleague Lee at work in the office is Queen bassist John Deacon's cousin.Says he's only seen him a few times over the years at family do's and he's not exactly an extrovert character. (John,not Lee..)

Tenuous enough?
Pretty tenuous. But early in this thread there was a link so tenuous (to a member of Duran Duran I think) as to be almost non-existent. I think that’s the standard we are aiming at.

eharding

13,711 posts

284 months

Tuesday
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RammyMP said:
illmonkey said:
matrignano said:
Just landed from Mexico City where I was sitting 3 rows behind Tom Jones.

We had to wait for his highness to board the plane before anyone else was allowed to board (do celebrities always get this kind of treatment on BA?)

He arrived to the gate late from the lounge. This on a flight that was already 2 hours late.
Ergo, he’s a tosser hehe
It’s not unusual…
Was he heading for the green green grass of home?
If this aircraft was already running 2 hours late, then why...why....why.....delay her?

eldar

21,752 posts

196 months

Tuesday
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eharding said:
If this aircraft was already running 2 hours late, then why...why....why.....delay her?
That has an extremely tenuous link to humour biglaugh

BEAMS 162

163 posts

47 months

Tuesday
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eharding said:
If this aircraft was already running 2 hours late, then why...why....why.....delay her?
I actually snorted loudly reading that. hehe