Famous people, preconceptions busted/confirmed
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Northbloke said:
Briefly met Steve Davies (friendly)
I played pool against Steve Davies at a corporate event. We all queued up and he wiped the floor with each person in about 5 minutes. When it was my turn, we shook hands and I whispered to him that I'd let him win so as not to embarrass him in front of a large crowd. He had the good manners to laugh although he's probably heard it a million times before. After he beat me in about 3 minutes he said "you did that brilliantly, it never looked like you threw the match at all, you looked genuinely rubbish." 
Top bloke.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Northbloke said:
Briefly met Steve Davies (friendly)
I played pool against Steve Davies at a corporate event. We all queued up and he wiped the floor with each person in about 5 minutes. When it was my turn, we shook hands and I whispered to him that I'd let him win so as not to embarrass him in front of a large crowd. He had the good manners to laugh although he's probably heard it a million times before. After he beat me in about 3 minutes he said "you did that brilliantly, it never looked like you threw the match at all, you looked genuinely rubbish." Top bloke.
Kimi Raikkonen.
Well, I didn't meet him as such but trod on his hand while wearing ski boots and he slurred "gettofffmyfugginhand..."
We were a group in a bar in Courchevel years ago and we were all pretty refreshed. Kimi was lying on the floor at the front of the bar in a puddle of piss and spilled drinks while people accidentally stood on him, kicked him and dropped things on him.
Quality bloke.
Well, I didn't meet him as such but trod on his hand while wearing ski boots and he slurred "gettofffmyfugginhand..."
We were a group in a bar in Courchevel years ago and we were all pretty refreshed. Kimi was lying on the floor at the front of the bar in a puddle of piss and spilled drinks while people accidentally stood on him, kicked him and dropped things on him.
Quality bloke.
benjj said:
Kimi Raikkonen.
Well, I didn't meet him as such but trod on his hand while wearing ski boots and he slurred "gettofffmyfugginhand..."
We were a group in a bar in Courchevel years ago and we were all pretty refreshed. Kimi was lying on the floor at the front of the bar in a puddle of piss and spilled drinks while people accidentally stood on him, kicked him and dropped things on him.
Quality bloke.
You're in the Russian mafia, aren't you? Well, I didn't meet him as such but trod on his hand while wearing ski boots and he slurred "gettofffmyfugginhand..."
We were a group in a bar in Courchevel years ago and we were all pretty refreshed. Kimi was lying on the floor at the front of the bar in a puddle of piss and spilled drinks while people accidentally stood on him, kicked him and dropped things on him.
Quality bloke.
benjj said:
Kimi Raikkonen.
Well, I didn't meet him as such but trod on his hand while wearing ski boots and he slurred "gettofffmyfugginhand..."
We were a group in a bar in Courchevel years ago and we were all pretty refreshed. Kimi was lying on the floor at the front of the bar in a puddle of piss and spilled drinks while people accidentally stood on him, kicked him and dropped things on him.
Quality bloke.
Nice of you to help him him up and find him a chair....Well, I didn't meet him as such but trod on his hand while wearing ski boots and he slurred "gettofffmyfugginhand..."
We were a group in a bar in Courchevel years ago and we were all pretty refreshed. Kimi was lying on the floor at the front of the bar in a puddle of piss and spilled drinks while people accidentally stood on him, kicked him and dropped things on him.
Quality bloke.
Vaud said:
Nice of you to help him him up and find him a chair....
Would you like me to add in details of the rest of the night for you? If I go back through my diaries I may be able to update you on other key pieces of information such as what brand of toothpaste I used later that night and whether I wore striped or plaid jimjams. Just say the word and I'll sort it for you.
benjj said:
Vaud said:
Nice of you to help him him up and find him a chair....
Would you like me to add in details of the rest of the night for you? If I go back through my diaries I may be able to update you on other key pieces of information such as what brand of toothpaste I used later that night and whether I wore striped or plaid jimjams. Just say the word and I'll sort it for you.
tomsugden said:
Mike Brewer - I bought, and sold several cars to him, before he became well known. He was always keen to chat about cars, let me drive cars we both knew I couldn't afford, and was helpful and knowledgeable. He even found a beautiful Mk2 Golf GTI 16v for me, that is now owned by a PHer.
That's good to know, I quite like him and he gets a bad press on here.Ganglandboss said:
As he walked past our table, one of our lot chuckled and murmured, "Hey, Richard O'Brien"
The bloke spun on his heel and leant right into the table, 'Yessssss?
My colleague looked extremely embarrassed and totally lost for words.
"Well you said my name; I assumed you wanted to speak to me?"
He was still lost for words and had turned bright red. Richard then grabbed a stool and sat down and chatted to us for a while. He was a very pleasant bloke and very charismatic. It turned out the stupids were holding a presentation evening for the rag week fund-raising and he was there to present some awards for the best fund-raisers.
A Crystal Maze team shot some behind the scenes video in 1992 which has a good half hour with R O'B in the hotel the night before, quite interesting and probably unsurprising that he had time for the contestants:The bloke spun on his heel and leant right into the table, 'Yessssss?
My colleague looked extremely embarrassed and totally lost for words.
"Well you said my name; I assumed you wanted to speak to me?"
He was still lost for words and had turned bright red. Richard then grabbed a stool and sat down and chatted to us for a while. He was a very pleasant bloke and very charismatic. It turned out the stupids were holding a presentation evening for the rag week fund-raising and he was there to present some awards for the best fund-raisers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvA2A_WU_c
Northbloke said:
Briefly met Steve Davies (friendly) and John Virgo (knob) years ago and as someone said it must be rubbish being famous; 30 years later someone calls you a knob based on a 5-minute meeting when you may have been having a bad day.
I think John Virgo might be the only famous bloke I've met. It was at my wife's company's do - he was the sponsored entertainment so was obviously on his best behaviour but he was funny, shook hands with everyone, poses next to me while my wife took a pic of us (the height difference was funny - I'm 5'6"), and totally pleasant.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff