The thread in which PHers reveal tenuous links to famous people.
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mikees said:
I met john craven today. Country file were filming in my village ( Cookham )
Some may consider it a little sad but it really rattles my cage that you have written john craven instead of John Craven. Just to be a totally pedantic b'stard I am 100% sure that the BBC programme you refer to is called Countryfile, one word.Years ago I was sent down to London to help my company set up the ticket desk for a new airport contract in London, train staff etc. I'm tapping away at a PC when I hear a vaguely familiar voice and one of the newstarts, who happened to be a black Londoner, asking for ID. I look up and it's Alex Salmond. This was the third time I'd met him and he had the same lackey as before, so I change his flight and explain to newstart that he's a valued regular flyer, smiley smiley etc, blah blah.
When he'd left she asked me who he was and I told her he was the leader of the SNP. Her face was a picture- she thought the SNP meant the northern branch of the BNP.
Michael Portillo also asked me to change his flight once. Polite guy but seemed a bit reptilian to me in person.
I once saw the back of Natalie Imbruglia as she checked in for a flight during Live 8.
And away from the airport I once serviced a watch which TS Eliot gave to his wife, which is about as close to literary greatness as I've ever come.
Ooh, another airport one- I was at a boarding gate where John Clelland was boarding a flight. I gave him a nod which he ignored... I guess in hindsight I should have chased him down the jetty and shook his hand until it became awkward.
When he'd left she asked me who he was and I told her he was the leader of the SNP. Her face was a picture- she thought the SNP meant the northern branch of the BNP.
Michael Portillo also asked me to change his flight once. Polite guy but seemed a bit reptilian to me in person.
I once saw the back of Natalie Imbruglia as she checked in for a flight during Live 8.
And away from the airport I once serviced a watch which TS Eliot gave to his wife, which is about as close to literary greatness as I've ever come.
Ooh, another airport one- I was at a boarding gate where John Clelland was boarding a flight. I gave him a nod which he ignored... I guess in hindsight I should have chased him down the jetty and shook his hand until it became awkward.
Edited by glazbagun on Friday 31st October 22:50
MadeinWigan said:
If I look out of one of the upstairs windows I can see the house that Kerry Katona rented for a while. It was on Through the Keyhole and is massively tasteless, both the house and Katona.
That reminds me Sporty Spice's Mum's house is up for sale and I can see it from my house.MadeinWigan said:
If I look out of one of the upstairs windows I can see the house that Kerry Katona rented for a while. It was on Through the Keyhole and is massively tasteless, both the house and Katona.
She's moved local to the misuses work, several run ins with the fella already. One of them made the daily mail...Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff