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

[NMNeil]

I was offered a job as a roadie, went to see the band play and thought they were crap, so I turned the job down.
Anyone know whatever happened to a band called Iron Maiden?

[h0b0]

popeyewhite said:

lowdrag said:

One of the above posts brought back a memory. I played a pro-am with Nigel Mansell. And with Ian Woosnam plus numerous others who were much younger than me and later became household names. That was in the days when Iam Woosnam was an assistant Pro and was playing for the grand sum of £150. I still have the programme!

And that reminds me my father once partnered Seve Ballesteros. I'd forgotten that one.

My father turned down the chance to partner with Sean Connery because he was worried his game wasn’t up to Sean’s standards.

[Drclarke]

Crossflow Kid said:

Indeed. That really sums up what this thread is really all about for me.
Not people selling their house to the sister of some nobody from a “reality” TV show.

No, that is exactly what this thread is for. The clue is in the title

[Trevatanus]

NMNeil said:

I was offered a job as a roadie, went to see the band play and thought they were crap, so I turned the job down.
Anyone know whatever happened to a band called Iron Maiden?

Last seen running to the hills I believe.

[Riley Blue]

Prince Charles wrote a letter of condolence to me after my Dad died.

[nonsequitur]

NMNeil said:

I was offered a job as a roadie, went to see the band play and thought they were crap, so I turned the job down.
Anyone know whatever happened to a band called Iron Maiden?

IIRC, They changed their name to Steel Scrubber. Still no luck though.

[Celtic Dragon]

NMNeil said:

I was offered a job as a roadie, went to see the band play and thought they were crap, so I turned the job down.
Anyone know whatever happened to a band called Iron Maiden?

To be fair, if it was in the Paul DiAno years, that remark wouldn’t have been far from the truth!

[Buster73]

popeyewhite said:

lowdrag said:

One of the above posts brought back a memory. I played a pro-am with Nigel Mansell. And with Ian Woosnam plus numerous others who were much younger than me and later became household names. That was in the days when Iam Woosnam was an assistant Pro and was playing for the grand sum of £150. I still have the programme!

And that reminds me my father once partnered Seve Ballesteros. I'd forgotten that one.

Lad at graft went up to see the practice day at a course where he was playing in a tournament , he stood near the first tee when SB teed off minus his caddy , so he offered to carry his bag.

Caddy caught up with him after two holes , Mr.B had strong words with him , then turned to my colleague and gave him €20 note and thanked him very much.

He regretted to this day he didn’t get him to sign it.

[anonymous-user]

whitesocks said:

Nick Lyndhurst is a miserable git by all accounts.

He sure is. He used to come into the supermarket where I did security. He went to the cig kiosk and the bloke behind the counter said hello to him. Lyndhurst replied some pretty horrible stuff back.

[popeyewhite]

h0b0 said:

popeyewhite said:

lowdrag said:

One of the above posts brought back a memory. I played a pro-am with Nigel Mansell. And with Ian Woosnam plus numerous others who were much younger than me and later became household names. That was in the days when Iam Woosnam was an assistant Pro and was playing for the grand sum of £150. I still have the programme!

And that reminds me my father once partnered Seve Ballesteros. I'd forgotten that one.

My father turned down the chance to partner with Sean Connery because he was worried his game wasn’t up to Sean’s standards.

My father played off a single figure handicap for years and was captain at the club where Seve was guesting. What did Connery play off?

[h0b0]

popeyewhite said:

h0b0 said:

popeyewhite said:

lowdrag said:

One of the above posts brought back a memory. I played a pro-am with Nigel Mansell. And with Ian Woosnam plus numerous others who were much younger than me and later became household names. That was in the days when Iam Woosnam was an assistant Pro and was playing for the grand sum of £150. I still have the programme!

And that reminds me my father once partnered Seve Ballesteros. I'd forgotten that one.

My father turned down the chance to partner with Sean Connery because he was worried his game wasn’t up to Sean’s standards.

My father played off a single figure handicap for years and was captain at the club where Seve was guesting. What did Connery play off?

I remember him telling me that Connery was competitive and would get annoyed if he did not win. According to the internet (which is always right except those rumors about me) he plays off a 20-25. That means my dad would have been equally matched.This was back in the late 80's or 90's so the internet was not around to ease his misplaced nerves.

[nonsequitur]

h0b0 said:

My father turned down the chance to partner with Sean Connery because he was worried his game wasn’t up to Sean’s standards.

He did beat Goldfinger by cheating a bit.

[lowdrag]

popeyewhite said:

h0b0 said:

popeyewhite said:

lowdrag said:

One of the above posts brought back a memory. I played a pro-am with Nigel Mansell. And with Ian Woosnam plus numerous others who were much younger than me and later became household names. That was in the days when Iam Woosnam was an assistant Pro and was playing for the grand sum of £150. I still have the programme!

And that reminds me my father once partnered Seve Ballesteros. I'd forgotten that one.

My father turned down the chance to partner with Sean Connery because he was worried his game wasn’t up to Sean’s standards.

My father played off a single figure handicap for years and was captain at the club where Seve was guesting. What did Connery play off?

And there you go again, reminding me of another. Aloha Spain 1983. We'd booked a tee time of 0815. We walked to the tee only to hear a stentorian voice asking what we were doing and did we have handicaps. I replied we did and that sadly I was the highest handicap. The total of our four handicaps was three, and I played off 2. My friends kept nudging me but I wouldn't give in. The gentleman, on knowing out handicaps, asked if we would like to play in their little competition. I had been arguing with Sean Connery and didn't know it. Anyway we all had a good game, I played with Sean, who was off 7, and beat him gross. He was a member of Aloha in the day. Lovely course too.

[ElectricSoup]

flashbang said:

whitesocks said:

Nick Lyndhurst is a miserable git by all accounts.

He sure is. He used to come into the supermarket where I did security. He went to the cig kiosk and the bloke behind the counter said hello to him. Lyndhurst replied some pretty horrible stuff back.

Aside from Alex "Hurricane" Higgins (who once told me to "fk off out of it" when I was 12 years old), the most intensely miserable and rude celeb I've ever encountered was Jim Bowen, who used to drink in the pub I worked in. Also a regular in there was virtually unknown actor Vivian MacKerrell, the person on whose personality and behaviour the character Withnail was based. The latter was a delight, usually, but morose in drink.

[whitesocks]

flashbang said:

He sure is. He used to come into the supermarket where I did security. He went to the cig kiosk and the bloke behind the counter said hello to him. Lyndhurst replied some pretty horrible stuff back.

I've heard he wears a cap pulled right down his face when out in public.

[GrizzlyBear]

I once met the man from Del-monte.

[john2443]

GrizzlyBear said:

I once met the man from Del-monte.

What did he say?

[anonymous-user]

ElectricSoup said:

the most intensely miserable and rude celeb I've ever encountered was Jim Bowen, who used to drink in the pub I worked in.

And used to say some really naff stuff to the contestants on Bullseye thinking he was funny. Always remembered how condescending he was to the ladies on there when they got a question correct..." That's right, well done, good girl..."

[anonymous-user]

whitesocks said:

I've heard he wears a cap pulled right down his face when out in public.

Yep, a light grey baseball cap and sunglasses.

[GrizzlyBear]

john2443 said:

GrizzlyBear said:

I once met the man from Del-monte.

What did he say?

The Man from Del Monte, He say, "well actually I work for Del Monte, I travel to the plantations to check the quality standards, so I suppose that makes me a Man from Del Monte... [Chuckle]" I was on a train in the 1980s and just got chatting to the bloke opposite.

Edited by GrizzlyBear on Friday 24th July 16:21