Author Topic: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim  (Read 3210 times)

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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2017, 11:22:45 PM »
I don't understand why some people think it is a claim to fame if they have met people in the public eye. I have met quite a number over the years, it is no big deal. They are just human like the rest of us, warts and all.
Oh  FFS, it's just a bit of fun. If you don't want to play, just ignore the thread.
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2017, 11:24:04 PM »
OK my lamest claim to fame, which still makes me giggle, was when at the age of ten I was sitting in the car with my mother and sisters on the pier of my home island. My sister, then five, was sitting on the potty in the back of the car when Prince Philip, on a walk about from the main Royal party who were visiting the island, stuck his head through the car window. My Mum nearly died of embarrassment. ;D
Typical, you complain about it, then you come up with one of the best ones :-)
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2017, 11:26:29 PM »
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend is friends with Kevin Bacon.
On the less strict scale (i.e. anybody with a credit, not just cast) I have a Bacon number of 6.
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #28 on: October 18, 2017, 08:53:29 AM »
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend is friends with Kevin Bacon.
Kevin is or deserves to be an MBE..........Mate of the British Empire.

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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2017, 02:19:34 PM »
I once walked past Jimmy Tarbuck in a Motorway Cafe.

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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #30 on: October 21, 2017, 01:11:37 PM »
I once saw Gordon Wossname, who played Hudson the Butler in 'Upstairs Downstairs', in a motorway service station cafe.
I once tried using "chicken" as a password, but was told it must contain a capital so I tried "chickenkiev"
On another occasion, I tried "beefstew", but was told it wasn't stroganoff.

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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #31 on: October 21, 2017, 03:08:20 PM »
I once walked past Jimmy Tarbuck in a Motorway Cafe.

I once bumped (literally) into Jimmy Hill on Euston Station.
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #32 on: October 21, 2017, 03:11:22 PM »
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend is friends with Kevin Bacon.

 A friend's brother was friends with Stevie Winwood.......... but I never saw or met him.... Stevie, that is..
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #33 on: October 21, 2017, 03:11:48 PM »
I once bumped (literally) into Jimmy Hill on Euston Station.
I hope you said: "Why the long face, Jim?"
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #34 on: October 21, 2017, 03:13:36 PM »
I hope you said: "Why the long face, Jim?"

Lol..... I looked up and saw that looooong chin!
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Re: The Lame Claim to Fame Claim
« Reply #35 on: October 27, 2017, 09:16:05 AM »
My brother-in-law was sitting across from Nile Rodgers in the airport lounge while travelling to Dublin on Wednesday