| Minor claims to fame 12:26 - Mar 5 with 7382 views | Dubtractor |
Inspired by a thread on bluesky, share your most trivial claim to fame.
Back in the early 00s, when DJing in Brighton, Chris Eubank parked up in his big lorry and insisted on carrying my record bag to the club for me. |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 11:29 - Mar 6 with 649 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Minor claims to fame on 16:01 - Mar 5 by hoppy |
What is a cum cafe?
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It's a place where you can get a piece of Bu kake to go with your cup of tea. |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:39 - Mar 6 with 604 views | Benters |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:25 - Mar 6 by DJR |
I don't anyone has yet beaten what you say in your last paragraph.
You've certainly set a high bar.  |
Well I was only trying to be helpful,if it had been no idea Kier I’d have told him to naf off. |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 11:40 - Mar 6 with 601 views | Benters |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:29 - Mar 6 by ArnoldMoorhen |
It's a place where you can get a piece of Bu kake to go with your cup of tea. |
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| Minor claims to fame on 11:40 - Mar 6 with 611 views | Radlett_blue |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:15 - Mar 6 by Cheshire_Tractor |
I was in a Tesco café near High Wycombe. I’d just bought my food when I realised there wasn’t a single free table. The chap sitting next to me clocked my predicament and said, “You can sit here, I’m finished now.”
It was former Forest, Man Utd and England midfielder Neil Webb.
I assumed “I’m finished now” referred to his meal rather than his career, though it worked neatly for both.
His seat was still warm. |
After his playing career was over, Webb apparently became a postman in his home town of Reading & then a delivery driver. |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 11:44 - Mar 6 with 601 views | Mookamoo |
I got hit in the chest by a Mark Venus free kick.
Was during a a kick about at a company BBQ that did some work for him |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:49 - Mar 6 with 573 views | Herbivore |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:00 - Mar 6 by Benters |
I went to Tennis at Wimbledon my good lady won a corporate day out very nice it was to.
Anyway I digress in the same suite as us was that oriental bird playing the violin,and Phil Neville with his wife she was handing out signed pictures of him,she looked at me handed me one and I said no thanks and gave it back.
Oh and Nigel Farage parked on my driveway when he was walking around Benters. |
You should have cut his brake cables. |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 11:50 - Mar 6 with 566 views | hype313 |
Whilst record shopping in Blackmarket Records, Goldie jumped on my back, turning around to see this sea of gold teeth frighten the bejesus out of me.
Once sat next to Mike Reid (Frank Butcher, not the DJ) on a flight to Malaga, top top guy.
When in Australia, went out with the sister of Katerina from Heartbreak High.
So, in a nutshell, all Z list. |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 11:59 - Mar 6 with 544 views | vapour_trail |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:49 - Mar 6 by Herbivore |
You should have cut his brake cables. |
I know Nevile didn’t set the world alight with the Lionesses but that’s taking it too far. |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 12:00 - Mar 6 with 543 views | leitrimblue |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:49 - Mar 6 by Herbivore |
You should have cut his brake cables. |
Obviously Phils a bit of a tw4t but surely just handing back the photo was enough  |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 12:08 - Mar 6 with 521 views | noggin |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:10 - Mar 6 by Radlett_blue |
At my first employer, I spoke to Len Hutton on the phone once. (older readers only. this would had entitled me to freedom of Yorkshire).
A mate of mine claims to have served Keith Moon with a pint in a pub in Putney in the early 1980s and my mate had no idea who Moon was (maybe, neither did Moon). |
"A mate of mine claims to have served Keith Moon with a pint in a pub in Putney in the early 1980s and my mate had no idea who Moon was (maybe, neither did Moon)"
Maybe the Half (cut) Moon.
https://www.halfmoon.co.uk |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 12:12 - Mar 6 with 502 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:40 - Mar 6 by Benters |
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Or the only cafe where two girls share one cup. | | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 12:15 - Mar 6 with 481 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:50 - Mar 6 by hype313 |
Whilst record shopping in Blackmarket Records, Goldie jumped on my back, turning around to see this sea of gold teeth frighten the bejesus out of me.
Once sat next to Mike Reid (Frank Butcher, not the DJ) on a flight to Malaga, top top guy.
When in Australia, went out with the sister of Katerina from Heartbreak High.
So, in a nutshell, all Z list. |
Goldie isn't Z list. Second only to Shep in the pantheon of Blue Peter dogs. | | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 12:17 - Mar 6 with 478 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Minor claims to fame on 12:08 - Mar 6 by noggin |
"A mate of mine claims to have served Keith Moon with a pint in a pub in Putney in the early 1980s and my mate had no idea who Moon was (maybe, neither did Moon)"
Maybe the Half (cut) Moon.
https://www.halfmoon.co.uk |
Well he died in 1978, so unless he meant Keith Floyd or Keith Flint or Keith Chegwin... | | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 12:36 - Mar 6 with 431 views | Benters |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:49 - Mar 6 by Herbivore |
You should have cut his brake cables. |
Poor old Phil | |
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| Minor claims to fame on 12:57 - Mar 6 with 403 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:39 - Mar 6 by Benters |
Well I was only trying to be helpful,if it had been no idea Kier I’d have told him to naf off. |
The bizarre implication here is you think Farage has an idea! |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 13:06 - Mar 6 with 376 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:50 - Mar 6 by hype313 |
Whilst record shopping in Blackmarket Records, Goldie jumped on my back, turning around to see this sea of gold teeth frighten the bejesus out of me.
Once sat next to Mike Reid (Frank Butcher, not the DJ) on a flight to Malaga, top top guy.
When in Australia, went out with the sister of Katerina from Heartbreak High.
So, in a nutshell, all Z list. |
If we're going family members I went out with Craig Fleming (scum) daughter for about 18 months in my early 20's. She was lovely to be fair, but it ended as I moved abroad. He was good to me, although admitted he hated that she was dating an Ipswich supporter. He didn't like it when I said its just down to probability, as there aren't as many Norwich fans. |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 13:14 - Mar 6 with 363 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Paul konchesky came to my christening |  |
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| Minor claims to fame on 13:18 - Mar 6 with 348 views | bluester |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:50 - Mar 6 by hype313 |
Whilst record shopping in Blackmarket Records, Goldie jumped on my back, turning around to see this sea of gold teeth frighten the bejesus out of me.
Once sat next to Mike Reid (Frank Butcher, not the DJ) on a flight to Malaga, top top guy.
When in Australia, went out with the sister of Katerina from Heartbreak High.
So, in a nutshell, all Z list. |
I ended up on a Sunday drinking session with Goldie. He asked to sit with us outside at the Vibe Bar on Brick Lane while he waited for a friend to turn up and then we headed to a club to watch another of his mates dj. He’s a really nice chap and a massive music nerd (unsurprisingly) | | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 13:23 - Mar 6 with 341 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
Many years ago, I was working/manning a garden display at the Chelsea Flower Show. I had Alan Tichmarsh, Cliff Richard and a few other well known people chat to me about the exhibit during the morning. A lady came over and enquired about buying some of the mature specimen trees on display and I politely told her that they were not for sale. The chap with her said “Do you know who she is “. I said I had no idea. “This is Katie Boyle I’ll have you know “ he responded. Still none the wiser,
“I don’t care if it’s Queen Elizabeth, they are not for sale “ said I. She appeared rather miffed and then walked away in a huff and a hurry.
I did tend Rick Wakeman’s garden for several years 👍 |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Minor claims to fame on 14:15 - Mar 6 with 261 views | BlueNomad |
| Minor claims to fame on 11:00 - Mar 6 by Benters |
I went to Tennis at Wimbledon my good lady won a corporate day out very nice it was to.
Anyway I digress in the same suite as us was that oriental bird playing the violin,and Phil Neville with his wife she was handing out signed pictures of him,she looked at me handed me one and I said no thanks and gave it back.
Oh and Nigel Farage parked on my driveway when he was walking around Benters. |
I don’t believe you re Farage. He doesn’t go to his constituency, apart from making a propaganda film at Walton On Naze. |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 14:15 - Mar 6 with 260 views | mrfixit426 |
I once spent an hour in a screening room with one other person just chatting to Vic Armstrong. I've met a lot of movie people through work, but this was the one and only time I was properly starstruck.
He had hands like shovels and when I shook one it was like shaking hands with a hand carved out of granite.
He spoke about his stunts as Superman and in You Only Live Twice, and the complete lack of safety protocols back in those days. I still think Indiana Jones going under the truck in Raiders of the Lost Ark was one of the greatest stunt sequences of all time. |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 14:55 - Mar 6 with 217 views | Churchman |
In the 90s when I was working in SW London (Putney, Wandsworth area) I got to meet quite a few tv people. Most were pleasant, one of the nicest being Jill Dando, one of the most unpleasant and up his own rear end being Aynsley Harriott, the cook bloke.
More recently I was staying in Telford for work and went down for brekkers. It was quite busy but I had a good table ready to mangle the full English. In mooched the team from DIY SOS and a couple of tv techies, obviously working in the area. They were looking about for somewhere to sit in a group so I said ‘if you would like to use this area, I’ll take the small table over there’. ‘No, no, no they chorused, we’ll share with you if you are ok with that’. No problem.
Anyhow, I had a really good hour chatting to them about their day and visa versa. They were fun and funny. With them was the red headed designer woman Gabby, who was lovely. During brekkers I asked where Nick Knowles was. ‘Oh, he doesn’t eat with the likes of us’ was the response. I suspect that whilst we were in a Days Inn, Knowles was in somewhere a little posher. That ended that conversation. Nice people. |  | | |
| Minor claims to fame on 15:05 - Mar 6 with 198 views | DJR |
| Minor claims to fame on 14:55 - Mar 6 by Churchman |
In the 90s when I was working in SW London (Putney, Wandsworth area) I got to meet quite a few tv people. Most were pleasant, one of the nicest being Jill Dando, one of the most unpleasant and up his own rear end being Aynsley Harriott, the cook bloke.
More recently I was staying in Telford for work and went down for brekkers. It was quite busy but I had a good table ready to mangle the full English. In mooched the team from DIY SOS and a couple of tv techies, obviously working in the area. They were looking about for somewhere to sit in a group so I said ‘if you would like to use this area, I’ll take the small table over there’. ‘No, no, no they chorused, we’ll share with you if you are ok with that’. No problem.
Anyhow, I had a really good hour chatting to them about their day and visa versa. They were fun and funny. With them was the red headed designer woman Gabby, who was lovely. During brekkers I asked where Nick Knowles was. ‘Oh, he doesn’t eat with the likes of us’ was the response. I suspect that whilst we were in a Days Inn, Knowles was in somewhere a little posher. That ended that conversation. Nice people. |
My daughter got to the final of the first ever BBC 500 Words competition which was held at the Hay Book festival.
The results went out on the Chris Evans breakfast show whilst he was spinning records on the stage.
During the two or three hour programme, he announced and interviewed the winners but when he was not doing that he showed absolutely no interest in, and had no interaction with, the parents and children in the audience, instead putting on his headphones when records were playing.
I can't say I've ever liked him but on the radio he comes across as the life and soul of the party. In real life it all seems like an act but I suppose I should not have been surprised. [Post edited 6 Mar 15:06]
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| Minor claims to fame on 15:16 - Mar 6 with 180 views | smithy69 |
Sparring a world champion who gave me a black eye after barely touching me
Getting into a relationship with his mum(I was unaware at the start)
Ended up leaving the city over it :)
And fingering Jodie marsh lol :) oh the days :) | | | |
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