Famous faces

[wee quinnie]

According to Cambridge dictionaries, "famous" means known and recognised by many people.

Liddle might not be David Beckham, but I wouldn't say he was less famous than Stephen Frost. I'm not saying I like the guy - I haven't really got an opinion of him, tbh.

As for my name, is is "quine" or "quinnie" that is rude? What does it mean? Poo or something worse?

[ratty]

I have absolutely no idea who Rod Liddle is!

Mind you I did not know who Nicole Kidman was until last night!

[char1ie]

Guess who I bumped into in the opticians?

[char1ie]

Everybody!

Actually saw the bloke that plays the boss of the other branch in the Office - did the Saturday Night Fever dance - in the other Bishop in Herne Hill. Whassitcalled? The Florence. Crap pub by the way - the basics of how to run a pub that serves food seems to have escaped them. He had a nice girlfriend that appeared to be mute. My mate followed him to the loo - it's short and stubby with very floppy skin apparently.

Charlie

[smith]

His face?

[no_cars_go]

Have seen the following in East Dulwich - Jenny Eclair, Richard Grieve (Neighbours/Home and away), Timothy Spall, Joanna Page (Actress in From Hell with the delightful J.Depp). I'm sure there's more.

[Mark]

I believe an actress is the owner of Mrs Boo on Northcross road, not sure who though

[SeanMacGabhann]

She was the Polish nanny in Brookside inearly 90s

hang on - here we go

Anna from Brookside

[Ultraconsultancy]

A chorus line part in a teatime soap about scousers nearly twenty years ago?

Now that's what i call famous!

[mixulee]

Jenny Eclair - urgh. Every time I see her hanging around generally trying to get noticed my blood boils. She's been living off her flukish Perrier Comedy Award for two decades writing crap books and dull columns as the self-appointed Duchess of Camberwell for too many years. Even her "look at me" house annoys me. Our other local female comedian Jo Brand sh*ts all over her any day. Not forgetting of course Sophie from Peep Show's Olivia Coleman (who regularly patronises SMBS in her kaftan garb).

[monica]

no-cars i think you mean lesley sharp who was in from hell,unless we have 2 actresses from that 1 same film.Jenny eclair is very nice,iv known her for years,a friend of mine worked for her and they still have a great friendship.As for the other 1 from brookside,is she classed more as an extra these days.

[Ultraconsultancy]

Olivia Coleman lives in ED? I have to say, despite her impressive comedic talents, I'd find it a bit awkward bumping into someone I've seen in her birthday suit. Call me prudish...

[Gerrard]

I was in the Dog during the time that Love Actually was being filmed, and Liam Neeson was stood at the bar next to me for most of the evening. Sad thing was that despite my friends recognising who it was, I was completley unaware he was there, I just knew there was a very tall chap standing to my left. This may have made Mr Neeson feel quite relaxed, as apparently he removed his baseball cap and sat on a bar stool listening to our chatter for a good while. Felt gutted the next morning when my friends mentioned it. Damn.

[Ultraconsultancy]

WQ - in doric country, thats north of the tay and east of the spey, a quine is a wife or married woman. it pretty much compares to the old fashioned term goodwife.

it is often wrongly translated as whore, but in fact is much closer to meaning an experienced woman with a healthy sexual appetite, like Chaucer's wife of bath.

Chaucer also uses a similar word quente, the trans of which my beloved english prof "could not bring [herself] to say even in these liberated times". So not poo then...

wee just means small, as i suspect you know.

UC

gerrard - I have a similar tale about Richard Thomson, but it's not ED based so i'll desist...

[Dannyboy]

Ultraconsultancy - surely these words have different derivations? I'm no linguist, but north of the tay and east of the spey doesn't seem likely to me to have the same Anglo-Saxon roots as quente. Incidentally, you can buy a great Chaucer T-shirt with 'How quente' on it, though I don't know anyone with the courage to wear it.

Lounge, anyone?

[mightyroar]

Ultraconsultancy. I call you prudish!

I saw Huw Edwards two days ago

And I saw that Jo out of S club who turned into Racist Jo when she went on BB. she was in Dulwich park looking after some small kids. A career change perhaps?

[wee quinnie]

Following on from Mixulees post...I saw Olivia Colman this morning (on Northcross Rd) - luckily she was covering up her "birthday suit" with "kaftan garb". These slebs all seem very repetitive in their behaviour.

[Xanadustar]

I saw Huw Edwards two days ago.

Be still, my beating heart. Where did you see the lovely Huw?

[spirit]

Last Friday, my friends and I came out of the Castle SE5 to almost accidentally nab the black cab of that guy from The Office, the handsome boss - David Brent's nemesis - the one who does the Saturday Night Fever dance and then eventually fires Brent. I don't know his name but having seen him in the flesh I can say that he's extremely fit. The cab refused to take him though (going off duty) so we watched him walk away in the Peckham direction... He was also nice, we apologised, we just hadn't seem him standing there waiting but he didn't mind that, or the fact that my boyfriend asked him if he was in Extras....!

[Marmora Man]

For those that care I'm told by summer lifeguard son that James Nesbit can be seen regularly at Brockewell Lido when the sun is out.

[Jah Lush]

He lives nearby but... Oh! I can just see Dulwich Mum now loading her Chanel handbag with a housebrick and marching off with a very determined stride towards the Lido.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

"Liddle might not be David Beckham, but I wouldn't say he was less famous than Stephen Frost."

Sorry - have come to this thread rather late. I know who SF is and think he's v.v. funny and probably respect him. Despite 'Googling' Rod Liddle, still have no real idea who he is. Perhaps I'm too lowbrow (don't worry - appointment with beautician made).

Also, UC, despite Scottish antecedants, wee means smelly, nasty australian wine-coloured substance in my book (this after afternoon spent babysitting friend's screaming brat).

Also, (vocalbuary [and spelling] somewhat challenged after too much E&Gallo plonk) saw woman late of "Casualty" in Sainsburys where she was v. sweet to my star-struck daughter.

[Nero]

Huw and his wife and five children have moved to Dulwich. They used to live in Clapham. Nero

[hoolley]

Tracey Barlow (aka Kate Ford) and the gay guy from Emmerdale have been spotted recently and lots of people from the Bill.

[ednerd]

Poor Mr Liddle, another victim of the smoking ban. I frequently used to see him in Frankins, where he seemed to enjoy a late lunch, a nice glass of vino and several fags, smoked in that wannabe-existentialist manner. He has since been relegated to the ricketty outdoor chairs, where he seems determined to keep up the same routine. Pool old grumpy addict.