Claim to Fame

[waynetta]

Apologies but I've deleted this post as I have been made aware this thread has been done before. I would positively hate to be accused of plagiarism. :)

[HonaloochieB]

Waynetta, this thread has been locked by yourself, well done!

[katie1997]

yes good job you locked it otherwise people might be tempted to post their claim to fame.

(I have previously worked with David Beckham)

[KidKruger]

Sat and chatted to Danny La Rue on IOW hovercraft while he sat on the crew bench at the front - I was the safety crewman on that service when a teenager.

Chatted with Dizzy Gillespie about horns in Jazz when he stayed at Mayfair hotel when I was a cleaner.

Spoke with Tommy Tomlinson when he stayed at Mayfair hotel when I was a cleaner.

Asked Alan Wicker to help me get into film/media when he stayed at Mayfair hotel when I was a cleaner who'd just finished apprenticeship as commercial photographer.

Asked Stevie Wonder if his huge penthouse mirrors were OK after cleaning them as he stayed in Mayfair hotel when I was a teenager. He said "Man they're fine", he was OK about it because we'd be cracking jokes the whole time I cleaned his place.

Put on some bands the last 3 years including Little Barrie and Thunderclap Newman, was great talking to Andy Newman those few weeks.

Used to share a flat in Chelsea and this big guy used to come round and cook, we had him for lunch one Xmas day, he was always cracking jokes and causing chaos in bars when we went out, then I saw him on telly years later as a chef, Ainsley Harriot.

Have met and now know Doc Watson, pretty much the lead old-time music player, aged 84.

[katie1997]

Oh-kay I only worked with a david beckham lookalike except X was a bit shorter I guess. It was in SE Asia at the time and hilarious when he got 'recognised' (well except for poor X who hated the constant attention and comparison)

[HonaloochieB]

KK not a claim to fame but I used to see AH down the Tunnel club when he was in the Calypso Twins and nowadays he knows my mum, they always have a great old chinwag when they meet in M&S in Cl****m Junction.

[waynetta]

I was an agony aunt with a difference. My advice used to have a kind of 'top tips' twist to it. Here's an example:

I advised a guy who was suffering from terrible loneliness to convince his postman that he was more popular the he actually was by sending himself several hundred Christmas cards each year.

[Jah Lush]

Hmmmm.. I bet that really helped Waynetta. Did the postie deliver it in a sackful of woe?

[MrBen]

Marie Claire Man of the Month, September 2002.:-$

[HonaloochieB]

MrBen Wrote:

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> Marie Claire Man of the Month, September 2002.:-$

You are Ben Volpierre-Pierrot and I claim my ?50.00. Hope the name's spelled right, 'cos I didn't Google.

But never mind all that, I want my 'alf-a-century.

[waynetta]

I'm Sarah Kennedy's body double when she's doing her early morning radio show.