My cousin dated Theresa Renteria
I once came in second in a tenuous claim to fame contest at Boardgamegeek, so I'll pea-roast that:

My cousin Richard dated Theresa Reneteria. Theresa Reneteria herself has a tenuous claim to fame. On the Carol Burnett show, Theresa's friend asked Carol Burnett to say hello to Theresa Renteria. Carol really liked the name, and repeated "Theresa Renteria" seven or eight times, and subsequently used that as the name of a character in a skit.
(Barticus, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 21:01, Reply)

I once gobbed off Adolf Hitler.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 20:56, 2 replies)

Wax on
At the end of the movie American Grafitti, Richard Dreyfus' character gets on an airplane and flys off to college. Had a summer job working at a local airport doing scutwork. I was ordered to do the waxing of the paint strip on one side of that plane. Just that; nothing else. Couldn't for the life of me figure out why, until I saw the movie and recognized the beast. ... closest I've ever been to being a gen-yoo-wine movie star.
(shamblinthru Grasshopper! Next time use the potholders!, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 20:53, Reply)

I was having dinner
in Balthazar's in New York earlier this year, when Jude Law walked in.

He was with some actress. Not one of the really pretty/tarty ones. I can't remember who. Alright looking, I guess. I think they were just friends.


He's smaller, plumper, and oddly diminished in real life.

Turns out he was filming this: www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2147157/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-lashes-Jude-Law-row-New-York.html

The actress he was with wasn't Catherine Zeta Jones, unfortunately
(El Fandango carved a big EF onto his nemesis' doublet on .., Fri 21 Sep 2012, 20:42, Reply)

I danced with Boris Johnson
I say with. More at.
He was hurrying past the steps of the library in Oxford. I was outside having a fag.
I saw him and yelled 'BORRIISSS!' at the top of my voice.
He turned round and looked at me. I hadn't planned this far ahead.
So I jigged awkwardly from foot to foot and sang 'do do do do dooo' whilst splaying my hands out like a minstrel.

He raised his hand in acknowledgement of my dance and carried on.
(jennymnemonic, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 20:40, 1 reply)

I once went on holiday with Chico from "its chico time" fame
Before he was on the tele (he was a Chippendale at the time). Woke up to see him getting changed after a night on the drink. Never have I tried so hard to remember what I'd been up to the night before :\

Sadly... a true story :S
( GeordieSteve, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 20:24, 1 reply)

No...I can no longer contain it.
I am related to Ross Kemp. Honestly.

There, I've said it.
( Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 20:03, Reply)

A couple
- once saw Arthur Smith at a London station. He was looking really glum. I didn't say anything.
- once had tea with British astronaut Helen Sharman OBE PhD (me and another thirty people). She's most famous for falling over whilst carrying a faux Olympic torch at some faux Olympic games.
- once saw Sir Jimmy Saville in the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough.
- once had tea with the mayor of Barnsley.

Not that I'm one to drop names.
(Bob the Builder killed Captain Alex, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 19:59, Reply)

I'm the most ignored user on this site. Internet infamy, right there.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 19:58, 6 replies)

Strewth, I'm lazy.........
www.b3ta.com/board/10412709
( Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 19:57, Reply)

Vinnie
My ex wife was in the year above Vinnie Jones at school. All he was ever good at was football. He seems to have done alright out of it though...

..but all his sob stories about his poor upbringing were rubbish, they had a lovely big house.

Oh, and her mum used to babysit for Tim Brooke-Taylor from the Goodies.
(Smegma, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 19:30, Reply)

I had a pilled up chat with Nick Warren
After he'd played his set and was having a dance. He's a lovely bloke.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 19:27, Reply)

Kris Marshall
We used to call him 'Spade' at school, on account of his flat face.
(SSSSSSSSSS, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 19:04, Reply)

I shagged AA Gill's sister on/off for a few years
And am also pretty good friends with Kirsty (Location, Location, Location) Allsopp's sister
(nellypaal, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 18:43, Reply)

I once shared a lift with John Motson
He spent the whole journey (3 floors) slagging off Gabby Logan for being sycophantic. He's very short and doesn't wear a sheepskin coat all the time.
(The Inevitable Pelican, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 18:34, Reply)

Going down?
I was once in a lift with the lovely Debbie McGee.
(Mr Simon, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 18:29, 1 reply)

Just thought of another one
When I was about 6, holidaying with the family in Spain, I competed in a kids talent competition against Patsy Kensit (at the height of her fame as the little girl in the Bird's Eye Peas advert). She won, I lost but she said she fancied me. I bought her a lollipop. That is all.
(MadBouncyDog Barking at the moon since, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 18:22, Reply)

I once egged Carlisle United shitcunt Richard Prokas' house.
It was a regular occurrence, nobody in town liked him.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 18:07, Reply)

Screaming Lord Such......
..once jumped off stage and landed on my girlfriend. He called her a silly bitch. The tw@t!
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Fri 21 Sep 2012, 17:48, 2 replies)

I was behind John Barnes in a queue in a shop in Chester.
And I've been in a crowd scene on Songs of Praise, which is a strange programme for an atheist to be on.
(Penguinbert killed Ken Dodd's dad's dog, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 17:35, 5 replies)

These are quite feeble really...
My Dad once dated a former girlfriend of Roger Moore.
I have seen Rod Stewart very drunk and naked.
I have shared a lift with Magnus Magnusson.
I tried to chat up Selina Scott (before she was famous).
I have Diana Rigg's autograph.
( MisterPunch did it that way on, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 17:24, Reply)

A long time ago
I kicked Jeremy Beadle right up the arse. He was walking outside of the Houses of Parliament. That will teach the short handed bastard!
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 17:15, Reply)

I once made eye contact with Jack Davenport.
We nodded as we picked up our pints.
I'd like to think we had a connection.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:50, 2 replies)

I saw someone famous on TV once.
Can't remember the name, though.
( RarelyEvil, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:44, Reply)

I once worked with "Boring" Bob Grover from the Piranhas
They had a hit in 1980 with "Tom Hark".

He told me that he had no memory of his appearance on Top Of The Pops...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:44, 1 reply)

My brush with Jacko
For my 13th birthday, my sister had organised something very special.

Her boyfriend was playing bass for Kim Wilde at the time, and it just so happened that she was the support act for Michael Jackson's Bad tour.

So I got the chance to travel with him in a limo to Wembley Stadium, hang out backstage with Kim and Marti Wilde, meet all of Jacko's dancers and crew, and stand by the stage and watch the whole gig looking out over the audience.

I was even asked to stand in line with the other hanger's on backstage and shake the ex-popstrel's limp, begloved hand.

Shame I despised Michael Jackson and all his music. I still do. I would definitely have given Kim Wilde one though.
(earstoosmallforheadphones, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:43, 6 replies)

I'm related to John Craggs
I think that sums it up.
( undergroundmonkey Kernt, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:42, Reply)

My mate was pissed in a cardiff hotel years ago
and Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit walked in. He had a massive crush on her, so when they left he grabbed the empty wine glass she had been drinking from to take home. He walked outside and promptly dropped it, smashing it to pieces.
( DumbMonkey The penis mightier than the sword, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:40, Reply)

Getting stuffed
My great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832, is currently in a box in the foyer of University College London.

He actually left his body to a friend ('taking the piss' is a family tradition), asking only that his head be preserved. Unfortunately no-one really knew what to do with his body, and the experimental preservation technique tried on his head didnt work so, instead, I have a rather fabulous family heirloom.

He's had some difficulties recently with woolly bear caterpillars and his head would occasionally be stolen by prankish schoolboys but he seems to work quite well where he is at the moment. Not only is he his own memorial, but he continues to play an active role in the affairs of the college. He has a seat on the board and, as the 13th member, has the deciding vote if an issue is tied. Persistently positive, he always votes in favour of the motion.
(badmiker, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 16:35, 3 replies)