Shit Claims to Fame II
My car was in the Specsavers advert with the old lady and the loud stereo. Not me. My stupid blue Nissan Micra. Tell us about your brushes with fame.
Suggested by Amorous Badger
( , Thu 20 Sep 2012, 15:49)
My car was in the Specsavers advert with the old lady and the loud stereo. Not me. My stupid blue Nissan Micra. Tell us about your brushes with fame.
Suggested by Amorous Badger
( , Thu 20 Sep 2012, 15:49)
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Z listers
I used to work in retail, exotic pets and aquariums. One shop was within a garden centre in an area popular with the ol' Z list celebs. We had Paul Daniels and his Mrs in quite often, Ulrika Johnson, Rolf Harris (Met him LOADS as he lived in my hometown, so was often hoiked out for minor events and photo ops. I also met him at London Zoo and sat on his knee outside the bug enclosure.) and several other random Z listers, including Melinda Messenger, who I served for about half an hour and sold her a full aquarium set up; all without realising who she actually was. Lovely lady though.
Then another company I worked for imports and supplies all the sharks and fish to the vast majority of the UK and Europe's aquariums. So quite a large number of the sharks on display are 'my' sharks, with a number of them having been hand raised and hand fed as tiny babies by me. People probably think I'm nuts talking about 'my' sharks when I visit aquariums. And Lewis Hamilton's dad came for a mooch about the place few times too.
Oh and one of my relatives back in the 90's had a major role in Coronation Street for a good few years.
( , Sun 23 Sep 2012, 11:51, 2 replies)
I used to work in retail, exotic pets and aquariums. One shop was within a garden centre in an area popular with the ol' Z list celebs. We had Paul Daniels and his Mrs in quite often, Ulrika Johnson, Rolf Harris (Met him LOADS as he lived in my hometown, so was often hoiked out for minor events and photo ops. I also met him at London Zoo and sat on his knee outside the bug enclosure.) and several other random Z listers, including Melinda Messenger, who I served for about half an hour and sold her a full aquarium set up; all without realising who she actually was. Lovely lady though.
Then another company I worked for imports and supplies all the sharks and fish to the vast majority of the UK and Europe's aquariums. So quite a large number of the sharks on display are 'my' sharks, with a number of them having been hand raised and hand fed as tiny babies by me. People probably think I'm nuts talking about 'my' sharks when I visit aquariums. And Lewis Hamilton's dad came for a mooch about the place few times too.
Oh and one of my relatives back in the 90's had a major role in Coronation Street for a good few years.
( , Sun 23 Sep 2012, 11:51, 2 replies)
Rolf H, the man who's music capped off the 60's and usherd in the 70's, a Z lister?
You've got a fucked up view of the world
( , Sun 23 Sep 2012, 13:14, closed)
You've got a fucked up view of the world
( , Sun 23 Sep 2012, 13:14, closed)
He kind of is now, and not really a big deal to the people of Maidenhead, where he's out and about all the time.
Rolf is a fucking legend though.
( , Tue 25 Sep 2012, 17:23, closed)
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