Counting my fingers
Great Scott!

How could I forget to mention in my last answer that I have met AND shook hands with Gordon Brown! Back then he was a mere (new) Chancellor of the Exchequer, dining in style at Colchester's Town Hall.

I was serving at the head table upon which he sat. He didn't tip, but shook my hand and said thank you for an excellent meal and great service.

So I've hated him faaaaaaaar longer than most people have!
(Big Smurf Brush me daddy-O, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 20:41, 2 replies)

my grandma is somehow related to him
and her and my grandad met him at a wedding and got chatting, it was only when they were leaving that another guest mentioned who he was - hadn't realised at all!
(deadly_sinners, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 21:50, closed)

To be fair, he deserves all the adulation he gets.
I once met Paddy Pantsdown during the 1992 election campaign when he came to Colchester too.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 17 Apr 2009, 22:00, closed)