Emmerdale Fame
Nights out in Leeds it is an occupational hazard that at some point you are going to run into some Emmerdale cast member. Mainly they are shiny of face and big of hair. One exception to this is the dude who plays Zak Dingle. I sang a couple of numbers at a jazz night and was approached afterwards by a fat sweaty grey haired guy clearly well in his cups. 'awrrrhhh that was great' he slurred, talking slightly too close to my face. 'Erm cheers' I say, looking for a way to extricate myself 'I'm just off to the loo'

When I got back my friends told me that it was the Zakster himself. The people at emmerdale had given him a sabbatical from work at the time due to feeling 'tired and emotional' a bit too often and thus did not have his hair dyed the usual black.

The same evening I saw a tall rangy and rather towny looking young feller at the bar. He gave me a look as if to say 'Yeah you know who I am don't you'. I didn't. My friends told me it was Cain Dingle.

Edit: Oh yeh and I once saw Beppe from Eastenders in Leeds. He was never a hero but I was nevertheless dissapointed when he barged past me on the pavement like Richard flamin Ashcroft in the Bittersweet Symphony video. The joke was on him though as although my arm smarted for only a couple of minutes where he smacked into me, he will be a stunted little bumfluff face for the rest of his natural life.
(Kazza , loathing myself so you don't have to, Mon 29 May 2006, 19:25, Reply)