Gary Galaxy - the local celebrity
To this day I don't know how it came about, but my mate Gary was a celebrity and all over town people knew his name.... except he wasn't.

We're talking around '99 here in the craphole that is/was Watford.

My attention was first drawn to Gary's new "game" when in a taxi on the way to town Gaz had the window down and as we drove past pedestrians he'd wave and say Hello to anyone we passed.
Full of himself he then spent the whole night introducing himself to literally hundreds of people "Hi, Gary Galaxy, nice to meet you" etc etc. The more he had to drink the more cocky he got with it. Then we started on it too, making up chinese whispers about his celeb status etc as we got drawn into conversations with random people out for a drink.

I didn't drink with Gary every week but I gather he did this for a month or so.

Then came the night I realised just how shallow the world can be. We were out in town, probably our 3rd pub of the night and it was edging toward nightclub time. I wander up to Gary, who's surrounded by a group of admiring teenage airheads, and say "C'mon mate, we're heading over the road in a min".

Then one of them breaks from the pack and in a total euphoric excitement (think teen girl meeting their favourite pop star) comes over to me and through her excitement can barely utter the words "Oh My god! How do you know Gary Galaxy!?". I look at her, not entirely sure I've heard her right... my brain mulls it over for a second, "we're just good mates" I reply. Seizing the opportunity my mate Chris comes over to us and excitedly says to her "Do you know who you were just talking to!?".
"YEAH!!!! It's Gary Galaxy!!!" she replied like a she'd won the lottery, then had to run to the loo before she wet herself.

Gary can't sing, dance, act and as far as I know has done nothing worthy of fame, ever. But it seems if you act like your famous and tell people you are, then eventually everyone believes it.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:55, 10 replies)

I guess that explains Dannii Minogue
(cname, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:13, closed)

no
her claim to fame is that her sister has a nice arse
(augsav forgot about B3ta, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 8:36, closed)

This is excellent.
I may have to copy this and try to gain my own local celebrity status!
( the pink chicken sniffer sniffs pink chickens., Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:35, closed)

Insta-Celeb
Just add alcohol and rumours :D
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 12:37, closed)

I Like this...
... I like this a lot. I'd love to have the balls to do this one. Unfortunately too many people in this small town know I do nothing more than work in a shop. It would totally backfire. Clicky for you sir...
(horsethroat chewing on life's gristle on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:33, closed)

Effing brilliant.
Kalik.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 13:56, closed)

Hahahahah
Have a little patience and it does pay off.
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 14:00, closed)

You sound like an expert, sir!

( DeadEyeDick, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 15:29, closed)

Gary fucking Galaxy.
What a legend. He's talked about in Grimsby you know.
( sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 15:38, closed)

weirdly that's quite plausible...
... following a drinking tour we did to Blackpool and beyond where Mr Galaxy became more than just a local figure lol!
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 16:15, closed)