theunderstudy Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 This is a rubbish claim to fame and technically it's not mine personally, but a family one. My great-great-great-grandfather was a music teacher and he taught a certain Edward Elgar to play the Cello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Rubbish as it's not mine personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonp Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 My dad was friends with John Le Mesurier and Hattie Jacques in the 60's when he ran a bowling alley in London (My dad ran the bowling alley not John and Hattie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2012 I can't hum while holding my nose (see the Speeding thread). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Had a conversation with John Fashanu at a sort of informal business meeting thing that went along the lines of: me: John, can I get you a drink? JF: No thanks, I don't drink. me: Well it doesn't have to be alcoholic. JF: oh, ok, can I have a Baileys with ice please? me: what the **** are you on? rest of room: spontaneous laughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 All these years later i wish i had the bottle to see if i could have made it in to the players entrance and sat with some players I spent the first half at Swindon (promotion game ) away standing next to Graham Taylor by the Villa dug out ... didn't have a ticket so got in the Swindon end and it soon kicked off as there were a few villa in the end .. the stewards decided to walk us around the edge of the pitch to the villa end .. I stopped to tie my shoe lace and came back up and everyone had gone and I was left behind ... so by the Villa dug out seemed a good place to stand after a while security rumbled that I wasn't supposed to be there and marched me around to the villa section ( was kinda drunk and events are hazy but I'm fairly sure I offered GT some tactics advice :-) ) Was that GTMkII? Cause that would explain a lot. If it was during his first time around he probably didn't listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 In 2003 I was on that 'Taxi Nights' programme about taxi's in Manchester. I was the first to greet Timmy Mallett as he arrived at our student union :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J.Rimmer Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Don't know if it was on this actual thread, but I think I've posted this before: I've been in 4 different countries on the same day... and they all began with the letter 'E'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 Don't know if it was on this actual thread, but I think I've posted this before: I've been in 4 different countries on the same day... and they all began with the letter 'E'.Yes, it was in this thread. England, Egypt and some other camel-infested places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Don't know if it was on this actual thread, but I think I've posted this before: I've been in 4 different countries on the same day... and they all began with the letter 'E'. Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Equatorial Guinea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've taken the shortest International flight available. Prize for first correct answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J.Rimmer Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Don't know if it was on this actual thread, but I think I've posted this before: I've been in 4 different countries on the same day... and they all began with the letter 'E'.Yes, it was in this thread. England, Egypt and some other camel-infested places. Well remembered... started in Asmara (Eritrea)... short hop to Addis (Ethiopia)... then Cairo (Egypt) and finally Heathrow (England). PS I also posted, but definitely not in this thread: back in 2000/2001, I had a big argument with Fred Goodwin which ended up with my telling him he didn't understand the basic principles of banking... after which I closed my account. Do you think I should apply for his knighthood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've taken the shortest International flight available. Prize for first correct answerGoogle says Bahrain to Dammam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 No flights from Brazzaville to Kinshasa then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've taken the shortest International flight available. Prize for first correct answerGoogle says Bahrain to Dammam. Correct, my much coveted VillaTalk CD is on its way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've taken the shortest International flight available. Prize for first correct answerGoogle says Bahrain to Dammam. Correct, my much coveted VillaTalk CD is on its waySend it to mister Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Similar story to the Fashanu one: I was in a bar in a hotel where a Mr P Weller and his band were staying after a gig. Weller was 'in the chair' and asking people what they wanted. On getting around to somebody or other (I usually say Mick Talbot but it might not have been) they asked for an Irish Whiskey. Ha! announces Weller, you can't trick me, there's no such thing as Irish Whiskey. We all assure him there is and it's not a piss take. So he walks across to the bar and says...... Can I have two cokes, a bitter, a lager and an Irish Scotch please. It was at that point I realised he was just a bloke. Later the same evening I produced my 12" copy of 'you need wheels' by the Merton Parkas and asked Mick Talbot to sign it. That's how old I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I was in the same hotel as Oasis the night they were bottled off stage in Glasgow Prize for anyone guessing the hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 23, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2012 I was in the same hotel as Oasis the night they were bottled off stage in Glasgow Prize for anyone guessing the hotel Is it a different prize this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 23, 2012 Formerly well known musicians keep replying to my Facebook statuses. Now if I was CI, I'd run a competition to see who can guess them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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