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    Your weakest claim to fame

    It turns out the Lincoln FC manager used to teach PE at my wifes school.

    What you got lads (and Ital)?

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    Our dogs were in 102 Dalmations. I once won the 'Prince of Wales' sachet thing Roz Tranfield held and featured in the local newspaper because there was glass in my Nerds.

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    The numbers in the contacts list on my phone total between them 23 first class cricket matches, 1,216 runs with 3 hundreds and 5 fifties. And ten wickets.

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    I've read that a fair few times now and I haven't got a clue what you're going on about.

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    The woman who threw the cat in the bin did it outside my old primary school.

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    I was a world record holder for a while for my part in an attempt to get the most people ever simultaneously bouncing on space hoppers for a Cystic Fibrosis charity. There were synchronised events all over the country, with the Glasgow leg bringing in a couple of River City 'stars' to glam it up a bit.

    The record might still be current, I don't make any effort to keep up with it.

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    Simon bird's brother and Sandy Toksvig's daughter were in my first year group at uni.

    I did part of an archeological dig for some woman from Time Team (was selected through school). Was in the local paper for that.

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    Me and the wife's wedding made the local paper in China. Obviously they'd never seen a white geezer dressed up in traditional clothing riding a horse through the city center.

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    I was on a couple of very lame game show things. One as a kid and one more recent.

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    If you tell us you're Michael Larson I'll compile the biggest apology the board has ever seen.

    EDIT: He's dead. Nevermind.

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    One of my former housemates is good friends with Chris Martin's brother.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    Me and the wife's wedding made the local paper in China. Obviously they'd never seen a white geezer dressed up in traditional clothing riding a horse through the city center.
    Post it. Now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    One of my former housemates is good friends with Chris Martin's brother.
    Murder all 3 of them.

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    I was presented with the equivalent of Godalming's 'Key to the City' as a young'un for calling 999 when some old man had a heart attack outside a mates house.

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    I went to primary school with Greta Scacchi's daughter for about a year before she was ponced off to some private school.

    I just googled her and Daily Mail say she's a "burgeoning actress" and has been photographed kissing Sean Penn. Gross.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dino View Post
    I went to primary school with Greta Scacchi's daughter for about a year before she was ponced off to some private school.

    I just googled her and Daily Mail say she's a "burgeoning actress" and has been photographed kissing Sean Penn. Gross.
    Is that not also Vincent D'Onofrio's daughter? He's cool.

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    Weak claims to fame are the only sort I have.

    When living in Qatar I lived across the road from Rene Simoes, then managing Al-Rayyan but who later managed Jamaica at the 1998 World Cup. That also saw me at the same school as several children of the ruling Al-Thani family, including current Emir Tamim who was in my sister's year.

    Also a Trinidadian swimming teacher I had supposedly knew the guy who voiced Sebastian in The Little Mermaid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    .

    Also a Trinidadian swimming teacher I had supposedly knew the guy who voiced Sebastian in The Little Mermaid.
    /thread

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    A recent video of me was liked by some 800 folk. Legend.

    My grandfather had a massive barney with Ken Bates (in the 60's or 70's ) whilst living in the BVI, as Batesy was treating the locals like slaves. Same grandfather went on to dig tunnels under Manchester without council permission and was often arrested for it. What a legend he was.

    I literally bumped into Veron at the Trafford Centre once. Some pictures I took in North Korea were also featured on quite a prominent website.

    Nothing actually a-list.

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    Also, I was kinda arrested in Ho Chi Minh City by the military police as they thought I was a journalist or foreign spy.

    Turns out I was just a bloke with a camera.

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    My mum has had her hands down Steve Ogrizovic's trousers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wullie View Post
    My mum has had her hands down Steve Ogrizovic's trousers.
    Front or back?

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    Both, and up each leg.

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    Was she wearing gloves?

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    My Dad knew the last King of Greece, Constantine II. My brother got a pedigree dog (Golden retriever I believe, the mother of the dog was a multiple winner of crufts and the Dad was meant to be a stud or something too). IIRC I got some hand me down clothes from his son, Phillippos, including some shorts I used for PE at school.

    I was once in a Dame's house as my Dad was renovating it.

    James Bay went to my school and was 3 years below me (I didn't know him or this fact until he 'GOT BIG').

    Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) went to my school for about a week, he once lolled at me for wearing my trousers too high whilst he was munching on a turkey burger.

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    Is she a tailor?

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    I was on homes under the hammer

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    You got hand me down trousers from the son of a pedigree dog?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    You got hand me down trousers from the son of a pedigree dog?
    What shit sentence structure that was

    The son of the king, so the Prince of Greece.

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    Even I must be richer than the Greek royal family at this point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Post it. Now.
    http://www.henan100.com/kaifeng/tbgz/2012/14004.shtml

    The hat. I'd forgot that fucking hat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    You got hand me down trousers from the son of a pedigree dog?
    I thought that was aimed at Wullie for a second.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    It turns out the Lincoln FC manager used to teach PE at my wifes school.

    What you got lads (and Ital)?

    My wife used to work with him years ago for Tony Adams sisters.

    Your wife is a Rayleigh girl then.

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    Did you just call Spikeys Mrs a bike?

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    This is just glorious.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Adamski View Post
    Did you just call Spikeys Mrs a bike?

    Yeah, natch. But Rayleigh not Raleigh.

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    The Asians putting Magikarp on his head is amazing.

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    Google translate came up with this:

    British guy became a Kaifeng son-in-law riding a high-horse married daughter

    August 13, a Song-style wedding held in Kaifeng City, the British guy Thomas became Kaifeng son-in-law. The unique tradition of wedding to Thomas fully aware of the unique charm of Chinese culture.
    Is she a Jew?

    Well in though British guy Thomas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    http://www.henan100.com/kaifeng/tbgz/2012/14004.shtml

    The hat. I'd forgot that fucking hat.
    Glorious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bam View Post
    My wife used to work with him years ago for Tony Adams sisters.

    Your wife is a Rayleigh girl then.
    Was Rayleigh, then Wakering. It's the traveller way.

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    My uncle used to fix AV equipment for the Royal Family. He was meant to be going around Diana's but she croaked in Paris/was killed by lizard people

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    I once bumped into snooker player Mark Davies in Trafalgar Square. Not sure if that's shit enough for this thread though as he was ranked top 16 at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    My old man does karate with Suki Waterhouse's old man.
    You get her number or what?

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    I used to go and watch united with the actor that played Jimmy Grimble.

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    My family is good friends with the mother-in-law of Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors (best team in the NBA) and also one of the best point guards ever. He played with Michael Jordan in the nineties.

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