Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up

Matthewfalle

or asked for an encore and suggested The Frog Chorus as its no more or less sh1t than anything else else he has ever done.

webboo

Matthewfalle wrote:

or asked for an encore and suggested The Frog Chorus as its no more or less sh1t than anything else else he has ever done.

No that’s one of the sh1test things that’s ever been done.

cowsham

Pinno wrote:

Waaay off topic:

Yep, Bumped into Dennis Healey on more than one occasion on my way from Victoria to deepest Sussex.
Total gentleman. His snobby neighbours used to kick his postbox and do various things because they weren't of his political bent.
Also chatted to Terry Waite. He was on his way to a conference being held in Cheltenham. He was stuck in traffic and I was cycling by. Some hairy motorbike fest was going on at the race course simultaneously. I later found out that a fight broke out, (instigated by the bikers) some where on London Road and traffic was brought to a standstill.
The other odd thing was the only venue in the UK that was fully booked (twice) was Tony Benn at the Cheltenham town hall during his UK tour.

Ted Rodgers off 321 in the 80's ( a lot smaller and thinner guy in real life than I'd imagined)
Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley junior ( no not in an assassination attempt )
and my wildest claim to fame -- I once accompanied The Rev William Mc Crea on piano ( he played the accordion and sang ) (probably about 1978) -- a few years later and I could have made it to an episode of Father Ted on the strength of that performance.

ayjaycee

bompington wrote:

could have been much worse... how about Mull of Kintyre...

Or, even worse, a resurrected John whining along with him!!!

mr_goo

Cowsham wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Waaay off topic:

Yep, Bumped into Dennis Healey on more than one occasion on my way from Victoria to deepest Sussex.
Total gentleman. His snobby neighbours used to kick his postbox and do various things because they weren't of his political bent.
Also chatted to Terry Waite. He was on his way to a conference being held in Cheltenham. He was stuck in traffic and I was cycling by. Some hairy motorbike fest was going on at the race course simultaneously. I later found out that a fight broke out, (instigated by the bikers) some where on London Road and traffic was brought to a standstill.
The other odd thing was the only venue in the UK that was fully booked (twice) was Tony Benn at the Cheltenham town hall during his UK tour.

Ted Rodgers off 321 in the 80's ( a lot smaller and thinner guy in real life than I'd imagined)
Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley junior ( no not in an assassination attempt )
and my wildest claim to fame -- I once accompanied The Rev William Mc Crea on piano ( he played the accordion and sang ) (probably about 1978) -- a few years later and I could have made it to an episode of Father Ted on the strength of that performance.

Met Colin Cowdrey in the 80s at Wentworth GC for the pro-am event before the World Matchplay. I was caddying for a mate. He started chatting to me about this and that, then asked if I followed cricket. I unwisely replied that it wasn't my sport. He promptly wandered off. On same day Nick Faldo bought me a hotdog.

ballysmate

Matthewfalle wrote:

EalingEagle wrote:

...and the following day I was serenaded by Paul McCartney in Saville Row knocking out “She Loves You” on acoustic guitar.
(Ok, it probably wasn’t just for me)

blimey - your week went from bad to worse ......

Did he do that annoying thumbs up thing that he always does?

Matthewfalle

Ballysmate wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

EalingEagle wrote:

...and the following day I was serenaded by Paul McCartney in Saville Row knocking out “She Loves You” on acoustic guitar.
(Ok, it probably wasn’t just for me)

blimey - your week went from bad to worse ......

Did he do that annoying whining thing that he always does?

ftfy

ayjaycee

As we're still on the meeting celebrities thing, I once had the misfortune to meet Graham Souness (with his wife and another couple) in a restaurant in Turkey. Luckily, we had finished dinner and were waiting for the bill when he struck up a conversation with us as I think he'd had a few - I don't know what he's like when he's sober but he didn't make a particularly pleasant drunk!

Matthewfalle

ayjaycee wrote:

As we're still on the meeting celebrities thing, I once had the misfortune to meet Graham Souness (with his wife and another couple) in a restaurant in Turkey. Luckily, we had finished dinner and were waiting for the bill when he struck up a conversation with us as I think he'd had a few - I don't know what he's like when he's sober but he didn't make a particularly pleasant drunk!

I once had dinner and played chess with Mikhail Gorbachev.

CiB

EalingEagle wrote:

...and the following day I was serenaded by Paul McCartney in Saville Row knocking out “She Loves You” on acoustic guitar.

...which was nice.

The only viable comment to that.

kingstongraham

I was on a beginners Spanish course with Una Stubbs.

Wheelspinner

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

EalingEagle wrote:

Having lunch with Michael Gove, by accident, in Pret last week. He was scoffing The Times, I was devouring a Graham Hurley novel.

That would make me thoroughly miserable. Unless of course, I grabbed him by the ankles and swung him around until he made squeaking noises.

I dunno, it's always interesting to meet and have a chat with random celebs/people in the public eye even if you don't agree with them on stuff. I once met Tony and Cherie Blair on holiday and had a good chat with them (I sh1t you not - but a longish story). Was just after he resigned as PM - I kept the chit chat away from Iraq and Gordo

Similarly, I was dragged along by a former partner to a Xmas BBQ drinks thing at the home of the daughter of then current PM here. Surprised to find he was actually there. My opinion of him was pretty low till that point, and I still think his political views suck something dreadful, but on a personal level he was a genuinely delightful bloke to talk with.

capt_slog

Webboo wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

or asked for an encore and suggested The Frog Chorus as its no more or less sh1t than anything else else he has ever done.

No that’s one of the sh1test things that’s ever been done.

Not whilst Love Shack or Rock Lobster by the B52s remain in this universe.

ayjaycee

Matthewfalle wrote:

ayjaycee wrote:

As we're still on the meeting celebrities thing, I once had the misfortune to meet Graham Souness (with his wife and another couple) in a restaurant in Turkey. Luckily, we had finished dinner and were waiting for the bill when he struck up a conversation with us as I think he'd had a few - I don't know what he's like when he's sober but he didn't make a particularly pleasant drunk!

I once had dinner and played chess with Mikhail Gorbachev.

Now you're just showing off

Tashman

I once sat on Pricess Di's knee!

Pross

If we're going down this route, I once spent all day drinking with Andrew Flintoff in our friends' box at the Welsh Grand National (he'd come along with the trainer of his horse who our friends knew). He should have been on tour with England but was recovering from his knee operation at the time. He played a large part in more or less literally drinking the bar dry, we had to get more stock brought in. After the end of racing we seemed to end up with half the jockeys in with us as well and ended up having to be thrown out by the staff who were trying to close up for the day.

He was there the next year with others and despite having only met them on that one day and sinking a good few beers he recognised our friends and thanked them. Top bloke.

Stevo_666

Wheelspinner wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Pinno wrote:

EalingEagle wrote:

Having lunch with Michael Gove, by accident, in Pret last week. He was scoffing The Times, I was devouring a Graham Hurley novel.

That would make me thoroughly miserable. Unless of course, I grabbed him by the ankles and swung him around until he made squeaking noises.

I dunno, it's always interesting to meet and have a chat with random celebs/people in the public eye even if you don't agree with them on stuff. I once met Tony and Cherie Blair on holiday and had a good chat with them (I sh1t you not - but a longish story). Was just after he resigned as PM - I kept the chit chat away from Iraq and Gordo

Similarly, I was dragged along by a former partner to a Xmas BBQ drinks thing at the home of the daughter of then current PM here. Surprised to find he was actually there. My opinion of him was pretty low till that point, and I still think his political views suck something dreadful, but on a personal level he was a genuinely delightful bloke to talk with.

Have to admit that TB and Cherie were very good at small talk and general chit chat. At the time they were pretty chilled out, with TB having only passed the poison chalice to Gordon about 6 weeks before. He was also having a pic taken with my kid (then 5 yo). Will have to dig it out.

Stevo_666

Tashman wrote:

I once sat on Pricess Di's knee!

How old were you at the time, out of interest?

Tashman

Stevo 666 wrote:

Tashman wrote:

I once sat on Pricess Di's knee!

How old were you at the time, out of interest?

I'd have been 4 at the time. She visited the playgroup my mum worked at, at Pirbright camp during The Falklands.

Stevo_666

Tashman wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Tashman wrote:

I once sat on Pricess Di's knee!

How old were you at the time, out of interest?

I'd have been 4 at the time. She visited the playgroup my mum worked at, at Pirbright camp during The Falklands.

OK, too young to really appreciate the moment then

Matthewfalle

ayjaycee wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

ayjaycee wrote:

As we're still on the meeting celebrities thing, I once had the misfortune to meet Graham Souness (with his wife and another couple) in a restaurant in Turkey. Luckily, we had finished dinner and were waiting for the bill when he struck up a conversation with us as I think he'd had a few - I don't know what he's like when he's sober but he didn't make a particularly pleasant drunk!

I once had dinner and played chess with Mikhail Gorbachev.

Now you're just showing off

he was actually really nice - there were 6 of us for dinner: pretty informal (no ties) so good bantz.

The Queen also once asked me how I got my shoes so shiney. I replied that I had a man to do it for me. She replied "don't we all, young man, don't we all. I feel its better that way".

Nice lady. Not sure if she played chess.

Tashman

Stevo 666 wrote:

Tashman wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Tashman wrote:

I once sat on Pricess Di's knee!

How old were you at the time, out of interest?

I'd have been 4 at the time. She visited the playgroup my mum worked at, at Pirbright camp during The Falklands.

OK, too young to really appreciate the moment then

Yep, not quite as interesting when you're a toddler!

figbat

Fresh wiper blades.

pinno

I had the pleasure of helping Phil Vickery place a bet at Cheltenham. I think that was 2002.
I explained the basics, he hadn't got a clue but all round nice guy and quite humble.

Matthewfalle

On a separate occasion, the Sultan of Brunei's sister once made me a cup of coffee, offered me some dates (fruit, not romance) and chatted about her herb garden (no pun intended) whilst we watched Phil and Holly on the television.

Again, nice lady and again, not sure about chess playing.

cowsham

Matthewfalle wrote:

ayjaycee wrote:

Matthewfalle wrote:

ayjaycee wrote:

As we're still on the meeting celebrities thing, I once had the misfortune to meet Graham Souness (with his wife and another couple) in a restaurant in Turkey. Luckily, we had finished dinner and were waiting for the bill when he struck up a conversation with us as I think he'd had a few - I don't know what he's like when he's sober but he didn't make a particularly pleasant drunk!

I once had dinner and played chess with Mikhail Gorbachev.

Now you're just showing off

he was actually really nice - there were 6 of us for dinner

Were the other 5 all MF's? ( you might have to explain that to new members on this thread Matt in case they think I'm being very very insulting rather than just my usual very insulting.)

Matthewfalle

i also once gave Daniella Westbrook a lift to her mate's house from a Chinese take away via a newsagent and an off licence in Exmouth after I had an interview on BBC South West's "Spotlight" news and current affairs programme.

she was down for the weekend on hols and was good enough fun to ask for my autograph as I was her celeb of the day.

She had a small BMW that had a flat battery and I was in an Astra hire car that we both found a bit embarrassing to be in.

hopkinb

I once got off with that Jacqui Oatley (off the football) in a toilet at a house party. She was dressed as Barbara Windsor, I was dressed as David Beckham. For context - this was >20 years ago, and she was not yet a commentator/pundit/whatever it is that she does.

cowsham

hopkinb wrote:

I once got off with that Jacqui Oatley (off the football) in a toilet at a house party. She was dressed as Barbara Windsor, I was dressed as David Beckham. For context - this was >20 years ago, and she was not yet a commentator/pundit/whatever it is that she does.

Congratulations

cowsham

Matthewfalle wrote:

i also once gave Daniella Westbrook a lift to her mate's house from a Chinese take away via a newsagent and an off licence in Exmouth after I had an interview on BBC South West's "Spotlight" news and current affairs programme.

she was down for the weekend on hols and was good enough fun to ask for my autograph as I was her celeb of the day.

She had a small BMW that had a flat battery and I was in an Astra hire car that we both found a bit embarrassing to be in.

Have you seen the doctor about your Dissociative identity disorder yet like "we" told you.?