Disco Duck Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Who has been the most famous person you’ve met? Not seen from a distance, but spent time with and had a conversation with? I suspect the PnB masses are quite a well-connected and urbane lot really. And who is the least famous famous person you’ve met? The Z-lister who opened the local Presto in 1982, that sort of thing. meeting Div doesn’t count (well, not for the former anyway…) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Some Pars fan shagged Hayden Panettiere. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Some Pars fan shagged Hayden Panettiere. What, him off of Star Wars? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 I've had dinner with Superman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) Mick Jagger Queuing up outside Murrayfield to see the Rolling Stones in 1998 and through the fenced off area the bold Mick was standing having a 'cigarette' outside his trailer, as it was early afternoon it wasn't that busy and he actually came over and spoke for ten minutes or so and gave a few autographs and posed for some pictures, with people who had actual cameras in the days before camera phones, was a thoroughly decent chap. Other musicians ive briefly met include Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds, Jules and Dante Gizzi from GUN, Tony Butler from Big Country as well as the late, great Stuart Adamson from the same band. Football players ive briefly met include Paul Lambert, John Hartson, Ian Dowie, Neil Lennon, Chris Sutton, Rab Douglas, Alan Thompson, Brian McClair, Ally McCoist, Terry Butcher, Henry Smith, Frank McAvennie, Danny McGrain and David Goodwillie, I'm also a good pal of St Johnstone defender Calum Booth. I'm also a pal of the son of Celtic legend George Connolly, in a most surreal encounter I was changing a large radiator in his house when he was at his work one day a decade or so ago and the bold George helped me lift it on to the brackets, we had a coffee and a blether about his Celtic days, an absolute diamond of a guy. Derek Riordan once ran out from between two parked cars in Edinburgh one night whilst I was driving and had to brake suddenly to avoid hitting the daft c**t. Also, in an Edinburgh nightclub about 15 year ago former Hearts man Callum Elliott thought he was hilarious and smart by casually dropping and smashing his glass on the floor as he walked past me and my then wife, much to the amusement of his idiot mates, wasn't so cocky when management and bouncers escorted the bunch of wankers from the premises shortly after. Most bizarre/mundane encounter would undoubtedly be having a piss next to Irish golfer and former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley at Celtic Park about fifteen years ago. Edited December 27, 2022 by Flybhoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Derek Riordan once ran out from between two parked cars in Edinburgh one night whilst I was driving and had to brake suddenly to avoid hitting the daft c**t. Had he just nicked something from John Menzies in Princes Street and was nashing down Calton Road to the sound of "Lust for Life" because that's the picture I have in my head! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Novak Djokovic at lunchtime in the bogs of the Botanical Hotel in Melbourne, January 2013. At the sinks he thanked me for wishing him well that night, can’t remember who he was due to play though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkmenbashi Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Met Mike Tyson at the Body shop in Braehead around 2000 (allegedly, I was 7, I still don't believe this story). I do remember the shop getting closed off while I was in with my mum and sister as two black men came in the shop. Kevin Bridges once jumped on my back on Byres Road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 I've had a pint with Jeremy Paxman. Nice bloke. Does TV Reporter Steven Godden count as Z list? He played for Edinburgh City. Nice lad too though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) Boris Johnson, with his entourage in tow, once appeared from nowhere around a corner, and barrelled into me at a hundred miles an hour on a concourse at an NFL game at Wembley. Back in the day when he was Mayor of London, and had made a pre-match speech along the lines of ‘London is open for business’ yadda, yadda. Chunt literally nearly knocked me off my feet. Did he mumble ‘sorry’ or anything before charging off again? Nope. He made noises. Sounded like ‘hurrumph ya, ya, pfffttt, harrr, hummm humm ehh’ - before him and his lackies, at a great rate of knots, charged off again. Doesn’t really qualify as having an in-depth meeting or conversation with the mop-haired w****r, but there you go. Edited December 28, 2022 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Boris Johnson, with his entourage in tow, once appeared from nowhere around a corner, and barrelled into me at a hundred miles an hour on a concourse at an NFL game at Wembley. Back in the day when he was Mayor of London, and had made a pre-match speech along the lines of ‘London is open for business’ yadda, yadda. Chunt literally nearly knocked me off my feet. Did he mumble ‘sorry’ or anything before charging off again? Nope. He made noises. Sounded like ‘hurrumph ya, ya, pfffttt, harrr, hummm humm ehh’ - before him and his lackies, at a great rate of knots, charged off again. Doesn’t really qualify as having an in-depth meeting or conversation with the mop-haired w****r, but there you go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 minute ago, pozbaird said: Boris Johnson, with his entourage in tow, once appeared from nowhere around a corner, and barrelled into me at a hundred miles an hour on a concourse at an NFL game at Wembley. Back the day when he was Mayor of London, and had made a pre-match speech along the lines of ‘London is open for business’ yadda, yadda. Chunt literally nearly knocked me off my feet. Did he mumble ‘sorry’ or anything before charging off again? Nope. He made noises. Sounded like ‘hurrumph ya, ya, pfffttt, harrr, hummm humm ehh’ - before him and his lackies, at a great rate of knots, charged off again. Doesn’t really qualify as having an in-depth meeting or conversation with the mop-haired w****r, but there you go. I met him in the Virgin lounge at Kings Cross. He was utterly charming with two Geordie women who were after selfies. I could suddenly see why he was popular, but I still think he’s a weapons grade c**t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Molotov said: A scarily accurate representation of what it was like as he thundered around a blind corner and hit me like Jim Goodwin hitting the Job Centre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 I met Billy Connolly at an event, and had a chance to briefly chat one to one. This was just recently. I have never been so starstruck. Amazing man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Saw John Reid the then Secretary of State for Scotland at Edinburgh airport. He looked totally lost, just his security guards for company, he wandered about quietly humming to himself like a fucking weirdo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Only other celebs’ I’ve met, and actually spoken to, not including St Mirren players or management, have been Bono at an early U2 gig, Strathclyde University 1981, Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee from Rush in the Albany Hotel 1978, Ally McCoist in a BA lounge in Heathrow, and Donnie Munro from Runrig at a Lou Reed gig in Edinburgh Playhouse. All of them were very nice to talk to. McCoist and Alex Lifeson in particular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 My sister was married to a musician, and on a visit to her flat in Walthamstow in the early 70's Mott the Hoople, sans Ian Hunter popped round to watch Pot Black on their B&W TV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 51 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: I'm also a good pal of St Johnstone defender Calum Booth. Why? He's 20 years younger than you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 I was sat next to Richard Attenborough on a shuttle flight from London to Glasgow once....we hit turbulence shortly after takeoff and he said something about it. I countered with: "Well, if this thing goes down I'm sure the news'll all be about you..." which seemed to endear me to to him. Ended up talking to him the rest of the flight - cool old guy actually. On the way off the plane he went into his carry-on bag and gave me a signed copy of a book he'd written. He was doing some sort of media thing up here and had brought some up to give to the people he'd be working with. I've met loads of bands over the years...went to see Kiss over in Edinburgh one time and a girl I knew was given an AAA pass by one of the crew because Gene Simmons had seen her in the crowd and wanted to "meet" her. After the gig she gave me it with the immortal words "Why would I want to go back and meet some creepy old man...?" Went backstage and told the story to the drummer at the time which gave him a laugh...he introduced me to Simmons who I ingratiated myself to by apologising for not being the brunette with big tits he was expecting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Got talking to Goldie on a flight from Bangkok to Saigon a few years ago, absolute gentleman, his mum was Scottish so he was happy to talk with us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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