Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: did have a drink and an hours blether with John Collins and Ruud Gullit at the golf course. A couple of genuinely nice fellas. I take it the Collins puts on an act when on TV and radio. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 A bit high brow for me but, I once had a meal with former Under Secretary General of the UN, Jeffrey Feltman. It was in the Sheraton Hotel in Sanaa when he was doing some peace keeping trip with the US Embsay. He had 4 security guards with him the whole time, shades on, CIA types. He asked me what I thought about the situation in Yemen, not long after that the country turned to civil war. Something I said? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 You should have Frankie Boyle'd him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Probably told multiple times in similar threads, but Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. Stuck with me in Fife when the car I was driving them in couldn't get across the Tay bridge to their plane due to high winds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 My wife won a spot on a rollercoaster eating spaghetti bolognese and drinking milkshakes with Ewan Cameron, Kat Harvey and Jai McDowall through Real Radio. It was the anniversary of my wife's little brother's passing and she wanted to mark the occassion with something different. I bumped into Jai McDowall after it and while waiting for my wife to get changed and he was a right down to earth guy, blethered for a while and got onto the subject of why she got involved etc. He wished both of us well before heading off. A few days later he sent me a message through facebook with some of the official photos that had been taken of the event and asking how we were. The next year he sent another message asking if we were doing anything special to mark the occassion and how we were doing. Not quite Sean Connery levels but it always stuck with me how genuine he was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 A pal told me Gerry Cinnamon was in Nandos in George IV Bridge today The girl he was with had the same shite haircut as him apparently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I’ll be honest, I had to look up who Jai McDowall was and I’m still none the wiser. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 11 hours ago, tamthebam said: A pal told me Gerry Cinnamon was in Nandos in George IV Bridge today The girl he was with had the same shite haircut as him apparently Is it cynical to think the only reason he would be eating in there is to be spotted? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, 101 said: Is it cynical to think the only reason he would be eating in there is to be spotted? It probably wouldn't be for the food. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I'm a boring nonentity and have never met anyone famous. However, Mrs F_P, in the line of duty, spent quite a bit of time in a rather upmarket Zurich hotel in years gone by and had cause to break bread with Tina Turner, Boris 'Jailbird' Becker and (would you believe it) Sepp Blatter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: . However, Mrs F_P, in the line of duty, spent quite a bit of time in a rather upmarket Zurich hotel . I see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 56 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: I see. When I say 'rather upmarket', I mean that lighting tabs off the cooker was not allowed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 hours ago, 101 said: Is it cynical to think the only reason he would be eating in there is to be spotted? He's a ned and neds love Nandos so not hugely unexpected 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: When I say 'rather upmarket', I mean that lighting tabs off the cooker was not allowed. Christ that’s posh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Christ that’s posh. Absolutely. There are no warning signs intimating that the hotel management bear no responsibility for guests setting themselves alight in establishments patronised by SWMBO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur daley Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 On 30/12/2022 at 11:05, Netan Sansara said: I met Kevin Bridges and his mates after a gig at the Hydro. His mate called me “the funniest man he’d ever met” and Mr Bridges was not particularly happy (was equally very pished). I’m not exactly what you’d call a comedian. Don’t think anyone has ever been in Kevin bridges uncles taxi without hearing who his nephew is ,seen him in a takeaway one night picking up his dinner,he walked in and announced to the woman behind the counter loudly from the door he was “just off the phone to my nephew Kevin bridges there as he’s doing a gig the secc tonight” while looking around at everyone waiting for there food to make sure they had heard (thankfully no one bit and asked him anything )After he left she said he mentions who his nephew is every time he’s in . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 "My nephew is kevin bridges" - "who?? Never heard of him" I'd be sorely tempted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur daley Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, philpy said: "My nephew is kevin bridges" - "who?? Never heard of him" I'd be sorely tempted. That would have been a good one ,I knew who he was in passing but wasn’t even on nodding terms with him and already had heard who his nephew was but didn’t talk to him as he seemed a walloper , I rented a few taxis down that area so had seen him when was over there sometimes ,he had a personal reg on his private hire (Toyota Avensis if i mind correctly )ending and the last three letters were kev,I presumed that was his name but now Iam not so sure 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 1 hour ago, philpy said: "My nephew is kevin bridges" "Really ? I've rattled his granny" is the obvious riposte. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I was once at a team meeting in Sheffield and there were about a dozen of us staying in the same hotel. Punt and Dennis had been appearing locally and were staying there too. We agreed among ourselves that nobody would take any notice of them. They happened to be sitting between our table and the toilets so every time somebody went for a pish he would have to walk past them. They looked up eagerly when they saw the person approaching then their faces fell as he kept going. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.