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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 02:23

Just a general lighthearted one. Not aibu. Tell us something surprising, shocking, gripping or funny about someone you know personally , or an experience you had , or a famous person. Without giving anything away.
I've said this one before but....I know a very very well loved tv actor who is absolutely vile IRL. Im not going to out him but your jaw would drop if you knew..
Also I once lived in a place where a woman and her husband were upstanding members of the community, prominant locally, liked being respected, true blue types. They loved pronouncing on who was right and who was wrong in all situations. One day she told me conspiratorially and with great glee that they thought they'd been shafted financially by a local business bloke, so one night they put sugar in his petrol tank and slashed two of his tyres. I was young at the time and completely shocked.
Finally, in the C of E church in my old village where I grew up there were a bunch of smiley 'upstanding 'regular churchgoers who didnt like the new , slightly happy clappy vicar . He waa modern, and kind and seemed to care about the poorer people in the village . Rather like you'd imagine Jesus might have done. So the nice upatanding churchgoing regulars orchestrated a smear campaign against him and didn't stop until they'd made sure the vicar had had a breakdown and hadcto keave his post. It was.such a lovely, kindly village .🤣

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:30

EvieBB · 13/03/2026 06:38

Great idea for a thread....love it!! Thanks for setting it up
Will definitely post later but gotta get to work....
Oh poor vicar - why did they hate him so much if he was so Jesus like? He sounds lovely....

Because they were old school and he was modern. There was also something about how to deliver the service . It all got very nasty. Which is why i used the laughing emoji. The idea of apparently goodly churchgoing people being capable of such bullying and viciousneas.

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KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:22

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:18

Like i said. I used it coz it isnt funny. It's irony.

Yes, I just can't get my head round why people, who claim to be Christians, would destroy someone like that. It's evil.
That and the AA one I think have been the most shocking on here.

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:20

KatStratford · 13/03/2026 05:56

i know for a fact that a well known model was available for hire as a “girlfriend”. The rate back then was $30 000 for the weekend. I was working in the Middle East at the time and involved in the travel and payment arrangements.

Edited

Im a bit shocked, but not surprised.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:18

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 06:40

Nor me. A decent man's life destroyed. Not funny.

Like i said. I used it coz it isnt funny. It's irony.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:17

TittyGajillions · 13/03/2026 06:24

Finally, in the C of E church in my old village where I grew up there were a bunch of smiley 'upstanding 'regular churchgoers who didnt like the new , slightly happy clappy vicar . He waa modern, and kind and seemed to care about the poorer people in the village . Rather like you'd imagine Jesus might have done. So the nice upatanding churchgoing regulars orchestrated a smear campaign against him and didn't stop until they'd made sure the vicar had had a breakdown and hadcto keave his post. It was.such a lovely, kindly village .🤣

That's absolutely appalling and I'm not sure why you've used the laughing emoji!

Because it isnt funny.

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:12

AlpineAnja · 13/03/2026 05:38

And this would make much more logical sense if you were using codewords for sextoys Grin

.....

However, the laughing face emoji after the OP describes the treatment of the vicar is fucking grim. Maybe she is sloshed? Or I have incorrectly scanned it and she is laughing at the concept of the perfect village with a savage cynicism!

Yes. Not sloshed. Cynical of some of the the nice churchgoers in my childhood village.

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KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 10:09

Sidebeforeself · 13/03/2026 10:00

Are you Nessa?! 😂

😂😂
Please tell me one of them was John Prescott 😂

craycray431 · 13/03/2026 10:08

I know my dickhead ex is cheating on his current partner. I found out accidently when I was helping my son decide his subject options on his school laptop. Stupid fool had used it to email ex and left his email logged in and on 'sent.' I can't say I'm surprised tbh. (made sure I logged out of his email on the laptop). Also found out his current partner (that he's cheating on) stumped up the deposit for their very expensive house (unsurprisingly). More fool her. I would feel sorry for her but shes said some not so nice things about me so keeping my distance.

AliceandOscar · 13/03/2026 10:04

KateDelRick · 13/03/2026 06:37

How do know this? How do you know what he sent out for and what arrived within what timeframe?

Because I was working the event and we had to organise a taxi for the actor’s assistant.

Skyflier · 13/03/2026 10:02

I know that I ate my husbands chocolates. I also know I helped him look for them and am going straight to hell

SummerFrog2026 · 13/03/2026 10:00

KatStratford · 13/03/2026 05:56

i know for a fact that a well known model was available for hire as a “girlfriend”. The rate back then was $30 000 for the weekend. I was working in the Middle East at the time and involved in the travel and payment arrangements.

Edited

It detached from my earlier post saying if you still have the contacts, I'd do a week for that 🤣🤣

Sidebeforeself · 13/03/2026 10:00

Plasticdreams · 13/03/2026 04:07

I used to be well connected in that area and when a very well known (internationally) singer came to my city, I was asked if I could help out and would be able to join them all and meet him, etc. the most bizarre part is, this singer was/is in his 80’s!!
I have so many (true) stories about celebrities and have lived a very full and crazy life, but a lot of my friends think I’m exaggerating the truth but it’s all true! 😂

Are you Nessa?! 😂

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 10:00

FantasyFoodhall · 13/03/2026 04:23

I want to know more about the vile TV actor!
I know that my DH has a large stash of mini eggs in his desk drawer. He doesn’t know that I know, but I worry he knows that I have a 6 pack of Crunchies in my desk drawer!

Im imagining your home full of secret hiding places crammed to bursting with chocolate and both of you sneaking around at night and waking up wirh brown smears all over your faces.

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FlyingPi · 13/03/2026 10:00

My friend had a fling with a still-famous pop star from the 1980s a few years ago so now I know that he really likes giving oral sex more than anything else. Every time I see him on TV I can't help but think of it.

SummerFrog2026 · 13/03/2026 09:57

If you still have contacts, I'll do a week for that 🤣
EDIT: quoted post vanished.referring to the $30,000 ti be 'girlfriend' for the weekend

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 09:56

GarlicFound · 13/03/2026 04:23

I wouldn't dream of encouraging you to tell more of your stories, @Plasticdreams ...

🤣

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CatusFlatus · 13/03/2026 09:56

CoralOP · 13/03/2026 05:03

Actually I've just remembered she checked our aunty's also when she was waiting for a diagnosis on something, she did ask her to check because she didn't want to wait for the letter but yeah, she could see hers too.

You CAN see them but you SHOULDN'T look. In the NHS you can be disciplined for looking at records you don't have a work reason to access.

Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 09:53

Mumandcarer80 · 13/03/2026 03:48

No poorly toddler but I forgot to put the bin out before getting in the shower. It has been non stop bucketing it down and windy since about 11am yesterday morning. That nice weather we had yesterday last week with the sun peeping out was just to tease us. Making us think we’ve got warmer weather coming when we’ve not.

No, it's coming. It is !!!!

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Daygloboo · 13/03/2026 09:46

Othersideofworld · 13/03/2026 09:29

Russell Brand said he always went to a homeless person to ask where to find drugs.

Well wherever he went, it didnt do him much good.😂

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Ncforthis2267 · 13/03/2026 09:46

Bored at work I had a dig around shared drives on the intranet. Stumbled upon the staff contracts folder which inexplicably had been set to open access.

I now know the exact salary and package of all my colleagues and senior staff. Shocked at some of the extras negotiated by colleagues I thought were earning the same as me. It will be very useful info come negotiation time!

Welshy85 · 13/03/2026 09:42

blueshoes · 13/03/2026 04:43

Financial adviser or accountant. Does it make a difference?

What business does she have to access the accounts of clients that she is not personally servicing in order to snoop on their sensitive financial details.

I doubt you would be happy for any NHS employee (who could be your nosy neighbour or relative) to access your medical records just because the NHS happened to give the employee access due to their poor security access framework. There are data protection laws which apply to prevent these situations.

I agree, but that is because I work in a Government department and have always been told that accessing any family or friends records would result in disciplinary action, and pretty much guaranteed to be sacked. I get that other financial authorities would be different but I wouldn't even look once I saw a name and I knew them out of respect, especially family members!!

JumpLeadsForTwo · 13/03/2026 09:42

FantasyFoodhall · 13/03/2026 04:23

I want to know more about the vile TV actor!
I know that my DH has a large stash of mini eggs in his desk drawer. He doesn’t know that I know, but I worry he knows that I have a 6 pack of Crunchies in my desk drawer!

Have you ever been tempted to ‘reduce’ the stash of mini eggs? Not as obvious as knicking a crunchy

whatnext26 · 13/03/2026 09:41

Not too exciting but I know that my holier than thou, squeaky clean SIL had a fling with a much older married man years ago.
I like to remind myself of her dirty secret whenever she is perched on her moral high horse, looking down her nose at me or dishing out patronising advice or devaluing me and DH.
She would DIE if she knew that I know!!

JumpLeadsForTwo · 13/03/2026 09:40

Plasticdreams · 13/03/2026 09:30

Similar happened in our church. People were awful to the last vicar. They’re the same people that voted UKIP. Says it all.
Not very Christian hey

Those types of people put me off going to church. I figure you can be much more Christian in your everyday behaviours

Ponoka7 · 13/03/2026 09:39

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