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Who was this person? A celebrity?

119 replies

Whowaswotsit · 12/02/2023 22:00

I was out for my lunch today and there was a gentleman in the restaurant who I’m sure I recognised. Now maybe he gets the same bus as me or maybe he is someone famous?

He was:
Early 70s
White shaggy hair (lots of it)
white eyebrows.
In glasgow
if I had to bet he’s something to do with sport.

anyone know who he might be?

OP posts:
TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:05

JazzyGeoff · 12/02/2023 23:03

Uncle Albert from OFAH

He's deid 'n 'a, is he no'?

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:06

OP I am going to be mightily disappointed if you find out it was just a random bloke after all this.

janefondofu · 12/02/2023 23:06

DestinysGrandchild · 12/02/2023 22:23

My grandad x

He's called Destiny then?

Original poster
Whowaswotsit · 12/02/2023 23:07

Justin bieber eats at the blue lagoon,

it wasn’t him though….

probably

OP posts:
JazzyGeoff · 12/02/2023 23:08

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:05

He's deid 'n 'a, is he no'?

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So is Albert Einstein, and no one pulled me up on that Grin

Tacsi · 12/02/2023 23:08

Damon Hill??

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:08

Gerard Butler, wearing a wig? You know, so that nobody recognised him and people could maybe start threads on MN about his identity?

DestinysGrandchild · 12/02/2023 23:08

@janefondofu yes of course, Captain Destiny Birdseye x

AngelicaSchuylerAndHerSisters · 12/02/2023 23:08

AngelicaSchuylerAndHerSisters · 12/02/2023 23:03

could it be the Irish stand up comedian who played the boring priest in father Ted? He has lots of hair and lives in the west end

Michael Redmond is his name

Who was this person? A celebrity?
TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:09

JazzyGeoff · 12/02/2023 23:08

So is Albert Einstein, and no one pulled me up on that Grin

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Aye, we missed that.

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:10

Captain Destiny Birdseye?

Now that's the first time I've heard his first name mentioned.

MN has some uses after all

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:11

Yay! Captain Birdseye is trending on Mumsnet.

DestinysGrandchild · 12/02/2023 23:13

I'm off to cook some fish fingers. Will have a think of any others it may be.

Crumpetdisappointment · 12/02/2023 23:15

kenny rogers?

Crumpetdisappointment · 12/02/2023 23:15

oh no rip kenny

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:15

Wowsers. He even has his own Wikipedia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Birdseye

Crumpetdisappointment · 12/02/2023 23:16

george lucas

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:16

Crumpetdisappointment · 12/02/2023 23:15

kenny rogers?

Deid also

userno777 · 12/02/2023 23:20

Which bus do you get? That might help.

Crumpetdisappointment · 12/02/2023 23:23

brian may

FancyFanny · 12/02/2023 23:24

Des Lynam?

feellikeanalien · 12/02/2023 23:27

I just typed Scottish sportsman with white bushy hair into Google and a whole load of articles on West Highland Terriers came up.😁

TheShellBeach · 12/02/2023 23:29

feellikeanalien · 12/02/2023 23:27

I just typed Scottish sportsman with white bushy hair into Google and a whole load of articles on West Highland Terriers came up.😁

So did I and a load of websites for hair salons came up.

HoleyShit · 12/02/2023 23:31

JazzyGeoff · 12/02/2023 23:03

Uncle Albert from OFAH

I think he died about 30 yrs ago

CurlyhairedAssassin · 12/02/2023 23:41

How shaggy are we talking? And was he fit for an old dude?