Your most bizarre claim to fame story

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So, I haven't slept with MH or anybody remotely famous, but have plenty of bizarre claim to fame stories (of my own and family/friends).

My two faves are that Florence Welch ran over my foot with her bicycle and broke my toe. I don't think she realised but she was gigging back in the day and had cycled to the venue (where I worked). She jumped on her bike to push it out of the office and ride home and went straight over my foot, snapping my toe on my left foot.

My darling sil, who is quite the character was in the company of some top music people, drank too much wine at an album party, started dancing and launched her shoe accidentally in her vigour smacking old Sir BG right in the chops apparently. She then repeated said move at my wedding and smashed a load of wine glasses. She's a good 20 years my senior.

C'mon now spill.

Aged 8 I nearly got hit by Sue Pollard riding a bike on a seaside promonade.she was screaming at everyone in panicked voice her brakes had broken(was going down a sloping it)my mum drag me clear by the hood of my coat

What a great image! It's so lovely to know that she lives her own actual life exactly like every comedy character she's ever played

I've eaten chips with Davros' daughter..

Dr Who character or Bobby?

One of my friends slept with David Beckham while he was on a footie tour once (overseas). She was one of a bunch of models hired to pose in photos with the team for publicity shots and he got his manager to call her that night... I've seen the wefie photo she took with him!

I once shared a table in a train station cafe with Su Pollard I think she was drinking a G&T in a coffee cup but I can't swear to that.

I have certified a copy of Paul McCartney and Theo Paphitis' passports

When I was in the Brownies I posed in a leotard for Douglas Bader.

OK I was one of the four and twenty blackbirds in a carnival float of "Sing a Song of Sixpence" and he was the guest of honour so he had to judge the best float.

Although there weren't actually 24 blackbirds as there were not that many Brownies and the trailer wouldn't have been big enough. Several blackbirds baked in a pie.

Very low budget production so the costume for the blackbirds was a black leotard and a cardboard beak held on with elastic. All the girls who did dancing lessons were automatically cast as blackbirds as we already had our own leotard.

He didn't pick our float . It was altogether a bit disappointing because I had already seen the film "Reach for the Sky" and had a little crush on Kenneth More, the actor who plays him in the film, so that was who I was really expecting to see.

Reading some of these posts reminded me that I once sat at the next table to Su Pollard in a cafe next to Sydney Harbour. She gets around doesn't she?

Actually I once sat at the next table to David Jason in a restaurant in Leeds.

I bumped into Dustin Hoffman as he was entering and I was leaving the Laura Ashley shop in Knightsbridge many years ago. He was very short.

My husband told Oprah Winfrey that his hands were cold because he wasn't wearing a vest 😬.

In keeping with the "nearly run over" them, I nearly ran over Richard E. Grant who stepped in front of my car and then, not many monther later, was nearly run over by Boris Becker in his Mercedes. Karma?

I randomly shared a cigarette with an Emmerdale cast member at a wedding.

I sold some shoes to a Dame.

Sting's guitarist propositioned me for sex.

A friend once put Bono out when his top caught on fire on a candle in a bar. That sounds more dramatic than it was - it was only a little flame!

I once rented a mobile phone to the actor in Boondock Saints (the one who isn't Norman Reedus).

I tripped over something in a pub in Hammersmith and bashed into Lemmy, spilling my pint and spoiling his pool shot ...

Brian May had a long conversation about trains with my autistic ds.

I once bumped into John Major, we both went flying and it looked like he’d actually quite hurt himself. He was very apologetic although it was completely my fault. I then had a brief conversation with him because I was convinced he was a friend of my dads and that was why I recognised him. I realised who he was after I’d asked him if he’d seen my dad since he’d shaved his beard off. He realised that I’d worked out who he was but just said that he hadn’t seen my dad since he’d shaved his beard. Nice man.

Also, but even less impressive, l nearly got run over by Boris Johnson on his bike once as l was chatting and he was whizzing up the inside of a bus without a care for distracted proles ... Git.

In my former working life I met a lot of famous people and generally rich folk but my most bizarre claim is my cat sort of went to the Royal Wedding of William and Catherine. My company lent a Rolls Royce to a guest. I had to take the car over to the guest, I didn’t realise my I had cat hair on my trousers and brushed it off in the car so hair from my cat went to the wedding

I saw Bill Nighy walking towards me in a shopping centre and gave him such a huge smile that he said hello.

I had a quick chat with Keith Chegwin on my local high street. I was so surprised to see him I said "Cheggars! What are YOU doing here?" He was awarding our local chippy with a Fish n Chip Restaurant of the Year award, haha!

I had a conversation with Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, at an awards ceremony. I was only 15 and didn't have a clue who he was. My parents were watching me and were aghast at my chatty informality. He seemed quite charmed!

Holly Willoughby is my mum's brother's ex-wife's dad's brother's son's daughter

@8misskitty8 - I also know a former member of Pan's People. We always try to spot her in old videos!

theycallmebabydriver I was on the same tour of Sun Records in Memphis as Theo Paphitis!

SingingSands DH has met Prince Philip who was so unashamedly rude about what a terrible time he was having at the event they were at. DH loved him.

Remembered another tenuous one - held the school gate open for Lee Mack once when DS and his DS were at school at the same place for a short time.

@Penelope52 he's tiny isn't he? Saw him walking down the road near Piccadilly once

Actually I once sat at the next table to David Jason in a restaurant in Leeds.

That reminds me, a while ago we were at a table next to Richard Wilson and Geraldine James in a local restaurant. They were telling the most luvvie of tales and after a while DP and I gave up all attempts at conversation and eavesdropped shamelessly!

I'm second cousins with someone who plays on the National Wales Rubgy Team

DH once touched Mary Berry. She presented an award that he was collecting on behalf of a charity and they had to pose for a photo. He just thought fuck it - you only get one chance to touch Mary! So he quickly threw his arm round her just before the camera clicked. The photo is amazing because DH is grinning like mad and Mary has this terrified look on her face.

My mum did a publicity photo shoot for Operation Petticoat and met Cary Grant.

She once sat with Clare Bloom and Rod Stiger in a coffee shop as there was nowhere else to sit.

I had afternoon tea with one of the Queen's lady in waiting at her house in the country.

My DSS once was the support act for Sam Smith at one of his gigs.

My personal trainer in the 00's was the brother of Paul Ince, who met his wife by dialling the wrong number.

When I was 12, Brooklyn Beckham was with his parents at the gym (health club style gym), I was in the cafe - very excited that there was a spice girl there when he banged into my table and spilt my OJ all over me.

I remember Victoria Beckham being so delightful though, offered to pay for dry cleaning, bought me a new juice, was helping cleaning it up and was so apologetic.

Before the time of cameras etc so no picture but she did sign a paper napkin for me!

One more, on of Jools Hollands orchestra played at our wedding.