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What's your claim to fame? *lighthearted*

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BadlyDrawnSimpsonsCharacter · 03/11/2020 18:35

Inspired by an article I've just read online whilst waiting for my train, AIBU to ask...what is your claim to fame? The weaker the claim the funnier, such as "I dated Margaret Thatcher's cousins drama tutor" e.g. But any will do.

I'll go first. I served Gary Cahill (footballer) once as a waitress; he came into the budget restaurant I worked at...and didn't even foot the bill!

A bit of a silly post I know, but the article I read had me giggling. If this post makes at least one person giggle that would be great Grin - I think we're all in need of a laugh right now!

OP posts:
Sarahlou63 · 03/11/2020 20:07

I once snogged the England rugby player Jason Leonard. And a shared a steam room with the actress Rosemary Leach. Naked.

Mumofsend · 03/11/2020 20:07

I went on a jungle trek in the Bornean rainforest with Bill Bailey

catsareme14 · 03/11/2020 20:08

When I was a child we lived next door to Ozzy Osborne's cousin David .

Dontbeme · 03/11/2020 20:08

A woman I worked with, her dad won the Eurovision for Ireland.
I once cleaned out an ash tray that Kate Moss stubbed out her cigarette in.
I hope nobody reading this has fainted from the glamour.

Wellsbells · 03/11/2020 20:08

I had a one night stand with the guy from Razorlight’s cousin

Wellsbells · 03/11/2020 20:09

@Mumofsend that’s amazing!

Sunnydaysstillhere · 03/11/2020 20:09

I went to school with Alan Shearer (year above me) and was friends with an actor from Coronation St..

Hailtomyteeth · 03/11/2020 20:10

A folk singer wrote at least two songs about me.
That's only fair, I wrote 21 poems (most of them absolute drivel) about him. A couple of them were ok, though.

MissConductUS · 03/11/2020 20:11

I once treated Sarah Jessica Parker in A&E. She was not seriously ill.

Scarby9 · 03/11/2020 20:11

I was on the opening credits of Newsnight once - walking behind David Blunket's dog, Lucy.

SpeedofaSloth · 03/11/2020 20:11

Neil Morrisey once nearly spilled his pint down the back of my jacket, except he didn't and apologised anyway.

longcoffee · 03/11/2020 20:11

I've been on a (static) motorbike with Kevin Keegan

Mumofsend · 03/11/2020 20:11

@Wellsbells it was definitely a life highlight. Just happened to be in Denim Valley at the same time and he invited us to go with him. He was looking for Wallace frogs at the time!

Sunbird24 · 03/11/2020 20:12

A very drunk Jonny Vegas tried to get me to go on a date with him. I didn’t.

IOwnDogsNotFrogs · 03/11/2020 20:12

I’ve chatted to Tess Daley and stroked her dog (not a euphemism) while our kids played in the same playground.

Spoken to Brandon Block on the phone through work and he told me to take his number and let him know if I ever wanted entry to a club.

Sat next to Claire from Steps at my local motorway services.

An Apprentice contestant used to me my kids tennis coach.

I used to be friends with Ben from A1 when we were children and he’d come to my house.

IOwnDogsNotFrogs · 03/11/2020 20:12

*be not me

IOwnDogsNotFrogs · 03/11/2020 20:13

*Tess Daly. Fucking phone

rooarsome · 03/11/2020 20:14

I was a presspacker on Newsround

TheSeedsOfADream · 03/11/2020 20:14

One of my friends went on a ferry to France the day of Charles and Diana's wedding with Bill Night as a sort of cool Liverpudlian protest.
I have served bloke from New Order wrapping paper, Richard Madeley a pen and George Best said hello to me. All WH Smith Manchester. I was behind Francis Rossi in M&S Manchester and was astonished how short he was.

Dontbeme · 03/11/2020 20:16

Oh another one I just thought of! I once stood in a queue behind John Bruton (then taoiseach of Ireland) when he bought ingredients for a breakfast fry up. Reader I did not see his sausage.

hedgehogger1 · 03/11/2020 20:18

I lived round the corner from a milky bar kid :D

tobee · 03/11/2020 20:20

I've sat at the same restaurant table as Les McKeown and pub table as Jona Lewie (different occasions)

Boatonthehorizon · 03/11/2020 20:22

I have two!

I went to 6th form with the bloke in the 1990s fruit and nut Cadbury TV advert. He was in year above.

I once met Victoria Beckham at a nightclub in Manchester.

IOwnDogsNotFrogs · 03/11/2020 20:25

Ooh @Boatonthehorizon you’ve reminded me of the time I met Katie Price in the loos of a skanky pub. She was really nice!

TheSeedsOfADream · 03/11/2020 20:25

My Mum trod on Virginia Wade's toe in a lift at Wimbledon and was very worried it might end her career. She (my Mum not VW) was nearly run over by a van containing the Beatles in about 1964.

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