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To ask your tenuous claims to fame?

806 replies

GetAGripNigel · 11/01/2026 00:15

The more tenuous the better.

I don’t want any of your “My mum used to clean for a famous pop star” because that turns into pages of tiresome questions and “Oh go on tell us who it is/give us a clue/no I can’t sorry”

I want such tenuous connections that nobody will bother asking follow up questions.

I’ll start.

My dog was Mr Tumble’s dog’s mum.

OP posts:
BlueWorkDay · 11/01/2026 00:26

I was an intern at the agency that made the Spice Girls Wannabe video... I was on set when it was recorded. I brought coffees for people and marvelled at my colleagues speaking on hands free phones.

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 11/01/2026 00:26

My 4th child was part of make up team (credited)for episode 4 of adolescence

smallglassbottle · 11/01/2026 00:27

I'm from the same Scottish clan as Donald Trump's mother 😂

XenoBitch · 11/01/2026 00:29

During HCP training, I had a mentor who nursed one of the Kray twins up until his death.

JohnBullshit · 11/01/2026 00:29

@smallglassbottle Me too. I'm also fair-haired and unhealthy looking. Bit worrying, really.

smallglassbottle · 11/01/2026 00:35

JohnBullshit · 11/01/2026 00:29

@smallglassbottle Me too. I'm also fair-haired and unhealthy looking. Bit worrying, really.

Me too 😬

Perhaps we need a support group, as we can't be the only ones 😂

Toetouchingtitties · 11/01/2026 00:35

I trod on Debbie McGee's foot in a dark cinema, while I was leaning over her to ask Paul Daniels for his signature.

He said no.

Flatandhappy · 11/01/2026 00:37

My midwife aunt delivered Bono and Ali Hewson’s first baby. Not sure if she is the actress?

Oooonoooo · 11/01/2026 00:39

My father was a BBC editor stuck in London after 1987 storm .

IndigoIsMyFavouriteColour · 11/01/2026 00:39

I used to massage Richard Curtis’ brother

WearyAuldWumman · 11/01/2026 00:41

I briefly appeared on tv as part of crowd in the first ever World Hockey Tournament at Meadowbank stadium. Think it was '75.

My husband was brought up on and around Balmoral Estate, so I've danced with a man who danced with the Princess Royal (at the Ghillies' Ball).

TwattyMcFuckFace · 11/01/2026 00:41

I've been on the One Show twice.

Hollowvoice · 11/01/2026 00:41

My great uncle smuggled Rod Stewart out of a gig

JacknDiane · 11/01/2026 00:42

JohnBullshit · 11/01/2026 00:29

@smallglassbottle Me too. I'm also fair-haired and unhealthy looking. Bit worrying, really.

I'd only worry if you turn orange

WearyAuldWumman · 11/01/2026 00:43

I went to school with a successful Tartan Noir author.

JacknDiane · 11/01/2026 00:44

My dh has done keepy up in front of the late queen at hampden

WearyAuldWumman · 11/01/2026 00:44

I was in an accordion band which came first in the novice level of the Classical Music Section of the Perth Accordion and Fiddle Festival.

We got our photie in the local paper.

Marmaladelover · 11/01/2026 00:44

For approximately 1 second, I was in the front row at a small concert on the video of Blaze of Glory by the Alarm . And it was on Top of the Pops too!

I saw myself , it would have been too quick for anyone else to spot me .

Marmaladelover · 11/01/2026 00:48

Hollowvoice · 11/01/2026 00:41

My great uncle smuggled Rod Stewart out of a gig

My late FIL marked the “what I did at the weekend” entry from
a seven year old which said “ I played football with Rod Stewart in my garden” She did too! Her father was quite a famous manager at the time.

Loveatortie · 11/01/2026 00:54

I grew up in the same council estate as the Bay City Rollers.

weloveyatomorrow · 11/01/2026 00:55

I spent a chilled and chatty afternoon in Ireland with SJP and Matthew Broderick.

foxlover47 · 11/01/2026 00:56

My cousins are Martin and Gary kemp

Loveatortie · 11/01/2026 00:57

I grew up in the same council estate as the bay city rollers. Les Mckeown was my next door neighbour.

Iwantsandybeachesandgoodfood · 11/01/2026 00:57

I got a picture with JB Gill from JLS, he visited the primary school where I worked. He was really sweet.

MrsBeltane · 11/01/2026 00:59

Keir Starmer was in the year below me at school.