To ask your tenuous claims to fame?

[GetAGripNigel]

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.

I guessed Trevor Nelson's 5 Seconds to Name correctly and got on the radio! Was a couple of years ago when he did his late night show. He was really lovely as I was a bit nervous, wasn't expecting to be phoned up, was just a bit of fun!

My best friend was propositioned by James Corden.

My mum had an antique shop in a pretty shopping centre just near a huge posh hotel in the 1970s. Stars appearing locally at theatres and nightclubs used to stay there, and in the daytime often used to have a wander around the shops to stretch their legs. The ones I can recall were Dave Allen, Lovelace Watkins and Nana Mouskouri (she bought a huge display cabinet and had it shipped to Switzerland).

Also she sold Pete Stringfellow a brass bedstead, and Dave Berry lived in the next street to us. I once saw him in the local bank branch (that tells you how long ago it was!) and was amazed how tall he was.

My dad nearly ran over Eric Clapton in his car

I went to school with Chris Rea's daughter

My mum did teaching practice with Sting

My dad was a vet and looked after Bobby Knutt's dogs.
Also, Bobby Knutt used to live in our attic when he was still a part-time entertainer and working days as a bread delivery man.

I served Jennifer Coolidge in a bar and she was every bit as wonderful as I'd hoped

My fil stood on Princess Anne's toe.

Brian May said he liked my cats

I asked Kenny Dalgleish and Alan Shearer if they wanted black pepper on their pasta

I have sung on stage with Edwin Starr. Also Showaddywaddy

This was my dream

Sorry, I keep thinking of more....

I used to work at the next desk to an Arctic Monkey's aunt.

I used to buy paint from Paul Carrack's brother.

Sir Geraint Evans used to eat at my cousin's restaurant in Wales.

My husband's from the same village as the Singing Kettle (one for Scots)

My brother was once stopped at British Customs many years ago on a business trip over to Germany, strip searched, car searched, hours of questions. Brother was terrified, he was driving his boss's car and began to think maybe boss was into drugs or something. Eventually they said he could leave, and when he asked why they had stopped him, they admitted they had thought he might be Lord Lucan.

Ooh that just reminded me, Nile Rodgers once replied to a tweet I sent, he was v sweet.

( dying to know what the insult was...)

Accirding to Ancestry, I am a distant cousin by marriage to Anjelica Huston's brother, and also to Lord Cholmondley, who was Lord High Chancellor (?) to the Queen.

Edwin Starr yes that's because I'm into Northern soul.
Showwaddywaddy not so much .😁👍

I once beat the worlds best time on the minesweeper game.

A family member is loosely related to gok wan.

My dad worked with james bulgers killers after they were jailed.

😂😂😂
I used to work in Safeways and remember having to do that.

I used to also work at a theme park and they were doing a Songs of Praise special featuring Van Morrison. I kept on getting in trouble because I was enjoying my temporary colleague’s 😉 singing so much and wasn’t focused on working 😂

I met Gerry Marsden through my job a few times. He was a lovely, genuine down to earth man.
He came in once quite close to Christmas and wrote a Christmas card to my mum for me ❤️

I hold a world record

Ds and I have are the face of swimming lessons at our local leisure centre for about 8 years.
Photographed in a swimming lesson when he was around 9 months old he's now 9 he looks gorgeous and happy I look like a drowned rat with its eyes closed.
Was bad enough when we were on their website but now we're on big cardboard banners by the entrance too.
It's a company that operates across our local area so maybe 8 sites so he's tickled that he's famous across the county ....... Me less so 😁
DH thinks it's funny and says he's married to a swimwear model again me less so.

My sister won an Oscar in the late 1990s!