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 served Jim Davidson in a local café when I was 15. He was in town doing panto. He was not very nice.

My lecturer at college was the wife of bob siebenberg and the sister of John helliwell who were both members of Supertramp

jamie redknapp used to drink in my local pub

2 members of Rose Royce stayed in the holiday cottage next to ours in 1999

Whilst living and working on the Channel Island of Herm, a good few years ago, I was over in Guernsey, on my day off, and was asked for directions to a local conference centre by Denise Nurse.
We often had 'celebrity' visitors staying on the island as it is a real get away from it all destination where they could blend in to relative obscurity away from the spotlight.

We also received a royal visit and all islanders had to line up on the harbour to greet and shake hands with Prince Edward & Sophie when they stepped off the ferry- they were charming actually and Sophie asked me where the nearest toilet was!

I was on TV in 1986 as part of the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games in Edinburgh. I was a dancer but we ran from the park to the stadium right at the start of the ceremony.

Also - and this will only make sense to those who listen to Forth One in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas - I won the Big I am a few months ago.

I attended a Christmas service at my DN's church in London several years ago. On the way home she told me there were 3 famous people in the congregation - a musician, an actress and an author. I didn't recognise any of the names and can't remember them but, apparently, I shared the peace with the author who was sat in front of me!

This wins

i stepped in front of John Cleese’s Rolls Royce in Notting Hill. He glared at me.
Rick Wakeman stood on my foot in a branch of Boots in Oxford Street. He too glared at me.

I sold my car to the pop star Daniel Bedingfield. It was quite a few years ago now. I wasn't there and neither was he- his agent came to see the car and met my brother.

He wasn't lovely if he was subjecting you to that song.

I once had a drink in a café where the Crankies came in and ordered soup. I'm taller than Janet Cranky, I'm not used to being taller than anyone.

My legs appeared in an advert for paper carry bags.

My sister went out with Simon Cowell’s brother.

I got Peter Hewitts autograph ( the first Joey from Bread) when he Opened a Decorating shop when I was a teenager
I used to Frequnt the same Pubs and Clubs the actress who played the teenage version of Corries Tracy Barlow,and was once on a coach with her
And a Bizarre one Johnny Ball and the actress that played Debbie, Damons girlfriend on Brookside ,filmed something at my school in around 1989 ,they didnt explain it to us so I have no idea whats it was I just remember the main corridor being closed off to students
I have tried googling what it was but nothing comes up🤔

Husband's classic car was used in advertising for a top fashion brand.

I knitted a jumper for Daniel Day Lewis' baby

Jackie Chan and my toddler ds had a kick about in a car park

I've got (or rather had, it died in the end) Jeremy Irons' liquidiser.

I think some people on this thread aren't getting that this is about tenuous links to famous people.

Now that's great tenuous link Love the one about being coughed on by Heather Small too.

My brother rolled down a sand dune on holiday, straight into the back of Judith Chalmers. She was most displeased.

It's Val isn't it 😀

My kids went to school with the kids of Dervla Kirwin and Rupert Penry Jones, Marcus Brigstocke and Gillian Anderson - amongst others. I was on the PTA with [now ex-] partner of one. They were very normal in the playground at pickup and on school fete days. DD was BFs with daughter of a film director, so often had a cuppa when collecting her from playdates while Al Pacino was face-timing/zooming them in the kitchen. All of them were, well, just ordinary folk doing ordinary things and seemed pleasant enough. Did narrowly miss colliding with Gillian’s monster range rover in the car park, though. She was ignoring the one way system…

I used to live 2 doors away from a Cliff Richard impersonater/looky-likey

My ex-boyfriend had one of Eric Idle's school textbooks

My nephew used to clean Bradley Walsh’s windows.

My dog was on Star Pets. He did not do well.

I went to school with a famous scottish footballer we were in the same classes

I helped Pamela Anderson get changed at an awards show
I held a door open for Victoria Beckham and she said 'thank you'. We had a deep connection that continues to this day
I got off with Christopher Quinten from Coronation Street

Love the fact you got off with Brian Tilsely 😂🤣