spotted in that london...

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:05 pm

so far... Princess Anne being driven up Tottenham court road in a police convoy. That gay one off of Westlife in Zara in Covent garden. Chris Moyles talking on his phone waking down Warren St... Christ im fookin bored

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:09 pm

In the years I've been down there, never seen anything approaching interesting...

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:13 pm

I spotted the General looking desperate at the doors of 8 swanky lunchtime venues....

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:15 pm

Dalmation? Dick? Teenagers?

Same up here aswell you know, don't think you're a cut above now just cos you're in bloodyfuckinlondon.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:17 pm

I saw Gail whatsit from Corrie in the back of a taxi. I saw John Carew (ain't he your hero? He's someones) walking down Tott Court Road, he's a big fooker. Saw Johnny Vegas in the Mortimer Arms, he's a big fooker too. Saw Ronnie O'Sullivan talking on the phone outside Euston, he can talk on the phone with either hand too. Also saw Liam Gallagher walking up TCR pissed as fook. He was nice though.

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:18 pm

I once saw Bill Oddie Crossing the road at the junction of Oxford Street and TCR[1] - do I win a prize?

And I lived in the same block of flats as comedian and writer Arthur Smith - do I win another one?

[1] That's Tottenham Court Road, as opposed to rubbishy sub-Scalextric Total Control Racing.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:22 pm

Well I spotted no fooker in 'uddersfield the other day. There's a statue of Harold Wilson though.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:26 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:Well I spotted no fooker in 'uddersfield the other day. There's a statue of Harold Wilson though.

I think that's winning the prize for most interesting at the moment.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:30 pm

Puskas wrote:I once saw Bill Oddie Crossing the road at the junction of Oxford Street and TCR[1] - do I win a prize?

not unless you shot him

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:34 pm

He's a right grumpy bastard apparently.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:36 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:He's a right grumpy bastard apparently.

especially when you shoot him

tony cunninghams willy · Post by **tony cunninghams willy** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:37 pm

I once saw Simon Cowell and Geri Halliwell in Selfridges on Oxford Street.

YAWN!!!

InsaneApache · Post by **InsaneApache** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:27 pm

Ok famous people I bumped into/met.

Harold Wilson in Bradford Interchange about 1975. He was the Prime Minister and I walked straight into him at the barriers for the trains. He mumbled about being "Sorry lad, I should look where I'm going" and walked off. No one, not one person that I could see was with him. This at the height of the IRA mainland bombing campaign. How things change.

I slept in Joe Strummers bed at the Liverpool Adelphi in 1977. He slept on the floor. Top bloke.

Patricia Penrose used to come into my shop to buy clothes. Didn't recognise her the first time. She took it well and had a good laugh. Another top lass.

Oh I was once nearly run over by Len Fairclough on my way to work in Radcliffe in the late 70s. Good job I could already swim.

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:05 pm

InsaneApache wrote:Oh I was once nearly run over by Len Fairclough on my way to work in Radcliffe in the late 70s. Good job I could already swim.

Only cos there aint one with thumbs

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:16 pm

Didn't they brand a box of matches in the name of Len Fairclough?

You had to keep them both in a dry place - away from children!

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:47 am

Ok, so cock measuring contest about famous people. I've had an argument with Gabby Yorath about fire exits, worked for about five of the famous chefs you've seen on telly (only one of whom isn't a bellend). I've cooked for (in no particular order, and only those I remember off the top of my head) Mick Jagger, Jerrry Hall, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Sara Cox (sux cox anyone?), Prince Andrew, Charles, Di (can we just put "Royal Family" here) The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Heads of The four big banks (ooerr, this is apparantely illegal), Albert and Michelle Roux (very important if you're a chef),a couple of lottery winners, Frank Stapelton and Norman Whiteside, Alan Thompson and David lee...

Look, the point I'm trying to make is that why do people give a sh*t about celebrity? They are just as common as the rest of us.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:41 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Ok, so cock measuring contest about famous people. I've had an argument with Gabby Yorath about fire exits, worked for about five of the famous chefs you've seen on telly (only one of whom isn't a bellend). I've cooked for (in no particular order, and only those I remember off the top of my head) Mick Jagger, Jerrry Hall, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Sara Cox (sux cox anyone?), Prince Andrew, Charles, Di (can we just put "Royal Family" here) The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Heads of The four big banks (ooerr, this is apparantely illegal), Albert and Michelle Roux (very important if you're a chef),a couple of lottery winners, Frank Stapelton and Norman Whiteside, Alan Thompson and David lee...

Look, the point I'm trying to make is that why do people give a sh*t about celebrity? They are just as common as the rest of us.

But isn't "I've cooked for" a bit like saying "I've delivered the milk to?" only a marginally posher?

It's not like "I'll just ring Roger up and see if he'll raise and eyebrow" is it?

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:18 am

To be honest, there probably should be a breathalyser attached to the computer. Maybe a better claim to fame would be that I'm one of the four people who didn't walk out of Graham Norton's early gigs in Edinburgh. The two who did thought it was a Carpenters tribute show, rather than a pisstake. I then saw hin shopping years later on Oxford Street. Maybe if I'd have walked out, then his confidence would have been destroyed, and the world would have been spared those awful programmes he's in. But he's actually quite a funny comedian when he's not got a director shouting in his ear "gay it up luvvy, the old dears love a bit of Inman".

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:23 am

Nick Knowles off the Lottery quiz was staying in the same hotel as me last week. Woo, and if you will hoo.

In my tinpot local journalist days I got to interview Christopher Biggins, Melvyn Hayes, countless soap actors (spot the common panto thread here) and very memorably John Shuttleworth. Martin Johnson was a grumpy sod whilst seventies TV glampuss Rula Lenska allegedly had the hots for me!

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:27 am

I once has a wazz in a urinal whilst Fred Dibnah (standing at the next berth) also had a wazz...

I think that's as glam as it gets...