Post up your tenuous links to 'famous' people.

[Cool Mint]

Not a blood relative but my - let's make sure I've got this right - Great Uncle's wife's (my great aunt I guess) cousin was Rocky Marciano.

Oh, and I know a guy who know's a guy who lived next door to Margaret Thatcher and a guy who since moved to the USA who has an uncle or somesuch who is related to a former big boss (I mean THE big boss) of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

The strangest one I know of isn't anyone famous but one of my uncles (big family) has a cousin who's wife's brother lives chained up in a bamboo shed (Thailand or some place like that) because the villagers believe he is possessed by the devil - he suffers from epilepsy. That was a many years ago so I hope things have changed since then!

 

[grahame]

My wife played viola in the orchestra they used to rehearse for that "who wants to be a conductor?" (or whatever they called it) competition on the BBC a couple of years ago. One of the contestants was Goldie (the DJ, not the Blue Peter dog), he's married to Zoe Ball so I persuaded her to ask him if he could get Johnny Ball's autograph for us.

He didn't take it very well, apparently he like to think he and Zoe are more famous than her dad.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

One of the contestants was Goldie (the DJ, not the Blue Peter dog), he's married to Zoe Ball so I persuaded her to ask him if he could get Johnny Ball's autograph for us.

He didn't take it very well, apparently he like to think he and Zoe are more famous than her dad.

Maybe it was you confusing him with Fatboy Slim that he didn't take kindly to...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatboy_slim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%AB_Ball

 

[grahame]

I wondered what it was all about when she said he was upset. That would explain it.

These youths all sound the same to my ancient ears.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

That would explain it.

One more while I remember. Another ex-flatmate was handy with a needle and thread, and used to earn a few quid on the side altering clothes, making the odd wedding dress, etc.

He also used to sew hidden pockets into Derren Brown's jackets when Derren was still a struggling semi-professional magician on the Bristol party circuit, not yet the international superstar he is today.

 

[orange71]

I have a famous link to a tenuous person (or people!).

My uncle was the Brigadier in Dr Who and my cousin was Joy in Drop the Dead Donkey (and Ballykissangel, Midsomer Murders, Weetabix advert etc etc!!)

and my Mum was asked out by Richard Burton when she was 16 (and he was considerably older!!)

oh and even more tenuous we can trace our family back to the Earl of Warwick (Warwick the Kingmaker) :shock:

was slightly startled to see other images of her when I googled these :shock:

 

[orange71]

The bloke from BBC Kids Show "The Raven" a wee micra for his wife who is gorgeous

that bloke from Raven is a friend of a friend's son

I overtook Nikki Lauda in a rented Astra diesel (he was in his Ferrari) in Austria

I bumped in to Charles Kennedy (Lib Dem former leader) at the MTB World Champs in Fort William in 2007...

 

[PIGEON]

I might have seen Snoop Dogg once around here..

 

[retroyetirigid]

A guy I used to work with's sister was best mates with Tony Blairs nanny.

 

[cyfa2809]

my dads sisters husbands brother is the old lord mayor of plymouth, patrick nicholson, i believe he was leader of the council after that

i used to live opposite dawn frenchs mums house (i wonder if her and lenny ever got upto stuff round there? )

my dad has met some greats, most of the british superbike people, most of the motogp people, most of the f1 people.