Have you got a claim to fame??

Just reading thread on broken bones it reminded me of : When i was 5yrs old my sister wasn't well ,and my nan had called to see her , we heard the sound of the walls icecream van, so i said can we have an icecream nan, she said i don't think you should cross the road on your own, i assured her i would look both ways just like it said on the tuffty club. Off i went crossed over cued at the "back" of the van , got icecreams did what i thought poked head out to look both ways and was hit in head by austin England. Splat i was out on road with blood and icecream everywhere. Long story short in hospital fractured skull ear re stitched back on in coma for 2 weeks, walls icecreams were very worried sent icecreams to hospital. Long and short of it they changed their vans to que at "side "and put pedestrian crossings on them with children crossing. I still have my corgi vans i got of the one serve at back and the new one que at the side. Hopefully its helped save a few lives. Anyone else got a claim to fame that they want to share??

 

in a similar vein ....

many years ago I used to live in Crawley and there is a mega bowl there that used to say 'good times guaranteed' ... well i went there one night and did not have a good time - in fact it was an awful night.

so i wrote a letter to their director and told them it was false advertising - they responded - i wrote to the advertising standards agency .... and a few months went by.

in the end they legally had to remove the giant neon sign ....

 

HA ! step aside you imposters ! i only won , in a raffle, which my mum had bought the ticket for as i was ten years of age, a box of biscuits to be presented to me by no other than FREDDIE "PARROT FACE" DAVIES !!!! yes, the man himself ! sadly, it didn"t work out as planned , i collected them a few days later (well, my mom did) well come on , google FPFD and come back wiv a better one !

 

Stand by to be amazed at the enormity of this claim to fame.......


I have been on stage and ... wait for it..... sang chick chick chick chick chiken with no other than Norman Collier!!!


famous for 15 minutes (or kindof anyway)!! ;D ;D

 

I got a kiss and cuddle from Dirk Benedict (Face from The A Team)

 

I was quite rude to Emma Noble, because she interupted my lunch to ask me for a quote for a new garage door. I didn't know who she was until after.

 

I have discussed the merits of various pram types with Jimmy Page

 

I have a few ....

• Went to school with the McCartney kids
• Served Danny Baker in Boots (when I was at school)
• Cooked Michael Barrymore's dinner when he came into a restaurant I worked in (when I was at Uni)Went to Buckingham Palace & meet the Princess Royal (St John Ambulance Cadet thing)Made Terry Waite a cup of tea when he was doing a book signing at the independent bookstore I worked at (again, another summer job!) ... my he is REALLY tall!!!Went to a garden party at Spike Milligans house, but for the life of me can't remember why!!!

There are more, but that is enough showing off for now Living in Sussex (Rye, just up the road from Camber Sands) helped ... tourist trap to say the least, but it kept me in gainful employment from around the age of 14 and all my Uni holidays as well!!!!

My Dad has loads of good stories ... retired policeman, I've only heard the ones where the well known were on the right side of the law though

 

When I was 14 , Billy Bremner actually came to watch me play football.

Can't have liked what he saw, signed my mate instead.

 

I was in Kerrang! back in 1994 reviewing Therapy?'s album Troublegum

I'm also that geezer in Wiseman Goes Wild Hang on a minute, isn't that actually Mike4?

 

Scored a penalty against Peter Shilton

Beat Steve Redgrave and Paddy Bonner at a round of golf

Had a night drinking with Chris Akabusi, Brian Whittle and Robert Croft

And probably the one the men will like

Went on a date and snogged Kelly Brook before dumping her as she was boring.

 

Im lucky that my job allows a certain amount of hobnobbing... Far too many tales to tell here.

Today I got Ray Mears to dedicate a book to one of my best mates and told Bear Grylls he looked gay... To his face!

 

Last Sunday I saw Katy hill in a bikini at my local pool. Does that count?

 

I can say b0ll0x when I burp