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Animal

Mar 15th 2013 3:17 am

Your Claim to fame ?!

Does anybody have a claim to fame, or a 15 minutes of fame etc.

I'll start this off with a VERY tenuous claim that many many years ago I was actually a contestant on Supermarket sweep with Dale Winton :o (and no we didn't win but got a free night in a hotel in Nottingham)

In my only defence - I had never seen the show and my wife's friend was visiting and asked her to go on it with her - she obviously declined and me having drunk a few too many at the time said I'd do it... :tape:

For obvious reasons I've actually not told many people this so if we make the next Toronto meet up I'll expect a tirade of abuse in addition to any on here.

Jingsamichty

Mar 15th 2013 4:04 am

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I was in the same prison wing as Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper) and Dennis Neilsen.

Zoe Bell

Mar 15th 2013 4:05 am

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At the age of 18 I was on the front page of our local paper dressed in a Star Trek uniform.

There is a picture of it floating around my family, Ben keeps threatening to show my co-workers

Almost Canadian

Mar 15th 2013 4:06 am

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 10605678)

I was in the same prison wing as Peter Sutcliffe (the Yorkshire Ripper) and Dennis Neilsen.

Snap. Mr. Nilsen threatened to kill me

dg31	Mar 15th 2013 4:07 am

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I won a competition on the Roland Rat show and got my name read out on TV

Oink	Mar 15th 2013 4:14 am

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I won a knobbly knees competition when I was seven. I have a lingering suspicion it was fixed as the judge was a mate of my dads.

Animal

Mar 15th 2013 4:15 am

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Originally Posted by Zoe Bell (Post 10605679)

At the age of 18 I was on the front page of our local paper dressed in a Star Trek uniform.

There is a picture of it floating around my family, Ben keeps threatening to show my co-workers

I've got to ask :)

Aged 18 ? Where you a trekkie or was this for Children in need or something ?

Zoe Bell

Mar 15th 2013 4:15 am

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Originally Posted by Animal (Post 10605697)

I've got to ask :)

Aged 18 ? Where you a trekkie or was this for Children in need or something ?

Was a hardcore Trekker in those days. Now just a fan

Siouxie

Mar 15th 2013 4:23 am

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I had my photo taken with Lady Baden Powell, when we cut the cake celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Brownies, which was featured in the Bromley newspaper.

(Yup, I'm that old)

:)

rwin	Mar 15th 2013 4:32 am

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I had a letter published in the Victoria Times Colonist once.

Animal

Mar 15th 2013 4:33 am

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Originally Posted by rwin (Post 10605729)

I had a letter published in the Victoria Times Colonist once.

I thought you were going to say published in Mayfair or Viz at first ;)

Hawk13

Mar 15th 2013 5:00 am

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Originally Posted by rwin (Post 10605729)

I had a letter published in the Victoria Times Colonist once.

When? I probably read it.

rwin	Mar 15th 2013 5:03 am

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1989ish.

Hawk13

Mar 15th 2013 5:36 am

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Nope - was in Vancouver then

cheeky_monkey

Mar 15th 2013 6:30 am

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i scored five out of five penalties against Peter Shilton in the final of a regional football competition when i was 11. I knew we were f**ked when England were facing the Germans in that world cup semi final shoot out in Turin some 8 years later:thumbdown:

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