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    #31
    Lots of ex Arsenal players (inc McLintock, Charlie George, Sammy Nelson, Bob Wilson etc) at various Highbury farewell events.
    Forrest Whittaker on a Jubilee line train (and making no attempt to disguise who he was, much to the amazement of a group of Amrican tourists)
    Emma Thompson (also on a Jubilee line train, but keeping her head down. I offered her my seat, but she politely declined it)
    Kenny Everett (years ago at the Beeb, my brother was in a TV show and we went up for the day)
    Blue Peter presenters Lesley Judd, Peter Purves & John Noakes (as above)
    Two of the cast of Drop the Dead Donkey, blatantly snogging at JFK airport (I'll leave it to your imagination who they were)
    Little Richard (embalmed rock & roll star, he was staying in our hotel in LA.)
    Eddie Griffen (US comedian, and star of the Deuce Bigalow films, at the same hotel as above.)
    Maxine from Corrie, in my local M&S.
    The guy who used to play Queen Vic landlord Eddie Royle in Eastenders. Lives nearby, sometimes drinks in my local.
    A new Eastenders character called Keith something, very scruffy, also drinks in my local.
    Dermot Reeve at Lords, I was in a box with some friends and one of them knew him so he came in for a chat. Very funny bloke.
    Chesney Hawkes - nearly had a fight with him in a bar in Covent Garden years ago complete twat (him, not me)
    James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader) and some bint from a show called Melrose Place (Josie something) - I was in the front row of the audience for a US talk show and they came over for a chat.
    Jamiroquais bass player. I used to work with his mum, and he used to come down in his XJS.
    Alan Hansen. In the gents at the BBC a few years ago. We found ourselves in adjacent urinals, but I strictly observed the 'no talking' rule until we had both finished.
    Prunella Scales & her hubby (can't remember his name) they sat down opposite me on a train to Waterloo, and we ended up chatting. I resisted the (extreme) temptation to ask her to shout "Basil!!" down the train.
    Ron Atkinson & Gary Newbon at Vigo airport after an Arse away match. Ron was behind me in the Xray machine queue, which needless to say he kept setting off, much to the amusement of the gathering crowd of Gooners behind him.
    James May (Capt Slow from Top Gear) came into my local pub a couple of years ago, and he even drank his pint slowly.
    His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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      #32
      Feck Mordac, you've been busy remembering all those. The only Arse players I can remember meeting were Simpson and Storey, who were something to do with a football club I used to play against in the Borehamwood area.

      The good thing about those two turning up to games was that their supporters behaved themselves. Otherwise they were a nightmare.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Mordac
        Lots of ex Arsenal players (inc McLintock, Charlie George, Sammy Nelson, Bob Wilson etc) at various Highbury farewell events.
        Forrest Whittaker on a Jubilee line train (and making no attempt to disguise who he was, much to the amazement of a group of Amrican tourists)
        Emma Thompson (also on a Jubilee line train, but keeping her head down. I offered her my seat, but she politely declined it)
        Kenny Everett (years ago at the Beeb, my brother was in a TV show and we went up for the day)
        Blue Peter presenters Lesley Judd, Peter Purves & John Noakes (as above)
        Two of the cast of Drop the Dead Donkey, blatantly snogging at JFK airport (I'll leave it to your imagination who they were)
        Little Richard (embalmed rock & roll star, he was staying in our hotel in LA.)
        Eddie Griffen (US comedian, and star of the Deuce Bigalow films, at the same hotel as above.)
        Maxine from Corrie, in my local M&S.
        The guy who used to play Queen Vic landlord Eddie Royle in Eastenders. Lives nearby, sometimes drinks in my local.
        A new Eastenders character called Keith something, very scruffy, also drinks in my local.
        Dermot Reeve at Lords, I was in a box with some friends and one of them knew him so he came in for a chat. Very funny bloke.
        Chesney Hawkes - nearly had a fight with him in a bar in Covent Garden years ago complete twat (him, not me)
        James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader) and some bint from a show called Melrose Place (Josie something) - I was in the front row of the audience for a US talk show and they came over for a chat.
        Jamiroquais bass player. I used to work with his mum, and he used to come down in his XJS.
        Alan Hansen. In the gents at the BBC a few years ago. We found ourselves in adjacent urinals, but I strictly observed the 'no talking' rule until we had both finished.
        Prunella Scales & her hubby (can't remember his name) they sat down opposite me on a train to Waterloo, and we ended up chatting. I resisted the (extreme) temptation to ask her to shout "Basil!!" down the train.
        Ron Atkinson & Gary Newbon at Vigo airport after an Arse away match. Ron was behind me in the Xray machine queue, which needless to say he kept setting off, much to the amusement of the gathering crowd of Gooners behind him.
        James May (Capt Slow from Top Gear) came into my local pub a couple of years ago, and he even drank his pint slowly.
        So you're in Surbiton Mordy

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          #34
          Went for a meal and was on the table next to Noel Gellagher and Meg Mathews. Was on a flight with Mike Baldwin - v short. On another flight with Alice Beer and a few other BBC z-listers - they were *******! Told Mike Harding to pi55 off when he was having a go at me for not knowing where a public footpath went through our field.

          My mums cousin is Paula Wilcox - the one with the dark hair from Man About The House

          Alos my sister used to go out with this guy, whose brother went out with a girl whose cousin was the guitarist for Nick Heywood - How is that for z list and convoluted!
          Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

          I preferred version 1!

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            #35
            Originally posted by Lucy
            So you're in Surbiton Mordy
            No, but not far away (other side of Kingston)
            His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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              #36
              Originally posted by Mordac
              No, but not far away (other side of Kingston)
              Is there a lot of plane noise ?

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                #37
                Originally posted by Mordac
                No, but not far away (other side of Kingston)
                Ahah typical londoner.... you leave close to Surbiton and claim you are from Richmond. Ok then, I am from Wimbledon Village.
                I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                  #38
                  >Is there a lot of plane noise ?

                  Not too much (not under the flightpath anyway)

                  >Ahah typical londoner.... you leave close to Surbiton and claim you are from Richmond. Ok then, I am from Wimbledon Village

                  I'm in the borough of Richmond (Lib Doom country )
                  His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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                    #39
                    I seem to miss celebrities. I did go on a flight from Orlando to Puerto Rico, with a rock band who had a midget. I dont know if he played anything, I assume it wasnt the drums.
                    To be or not to be... or get someone else to be, and take the slack for it.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by TonyEnglish
                      My mums cousin is Paula Wilcox - the one with the dark hair from Man About The House
                      I used to fancy her.

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