I come from the largest city in the UK... not many famous people from it though!
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WHS^Originally posted by gricerboy View PostRules: you have to be from a smallish place & you have to name 3 celebs that come from there. Here are mine for WSM:
1) John Cleese
2) Jill Dando
3) Racey

But you forgot:
1) Rupert Graves
2) Ritchie Blackmore
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Alan Turing topped himself in the town where I live at the moment.
I think one of those supremely bland bands like Doves come from there too, so maybe Alan Turing had secretly invented time travel as well as computers and saw what his town was going to be like and decided there was no hope.Comment
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The Beckhams live a couple of miles up the road from where I'm lodging at present.Blood in your pooComment
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I never remember names of celebrities. That boxer chap from a few years back. That woman who wrote that thing with all those Liverpudlian layabouts (now lives in Sussex).
And some drummer from Status Quo or some group of that era has just moved in near my sister's place.
Don't live here but Kiera Knightley (mmmm!) and Tom Cruise have been here recently too. (Saint Hill Manor)Last edited by xoggoth; 8 June 2010, 12:31.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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A stunning combination!Originally posted by oversteer View PostGeri Halliwell, Nick Leeson and Mo Mowlam
Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Rene MagritteOriginally posted by Brussels Slumdog View PostHerman Van Rompuy
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Mona Lisa's sister Mona Leffe
Audrey HepburnAnd what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Southampton
Darren Anderton (Footballer)
Chris Packham (TV Presenter)
Craig David (Object of ridicule)Comment
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