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By *ickshawed OP Couple
over a year ago
Wolverhampton |
When I was 18 I was with a friend in a department store. There was a man doing a talk trying to sell knives. There was an announcement over the tannoy that if anyone stayed to watch they would get a free gift at the end. Being poor students we did. We were given a box with a small sharp knife in it.
The next night in the local paper was an article about it. Stating the store had apologised after someone complained that children were being given knives.
I found it hilarious as everyone else watching had been a lot older. And my friend and I have always looked younger than we are.
So my rubbish claim to fame is just that, being referred to in the paper in such a way that no-one else would ever know it was me.
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
Me and my friend were extras in a Wesley Snipes movie. However, we both didn’t make it into the final cut of the film  
We did have our pic taken with the actor Iain Robertson though. Every cloud and all that! |
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When I was a kid I was in a photo in the local newspaper because my brother won an art competition in a department store and he couldn't make it to the prize-giving. I stood in for him and was in the paper with my brother's name underneath. Luke |
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By *inell1Man
over a year ago
Ipswich |
I appeared in the local paper a few years back as the pub I was working in had a camera installed in the kitchen enabling the customers to watch what was going on and we were featured and interviewed about it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I shook hands with Alan Rickman as I didn’t have a pen or pencil. He found it funny when he found out we were Art students visiting the Tate in Liverpool.
I have other stupid claims to fame, I did extra work for tv for a while, some funny stories.
Oh, and I may or may not have snogged a certain 90s number 1 artist at a college Xmas do.  |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
Loads of times
1: when I was about 10, a news report was being filmed opposite my house about the factory closures. I was seen trying to climb the fence!
2: a couple of local charity bike rides, me and my mates made a few hundred, for the local hospital.
3: I was at the YMCA, when I was 17/18 and a dance group of 5/6 girls, of my age group were trying to recruit so male dancers (I can't dance or sing), so the photographer asked if I'd like to pose in the photo, trying to resist, them. That made it to the paper too. I think I've still got it.
4: the numpties from EDL came to town and were causing the shopkeepers to shut up shop for a day. I'm not a fan of far right groups or sharia law either. That got mentioned on the telly!
5: forgot to mention, in the 1980s, I helped out Alder Hey kids' hospital get into the Guinness book of records, by helping to paint a small wall, that turned out to be the world's longest mural at the time.
I need an agent.
It's only a matter of time before my partner's gloves get their 15 minutes of fame on Channel 5
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I spent a day with very famous racehorse through my local hospital when I was poorly as a child and i still have a lock of his tail.
Made the local papers but they were so uninterested they didn't send a photographer and just used my dad's photo hahaha x
Loads more but theyre not rubbish lol x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a few!
Was in a crowd scene in The Bill, dated a famous ex boxer and went out for dinner with an actor and both got snapped for the News of the World! |
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"Myself and brother were in the crowd of a tv broadcasted live football match. We were in the away end and there was not many of us but we were shown!"
Me too twice!! Why do they always catch you looking rough though???
J x |
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By *ickshawed OP Couple
over a year ago
Wolverhampton |
"When I was a kid I was in a photo in the local newspaper because my brother won an art competition in a department store and he couldn't make it to the prize-giving. I stood in for him and was in the paper with my brother's name underneath. Luke "
I really love that
I can just imagine your parents going, oh well one child is pretty much the same as the other  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was on the news as my son was Injured by a twat dressed as a clown, I have been in the paper for doing the race for life.
Hubby has been in the paper a few times. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to act as a child and starred alongside Brad Pitt and Statham in Snatch. And by alongside, I mean I spoke right after Mr Pitt.
Not bad for my younger days.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When I was a kid my dad once invited me to his work when he was on the radio, and during the show put me on air to ask what I wanted to be when I grew up. I promptly answered that I wanted to take over his show when he died.
Later that month he showed me that the Radio Times quoted me on my answer |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm almost in a 50 Cent video - the camera stops rolling at my friend next to me
That's brilliant. Did you get to see any of you? An arm maybe, a bit of sleeve or even just a shadow? "
Nope! They were very determined to not get me in it I think . To be fair I've seen the pics from that night, I wouldn't have put me in either and she's gorgeous |
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I was watching the Scottish golf open at gleneagles in the early 90’s and there was a bit around the 16th hole that was a bit of a bottleneck and loads of people milling between holes. I was looking about which way to go still walking and bumped straight into seve and knocked him over. I was mortified he was a bit grumpy when he jumped back out but more at the stewarding. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"I had something to do with someone to with the Prodigy. I also met Jimmy Saville.
I know which one I don't regret. now then now then now then "
I'm the bitch you hated, filth infatuated, yeah!
I'm the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated
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My mate is in Una Stubbs biography.
He was on duty when the Manchester bomb went off. So had to get everyone out of the cafe in Lewis’s and she was in there at the time. In the book she says a dashing Policeman rushed in and ordered us out and due to his ‘commanding presence’ they did what they were told. He liked that he was called ‘dashing’ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Depends on what world we talking about
Fab world my ass
Gameing I am number 1 in the the world for a genre off games
Hobby I am a very big influencer in the mma world
Most mma memes and stuff that get posted around are coined on a Saturday night live by a group off people
I have Game planed for fighters
Also had couple take shots at me interviews and stuff for things I have sed
Even Dana has took a fly swipe at me in a press conference
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had a conversation about houmous with the actor who played the Demon Headmaster (while he was in the shop I worked in which sold houmous and other things) |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Britain by Beach with Anita Rani. In Tenby we were overlooking the shoot from our holiday let. When she is talking to the guy about Henry Tudor’s ma we were just out of shot gawping from out the window.
Next day we brushed against Timmy Mallet at Pembroke Castle too! |
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By *aiseiMan
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"I'm almost in a 50 Cent video - the camera stops rolling at my friend next to me
That's brilliant. Did you get to see any of you? An arm maybe, a bit of sleeve or even just a shadow?
Nope! They were very determined to not get me in it I think . To be fair I've seen the pics from that night, I wouldn't have put me in either and she's gorgeous "
I’ve just unashamedly perved your profile and I think they missed out there…… |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine is that I was an extra in a film that was filmed in Edinburgh & Glasgow in 93 or 94. It starred an unknown Kate Winslet & little known Christopher Eccleston. I did make the final cut, and a close up no less. But the film was a box office flop. I went to see it and I have it on DVD, but it’s quite a gory film & rubbish!
Film is called Jude. Based on the book Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy. |
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By *ickJMan
over a year ago
Hemel Hempstead |
I once saved a woman from drowning, but after I had towed her to the side of the pool, the lifeguard explained that they were doing some staff training and I'd just rescued their "casualty". |
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