and why
For me it is either
Roger Mugford, the "famous" media animal behaviourist because he was doing some conference and had lunch with us because my dad was also going.
or
The bassist from Menswe@r who was attending a party and played some bass in the garden.
Me
.
Monir Hassan
he is a famous Lebanese pop artist. a friend of the family or something.
Dan Ormsby!
aka Dan_THW
we dont associate with famous people, but he has a huge mouth
Bryan Laudrupp (sp?) as he was my neighbour
One p
but that is amazing
my parents live 'round the corner from Walter Smith too.
Helensburgh's where it's at for the footballers, obviously
Pope John Paul II
Hitler
GHANDI
erm.. Harru?
Harru from the internet?
I'm his biggest fan!
graham coxon
that's it
John Snow
In my parents house (if that counts?)
HOW?
Papa knows him well
i asked him to come back
I was very drunk, and he was with a friend of mine that I ran into on the way home, and he said 'Okay'. We had vaguely recognised each other from being near neighbours in Camden (he used to skateboard with teenage friends in Cantelowes park lol) and well, we had a ridiculous conversation, and it was quite amusing.
I passed out on my sofa, and he just acted like a weirdo with his friend in the living room - at one point, he was on his knees doing an impression of something. I was so knackered I didn't really pay any attention. He then woke m e up and said 'Thanks for letting us come over', kissed my hand, and went.
SHITTEST CELEBRITY STORY EVER.
I liked it
thanks
Did you bond over Essex?
I hope so.
no
I think I said I was from Essex and we had a really really short discussion, but I'm guessing he doesn't spend that much time in Colchester anymore...
It's really hard to know what you're supposed to talk about (once sober/tired and less hysterically drunk). Before falling asleep I did play him a cover of 'Outdoor Miner' by Flying Saucer Attack. He gave me a look, like 'Why don't you listen to the original?' which led to me buying all the Wire albums. And he said Bloc Party are really good (this was in spring 2004 btw).
He got annoyed when I asked whether he was drunk - he was shocked I didn't know about him becoming teetotal.
Oh, and I got annoyed when he said swedish girls are hott - i said that's an 'indie cliche'. And then when he walked to the kitchen, he touched my hair and said 'Your hair is beautiful'. And then I passed out asleep.
THERE YOU GO. Still not a great story, or anything.
i played him a cover, not 'i did'
i'm channelling yokel today
in the version of this story currently playing in my head
"Your hair is beautiful" is sung in Graham's best Debbie Harry voice.
I genuinely thought you were talking about John Snow here
then i looked above again..
oh and someone i used to snog
who is one part of a comedy act and used to star in a channel 4 comedy. but he's not properly famous or anything.
Lies
Your answer should obviously be Sadpunk.
it would be a rubbish thinkg to lie about as I'm not a fan
I would have said Salman Rushdie.
Steve Cauthen
back before I knew who he was :(
or
Colin Newman from Wire
Hollyoaks person
housemates girlfriend innits, lol.
which character?
^this
for the love of god this.
MOAR PLS.
someone i worked with's son was dating a girl from hollyoaks.
Wesley Snipes
My flatmate is huge in Germany
Is he an episode of Baywatch?
He's feature length!
You live with David Hasslehoff?
David Tennant, possibly
siobhan redmond - quite famous actress, was on holby city way back and the smoking room on bbc3. oh god apparently she's in the bill now. Well she's my wee brothers godmother.
You get all this when your mum's an actress and your dad works at the bbc. I can namedrop about a million actors from low level radio 4 dramas and one-off productions.
Enoch Powell's daughter
tru fax
Chris Powell?
Asafa
Jenny Powell
my step mum is pals with her. I've never had the opportunity to ask her about her opinions on immigration/non-whites
I thought that was Jenny Powell
the hot one who now does quiz shows
Different one
not the tv Jenny Powell who "In 1997 appeared on Channel 4's "Brass Eye", a satirical spoof documentary show produced by Chris Morris. She talked earnestly about the perils of 'heavy electricity' and warned that the south of England could be catapulted towards Finland if people did not bang on wires with hammers."
Though I wish it was her!
Facism to Wheel of Fortune...
Wow the world is a small place.
I had assumed this was a comedy post!
No guff chet!
The fruit of Enoch Powells loins frequently has coffee with my step mum.
You suffer from what?
Cliff Richard
when I lived at my parents' house.
details please
Came home 20 years ago
to find Cliff in my lounge. My dad is/was in the biz.
wow
I can't imagine my reaction to that scene.
: D
I think I probably
had some cheese crackers and watched He-man.
That sounds like the best day ever
He-Man and Cliff?
Pretty high on the gay-scale! :)
Cliff once met Sue Barker
for a coffee, so enough of your insinuations
HE'S GOING OUT WITH HIS TENNIS TRAINER
they have a love nest in Barbados.
How many times do I have to tell you that?! :"""""(
innuendo
nothing more
Fuck me!
I know all the stars. I served Sue Barker whilst working in a petrol station.
Did she return it?
so nearly so good
Sadpunk
The drummer off of Crackout?
That's it.
:D
that's fantastic
Brilliant.
Dare I ask what he was like?
He's a very, very nice guy.
You don't love him like I do :(
I like him for his mind. You're just a hussy.
Fuck you, you fucking fuck
was he wearing a suit?
he always used to wear one when the played.
Tyrone from Coronation Street
nipped round to one of my mum and dad's barbecues once. Nice fella, not the brightest though.
Marginally more impressive was the time Terry Yorath went to my old neighbour's house, with a young Gabby in tow.
former prime minister of norway
probably
hmm
jens lekman probably.. for a party.
nobody as far as i know
but then our house was built in 1824 so there's a chance that someone well-known has been in our house at some stage.
DJ Speedranch
so not very famous...
.
Bruce Johnston, member of the Beach Boys since 65.
or my uncle, who plays the drums on the theme tune to Eastenders. Yeah, THAT bit
:O
your uncle is the doof-doofer?!
Pele
The footballer?
^
Ever do an in joke that only your mates would get on an internet messageboard?
Well, that's what that is. I make no apologies
sorry?
.
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3703945#r3704128
50 replies
and no one has said Madeline McCann.
oh sadpunk
Because we don't take small children back to our houses...
and molest them with a rolling pin before beating them to death with said rolling pin.
Like you do.
I've thought of two more
Rory Underwood, England rugby legerned who is friends with my uncle.
Max Tundra
I think Cliff Richard wins thus far.
billy connolly
i believe
Churchill in my street
http://tinyurl.com/5jc3hz
does that count?
CHURCHILL IN MY STREET I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S SERIOUS.
Terrible.
OH OH, I'M IN TERRIBLE, SOMETHING'S COME ALONG AND BURST MY BERRIBLE.
oh bamos
go for a cigarette and think about what you've done.
I'M OFF OUTSIDE FOR A FAG
Y VIVA CAMELLIGHTS.
I love you.
???????????
WTF?
WHAT THE FUCK
WHEN THE FEELING'S GONE AND YOU CAN'T GO ON IT'S
WHAT THE FUCK
seek help
SEEK HELP
IS THAT A DRUMBEAT?
SEEK HELP
AND IS THE BASS SWEET?
I once opened the door to Alan Titchmarsh
when I was wearing nothing but my boxers.
with sexy results?
The results were not sexy.
He said 'Is your dad in?' and I said, 'yeah...DAAAAAD ALAN TITCHMARSH IS HERE'. Then my Dad shouted 'What?', and I shouted 'ALAN TITCHMARSH IS HERE', then he said 'ok, I'll be down in a second' and so I replied 'ok'. Then I left him standing at the door waiting for my dad, whilst I went back to watching Bug Juice on the Bigger Breakfast.
why did I think that story would end in you weeing yourself?
Pleased to see him?
All four members of Gossamer Albatross
The keyboard player from Dark Phase
Fullerov
Donald Dewar
Scotland's First First Minister.
John Craven
He presented Countryfile from my house in Derbyshire back in 1989. Trufact.
Ashley
Excellent!
Where is Derbyshire?
Why were they in your house?
just south of yorkshire!
YES. YOU LOSE AT 'KNOWING WHERE YOU'RE FROM'.
:D
Thanks!
Draycott
My parents' house is above a Butcher's shop. My father's a butcher and now a Vicar. He was also a DJ in the 70's. A master of all trades!
DRAYCOTT AS IN DRAYCOTT-IN-THE-CLAY?
OR A DIFFERENT DRAYCOTT?
I'm typing in capitals due to massive excitement.
A different Draycott I'm afraid!
Stupid different Draycotts.
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen
I wonder...
if he goes round random peoples houses still thinking that he's on Changing Rooms?
He did with myne.
He chucked a pot of mauve paint over my cats and draped a leopard skin throw on the car. He thinks he's it.
Polly Harvey
well, not actually in my house but in my parents old shop which was below and to the side of my house. I know it doesn't really count but fuck it, Polly Harvey!
Plus lots of other famous folk.
...
The 43rd most influential person in the West Midlands according to a local paper.
stop being so cryptic
was it Cyrille Regis?
Yes
Yes it was.
who was it really
please. Shefali Oza? Suzanne Verdi? That Black Country comedian whose name has slipped my mind?
Jasper Carrott?
Lenny Henry.
He's less 'black country', more 'black cunty'.
nope
he specialises in local humour, isn't very famous and isn't funny.
My ex-girlfriend's dad?
Shefali would have been awesome
but sorry to disappoint you:
http://tinyurl.com/6n8ge7
Not very famous, but apparently quite pleased/amused about being considered "influential".
She didn't even make the top 50
bizarre
Noel Fielding
I wasn't there though. Apparently he liked the Back To The Future poster in the lounge.
Did he drink any pisstea?
it's pronounced 'pasta'
I didn't know you were from New Zealand
^5
Do they drink pasta in New Zealand?
Weird. I wonder how long you have to cook it for.
- 14 hours
Drinking pasta turns the world on it's head.
it's the antipodes
everything is opposite!
Full a sispun with pisstea, udd a punch of selt and a dush of ilive oil. Brung it to the boil and udd witer. Cuk for tin munuts or untul weter is ul duntoo.
Stuck it up your iss.
oh, i thought i was going to surprise you
with our antipodean ways when i returned the cooked meal favour sometime..
HAHAHAHAHAHAHthat made me LOL......hard.
my current house
people from meet me in st louis, so not that famous really. My parents house, the presenter of the krypton factor
Winston Hazell
from Moloko came and had a nap on our sofa once.
Frank Turner
he's quite popular on DiS, right?
not in my current house
but in the old house we used to live - chow yun fat once came to visit us about 20 years ago
wow
background please
Eddy Grant
because he's my aunt's best bud. He's actually been over a few times, but we only see him when she comes over from Guyana. He's helping out with this summer skills workshop for young people just out of prison that my aunt is trying to start up, so we discussed that over a cuppa the other day.
I'm waiting for a Bamos joke
Kris Akabusi
Ann Widdecombe
I lose.
didn't you wank in front of her or something?
Sir Nigel Scheinwald
UK ambassador to the US.
Rolf Harris comes round my (parents) house every Christmas
as he's good friends with my Dad.
Can i live with you?
agreed
gosh, no-one exciting
um, in my student house, The Dawn Parade and Distophia. And in my ex-boyfriend's student house, Fionn Regan.
Ah, The Dawn Parade!
Whatever happened to them?
i've played Cranium with Sam Isaac
but that wasn't in my house.
I am fairly certain that no-one anyone else but me and people i already know from here would know anyone that has even been in any of the houses i've lived in.
Housemates of a DiS writer used to come round mine all the time at Uni. That's all i can offer.
Al Gore
Bill Dummond from the KLF
and Mark Manning from Zodiac Mindwarp.
Various members of the North-east music scene before they were famous.
Richis hawtin nearly did, but then didn't.
That is all.
i probably can't do any better than
mystery jets. i feel like i should be able to improve on that.
Paul formerly of yourcodenameis:milo
was at a party one of my housemates had at my old house.
We tried to get him to play some songs by his pre-milo band but he wouldn't do it.
Tony Wilson's daughter
or some girl who used to be on Emmerdale