Random Encounter Thread

[DesertFox]

A few days ago, while out bird watching near the Mexican border, I met the author Jonathan Franzen, said to be the greatest living American novelist. We talked about cormorants.

Over to you...

 

[Real Sharapova]

I had a drunken encounter with the lead singer of Amazulu in the mid-eighties. Does that count?

 

[pork pie fox]

Many moons ago, I had a piss next to Forest goalie of the time, Mark Crossley, in the toilets of a nightclub in Nottingham. Beat that.

 

[Lako42]

I had an argument with Levi Porter in a casino, something to do with him being absolutely shit and not giving a ****.

I walked down to the cup final replay against Boro with Roy Chubby Brown

 

[Real Sharapova]

Oh, and Carol Decker, at the height of her fame in T'Pau, spoke to me in the Three Fishes pub in Shrewsbury - I was stood in front of the door to the ladies toilet and she politely asked me to shift my arse.

 

[bocadillo]

I once had a piss next to Dickie Davies at the Victoria Palace Theatre. I still hope he understood that it was him I was talking to when I turned to my left and said, "Hello Dickie".


A few weeks later I met Big Willie Young at Newport Pagnell Services. I decided not to speak to him.






All of the above is true.

 

[bocadillo]

RS will probably remember the London Branch having some banter with Garth Crooks on the last leg of our journey to Hereford some years ago. It's a shame a superstar couldn't get a seat and had to stand in the vestibule. Or was he just hiding from us?

 

[spionfox]

...the author Jonathan Franzen, said to be the greatest living American novelist.

Not by one Amazon reviewer

"This preposterously over-hyped pile of American horse-dung...."

 

[Blaarev]

Not by one Amazon reviewer

"This preposterously over-hyped pile of American horse-dung...."

Shouldn't that have been american vogelpoep?

 

[Blaarev]

Hugh Grant at The Rossopomodoro, Chelsea. Wow.......

 

[Real Sharapova]

Hugh Grant at The Rossopomodoro, Chelsea. Wow.......

Now if it had been Liz Hurley I might be impressed.:icon_bigg

 

[Real Sharapova]

RS will probably remember the London Branch having some banter with Garth Crooks on the last leg of our journey to Hereford some years ago. It's a shame a superstar couldn't get a seat and had to stand in the vestibule. Or was he just hiding from us?

Crumbs, that was a while back. And yes, I'm not sure he wanted to associate with us.:icon_wink

 

[spionfox]

Crumbs, that was a while back. And yes, I'm not sure he wanted to associate with us.:icon_wink

Mark Bright had obviously warned him about Leicester fans!

 

[SJN-Fox]

Got stopped in the street many years ago when I lived in Windsor by Susan George asking for directions.

 

[pork pie fox]

I taught Glenn Hoddle, who was the England manager at the time, the rules of baseball, at a minor league game in Florida.

 

[Macky]

I was at the Maxol garage in Cashel last year and got chatting to some fellah who had no cash on him, only plastic, and he'd forgotten to get himself a coffee with his petrol so, being in a generous mood I gave him €2 to get one for himself

 

[tedfoxxx]

A plastered Gerry Taggart in a pub in Quorn a few years ago. I offered to buy him a drink but he muttered something completely unintelligible and shook his head so I just smiled and carried on.

 

[Jeff]

On an Edinburgh to London train a few months ago I sat opposite to someone in first class who looked like Melton Fox. It was only after I got off the train at Berwick that I realised it was probably Ben Elton.

 

[Blaarev]

On an Edinburgh to London train a few months ago I sat opposite to someone in first class who looked like Melton Fox. It was only after I got off the train at Berwick that I realised it was probably Ben Elton.

Melton/Elton, easy to mix up.

 

[Lako42]

A plastered Gerry Taggart in a pub in Quorn a few years ago. I offered to buy him a drink but he muttered something completely unintelligible and shook his head so I just smiled and carried on.

Same, but in Lugga