Comments on: Tenuous Connections 2008

By: Suburban Mum

Suburban Mum — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:27:41 +0000

Ooh I remember another one. When I was 16 I had a Saturday job in W.H.Smith and Gloria Hunniford came in asking if we sold toilet roll. Why she thought Smiths would sell bogroll is anyone’s guess. I had to tell her no.

By: Brushes with celebrity « Le Poulet Noir

Brushes with celebrity « Le Poulet Noir — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:57:25 +0000

[...] was reminded of the incident by Tenuous ‘08 – a blogger’s inspired competition to find people’s most tenuous connection to a [...]

By: le_poulet_noir

le_poulet_noir — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:53:36 +0000

This is appropriately undwerwhelming:

I bought £150 worth of cava in Oddbins in Wapping and remarked that it must have been a reasonable sale for them. “Not really,” the assistant said. “We just had Suzie Quattro in here and her bill was so high we had to run her card through the machine twice.”

By: rivergirlie

rivergirlie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:05:57 +0000

how could i have forgotten? only last year, i went down with christopher lee – oh, do grow up! – in a lift. yes! count dracula, himself. or, if you prefer, the sith lord. we’d both been doing interviews at the bbc. i was bashful. he was tall. not much was said.

By: Suburban Mum

Suburban Mum — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:38:14 +0000

My mother’s brother’s wife’s (i.e. my aunt but I wanted it to sound REALLY tenuous) stepfather was Elvis Presley’s chauffeur.

Also, I once had a go at Vinnie Jones for pushing in front of me at the bar at the David Lloyd gym in Bushey. He was very apologetic but every time I saw him there afterwards (he used to play tennis there) he scowled at me. Not sure if I was brave or stupid.

By: voldemorts nipples

voldemorts nipples — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

filch lives down my road…welll the actor who plays him does anyway

and i saved noel fielding’s girlfriend from falling on the floor when she was crowd surfing.

By: bootsie

bootsie — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:48:48 +0000

noel fielding’s girlfriend kicked me in the head (accidentally) while crowd surfing.

By: rivergirlie

rivergirlie — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:22:39 +0000

i once had quite a long phone conversation with stephen spender – in french.

By: Corgimom

Corgimom — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:18:28 +0000

Totally off topic, my apologies.
The author I recently recommended to you, Laurie R. King, will be at these locations in June, should anyone be able to attend. She’s a lovely, lively speaker.

Oxford
June 18
(to be confirmed)
Blackwell Books and Oxford Library reading groups

London
June 19, 7:00
Paddington Library, Porchester Road

By: pog

pog — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:52:02 +0000

I used to go to the gym with a woman who had a mate that worked in Paddy Ashdown’s office – apparently he didn’t speak to her for about 3 weeks when she beat his fitness score at the gym.

Oh – and I was standing in the hallway handing out badges to guests at No 11 last week – I saw the back of Alistair Darling’s head as he went off to Amsterdam to avoid our party.