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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Claims to fame |
Obviously, I'm the Internet's famous Richard Gaywood because of my offensive name. Plus I was in a little piece of stock library footage of a school classroom shot by BBC Wales that ended up being used on the start sequence to Wales Today (local news) for about six months. It was actually vaguely tedious dealing with all the "didn't I see you on TV last night" from literally everyone I knew. Oh, and Mr Biffo's stereotype geek character on Digitiser, Computer Boy, was actually based on me because Mr Biffo hates me (TRUFAX). Grim... is richer than the king of England, DBSnappa has met a gazillion famous people, and Comical has some sort of piffling website or other than nearly got him on the tellybox once. What about everyone else? What's your claim to fame? |
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| Author: | Dudley [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I invested Post-Its. (800 bananas to anyone getting the reference) |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I use the same internet forum as a bloke who was on the start sequence to Wales Today, for about six months. |
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| Author: | Mr Cochese [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Romy & Michelle I'll PM you the address. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Dudley wrote: I invested Post-Its. (800 bananas to anyone getting the reference) Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. My claim to fame, err, I started a babysitting service about 17 months ago in portugal, and had to close it about 16 months ago, in a bit of a hurry |
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| Author: | Mr Cochese [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
My brass band was on Songs Of Praise, but mercifully they didn't show the cornet section. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I appeared, as a spritely 2 year old, on a BBC straight-to-video documentary called "Bisley: The Queen's Prize", detailing the past and present (in 1986) of the most prestigious trophy in the target shooting calendar. What do I do in my brief appearance on film? I run down the steps of the English XX Clubhouse in the camp, into the arms of my Mum who is walking up the "driveway" just out of shot. Aww, bless. And all that. |
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| Author: | Zio [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I used to post on some forum run by some geezer who was a videogames journo, or something. Also: I interviewed Craig Charles once, and he was actually a very nice chap and not at all the wanker I'd been lead to believe he would be. And my photo is also in an issue of Official Dreamcast Magazine and I look horrendously gay in it. |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
The Oyster Card thing meant that B3ta called me an eccentric fellow. I was trailed on (but never actually went on) the ITV London news and TheLondonPaper pretended that me and two other people melting oyster cards was a "new city boy craze" and that it was a "status thing" in possible the most manufactured story I've ever actually witnessed first hand. Unless of course lots of lots of city boys do read skeptobot and sciencepunk and are now putting oystercards in their bling. |
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| Author: | The Rev Owen [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I have no claim to fame. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I had my photo in Amstrad Action. Countless local radio shit but I don't count any of that. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:14 ] |
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The Rev Owen wrote: I have no claim to fame. Didn't you kill the Amiga? Oh wait, wrong Rev. |
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| Author: | LaceSensor [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
My cousin is famous footballer and John Fashanu elbow victim Gary Mabbutt (Tottenham Hotspur and Enlgand international). My band has been played on Radio 1 / XFM / others numberous times  Steve Lamacq is a fan. hahahahahah. gaunt twat. Thats about it. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
chinnyhill10 wrote: Countless local radio shit but I don't count any of that. Same, I still get the odd request now and then but I'm so damn above it all that I just ignore it now. Plus local radio generates about 10 extra hits to the site, so it's really unworth it. |
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| Author: | Zio [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
LaceSensor wrote: My cousin is famous footballer and John Fashanu elbow victim Gary Mabbutt (Tottenham Hotspur and Enlgand international). My band has been played on Radio 1 / XFM / others numberous times Thats about it. One of the sales assistants in the GS I used to manage has Lisa Snowdon for a cousin. Does that count for anything? Sadly, she was far too famous (and too busy shagging George Clooney at the time) to ever pop into the store and say "hello" or anything. Edit: hang on, I listen to Xfm all the time! What band is it? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I was the first ever referee to referee a match at the UKs 1PW wrestling show. The shows are quite well renowed in the UK for bringing in American talent.. and for running at a loss each month. In fact, reading that back is not a very good claim to fame... How about this one, In September I will be a crew member on a record breaking channel swim attempt. The record is for the most money ever raised for a relay swim. That's better... Oh.. and I was also once on the local news show for meeting Caprice in a local Virgin Megastore. I went on telly to say something like "She's really fit in real life". Moron. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I have nothing. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Grim... wrote: I have nothing. Except RICHES. Even in EVE you're a rich cunt, and your ship looks like the space version of a Land Rover. |
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| Author: | Dudley [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I'm on a forum with people who have awesome taste in films apparently. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
ComicalGnomes wrote: Grim... wrote: I have nothing. Except RICHES. Even in EVE you're a rich cunt, and your ship looks like the space version of a Land Rover. I am desperately poor in EvE, newbian. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
It's all relative. In real life you're poor compared to millionaires too. 
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| Author: | Trousers [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
1) I was on Right to Reply on Channel 4 2) I got in NTK with my old website 3) I won a Register competition along with THE GAYWOOD. |
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| Author: | Joans [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I have done nothing of any consequence. Nor do I know anyone who has any claims I can desperately cling to. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Joans wrote: I have done nothing of any consequence. Nor do I know anyone who has any claims I can desperately cling to. Knowing someone isn't a claim to fame anyway, unless you then because famous because of it (see: Rebecca Loos). |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
And Abbi Titface, who frankly needs to die, the bitch. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
LaceSensor wrote: My cousin is famous footballer and John Fashanu elbow victim Gary Mabbutt (Tottenham Hotspur and Enlgand international). LEGEND! One of the nicest guys in football and one of the best Spurs captains of all time. |
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| Author: | Joans [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Grim... wrote: Joans wrote: I have done nothing of any consequence. Nor do I know anyone who has any claims I can desperately cling to. Knowing someone isn't a claim to fame anyway, unless you then because famous because of it (see: Rebecca Loos). Then my failure is complete. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
ComicalGnomes wrote: chinnyhill10 wrote: Countless local radio shit but I don't count any of that. Same Not quite the same as I worked at the other end. So it was people like me going "lets get this internet nutcase on so people can laugh at him". Except for the time someone I know rang me up at 7am to do a live phone interview about the 25th birthday (or somesuch) of the IBM PC as they had a space to fill. I was horrifically tired but managed to big up Sir Clive and Sir Al as being very significant in the development of home computers in the UK. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Joans wrote: Grim... wrote: Joans wrote: I have done nothing of any consequence. Nor do I know anyone who has any claims I can desperately cling to. Knowing someone isn't a claim to fame anyway, unless you then because famous because of it (see: Rebecca Loos). Then my failure is complete. Chinny top tip: Release an internet sex tape. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
chinnyhill10 wrote: Chinny top tip: Release an internet sex tape. Of someone else, pref. |
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| Author: | Plissken [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Sure I've mentioned this, but I own Jenny Powells left breast pad. I tire of it and will put it on eBay in the next couple of weeks. First ever person to announce a hockey game at Manchester's new rink? Played cricket against Darren Gough and Glen Chapple? Went to school with former World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson? Oh, and been on stage a few times at a few places you may have heard of, as a support act to much more famous people. |
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| Author: | LaceSensor [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
chinnyhill10 wrote: LaceSensor wrote: My cousin is famous footballer and John Fashanu elbow victim Gary Mabbutt (Tottenham Hotspur and Enlgand international). LEGEND! One of the nicest guys in football and one of the best Spurs captains of all time. Yeah he is a cool guy, lives in South Africa now, with his wife Cathy. They run an executive (whatever that means) tour company. I guess its like a holiday but for rich people. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I appeared in various issues of Kerrang! and Rock Sound between the years 2000-2002. I helped Paul Daniels get his magic shop domain name back. That's all I can think of right now. |
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| Author: | AceAceBaby [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
NASA use my 3d models. not really that impressive, it's just virtual museum things they made out of my stock buildings. |
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| Author: | LaceSensor [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
myoptika wrote: I appeared in various issues of Kerrang! and Rock Sound between the years 2000-2002. . Band name? |
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| Author: | Zio [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
LaceSensor wrote: myoptika wrote: I appeared in various issues of Kerrang! and Rock Sound between the years 2000-2002. . Band name? And indeed, your band name Mr. Sensor. I demand to know it! |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
While we're there.. my bands album was reviewed in Rock Sound.. It didn't do to well though. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Trousers wrote: 3) I won a Register competition along with THE GAYWOOD. For which you got a t-shirt. That bastard Orlowski promised me one but I never got it.
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| Author: | AceAceBaby [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
richardgaywood wrote: That bastard Orlowski Ahem. Tautology. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
ComicalGnomes wrote: Grim... wrote: I have nothing. Except RICHES. Even in EVE you're a rich cunt, and your ship looks like the space version of a Land Rover. Stop talking about EvE. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
EvE Online, so hot right now, EvE. |
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| Author: | Dudley [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Well if it's just "Cool things we've done" then... Nintendo use software written by me every single day. |
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| Author: | The Rev Owen [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I have met Thom Yorke, I suppose. Maybe that counts. I've also been in the same room as the rest of Radiohead, but don't think I said much more than "Hello." Also countless other indie bands. When I was student my friend Anne and I would go to indie gigs at The Venue in Oxford. Radiohead, The Frank & Walters, Moose, people like that. We'd knock on the dressing room door, ask if it was okay to come in and then proceed to sit down and help drink the rider. We'd kind of, not lie, but sort of indicate to the headline band that we were with the support band and, you know, sort of let the support band believe we were friends of the headliners. Sometimes we'd be the only two people left in there and would miss the actual performances due to the amount of beer that needed to be consumed. I'm not proud of myself. Much. (I also seem to remember pretending to be in charge of the cloakroom one night. I think everybody got the correct coats back.) |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I had my photograph published in the 'Buster' comic with a cartoon custard pie drawn over it. Oh, and a couple of letters written with the rightoeus indignation of my ill-informed pre-pubesecent self got published in the 'Early Times'. Spookily, someone I met at university had had a letter published on the same page as one of mine. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
ComicalGnomes wrote: EvE Online, so hot right now, EvE. [url="http://www.eve-online.com/]The website[/url] has that as "EVE online" not "EvE" you know.
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| Author: | Squirt [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I've bowled to England batsman Marcus Trescothick ( in the nets, in some "meet the team" day at Somerset years ago). He whacked the living crap out of me, unsurprisingly. To be fair, I was only about 13. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
I once had a letter published in .net, back when I gave a shit about PCs. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
A few papers in scientific papers, but only as a 'named contributer' |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Ian Bothan walked right past my house during that across-the-UK walk he did. That was taken from my office window.  MaliA wrote: A few papers in scientific papers, but only as a 'named contributer' Oh, cool! I only ever got into conference proceedings, and only one of those was a proper conference. I always wanted to write a journal paper off the back of my thesis but never got around to it.
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| Author: | Cras [ Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Claims to fame |
Ooh - you know when you go online and do an automated line test on BT's website, and it never tells you anything useful? I wrote the software that hooks that into the mainframe backend and performs the testing. |
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