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Another vacuous thread! Tenuous Claims to Fame

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FannyCornforth Thu 19-Nov-20 14:23:18

The more tenuous and obscure the better!
My aunty went out with the bloke who designed * both*
A) the Cadbury's Chocolate Orange packaging, and
B) Buzby, the British Telecom mascot

Beat that Gransnetterssmile

Callistemon Sun 22-Nov-20 15:51:33

I might have been in the traffic jam he caused grin
I heard an announcement on R2 Traffic News to avoid the M40 near Oxford just as I joined the jam.

stewaris Sun 22-Nov-20 14:50:21

The lorry driver who broke down on the motorway. I feel your pain.

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 14:19:08

A shameless bump!
Keep the votes coming in!smile

suziewoozie Sun 22-Nov-20 12:31:18

Riverwalk

Yes, a very strong field! But I've voted for the one that makes me laugh out loud grin

Me too

Riverwalk Sun 22-Nov-20 11:51:09

Yes, a very strong field! But I've voted for the one that makes me laugh out loud grin

suziewoozie Sun 22-Nov-20 11:45:41

This is going to be so difficult ......

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:39:29

That's it folks!
Congratulations to everyone who has made the list!thanks
It was a very difficult job as it was such a strong field.

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed (even those posterswho mentioned the Queen and Mother Teresahmm)

Remember to vote via PM.
Good Luck Everyone! shamrock

CherryCezzy Sun 22-Nov-20 11:36:27

Sorry, couldn't resist!

CherryCezzy Sun 22-Nov-20 11:34:56

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FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:34:34

hf59

During WW2 my late mother in law went out with a boy who claimed he invented powdered milk ....

NUMBER 12

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:33:17

Hildagard

Camilla smiled at our dog when walking in Lacock!

NUMBER 11

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:32:31

Callistemon

Glenys Kinnock told us how to clean leeks.
Whenever I clean a leek I think of Glenys.

NUMBER 10

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:31:33

Alegrias2

Another Ian Anderson one...

My FIL was responsible for inspecting the operation of Ian Anderson's fish farm to make sure it adhered to quality standards.

NUMBER 9

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:30:29

Riverwalk

I know someone related to the owner of the donkey that appears in The Durrells smile

NUMBER 8

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:29:45

Nortsat

My partner’s dentist has also done Eric Clapton’s teeth ...

NUMBER 7

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:28:53

QuaintIrene

I used to deliver papers to the man who had the Kosset cat from the carpet adverts. He had about 8 white Persians, I think. It was hard to count them.
I love the story about Anna Pavlovas shoes.

NUMBER 6

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:27:49

Sparklefizz

I was with my children at a motorway service station when we saw Cannon & Ball. My son (aged 5) ran over to them and Ball told him to F* off.

NUMBER 5

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:26:46

shandi6570

Remember the Cadbury Smash advert? I sold the chess pieces that were used to make the antenna of the martians in the advert.?

NUMBER 4

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:25:45

Ealdemodor

My husband ( a lorry driver) once made the Radio 2 travel news as a broken down lorry on the M6.

NUMBER 3

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:25:02

Glorybee

I stroked the neck of Harvey Smith’s horse in the 70’s

NUMBER 2

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:24:15

NB this is the shortlist.
Not the winners.
They are in chronological order of posting.
Vote for your favourable via PM
Thank you!thanks

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 11:22:19

BlueBelle

I made Bernie Cliftons bed in the late 70 s

NUMBER 1

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 10:53:50

Right.
I've come up with a 'long list' of 25.
Obvious that needs whittling down.
I'm going to put the kettle on and get back to it smilebrew

Moth62 Sun 22-Nov-20 10:40:09

On the Crossroads theme, I was always told I had “a nice face, dear” and often that I looked “like Jane off Crossroads”! Jane was the waitress. I’m sure she was a lovely person, but it’s not what you want to hear as a teenager!

FannyCornforth Sun 22-Nov-20 00:42:48

fiorentina51

Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath had one of my cats kittens. Don't think Ozzy Osborne ate it.......?

My aunty (the same one as in the op) sold a cat to Sir Roy Strong.
As I'm the arty farty one in the family she took me to his house to meet him.
He was just as lovely as you would expect.