Claim to lame

Lockstep

This might have been done before but I found no mention of it in the search buttons.


Allrighty, we all have our terrible claim to fames. We walked past some C-list celebrity or our dog bit some actor on the chin. Who here can come up with the most piss-poor claim to fame?

I'll start the ball rolling, I went out with a girl who went to a house party at Emma Watson's and Emma Watson's little brother tried to get her into bed. The cheeky little scamp

Also, I saw the guy who plays Bob in Fair City in a hotel in Dublin.

dlofnep

Who is Emma Watson?

I served yer man with the schmig in Fair City a few years back. Can't say I'm the type of person who gets starstruck.

Lockstep

dlofnep wrote: »

Who is Emma Watson?

I served yer man with the schmig in Fair City a few years back. Can't say I'm the type of person who gets starstruck.

Emma Watson plays Herminone Granger in the Harry Potter movies.

Statso

dlofnep wrote: »

Who is Emma Watson?

I served yer man with the schmig in Fair City a few years back. Can't say I'm the type of person who gets starstruck.

Emma Watson is the girl from the Harry Potter movies.

dlofnep

Oh right, haven't watched them. Is she hot/legal? Nevermind, I'll google her.

dlofnep

She's cute. Bit young though.

AlmightyCushion

I showed one of the guys from Westlife where the beans are in Tesco.

deisemum

I was on Open House with Marty and Mary, had a make-over not long before the show finished. Met so many RTE people in the canteen.

I've had my photo with Sonia O Sullivan plus interview in several newspapers.

Met several premier league footballers through my job when I worked in London, god I loved that job.:D:D Also met some Eastender actors/actresses plus numerous C list tv actors.

Met Helen whatever her name is, the English astronaut who went into space with the russians.

Colin Farrell was at a table near me in a well known restaurant.

peasant

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I showed one of the guys from Westlife where the beans are in Tesco.

I let the other guy from Westlife in his Ferrari out of a tight spot in front of the shop by backing up a bit

and I almost walked over Chris de Burgh at Dublin airport once ...he's tiny and I was in a rush


oh...and I had words with the secretary general of NATO once ...he was drunk and had swiped my pint

GhostInTheRuins

I sat beside that rugby player in the cinema (You know, the small fella with the mullet) and jeered Marty Whelan in town.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

and jeered Marty Whelan in town.

lol, when I was about 12, I was at some Disney on Ice show with my school, and MArty Whelan was sitting a few rows behind us.

Anyway after the show, a few of us went up and got his autograph. The shame:o

AlmightyCushion

Oh I've got another one. I sat in the same train carriage as some local politician (Not sure if I can call him a politician as I don't think he ever got elected or know any one who voted for him).

GhostInTheRuins

Sean_K wrote: »

lol, when I was about 12, I was at some Disney on Ice show with my school, and MArty Whelan was sitting a few rows behind us.

Anyway after the show, a few of us went up and got his autograph. The shame:o

I know a lad who got the signatures from the members of b*witched when they were picking up someone from a skate park

GhostInTheRuins

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Oh I've got another one. I sat in the same train carriage as some local politician (Not sure if I can call him a politician as I don't think he ever got elected or know any one who voted for him).

That's certainly a lame one alright

The_Minister

The black chick from Breakfast on Pluto. Walked past on the road, only a day or two after seeing the movie.

Ruu_Old

The chap who played Eoin McLove walked past me with a cameraman in Cavan a few years ago.
/me hangs head in shame

Zaph

I know a girl who shagged Colin Farrell. Then again, doesn't everyone.

GhostInTheRuins

Oh I got another one. When I was a young fella, I was waiting for my mam when she was getting her hair cut and the woman that plays Rita (I think) from fair chity came into the hair dressers :cool:

And one time I was in the waiting room of my GP and Johnny Logan was sitting across from me.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

Oh I got another one. When I was a young fella, I was waiting for my mam when she was getting her hair cut and the woman that plays Rita (I think) from fair chity came into the hair dressers :cool:

Another fair city one, when I was collecting money and selling santa bears or something for charity back in transition year, yer one that plays Lana came in and bought one off me.

I also saw the guy who plays one of the gardai in the show at Sydney Parade Dart station

Lirange

Ruu wrote: »

/me hangs head in shame

Don't hang your head.

I crossed paths with Pat Kenny in Skerries.*

*Please don't ban me.

leninbenjamin

one of our MEPs gave out to me before when he used to teach in our school. wee Seanín.

then again he probably gave out to every single student who walked through those doors, seemed that type of guy.

Scraggs

I lent one of RTÉs renowned political correspondants a FF pencil at a press conference. He wasn't impressed.

Milktrolley

The lamest claim to fame I have... Brendan Kilkenny walked past me on O'Connell Street in Dublin about two weeks ago. And there I was thinking that he only wore all that crap on tv.

Miley from Glenroe cycled past me in Rathmines before the summer too.

ansionnachclist

I was on "The Cafe". RTE show I think lol. And I asked the Polish chick from Fairly Sh!ty (dont think shes on it anymore) a question and said she was looking well lol... live on tell. Got embarrassed. Tatyana is her name or something like that.

Lockstep

Nicky from Westlife came with his bint, the Taeoseach's daughter to mass at my church, in Belgium of all places.

I saw Dick Spring at Superquinn as a kid and he was handing out election leaflets, i asked him for a "ticket", he laughed and gave me one. Nice man.


My ex girlfriend had a bitchfight with Brian Eno's daughter.

I knew a girl who looked like Princess Fiona in Shrek, albeit the ogre version.


I met a guy at the Gaelthucht who said he knew the girl who plays Luna Lovegood, said she was a right nutjob.

I met Pat Rabbitte(leader of Labour party), Eamonn Gilmore(same) and the mayo candidates for the Labour Party and Sinn Fein

My old man worked at a bar and served Debbie Harry from Blondie.




Best claim to Lame ever: a man in Galway goes up to random people and tells you how he met Rory Gallagher, if you've ever seen the Little Britain with the woman who says she was Molly Sugden's bridesmaid you'll have a good idea

Lockstep

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Oh I've got another one. I sat in the same train carriage as some local politician (Not sure if I can call him a politician as I don't think he ever got elected or know any one who voted for him).

Milktrolley wrote: »

The lamest claim to fame I have... Brendan Kilkenny walked past me on O'Connell Street in Dublin about two weeks ago. And there I was thinking that he only wore all that crap on tv.

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I'm unsure which of these is a more crappy claim to fame

FlutterinBantam

I was waiting to have a shíte in The Redbank in skerries when a local Fianna Fail councellor vacated the stall.

Left a big coil in there,had to wait for the other one, and who was in it???

Johnny Logan!!!

Cool_CM

I told glen hansard he was a c*nt to his face whilst in the brog, it was great

BrokenArrows

Might as well ad my 2c

when westlife were becoming famous, well known but not millionaires yet me and a group we sitting at this nice spot in a bar in sligo. Was one of the best places in the bar. Well at some point 2 of the westlife guys come in with their entourage and one of the lackies comes up to us asking if he can have the table.

Of course he gets told where to go. He comes back a while later offering to pay for a round.

We had just decided to leave anyway so we took the money for the drinks and left.

Was funny:D

connundrum

I once showed Kerry McFadden (at the time) to her seat.

I practically saved Oliver Stone's life. He tripped on an exposed cable and I caught him as he plunged to certain death.

I stopped yer man from Ireland AM from coming into the club I work. Then I let him in. Him being a dick apparently wasn't a good enough reason not to let him in.

I sat beside Hector (Hector an seo!) on the train from Dublin to Galway. It was before he got all Hollywood and was actually a sound chap.

I once escorted Westlife from their dressing room to the stage. It was super fun and all the lads were sound. Or was the Queens of the Stoneage I'm thinking of...

A lad I used to work with in the Savoy once went up to Bono at a premier and asked him if he would swap sunglasses with him. Sir Bono told him to fuck off saying - 'Do you even know how much these cost?!'

Lockstep

connundrum wrote: »

A lad I used to work with in the Savoy once went up to Bono at a premier and asked him if he would swap sunglasses with him. Sir Bono told him to fuck off saying - 'Do you even know how much these cost?!'

Ha!

Daysha

I gave an interview to MUTV in the Old Trafford megastore a couple of years ago after a match.

Holmer

One day I was in the Dundrum centre and Istood on the escalator beside Amy Huberman (Brian O' Driscoll's bird from The Clinic). She's a ride. Later on that morning I went to the Bewley's on the bottom floor there and Rene AND Bob from Fair City were there. A Galaxy of stars.

Also, I shot JR.

loodles

Was on a flight with Roy Keane. As we boarded the plane he fell up the stairs, twice. Instead of just laughing he tried to act all cool :cool: and pretend it didn't happen. Needless to say we laughed even more.
I also seen Leo from Fair City singing in the Harcourt Hotel - legend...

Senna

Worst claim to lame story. I refused to comp a drink for Daniel O'Donnell's sister (Margo, seemingly she sings too). She actually used the line 'don't you know who i am'.

Holmer

loodles wrote: »

Was on a flight with Roy Keane. As we boarded the plane he fell up the stairs, twice. Instead of just laughing he tried to act all cool :cool: and pretend it didn't happen. Needless to say we laughed even more.
I also seen Leo from Fair City singing in the Harcourt Hotel - legend...

In defense of Roy, my brother asked him for an autograph in the boarding hall of Manchester airport. He gave it to him, then an entire girl's schol tour group noticed him writing it for him and he had to sign for every one of them too. Poor Roy was very nice about it though

GerryRyan

Had a drink and shortish chat with Joe Dolan once - if that counts. Wasn't exactly star struck tbh. Was a bit tipsy and one of the lads had to quietly tell me who he was

Lockstep

Senna wrote: »

She actually used the line 'don't you know who i am'.

Oh mercy!

Jackz

Sold organic veggies to Miley in temple Bar.
Told Ryan Tubridy to " cop on ye ****" as he was trying to barge past me as I was carrying three pints in the Bailey (Waiting for mate who worked there to finish).
Was on the worst tv show of all time Gridlock (Replacement for Blackboard Jungle) I made a mistake and said bolloxs.

johnny_ultimate

Liam Gallagher was in a hotel lobby while my family was sitting there once. He even pointed stylishly at my little brother.

But I didn't know it. I was too busy playing Links Awakening.

Zapp Brannigan

I worked with Johnny Logan's son!!

Seen that Eoin McLove fella loads, he lives near enough to me.

Brendan Gleeson came into the cinema I work in with his son. Went into to see United 93. I was working on ticket collection and ripped his ticket, then when his film had finished he bought ice-cream from me (really nice man), had he gone down the bar after that I would've served him there too.

Uhm, Lucia Evans also came in. But I had no idea who she was and when my workmate told me who she was I just laughed. Tony London from Liberty X was supposedly there too at some point. As well as Shane Lynch (maybe it was him or one of them other ones)

I met Matt Lauer when he was in Galway (I was also seen on tv standing behind him in multiple shots too.. ha ha). Chatted to Louis Walshe too, but didn't like him too much. He had shifty eyes (dun da dun dun)

colm_c

Dickie Rock's sons own/work in our canteen at work.

I also took a ryanair flight from Manchester to Dublin with Den Doherty sitting 2 seats up from me.

YeatsCounty

I was working on the sixth storey of a building in Montreal at the same time as Hillary Duff was on the first floor doing an interview for a local music TV station that encompassed the first 2 floors. It was hell trying to get into the building.....tweenagers everywhere.

A friend of mine is friends with Francis Boylan (he of "The Den" fame and currently of Ocean FM). My wife works in the same building as him at the moment.

togster

Eddie O'Sullivan was my PE teacher. Sound guy.

Met Kate Moss's best friend a few times 8hes sort of famous)and got Brendan O'Carrols autograph:(

And got Enyas autograph:cool:

peasant

I think I've got the lamest of them all...

Many, many years ago I did an English language course in Exmouth, Devon.

Or "teacher" was the brother of the actor who played Doyle in "The Professionals".

What's so particularly lame about this one is that in his first class, after introducing himself he asked the question "do I remind you of anyone?" ...and he only very, very vaguely looked like his brother anyway ... sad really

Saint_Mel

I once knew a fella who knew Sean Kellys bike!

seamus

I once checked out Martin King's grocery shopping.

Ger_Hankey

Many years ago I was in a cafe in London when a friend of my cousin asked would I keep an eye on her kid for a couple of minutes while she and my cousin went to a shop. As we were sitting there, a girl who knew the kid (and his mother) came over to say hello to him and told me I was very good with kids. It was Louise Redknapp (I think she was Nurding back then).


During the run up to the last election I nearly ran over Mary Harney. She was canvassing and she stopped outside my driveway to talk to somebody. I wasn't really looking as I backed my car out and she had to jump out of the way.

6th

I beat Johnny Vegas in an arm wrestling match.

l3LoWnA

dlofnep wrote: »

Who is Emma Watson?

I served yer man with the schmig in Fair City a few years back. Can't say I'm the type of person who gets starstruck.

Are actors from Fair City "stars"?