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Have you met your hero, did they disappoint?

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  • 08-06-2015 10:55pm
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    diusmr8a504cvk
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    I've never met a hero of mine.
    I know that my brother played darts against John Lowe who is his favourite player and the person who's play style he tries to play like. Needless to say my brother lost but he was disappointed at how unfriendly the man was before and after the game.


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    Grayson
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    It turns out MacGyver isn't a real person


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    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    I met BBC TV host Henry Sellars.

    Very disappointing.

    I'd agree that you should never meet your heroes.


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    Birneybau
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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    I met BBC TV host Henry Sellars.

    Very disappointing.

    I'd agree that you should never meet your heroes.

    The b@stard. Firing him from the BBC! He made the BBC!!!


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    Sand
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    Nope, and I'd actively avoid doing so because it would be underwhelming. You're building up ordinary people into something they're not on the basis of their professional work. Meeting some ordinary punter is not as exciting or interesting for them as it is for the punter.

    "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday."


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    Charlie19
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    I queued for hours to get Ronnie Whelans autograph when I was a kid.

    That was fine but I didn't know that he would turn out to be such a bitter man.


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    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Charlie19 wrote: »
    I queued for hours to get Ronnie Whelans autograph when I was a kid.

    That was fine but I didn't know that he would turn out to be such a bitter man.

    It breaks my heart to see something like that happen to a child.


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    s8n
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    Birneybau wrote: »
    The b@stard. Firing him from the BBC! He made the BBC!!!

    Really - did we need another Ted quote ??


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    Fuzzytrooper
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    s8n wrote: »
    Really - did we need another Ted quote ??

    Careful now!


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    s8n
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    Fuzzytrooper wrote: »
    Careful now!

    Predictable


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    Mr. Incognito
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    I don't have any heros beyond my parents.

    Most people seeking attention do it to fill a void. They are broken people.


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    dr.fuzzenstein
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    Met Terry Pratchett at a disc world convention at Ennistymon. He stood there for hours, drinking pints and was just talking to everyone.
    He was an absolute legend and the nicest man you could possibly meet, plus an absolute fountain of knowledge on just about any subject.
    You could not tell he was ill in any way. Great guy, will remember that for the rest of my life. I'm truly gushing here, but what can I say? The man was great. Still have my signed copy of The Color of Magic.


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    Annasopra
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    Michael D is one of my heroes. He apologised to me for something and gave me a big hug. I was just awestruck for ages.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Links234
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    Stannis Baratheon

    Then I went to one of his barbeques :(


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    Massimo Cassagrande
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    Stephen Seagal -his niceness threw me.


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    Buona Fortuna
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    Bumped into Henry Cooper at Stansted.

    Really pleasant guy.

    Stunk of Brut though :D


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    The Backwards Man
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    Heroes are just like everybody else, some are sound, some are not.


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    Steve_Carella
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    Yes. No.


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    diusmr8a504cvk
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    Waiting for the people who have met Ronan O'Gara to turn up XD


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    NachoBusiness
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    Met a few. Most were sound.

    David Soul, Billy Idol the soundest.


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    MagicMarker
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    s8n wrote: »
    Predictable

    Fupp off.


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    KatW4
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    Met Matt Willis, twice, after he performed in Wicked. He was so nice. He signed everyone's programme, took pictures with everyone and chatted away.

    The second time he was with a friend and about to walk away until he saw me and he walked over to talk to me! I nearly passed out haha! He kissed me on the cheek that time.

    Great guy! I'm sure not everyone would be as kind as him though.


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    dr.fuzzenstein
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Fupp off.

    Yeah, what a grasshole. :P


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    dr.fuzzenstein
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    Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »
    Stephen Seagal -his niceness threw me.

    You sure that wasn't an Ippon Seoinage? :cool:


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    anncoates
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    Does it count if you read their gigantic, much-anticipated autobiography and realized - with a sense of mild devastation - that it was a turgid, pretentious and vindictive train wreck?


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Does it count if you read their gigantic, much-anticipated autobiography and realized - with a sense of mild devastation - that it was a turgid, pretentious and vindictive train wreck?

    My childhood is streets upon streets upon streets upon streets.


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    Clearlier
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    As a kid I met Mick Galwey outside an A international. He was very gracious.

    I've watched a couple of people I know turn into minor hero figures for others and it's bizarre how they're treated. If I find it strange I can't imagine how they find it.


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    TwoShedsJackson
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    Kurt Cobain came in to the place where I work in 1992. Was a nice guy, obviously quite shy and/or not comfortable with being recognised/talked to so I just told him I thought his music was great and left it at that :)

    (although I did photocopy and keep the Visa receipt he signed for the stuff he bought, this was in days when you had to put your card in one of those swipe things with a carbon copy leaflet, none of your fancy automatic dialling things then, oh no!)


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    suicide_circus
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    Met Jean-Claude van Damme once, he gave me a judo chop to the trachea.


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    MetzgerMeister
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    I met Till Lindemann and Paul Landers from Rammstein outside the hotel they were staying in when they played the O2 in 2012. 2 incredibly nice guys.

    Till has been an idol of mine for a very many years :)


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    KTR1C
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    Met Jimmy Savile, now I need a psychologist to "fix it for me" :pac:


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