I Saw Rolf Harris Today

DublinWriter · 23-05-2010 10:50PM

brummytom wrote: »

I came out of WHSmith and whispered to my dad "Did you just see that bloke?"

To which, your Dad should have replied, "Can you tell who it is yet?"

dan de man · 23-05-2010 10:51PM

met roy keane in a hotel in hale,manchester,his brother and a few mates were over for a match so he called into them,seemed very down to earth, got a photo with him when he was leaving.
also johnathan rhys meyers used to live in buttevant which is close to where i am from and have seen him in pubs a few times,was a few years ago before his career really took off,and its johnny o keeffe :rolleyes:
...and tabby:D

23-05-2010 11:01PM

Seen:

Pat Kenny
Boyzone (not by choice mind you)
Joe Stack (RTE Sport)
Colm Murray (RTE Sport)
Nuala Carey
Gerard Fleming
Ruth Scott
Mark McCabe
Claire Tully

Met:

Laura Woods: Went along to The Café once and she had a little chat with me after the show.
Fiona Mulhall (Play TV): Dropped her laptop for repair into work on two occasions. Couldn't have been nicer to me in fairness.
Robert Arkins (played Jimmy Rabbitte in The Commitments): Dropped his PC in for repair. Seemed sound enough but I pretended I didn't know him.

lil'bug · 23-05-2010 11:07PM

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Met wee Daniel O Donnell outside Croke Park before the All Ireland final in 1992 when Donegal beat Dublin, I was only a youngster then and was well impressed.

Met Charlie McGettigan not long after Rock n Rock Kids (best Eurovision song ever btw).

Almost walked right passed Martin Gore from Depeche Mode as he was browsing around Stephens Green Shopping Centre the day after I was at their concert in Dublin last December, I was in another world and just recognised him at the last moment.

Met Tommy Gemmell and Billy McNeill, former Celtic players from the Lisbon Lions team that won the European Cup in 1968.

Was sitting behind Denis Irwin on a flight to Manchester a few years ago and on the return flight was behind Pauline "Mrs Doyle" McLynn.

David McSavage tried shouting something at me as I walked past one of his street performances in Cork a couple of years ago, I was listening to my ipod at the time and wasnt going to ruin the flow of a good song for a gimp like him so I just kept walking.

oh wow what was Marti like?????
i was at the gig as well great night

jefreywithonef · 23-05-2010 11:10PM

Met Black Francis and Joey Santiago (of Pixies), and once asked Howard Marks (or Mr Nice, an old drug lord) a few inane questions in a club.

Smcgie · 23-05-2010 11:12PM

Met samantha mumba in coppers one night. I says to her hey do you recognize me from the tv? She just goes **** off you dick.

I just laughed in her face

Rozabeez · 23-05-2010 11:41PM

Duke Special, think I scared him just a tad as I was very drunk/dressed as Minnie Mouse and showering him with hugs.

cherryghost · 23-05-2010 11:52PM

Met Brian McFadden (I'm related :rolleyes:), Bono, Van der Saar, Marc Overmars and Fernando Morientes

whiteboy · 23-05-2010 11:54PM

I had to google image Rolf Harris to see who he was, I recognized him instantly

up for anything · 24-05-2010 12:04AM

antocann wrote: »

i think i seen my left hand to day , not to sure cos wen i put it in my pocket it was GONE !!!
almost like it disapered

diaper/disapora

ziedth · 24-05-2010 12:16AM

Jack charlton, pure gent.

Brendan Grace, seemed grand.

Played against Kevin Doyle, Noel Hunt and Daryl Murphy at different times. Hunt Is a knob other two grand but young at the time.

Redmal · 24-05-2010 01:13AM

I worked in a big fancy jewellers in london years ago, served a few people from Eastenders, Janine, Pat Butcher, Bepe, Samantha Janus (moody, maybe just having a bad day) she wasn't in Eastenders at the time though. I also served Denzel from Only Fools and Horses and Richard Madeley (really nice bloke actually). In another shop I served Paul Young and David Seaman.

I've seen Daniella Westbrook eating a bag of chips out in London, Ricky from Eastenders, Nick Barmby, Anthony Costa was in the same restaurant as me (TGI Fridays) just as Blue were starting out. I didn't know who he was at the time though, my sister pointed him out.

I also saw Jack Nicholson at Shannon airport years ago.

Oooo almost forgot, I went to school next door to Spurs old training ground in Mill Hill. Saw everyone, Gary Lineker nearly ran me over, Paul Gascoigne flashed at us, we used to see them training all the time, got loads of autographs but can't remember them all though.

My name is URL · 24-05-2010 01:20AM

Redmal wrote: »

Janine, Pat Butcher, Bepe, Samantha Janus, Denzel from Only Fools, Richard Madeley , Paul Young , David Seaman, Daniella Westbrook, Ricky from Eastenders, Nick Barmby, Anthony Costa

That sounds like the lineup of a series of I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here

Jack Nicholson

Does he still win if he kills everyone else with a golf club?

Scarinae · 24-05-2010 01:30AM

Redmal wrote: »

Paul Gascoigne flashed at us

:eek: Seriously? Wtf?

martingore · 24-05-2010 02:27AM

Katie Melua today on south annes steet

davyjose · 24-05-2010 02:57AM

Daniel O'Donnell helped me get a can of club Orange off the shelf in the RTE canteen when I was about seven. I didn't know who he was, just noticed that his breathe smelled of beans.

take everything · 24-05-2010 02:59AM

jill_valentine wrote: »

and some of Arcade Fire who were incredibly Canadian and bent over backwards to help me out.

Bloody groupies.
Kidding.

take everything · 24-05-2010 03:06AM

merengueca wrote: »

Eric Cantona at a petrol station nr Manchester

Wow, always wondered what he was doing now.

jill_valentine · 24-05-2010 03:22AM

take everything wrote: »

Bloody groupies.
Kidding.

That was an unfortunate choice of words on my part.

Should have seen it coming, I suppose. Uh, so to speak.

Pride Fighter · 24-05-2010 03:22AM

Real life, on the street.

George Hook-rugby pundit
Brent Pope- ruby pundit (saw them at different times)
Jerry Kiernan- athletics pundit RTE
Mick McCarthy
Eddie O'Sullivan

I did not bother them or say hello. I think their private lives should be that.

At events where one would expect to see them.

Rich Franklin
John Hathaway
Yushin Okami
Caol Uno
Stefan Struve
Tomasz Drawl
Dennis Siver
Terry Etim

All UFC fighters, have my picture with all of them.

blahblah06 · 24-05-2010 04:20AM

Have had a few famous ppl in my taxi but the most famous person in my eyes I met last week in las Vegas was James bubba stewart.

Met lots off other motocross riders that night but he stood out and I will never forget that day

Adyx · 24-05-2010 04:27AM

I nearly ran into Dana and knocked her down a flight of stairs when I was in school. Was at a Ron Sexsmith gig in Kilkenny years ago and met him later having a pint outside the pub across the road. Really nice and quite chatty. I've also served one of guys from D'Unbelievables a couple of times in work. We also met Ray D'Arcy when we were on a school trip to the Aran Islands.

No real celebs there and the only person out of them I'd have any time for is Ron Sexsmith.

ElaElaElano · 24-05-2010 05:23AM

Met Craig Charles once, aka Dave off Red Dwarf, aka Lloyd off corrie, he was doing a DJ set- the guy was absolutely fúcked out of his mind, hopping around the place, couldn't sit still and talking complete and utter rubbish. Dead friendly though.

Have met loads and loads of Manchester City players and staff over the years but I'm guessing no-one except Xavi gives a toss so moving on swiftly...

Who else...oh George Hook in the airport. Roaring at some lad in a suit because his flight was late, you could see the spit flying all over the place. Hated him anyway but finding out he's actually even more of a cúnt in real life than on telly sealed it.

OutlawPete · 24-05-2010 05:35AM

martingore wrote: »

Katie Melua today on south annes steet

No way! :eek:

Jealous :mad:

Jesus Wept · 24-05-2010 06:06AM

Just remembered, was walking down a busy corridor of a hotel in Vegas, turned around and Ron Jeremy was walking behind us.

CHD · 24-05-2010 06:27AM

Lots of z listers.

Best one is I threw eggs at Bryan McFadden and Kerry Katonas house in Wicklow. Good times.

Bob Z · 24-05-2010 06:59AM

Rolf Harris? I hope ye told him where to stick his. Didgeridoo

Abrasax · 24-05-2010 08:41AM

Met Steve Davis in Gatwick Airport.
Co Stompe, the darts player, when he was a conductor on the number 14 tram in Amsterdam, stamped my tram ticket.
I meet Remy Bonjasky and Mirko Crocop every now and again as I train in the same gym as them.
I use to live just around the corner from the Corrs, so knew them before they were famous.
And I met Howard Marks, one of my heroes, one time in Ibiza. Very friendly guy.

Kasabian · 24-05-2010 09:33AM

Met Paris Hilton in the Mirage in Las Vegas , lovely girl.

geeky · 24-05-2010 09:47AM

ardinn wrote: »

Tiger Woods - €500 Tip to the restaurant staff.

Was he trying to knob them all?

Anyway, I worked in Selfridges for a while and had the privilege of trying to serve (and frightening off) a surprisingly-shy Brendan Gleeson, directing an impeccably polite Will Young to the jacks, and sorting out Salaman Rushdie with a new pair of trouserss. At the time, he'd just started reappearing in public again with a massive bodyguard. I had to break the bad news that, presumably due to years of Fatwa-related inactivity, he'd need to move up a size. I then led him to the till, where he was served by a very hard-core muslim man - this guy prayed daily for the welfare of Osama Bin Laden, and his eyes were out on stalks when he saw Rushdie.

Apparently I just missed Ricky Gervais coming in by an hour. The Office had just finished at the time and he was a big fecking deal, but he was reportedly really nice, very self-effacing, and generally just like he is in interviews.

I Saw Rolf Harris Today

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