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right. i am related to the beverley sisters.
and i totally met boris johnson once. brayndedd's aunt is married to pete burn's paedo [forgotten which relative].
obscure claims to fame. GO!!
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and i totally met boris johnson once. brayndedd's aunt is married to pete burn's paedo [forgotten which relative].
obscure claims to fame. GO!!
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Someone I used to wrok with used to go on caravanning holidays with Gary Glitter.
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the kindle for travelling you made was a fair one, damn you
but i can't bring myself to do it. IT'S NOT A BOOK.
claims to fame? er. liam gallagher once signed my shirt. that is really as good as it gets.
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but i can't bring myself to do it. IT'S NOT A BOOK.
claims to fame? er. liam gallagher once signed my shirt. that is really as good as it gets.
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you know it makes sense.
plus, you can download loads of porn and nobody need know.
( , Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:29, Reply)
plus, you can download loads of porn and nobody need know.
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i am the kind of spastic who would forget to charge it
and it would die when i had 3 pages left.
i say read your porn and be proud. bonus points if you get people to tut or to fall in the pool trying to read it over your shoulder.
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and it would die when i had 3 pages left.
i say read your porn and be proud. bonus points if you get people to tut or to fall in the pool trying to read it over your shoulder.
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oh, i do.
but i heart my kindle. it's much comfier for reading in bed as well.
( , Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:36, Reply)
but i heart my kindle. it's much comfier for reading in bed as well.
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Went to the same school as an England rugby international, and the bishop that married Jug-Ears and Dashboard Face.
Also the same place a Walkers advert was filmed.
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Also the same place a Walkers advert was filmed.
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I once pissed on Noel Gallagher's shoe.
I have so many of these that I have trotted out too many times by far so I'll sit this one out and do you all a favour.
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I have so many of these that I have trotted out too many times by far so I'll sit this one out and do you all a favour.
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i decided a man was mark radcliffe last thursday.
it wasn't mark radcliffe.
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it wasn't mark radcliffe.
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yours is better
will be thinking of you on sat - am going to the uk's biggest vinyl shop!
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will be thinking of you on sat - am going to the uk's biggest vinyl shop!
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aye! is in manchester
near afflecks palace. where i haven't been since i was about 15.
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near afflecks palace. where i haven't been since i was about 15.
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My dad's cousin is kind of famous in America
and lives in Beverly Hills. Most excitingly she lived next door to Ozzy Osbourne.
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and lives in Beverly Hills. Most excitingly she lived next door to Ozzy Osbourne.
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oh and I was in a band with the bassist from Athlete
(the school band)
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(the school band)
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With the help of the boys from The Herbaliser, I once stole some hash off Grooverider.
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Just to make it perfectly clear, the film I mentioned....
I did not in anyway download it using file sharing software from jaybob on isohunt.
( , Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:35, Reply)
I did not in anyway download it using file sharing software from jaybob on isohunt.
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...whose father eats his Xmas dinner at my mother's house every year.
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good.
can you get her to tell him that when he goes on stage at beautiful days friday week he is to tell all his wanky hipster fanboys to shut the fuck up?
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can you get her to tell him that when he goes on stage at beautiful days friday week he is to tell all his wanky hipster fanboys to shut the fuck up?
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Me and Pete Wiggs from St Etienne once nicked a bottle of vodka from a bar in Camden
and then drank it in the street, wearing monkey masks.
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and then drank it in the street, wearing monkey masks.
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I'm glad they cut this line from Fight Club, it would've been a bit insensitive
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the woman from the new owners is ropey as fuck
i mean, she's got this growth on the side of her forehead, looks like a faceboob
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i mean, she's got this growth on the side of her forehead, looks like a faceboob
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my grandma once got pissed and fell on her stone fireplace
we went to see her in hospital and she had a big black cartoon lump that looked exactly like a dick. my mum and i could not stop laughing; poor old grandma got really pissed off with us.
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we went to see her in hospital and she had a big black cartoon lump that looked exactly like a dick. my mum and i could not stop laughing; poor old grandma got really pissed off with us.
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I once kicked Ex-England international football player
Andy Cole in the bollocks, Trustory
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Andy Cole in the bollocks, Trustory
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I am mates with a drummer
Who had a UK top 20 and two UK top 40 hits in 2004-05 as well and an album that reached number 14 in the UK album charts. I am Godfather to his niece.
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Who had a UK top 20 and two UK top 40 hits in 2004-05 as well and an album that reached number 14 in the UK album charts. I am Godfather to his niece.
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i used to be taught history by the bass player from The Jennifers,
After he left they went on to become Supergrass.
I'm in over my head here, they guy I'm here to be a witness for was proper on the steal, he didn't tell me half the stuff that has come out in this hearing, I really don't want to be associated with him in front of the boss here.
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After he left they went on to become Supergrass.
I'm in over my head here, they guy I'm here to be a witness for was proper on the steal, he didn't tell me half the stuff that has come out in this hearing, I really don't want to be associated with him in front of the boss here.
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'The Luggage' has broken out the badass ignore function, and is totally ignoring my ass
Remember kids don't remind him of his virginity, that causes upset
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Remember kids don't remind him of his virginity, that causes upset
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I was lectured in petrology by the drummer out of Coldplay's dad...
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Sorry, that was rubbish - I just got excited by you mentioning petrology!
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my dad's cousin was on a professional baseball team for a season
I met Gavin DeGraw a few times
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I met Gavin DeGraw a few times
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i am friends with Thom Yorkes wife,
We often go to parties at his house. He is a grumpy, but lovely man.
Jeremy Paxman used to sit at the bar in a restaurant I worked in and we'd do the crossword together.
My band did a brief tour of south england supporting The Birthday Massacre, and met a host of people along the way, including Nikki Sixx and Slash.
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We often go to parties at his house. He is a grumpy, but lovely man.
Jeremy Paxman used to sit at the bar in a restaurant I worked in and we'd do the crossword together.
My band did a brief tour of south england supporting The Birthday Massacre, and met a host of people along the way, including Nikki Sixx and Slash.
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If you've never made an 'eye for the ladies' joke at his expense
then I'm not sure we can be friends any more.
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then I'm not sure we can be friends any more.
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My grandfather was the star witness in the Sex Pistols 'bollocks' trial.
'WE KNOW, MONTY, SHUT UP PLEASE'
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'WE KNOW, MONTY, SHUT UP PLEASE'
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Chris Evans called me a cunt.
Feris Bueller is a cunt and his coked up agent tried to start a fight with me.
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Feris Bueller is a cunt and his coked up agent tried to start a fight with me.
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Apparently I served some guy
who was in Twin Town when I worked in a photo lab. I didn't recognise him. I think it was the one with sideburns
( , Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:45, Reply)
who was in Twin Town when I worked in a photo lab. I didn't recognise him. I think it was the one with sideburns
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I am the last person that Magnuss Magnusson said "I've started so I'll finish" to.
Well, on television, anyway. He might have said it to his wife at some point after that, I suppose.
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Well, on television, anyway. He might have said it to his wife at some point after that, I suppose.
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I've sucked the tits of the frontman from Electric Head Funk's mum.
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luckily it seems that everyone else is a flouncing whingebaby who has you on LOLIGNORE
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i'm pretty revolted too
everyone knows it's your mum's girlfriend with the decent rack
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everyone knows it's your mum's girlfriend with the decent rack
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My mate's sister's ex boyfriend
is the guy who played Loki in The Avengers
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is the guy who played Loki in The Avengers
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My Mum's cousins' ex-husband's cousin
Is Craig McLachlan. But you probably already know that.
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Is Craig McLachlan. But you probably already know that.
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I've met Suede a bunch of times
Including one occasion when I threw up down myself in front of Richard Oakes and Neil Codling after an evening of Jaegermeisters.
I also met Sharlene Spiteri and Lars Ulrich. That's about it.
Oh, I met hardcore legend Mick Foley earlier in the year, but that because I was there to watch his show.
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Including one occasion when I threw up down myself in front of Richard Oakes and Neil Codling after an evening of Jaegermeisters.
I also met Sharlene Spiteri and Lars Ulrich. That's about it.
Oh, I met hardcore legend Mick Foley earlier in the year, but that because I was there to watch his show.
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Brett Anderson turned up at my mate's party
at 5am wearing a dressing gown. Everyone was leaving.
He sat on the sofa being ignored and refused to take the hint that the party was over.
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at 5am wearing a dressing gown. Everyone was leaving.
He sat on the sofa being ignored and refused to take the hint that the party was over.
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My friend Kim roadied for them for a few years.
Apparently when Brett gave up cocaine, he tried to insist that all the crew did the same. They told him in no uncertain terms to get fucked.
I have to say I can't stand the band.
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Apparently when Brett gave up cocaine, he tried to insist that all the crew did the same. They told him in no uncertain terms to get fucked.
I have to say I can't stand the band.
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I did hear a rumour once that people like different things
I think it's bullshit myself. Everyone should just like what I like, then we don't need to argue.
Nah, they're not everyone's cup of tea. I guess I just preferred them to a lot of other contemporary british bands at the time.
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I think it's bullshit myself. Everyone should just like what I like, then we don't need to argue.
Nah, they're not everyone's cup of tea. I guess I just preferred them to a lot of other contemporary british bands at the time.
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As Arbiter of Taste for the whole world, I couldn't agree less.
I was into different stuff in those years, I suppose.
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I was into different stuff in those years, I suppose.
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Mick Foley is ace, a friend of mine sent me a picture of him shaking Mick's hand recently
I could have killed him.
My friend, obviously, not Mick. Any man that falls off a cell and gets back up is fucking insane
( , Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:59, Reply)
I could have killed him.
My friend, obviously, not Mick. Any man that falls off a cell and gets back up is fucking insane
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I touched him with my mortal hand
I've got a picture of me, him and Mr Socko together. Oh so proud.
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I've got a picture of me, him and Mr Socko together. Oh so proud.
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I went to see his stand up with Internet Sensation™ and /talk mod Manolith
It was really good. You needed to have a bit of rasslin' knowledge, but it was still funny.
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It was really good. You needed to have a bit of rasslin' knowledge, but it was still funny.
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I was quite tempted, but I was very skint when he toured near me, sadly.
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Yeah, Manolith will only tour the Benelux nations
Tax dodge apparently
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Tax dodge apparently
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My P.E. teacher was roommates with Seb Coe at Loogabarooga University
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I heart Sebastian Coe.
He's done wonders for London and the UK as a whole.
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He's done wonders for London and the UK as a whole.
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My friend Richard bullied Brian Molko of Placebo at a party, until he cried.
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Are you the one who was at a party with someone from St Etienne as well?
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Oh here's my most obscure
A guy I lived with at uni, his cousin was one of the child actors on Australian kids TV show "The Tribe" it was shown on channel 5 early weekend mornings and it was shit.
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A guy I lived with at uni, his cousin was one of the child actors on Australian kids TV show "The Tribe" it was shown on channel 5 early weekend mornings and it was shit.
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My Ex was obsessed with that show
and I mean proper mental obsessed, she used to make The Tribe scrap books and used to go to those meet the actors from the tribe things in London to get her picture taken with them.
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and I mean proper mental obsessed, she used to make The Tribe scrap books and used to go to those meet the actors from the tribe things in London to get her picture taken with them.
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My brother was taught by someone that was taught at Uni by J. R. R. Tolkien.
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My brother used to hang about with his granddaughter.
She died from smack.
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She died from smack.
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I dreamt I'd written The Hobbit last night.
I was Tolkien in my sleep.
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I was Tolkien in my sleep.
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Kris Needs once left some MASSIVE DRUGS in the DJ booth at Turnmills, which I immediately nicked.
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James Dean Bradfield has told me in detail about his masturbatory habits.
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I bought his solo album for 2p from Asda
When I text'd my friend to tell him about this amazing bargain, he replied by saying 'It just cost you 5 times that just to tell me'
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When I text'd my friend to tell him about this amazing bargain, he replied by saying 'It just cost you 5 times that just to tell me'
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One of my Lecturers at Uni was Dennis Leigh
AKA John Foxx from Ultravox.
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AKA John Foxx from Ultravox.
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I once crossed a road the opposite way to Richard Wilson
In Edinburgh.
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In Edinburgh.
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Sarah Greene tried to sell me a pool table
Unsurprisingly, it was in poor condition.
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Unsurprisingly, it was in poor condition.
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Ooh, one of my lecturers at college
Was shoulder barged to the floor of a pub by Joe Strummer. I wasn't there, so I cannot confirm the verisimiltude of this tale.
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Was shoulder barged to the floor of a pub by Joe Strummer. I wasn't there, so I cannot confirm the verisimiltude of this tale.
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I knocked Craig Bellamy flying on Northumberland Street in Newcastle once
when he expected me to move out of the way
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when he expected me to move out of the way
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Continuing your theme of musicians in shops
I saw Beck in a vintage clothes shop in Dublin and Luke Haines in Topshop in Brighton.
Edit: Oh and Bobby Gillespie in Sainsbury's, also in Brighton.
( , Thu 2 Aug 2012, 14:47, Reply)
I saw Beck in a vintage clothes shop in Dublin and Luke Haines in Topshop in Brighton.
Edit: Oh and Bobby Gillespie in Sainsbury's, also in Brighton.
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i got barged walking through brighton station
by this long thin drink of piss with a bad dye job, loads of tacky gold jewellery and a past-her-prime trophy wife (with leslie ash troutlips) on his arm. called him a prick, told him to watch where he was going.
looked familiar though.
later saw him in a local news story. nick cave.
should have bought a limo instead of that look-at-me rolex, you cowboy-booted giraffe bastard.
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by this long thin drink of piss with a bad dye job, loads of tacky gold jewellery and a past-her-prime trophy wife (with leslie ash troutlips) on his arm. called him a prick, told him to watch where he was going.
looked familiar though.
later saw him in a local news story. nick cave.
should have bought a limo instead of that look-at-me rolex, you cowboy-booted giraffe bastard.
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I know Nick Cave
He's quite a nice bloke, in fact
When I first met him, I thought to myself, "Blimey, that guy must get sick of people telling him he looks like Nick Cave." Luckily I didn't say that to him...
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He's quite a nice bloke, in fact
When I first met him, I thought to myself, "Blimey, that guy must get sick of people telling him he looks like Nick Cave." Luckily I didn't say that to him...
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Im related to the Huguenots
as I found out once when i was on the phone... the guy on the call discovered my name and proceeded to say i was pretty much royalty from where he was, and the church he went to. He was extatic and saw it as a sign from god... to say i was confused was an understatment.
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as I found out once when i was on the phone... the guy on the call discovered my name and proceeded to say i was pretty much royalty from where he was, and the church he went to. He was extatic and saw it as a sign from god... to say i was confused was an understatment.
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I bumped into Prince Harry in a toilet
Tripped over Maureen Lipman in Boots, nearly walked into Neil Morrissey in an airport and was held down by the ankles by Kris Akabusi at the tender age of 8.
AWOOGA.
All of these are absolutely true.
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Tripped over Maureen Lipman in Boots, nearly walked into Neil Morrissey in an airport and was held down by the ankles by Kris Akabusi at the tender age of 8.
AWOOGA.
All of these are absolutely true.
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I once posted in a thread started by Captain Cavy off of the internet.
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I was once interviewed by Lorraine Kelly
I saw her last night on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, being all filthy-mouthed and rude. Made me feel a bit strange.
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I saw her last night on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, being all filthy-mouthed and rude. Made me feel a bit strange.
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Couple of mates are named in the credits of a Levellers dvd.
Also my missus snogged Mark Chadwick. I used his hat as an ashtray.
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Also my missus snogged Mark Chadwick. I used his hat as an ashtray.
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I supplied the 1980s video camera used by the boys in the film "Son Of Rambow"
so I'm in the credits, too
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so I'm in the credits, too
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