Claim to fame

[Linda]

Ok - Matt just gave me an idea...

His dad once starred in a Dulux advert, before they decided to start using a dog...

My dad once flew a control line aircraft in the world championships for England, and won.

Tony's mum has been on Radio 2 talking about her tomatoes

Have any members of your family got a "claim to fame"?? Wackyness gains most points!!

[da SLUG man]

that sounds really bad!... he was in a football team and they all had to wear different coloured kit to show off different paint colours!... hehehe!!

[marky]

My SURFS A SOAP STAR HOLLYOAKS.
My sister in law has got a song on the MINISTRY OF SOUND ALBUM.

[da SLUG man]

my cousin is in some "specialist" music group... dead famous in germany apparently and got loads of CDs out but i can't make head nor tail of it... RobD might know of them cos he's into wierd music... called "Endura"

[marky]

Also designed & named a tribute album for BILLY FURY'S 25 Years anniversary of his death for my mates band 50's & 60's Rock & roll band COLIN PAUL & THE PERSUADERS.
My father in law was the Trumpet player for the Group THE IDES OF MARCH who released the song VEHICLE which was in one of stallones films, he was in prison & restored a car cant think what the film was called

[da SLUG man]

bloke on X factor (Odis palmer) was in my class at school... down to last 15 (over 25 group) think he gets booted this week, but simon cowell's been well impressed with him... he works in a furniture shop in town, and his dad was in the USAF at greenham common back in the 80's (when america was cool!)

[Linda]

Guys - its supposed to be an example each of a "family member" not the sister in law of the brother of the guy who ran the paper shop down the road from where your 3rd cousin went to school!!

[Linda]

Oh yeah - I went to school with Jonathan Creek.... and I've been on Dave Lee Travis Radio 1 show when I was 10.

[charlski]

my 9 yr old son skateboarded on a asda ad and regularly skates on tv programmes, was skating vert on the red bull vert ramp programme of RAD the other sunday

[Vagrant No2]

Ive been on TV , on the Noel Edmonds Saturday night show he did before House party about 18 years ago .

Been on radio when I was asked to break into a car a DJ had locked his keys in , DJ decided to do a live link . I was working for AA at the time , not just out on the nick for cars .

Rick

[Chillitt]

im famous!

i sold stevie windwood a map once(hes about 5'3" tall)and we had to order it for him, and when he came to pick it up i had to ask him who he was....the map was of abergavenny....

[TonyN]

Matts dad once starred in a Dulux advert, before they decided to start using a dog...

That is funniest line I've heard in ages......

[kitesurf_phil]

My paternal Grandmothers cousin was Wilfred Hyde-White of Ealing Comedy fame.

I have a picture of my Dad sitting on George Bernard Shaws knee. It was taken at a garden party at Luton Hoo in the 1930s.

My Dad served in the Merchant Navy with Tommy Steele (they used to throw things at him and tell him he was crap whenever he got his guitar out).

I introduced DLT and The Emperor Rosko on stage at................RAF Cosford (Not exactly Caesars Palace).

I met Debbie Harry on the Hammersmith and City line about eight years ago. We had a good chat - there was a signal failure.

[jotto]

Many years ago I sold some wall paper to the boxer john Conteh.

I also did some work on a restaurant owned by Andrew Ridgley and
I have worked at Beckingham palace.

But best of all I plugged this site on 3 counties radio last week.

[qube3]

I've designed furniture/kitchens for the actor john Gordon Sinclair,john peel,Prince Charles cousin,Griff Rhys jones and George Burley (Former Ipswich Town football manager) got a free ticket to the playoffs at wembley a few years back. (his wife is georgeous!!!),The Prodigy Manager(ithink he was the manager, !!!!!! sound bloke though), and oh yeah - met Princess Anne when i was 12. got on the local news for that.