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mysteriousdeltarays

Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Location: Food Pyramid Bldg. 5F, 77 Sunset Strip, Alphaville
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah celebrity! I note that not a single poster mentioned Dave Sperling the ultimate celebrity. |
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knee-highs

Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Location: yes
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone else think knee-highs ruined this thread? Someone's got a bit of a princess complex. |
Growing up around celebs and playing doctor with guys who regularly appear in PEOPLE or on the cover of the National Enquirer has perhaps made my cynical of those who seek respect because they happened to "see" some famous person in a mall parking lot.
There was another thread dissing designer clothes. The middle class loves to play both sides. In one thread complaining that designer clothes are a waste and then in another thread bragging about being an extra in a crowd scene of some movie which featured Kiefer Sutherland. And then, making value judgments about celebrities or else making value judgments about posters on this board. Maybe I am a princess. Or maybe I'm just a skirt with a mouth. But at least I don't need to resort to insulting others to make a point. |
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HapKi

Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| I shouted "Go,Tiger!!" at Tiger Woods at the final round of the 2005 British Open. I'm sure he heard me, and it might have been the little inspiration he needed to push on and win the tournament. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| knee-highs wrote: |
| Or maybe I'm just a skirt with a mouth. |
Wow. That's hot. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| knee-highs wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Anyone else think knee-highs ruined this thread? Someone's got a bit of a princess complex. |
Growing up around celebs and playing doctor with guys who regularly appear in PEOPLE or on the cover of the National Enquirer has perhaps made my cynical of those who seek respect because they happened to "see" some famous person in a mall parking lot.
There was another thread dissing designer clothes. The middle class loves to play both sides. In one thread complaining that designer clothes are a waste and then in another thread bragging about being an extra in a crowd scene of some movie which featured Kiefer Sutherland. And then, making value judgments about celebrities or else making value judgments about posters on this board. Maybe I am a princess. Or maybe I'm just a skirt with a mouth. But at least I don't need to resort to insulting others to make a point. |
Yes dude. We get it. You are the illegitimate kid of some celeb (Lennon?). We all know now. Ok. Congrats!
Back to the thread. |
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oneofthesarahs

Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Location: Sacheon City
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:08 am Post subject: |
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| knee-highs wrote: |
| In one thread complaining that designer clothes are a waste and then in another thread bragging about being an extra in a crowd scene of some movie which featured Kiefer Sutherland. |
Hahahaha...you're right. I'm just a hypocritical, terrible person because I don't like spending a lot of money on clothes but I like campy stories about meeting celebrities.
You got me. I'm crying middle class tears of sorrow right now.
Edited for messed up quote tags. |
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Guri Guy

Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Location: Bamboo Island
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| I met Steven Hawking and had a short conversation with him. I also helped carry his wheelchair up a flight of stairs. Really nice guy I remember. |
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Bondrock

Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Location: ^_^
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| I met Steven Hawking and had a short conversation with him. I also helped carry his wheelchair up a flight of stairs. Really nice guy I remember. |
YEA, OKAY! hawking has a staff.... why lie about a crippled guy..? he dont need no one to carry him upstairs and he has not needed that for many years... so unless you are over fifty you are lyin-brian |
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The Bobster

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| John and Yoko, Timothy Leary, Tommy Smothers, Bob Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman, Nixon, etc. |
Wow, you gotta be older than ME, and that's saying something, haha. Half of those people are dead, I think, many from natural causes ...
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The Bobster

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| mysteriousdeltarays wrote: |
| Ah celebrity! I note that not a single poster mentioned Dave Sperling the ultimate celebrity. |
Had lunch with him. Nice guy. |
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knee-highs

Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Location: yes
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| The Bobster wrote: |
| knee-highs wrote: |
| John and Yoko, Timothy Leary, Tommy Smothers, Bob Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman, Nixon, etc. |
Wow, you gotta be older than ME, and that's saying something, haha. Half of those people are dead, I think, many from natural causes ...
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All we (the royal "we") are saying is "Give Peace a Chance." |
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PBEnglish
Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Your random brushes with fame |
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Let's see here, who have I met.
When I was 6, I met Andre the Giant at Heathrow airport...All I remember about that was looking up into a moving wall. He was really friendly though, and took a photo of me sitting on his shoulder.
When I co-oped for a local newspaper in Canada, I spoke to Tie Domi (now retired NHL player) quite a few times....each time he was a giant asshole.
Met George Romero (director of the orginal "Night of the living dead", among others), he was incredibly kind and friendly
Met Roddy Piper at a bookstore...he was SO friendly, and seemed genuinly moved that people took the time to talk to him
Alice Cooper outside of a Detroit Tigers game...was friendly enough, but his "security" was a bunch of dicks.
Saw David Beckham and his wife (fucking Posh Spice...lol) in a mall in Manchester...wasn't able to talk to them (not that I would want to, lol) due to the security.
Met Bret Hart at a wrestling show...that was very cool. He was very gracious.
Was at a nightclub in Detroit with my ex (we were celebrating a friend's birthday), when I noticed Shaun Rodgers (player for the Detroit Lions) in the club...didn't think anything of it, until we went to pay the bill and found out that he paid for it. Apparently he was "taken" by one of my ex's friends, asked someone about her and was told she was there for a birthday..so he just decided to grab the tab.
Met Jimmy Carter at a Habitat for Humanity build.
Was walking through Cobo Hall in Detroit (a convention center that connects to Joe Louis Arena, where the Detroit Red Wings play), when I saw someone walking towards me, he said hello and nodded, I did the same, before realizing that it was Mick Foley (a pro wrestler).
I know I have a few more, but those are the ones that leap out right now. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I met the cast from Days of Our Lives twice. The second time I partied ith them in the ballroom of the Hyatt. This was in SC. They are people, people, just like the rest of us.^^ They were nice though.^^ |
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cosmo

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:05 am Post subject: |
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knee-highs

Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Location: yes
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| put a cork in it. |
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