"Lame To Fame"

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In the Other Sports section of the forum I mentioned that when I was 12 I won a competitive snooker match against a chap who is now ranked 110 in the world. Relkeel pointed out that it was what is known as a "lame to fame" and countered with his, which was that he once nearly hit a 6 off someone who once bowled out the Surrey and England cricketer Martin Bicknell.

Melendez's "lame to fame" is that he once beat a future triple Irish record holder in a cross-country race, while Brian had the bottle to admit that he was once interviewed by Thommo for C4 racing (surely the lamest yet - can it be beaten?).

Everyone has a "lame to fame" - what's yours?
 
Erm.....I'll keep quiet, I reckon!!!! :lol:

Not quite a 'lame to fame' except in racing cirlces - I used to ride out Decoupage everyday, & I have ridden such horses as Shadow Leader & Mysilv also.

Oh, & Nick Faldo's first wife is a friend of mine - had a big shock when I found out that not only did my Dad know her 25 years ago, he also fancied the hell out of her and she keeps asking me when he's coming out to visit as she wants to see him again..... :blink: . Dad was also great mates with Rick Wakeman in the 80's before he & his [then] wife moved to the Isle of Man - I can remember when his youngest son was born (he's about 19/20 now); being about 8 I found it hysterical that anyone would want to name their son Oscar because as far as I was concerned, the only Oscar I knew was green & hairy & lived in a dustbin!!
 
I once slept in the same bed as Julia Roberts but there were a couple of years between the occasions.........i.e she slept in the bed two years before I slept in it. :rolleyes:

Colin
 
Have played cricket against Shane Warne when he was Club professional for a Bristol side in his younger days, also Eldine Baptiste and also against various jockeys in the days when SWRC played against them on the Sunday between the Saturday and Monday meetings at Newton Abbot which started the NH season.
Thanks to my daughter who at the time worked for HMV I played for them at Blenheim Palace against a celebrity team including Tim Rice, Leslie Grantham, Lee Dixon, Paul Davis, Clive Hormby and others who I have forgotten now !

I used to work with the brother of Jethro, the Cornish comedian, and have met him on several occasions, have also said a quick hello to Catherine Zeta Jones at a Radio One Roadshow prior to her moving to the States.

There may be others too :confused: :blink:
 
I was on Jim'll Fix It when I was a child and I have the badge to prove it :ph34r:
 
Gwyneth Paltrow once stuck her hand down my trousers in an airport lounge. I said to her "get your hand out of there and don't treat me like a piece of meat you immature bint".
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My lame to fame is that I had my photo taken with John McCririck just after he had commentated on the Butlins Bognor Regis Donkey Derby Final...

I was 11. I still think that is no excuse.
 
My lame to fame is that I have a bronze medal for 3rd in Northern Ireland for heptathalon . I was 6th in the All Ireland for high jump too . 1 metre 61 when I was 16 .
 
Pretty good Sols! Commiserations, Purr!

Mine are I used to compete in the pairs section at our local Hunter trials with Leslie Law (now Olympic gold medallist in 3 day event) as a teenager.

My second one is that my grandmother & her twin sister were in the Guiness Book of Records after a "family painting" just happened to turn out to be a Gainsborough & went for the hgighest amount recorded at the time for a British Artist (about £350K - shame it would have made millions now).
 
Originally posted by Honest Tom@May 5 2005, 10:23 PM
Gwyneth Paltrow once stuck her hand down my trousers in an airport lounge. I said to her "get your hand out of there and don't treat me like a piece of meat you immature bint".
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My lame to fame is I sit in the bench behind two international rugby players in church.

I'll try think of a better one, I must have one.
 
Before he became famous Jim Kerr of Simple Minds asked my future wife (a punk rocker at the time - I always had a terrible weakness for the punk rockers - the leather minis and the smell of the carbolic and all that) to a party. I often wonder how my life would've turned out if the bitch hadn't knocked him back.
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Holding the bank at Shoot Pontoon, I had the third and final round to go to rake in a very healthy profit and bloody Richard Hannon shot the lot and won!
 
My lame to fame is that I was once stumped off the bowling of Nasser Hussain when I was 11 .
 
That is lame!!

I hit a boundary off Steve Harmison 9 years ago. He got me out next ball and i nearly saw it!!
 
I had hit thefirst ball of the over for four over young NH's head - he was very young . Then much to my surprise this one turned sharply :shy:
 
It's impossible to compete with Ho-ho-Hartigan, his interview with Thommo really does take all the biscuits.

I once beat a yet-to-become international chess master, David Levy, in a blitz chess tournament, but as he'd alredy qualified for the final, it was a bit of a soft victory to say the least.

My father once had a dinner date with Hedy Lamarr, fought an exhibition bout with Rocky Marciano, and turfed Yehudi Menuhin out of his bunk aboard a Boeing Clipper to get at the extinguisher to put out a fire in one of the engines (not on the same day though).
 
I've racked my brains and can't think of anyone. I can't even recall seeing someone famous let alone talking to them. I must get out more. Although come to think of it I did see Frankie Detori at the races, in fact now I'm on a roll I've seen lots of famous people but they all seem to be involved in racing. :lol:
 
While we're on cricket, I once spent four hours sitting next to Keith Miller at a dinner and the most entertaining four hours it was too.
 
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