A Conversation for Talking Point: Have You Ever Met Anyone Famous?
Carol Smillie and Des Lynam
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Started conversation May 11, 2005
On different aircraft, same route.
I actually sat next to Des. I didn't bother speaking to him. I have zero interest in football and wouldn't have known what to say.
I've often seen Carol Smillie. She's a lot smaller than she looks on TV, and was always disturbingly bubbly for a 7am flight. She used to wear her Changing Room sweatshirt - presumably in case anyone didn't recognise her.
Oh...and I once saw James Coburn at the gates to Downing Street. And Denholm Eliott in a gay pub in Camden.
Carol Smillie and Des Lynam
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted May 11, 2005
Oh...and Antonio Carluccio once stood on my toe as he was directing some guys carrying a huge Gaggia machine outside his shop on Neal St...
...and I once stood on Seb Coe's foot in the Pack Horse pub in Loughborough.
Does the keyboard player from Lloyd Cole and the Commotions count?
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