h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Alexei Sayle? Smiling and humming? That can't be right! Does he wear a suit three sizes too small in real life too?

yes which made me think "The tailoring on Savile Row has gone right downhill these days!"

Do people also stare after him and whisper "Who's that fat bastard?" to each other in real life?

ahhh there I must disappoint you - but there was no one else around at the time!

Ah well.... my mother insists she once saw Gary Wilmot walking down the street in Falkirk, but it seems very unlikely to me.

My Mum works for Damon Hill's insurance broker. Does this count.

Ohhhhhh Yesssssss, it counts!!!!!!!!!!!

Good, cos Adrian Newie (however you spell it) also uses my Mums boss (for the purposes of insurance)

He must be a very "High Risk Broker".

Does he wear a dodgy wide pin strip suit, and drive a convertable?

Is he 49, going on 25?

He insures their houses not the cars. Anyway could you get insurance for a F1 racing car?

And in answer to your questions, no dodgy suit, no convertable, and he's more like 49 going on 18 (but only some of the time)

My claim to fame is that I was very nearly introduced to George Harrison. I was eating a bacon buttie and chatting to some of the crew making the film “Nuns on the Run” (long story). It was made by Handmade Films, and the ex-Beatle was one of the investors. Anyway, there I was eating the buttie when a man in a suit turned up with George Harrison and said “George, I’d like you to meet some of the crew. This is our cameraman, and this is our focus puller, and this …” at this point he gave me a funny look as if I had no business there (which I hadn’t). So you could say George Harrison has been introduced to me, but I haven’t been introduced to George Harrison.