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

My aunt's dog was born in the palace of the Sultan of Oman.

A school friend of mine baked a birthday cake for Lester Piggott.

Oooh, I've got a couple of good really lame ones.

Charlton Heston was the godfather of my first-cousin-once-removed's ex-husband. Bought them a Cadillac for a wedding pressie.

Father Dougal (out of Fr Ted) is the son of my granny's sisters' doctor.

ooh I've just remembered another one.

The brother of the guy who played Bernard in Yes Minister* (Derek Fowlds, his brother, ironically is called Bernard ) lives on the same street where I grew up


*OK more recently in Heartbeat

BTW, Mal - there must be a great "Rabbi's Cat" style comic that could be made about the dog who was born in the palace of the Sultan of Oman!

It does lead to a whole host to questions, doesn't it? Like: how do you know it was born there? Was the mother a guest, a resident or a palace-crasher? How did it get from Oman to Mala's aunt?

I feels like there's a long and complex story here, and we've only been given the last sentence.


Geggs

I'll forever know him as Mr Derek from Basil Brush

The mother belonged to a stable hand in the royal stables. And my aunt was working for the Sultan as a librarian at the time.

Everybody says he did Basil Brush - I don't remember him at all - yet Basil Brush was one of my favourite things when I was small

Isn't your granny's sister your great-aunt? Sounds better your way, though, KB.


My youngest son started school at the same school and on the same day as Hans-Peter Briegel's son. H-P B being a German national footballer who lived in our village at the time.

I remember the first episode of Basil Brush with "Mr Derek", and he made fun of Derek's name. According to his dictionary, a derrick was a type of crane, and a crane was a long-legged bird, so Mr Derek must be a long-legged bird! h-h-h-haaaaaa-haaaaaa! boom boom!

Ooh, got another one.

At school my mother was in the year below the guy who played the strong man in 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum" - Stuart something his name was iirc.

Stuart McGugan no less, and apparently he's still going, of a fashion.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570093/