Ever come upon anybody famous in public?

Originally posted by Trev33
Funny if I had stayed in Darjeeling for a couple more days he was going to visit a down very close by... unfortunately I had a tea plantation to get to and didn't stay.

I hope you didn't exceed your tea limit on the duty free coming back.

Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
I hope you didn't exceed your tea limit on the duty free coming back.

I posted it back... still have some. Haven't used a tea bag since, horrible things.

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
What are your experiences seeing the famous, and maybe even shaking a hand?

Shook hands with Princess Anne (when I got my degree) -
she shook hands with the entire Albert Hall that day so nothing special!

Shook (enormous) hands with Frank Bruno (British boxer) at a Christmas Party for Special Ed kids. (And met Santa same day!)

Bumped into Esther Rantzen (broadcaster) a few times walking the dogs on Hampstead Heath - she always looked fed-up!

Talking of fed-up saw Clement Freud (broadcaster & grandson of Sigmund)
in shop in Hampstead. Also Howard Lang (Captain Baines from TV's Onedin Line) in same shop.

Rubbed shoulders with Steve Davis (World snooker champion) in my
local pub - Boar's Head, Herongate.

Apart from Frank Bruno they were all exceedingly glum!

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Shook hands with[b] Princess Anne (when I got my degree) -
she shook hands with the entire Albert Hall that day so nothing special!

Shook (enormous) hands with Frank Bruno (British boxer) at a Christmas Party for Special Ed kids. (And met Santa same day!)

Bumped into Esther Rantzen (broadcaster) a few times walking the dogs on Ha ...[text shortened]... y
local pub - Boar's Head, Herongate.

Apart from Frank Bruno they were all exceedingly glum![/b]

How was the shoulder rubbing experience? Is that an Inuit ritual. Would love to see photos.

I once struck up a conversation with Waylon Jennings......not knowing who he was until after he left.

I had no idea!! 😳

Nice guy though.

Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
How was the shoulder rubbing experience? Is that an Inuit ritual. Would love to see photos.

You never been in a busy pub?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Water Browne; E.M. Reubens; Ben Landey; Sidney Poitier; June Allyson; James Whittemore; "Red" Auerbach; Robert Frost. My wife Evelyn was invited to John F. Kennedy's Inauguration and danced with John, Bobby and Ted at The Inaugural Ball.

And Merle Haggard at Buck Owens Palace in Bakersfield, California.

"What are your experiences seeing the famous, and maybe even shaking a hand?"

I see myself in a mirror most times when we go to the multiplex. 🙂

Ann Richards (former Texas governor), Walter Browne, Jennifer Shahade, Bobby Orr, George Koltanowski, Tim Redman, Dmitry Gurevich, Igor Ivanov, Larry Christiansen, John Peters, Bill Church, Mark Diesen, Ken Smith (of the Smith-Morra gambit), Alexander Ivanov, Ron Henley and Elliott Richardson.

Originally posted by caissad4
Ann Richards (former Texas governor), Walter Browne, Jennifer Shahade, Bobby Orr, George Koltanowski, Tim Redman, Dmitry Gurevich, Igor Ivanov, Larry Christiansen, John Peters, Bill Church, Mark Diesen, Ken Smith (of the Smith-Morra gambit), Alexander Ivanov, Ron Henley and Elliott Richardson.

Name dropper 😛
Cool to have seen all those chess greats. 🙂

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Name dropper 😛
Cool to have seen all those chess greats. 🙂

Several on the list I know quite well.

I've had a few:
Bobby Hull at the Airport
John C. McGinley (Platoon) when I was working the nightshift
Paul Gross (Due South) same circumstance
Dan Aykroyd, while cycling on Toronto's waterfront

Chess Personalities:
I got Spassky's autograph at the CNE in 1971
I was standing behind Victor Korchnoi at a Burger King during the Toronto International. I think it was 1985
I got to speak with Anatoly Karpov after he did a lecture and have a picture to prove it. :-)

I met the guy that voiced ren and stimpy.

Just remembered--

I shook hands with Captain Alfred Haynes after he gave a talk on aviation safety. The talk was centered around a "controlled crash" of the L-1011 he was piloting in 1989, after mechanical failures. He was knocked unconscious in the breakup of the airplane at Sioux City, Iowa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232

I also shook hands with Paul MacCready after his talk on his invention called the Gossamer Albatross. It was the first human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_Albatross

I went to a talk where I was sitting 25 feet from speaker Leo Esaki, inventor of the Esaki diode. I remember some people getting his autograph afterward.