New Posts For Thread: Have you ever nearly been famous ... I havehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-haveI was sent to review some accounts at a very upmarket Gentleman's club in the West End. Not a big job, just a day out and a decent lunch. Couple of hours in I realised there was something dodgy going on ... anyway cashier had pinched £50k (in 1980I was quite a looker as a young fella and for a while earned a living as a model. Anyway, one day I was in the cinema in my hometown with a mate watching the adverts before the feature, which was The Matrix, when an advert came on that I was in. Therhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547597205#547597205I was quite a looker as a young fella and for a while earned a living as a model. Anyway, one day I was in the cinema in my hometown with a mate watching the adverts before the feature, which was The Matrix, when an advert came on that I was in. TherTue, 26 Jan 2016 06:08:31 -0600I once did a thirty minute interview for Russia Today. Don't tell The Leopard.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547596455#547596455I once did a thirty minute interview for Russia Today. Don't tell The Leopard.Tue, 26 Jan 2016 04:54:41 -0600screaming from beneaththewaves Joined: 30 Jan 05 Replies: 8581 25 Jan 16 17:52 Should have made him eat your cheese, roger.I did - when he didn't commission my second idea , 'Inner City Sumo' Tony Hayers - the copper-bottomed bstrd!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547590755#547590755screaming from beneaththewaves Joined: 30 Jan 05 Replies: 8581 25 Jan 16 17:52 Should have made him eat your cheese, roger.I did - when he didn't commission my second idea , 'Inner City Sumo' Tony Hayers - the copper-bottomed bstrd!!Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:17:33 -0600Hope you are in good form Tommy.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547590607#547590607Hope you are in good form Tommy.Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:00:51 -0600A year or so ago I was outside a boozer having a sip or several in the late summer sun when someone I hadn't seen for over 20 years sat next to me and said "Hello Tommy. Can you just give the bloke sitting on the next bench a wave as I've bet him £2https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547590371#547590371A year or so ago I was outside a boozer having a sip or several in the late summer sun when someone I hadn't seen for over 20 years sat next to me and said "Hello Tommy. Can you just give the bloke sitting on the next bench a wave as I've bet him £2Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:32:05 -0600I was mentioned numerous times in an article about the Poll Tax by esteemed former Independent journalist Jim White, and later interviewed by him for my reaction to Cntess Thatcher's departure from Downing Street. He misquoted me in both but my languhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547590115#547590115I was mentioned numerous times in an article about the Poll Tax by esteemed former Independent journalist Jim White, and later interviewed by him for my reaction to Cntess Thatcher's departure from Downing Street. He misquoted me in both but my languMon, 25 Jan 2016 12:05:24 -0600I am famous!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547590045#547590045I am famous!Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:57:48 -0600Should have made him eat your cheese, roger.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547590015#547590015Should have made him eat your cheese, roger.Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:52:38 -0600oh right enough sorry i must be famous what a plonkerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547589861#547589861oh right enough sorry i must be famous what a plonkerMon, 25 Jan 2016 11:30:26 -0600I pitched an idea about a film about the Cheltenham Festival to an independent producer, who loved the idea.We approached the BBC and got the green light to begin researching and come up with a budget for this, which was accepted by the original commhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30643799/have-you-ever-nearly-been-famous-i-have?post_id=547589851#547589851I pitched an idea about a film about the Cheltenham Festival to an independent producer, who loved the idea.We approached the BBC and got the green light to begin researching and come up with a budget for this, which was accepted by the original commMon, 25 Jan 2016 11:28:45 -0600