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Who's the most famous person you've met? (feddit.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I got a photo with Sven Goran Eriksson when he was Leicester City FC manager a decade or so ago.

Hardly The Queen, but he's a significant improvement over my #2. (Samantha Bailey).

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

KCIII back in the 70s, when he visited the factory I worked at, Cossor, in Harlow.

Shook my hand and called me by my nickname that was on a sign on the front of my workbench.

At the end of the visit, everyone was outside to building to wave the PoW off, one of the the blokes wives ran out and kissed him on the cheek. It made national news and before long was happening every time he went somewhere.

ISTR he actually flew the helicopter off himself.

The next day someone had added 'By Royal Appointment' to my sign.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Took me a minute to work out what the hell a KCIII was, but for fucksake do I have to figure out ISTR too?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I seem to recall ;-)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I've not seen this before.

IIRC - "If I remember correctly" is the normal phrase I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

TT, BIWHBEFBOUIYHJFTT

Bloody hell, do I have to explain everything... Duh, it means "Thanks Ted, But It Would Have Been Easier For Both Of Us If You Had Just Fuckin Typed That"

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