Celebrity Encounters

Well..at risk to my housos heritage..have been very fortunate to have golfed with Nicklaus and Floyd,dined with Pele,and breakfasted with Hilary and Chelsea Clinton at the Olympics..
amongst others
All exemplary ppl,but if I was a celebrity being flown and accomodated 1st class around the world like they were ,Id be pretty well behaved and engaged with customers too!
Only D head I ever met was Wayne Riley the golfer, who was frustrated and underachieved his considerable golfing talent throughout his career and never quite realised the cause.,which of course was himself.
Plus maybe the bottle..?
Now a credible golf commetator in UK btw
But shld have done better with his talent
Totally seperately,one of the best and brightest Ive come across was..wait for it..Jason Taylors wife Lana!
Dont know him,but How he snared her...?Impeccable Corporate pedigree
Remember being Chair of a dysfunctional Board that she was a part of,and thinking how difficult is this gonna be...?She spoke like a much smarter better articulated version of myself(most are!).There was little left for me to do!Quite the revelation
Ha
 
Lucky (Or Unlucky) over the years to work with many celebs. Best ones.... Paul Stanley, Pink. Meatloaf, Denzl Washington, Kevin Spacey Jon Bon Jovi...all worth spending time with.
Biggest D Head would be Gene Simmons which really saddened me because I was a big fan. Most of the D Heads are their "assistants". Its funny when they talk down to you, thinking they are besties with their boss, and you know that next time you see the 'Celeb" they will have a new one.
 
240z said:
I have been lucky to meet a number of sporting celebrities over the years (Cricket, League, Golf and Union). But the three that stand out for me were none of those.
My family shared some beach space on the Hawkesbury River where we used to waterski. The family next door were the McMillans. Mary the mother was the World Champion barefoot skier (and endurance skier) as a 5 year old she taught me how to ski.
I also met another World Champion Giacomo Agostini 15 time motorcycle World champ, he was a friend of a friend and I got to sit on his race bike he was tuning for a race at Oran Park.
But the one that was kinda out of the ordinary, my dad worked at Hobartville Stud Farm (Richmond) and I got to sit on a Horse called Tulloch (36 wins from 53 starts) as a an 8 year old (me not the horse), the horse was so dam big it scared the crap out of me.

I suppose the older you get the more people you have met in your lifetime
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My grandfather had a poster of Tulloch on his wall. He worked on a horse stud in the hunter valley. I was actually the last person ever to ride Gunsynd, he was buried under a tree in front of my pops house on the stud.
 
Have done 15 years of doing Rock concerts., in Sydney,Melbourne and Brisbane seen plenty interesting people

Best; Metalica, Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, Bon Jovi,Pink, Bryan Adams,Queen,Rose Tattoo,Aus crawl,Angels
Bad: Gene Simmons, Madonna, Mariah Carey,
Strangest: Elton John
Weirdest: Chris Amplett

Famous that good to meet Elle was really nice and talked to everybody, Mark Ricards is a legend,Dustin Hoffman was brilliant and very friendly, The late Kerry Packer was humble and friendly to deal with,

Biggest Wankers Jamie Packer by far worst i have ever had the pleasure to work for.

NRL can not stand Paul Vautin grade a tosser leaves the johns boys in his wake for his rudeness
 
Not a celebrity, but I remember standing on the hill at Leichhardt with my mate, next to the Parramatta Jesus back in 04 when we played Parramatta. We thumped them that day, and he was copping it deluxe. “You’ll need a miracle now Jesus“, “It’s Sunday, you should have rested instead of putting yourself through this”.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Not a celebrity, but I remember standing on the hill at Leichhardt with my mate, next to the Parramatta Jesus back in 04 when we played Parramatta. We thumped them that day, and he was copping it deluxe. “You’ll need a miracle now Jesus“, “It’s Sunday, you should have rested instead of putting yourself through this”.
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I had a 70 year old lady scream in my face "there's no prizes for second place!!" at the Knights v Tigers game at Newy on the southern hill in late '05. We were absolutely thrashing them and she was going off. I hadn't said a word to her was just cheering when we had scored. I calmly responded, "no, but there is one for last, which is convenient because the Knights are getting it". She sat down and didn't say another word for the rest of the game. I almost felt bad. Almost...
 
Bellend said:
NRL can not stand Paul Vautin grade a tosser leaves the johns boys in his wake for his rudeness
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I’ve always considered him a wanker. Most of the stories I have heard about him support that opinion too. I think The Footy Show doing what they did to Mario for years, knowing he had cognitive issues was disgraceful. But thats par for the course with their type of humour, targeting people with clear mental issues. Watch any street talk segment with Beau Ryan for example. Always going for the low hanging fruit.

Another story, that no one probably remembers. One day in the early 2000’s, all of the Footy Show crew played a celebrity golf day at Camden Valley Golf Course. which is the course my uncle played at. Anyway, one of the members there was a young guy with Autism. He had a photographic memory when it came to footy stats. Kind of like David Middleton. They took a shine to him and invited him on the show. He became a regular for about half a season, and it was clear they only brought him on to mock him, despite it being clear he had a disability. They even had a nickname for him “Rain Man”. I was a happy man the day that show got punted.
 
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patwalker said:
I had a 70 year old lady scream in my face "there's no prizes for second place!!" at the Knights v Tigers game at Newy on the southern hill in late '05. We were absolutely thrashing them and she was going off. I hadn't said a word to her was just cheering when we had scored. I calmly responded, "no, but there is one for last, which is convenient because the Knights are getting it". She sat down and didn't say another word for the rest of the game. I almost felt bad. Almost...
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The absolute worst experience I ever have ever had with opposition fans were a bunch of old lady Knights fans at Ctown. They were a bunch of bitter old. abusive harpies, wearing their Joey badges and literally knitting. I’m pretty sure it was Benji’s debut when I think about it.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I’ve always considered him a wanker. Most of the stories I have heard about him support that opinion too. I think The Footy Show doing what they did to Mario for years, knowing he had cognitive issues was disgraceful. But thats par for the course with their type of humour, targeting people with clear mental issues. Watch any street talk segment with Beau Ryan for example. Always going for the low hanging fruit.

Another story, that no one probably remembers. One day in the early 2000’s, all of the Footy Show crew played a celebrity golf day at Camden Valley Golf Course. which is the course my uncle played at. Anyway, one of the members there was a young guy with Autism. He had a photographic memory when it came to footy stats. Kind of like David Middleton. They took a shine to him and invited him on the show. He became a regular for about half a season, and it was clear they only brought him on to mock him, despite it being clear he had a disability. They even had a nickname for him “Rain Man”. I was a happy man the day that show got punted.
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I'm sure I've read David Middleton is autistic too. Obviously high functioning.. Which explains his ability to remember so many stats. I've heard that he got reamed for blurting out mid 2015 that no team in history had averaged as many penalties for or as few against as the wabbits had in 2014, basically proved what we were all thinking that they had been gifted the premiership. He unsurprisingly disappeared form TV for quite a while after that.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I’ve always considered him a wanker. Most of the stories I have heard about him support that opinion too. I think The Footy Show doing what they did to Mario for years, knowing he had cognitive issues was disgraceful. But thats par for the course with their type of humour, targeting people with clear mental issues. Watch any street talk segment with Beau Ryan for example. Always going for the low hanging fruit.

Another story, that no one probably remembers. One day in the early 2000’s, all of the Footy Show crew played a celebrity golf day at Camden Valley Golf Course. which is the course my uncle played at. Anyway, one of the members there was a young guy with Autism. He had a photographic memory when it came to footy stats. Kind of like David Middleton. They took a shine to him and invited him on the show. He became a regular for about half a season, and it was clear they only brought him on to mock him, despite it being clear he had a disability. They even had a nickname for him “Rain Man”. I was a happy man the day that show got punted.
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Yes the humour type was school boy bully.
They’d laugh at people who were more unfortunate than them. Whenever they interacted with the public in anyway, they’d gang up on that individual and mock them…be they obese, a bit crazy or just plain ugly.
Pack of carnts…..
 
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The absolute worst experience I ever have ever had with opposition fans were a bunch of old lady Knights fans at Ctown. They were a bunch of bitter old. abusive harpies, wearing their Joey badges and literally knitting. I’m pretty sure it was Benji’s debut when I think about it.
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Raiders fans are exactly the same. They’ll sit in 10 degrees, pouring rain just to abuse opposition players.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
The absolute worst experience I ever have ever had with opposition fans were a bunch of old lady Knights fans at Ctown. They were a bunch of bitter old. abusive harpies, wearing their Joey badges and literally knitting. I’m pretty sure it was Benji’s debut when I think about it.
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Reminds me of when we smashed the smug at LO after they boasted their 3rd grade side could put us away.

Next man up and all the pompous fanfare and hubris they fed to the media all week.

Reports of panther players getting frightened and even hiding because a few of our gracious matriarchs were giving it to them.

Absolute Feminist icons our senior ladies but without the hatred of all men.
 
So an old work mate, he used to work at the Casino behind the bar.

And a frequent visitor was one Wilbur Mason, the big goose.

And when he was a big star and all that, the Casino had a Willie tab which meant free drinks. But only for Willie.

Thence he finished his forgettable career, and Willie thought he still had Willie Tab operating.

And he did for a little while but one day, they let Willie drink on, business as usual.

Then out of the blue, my mate was asked to and had the enormous pleasure of advising the cretinous freeloader that management had cancelled Willie Tab and asked him to pony up.

There was a scene and Willie became a giant, victimised and angry Karen.

The manager arrives and Willie gets all shy and polite and he backed down.

Not one word of thanks for years of drinking on the gamblers teat either and they saw a lot less of Willie.

It was a bit mean that they didn’t tell Willie the rort was over, but… I wouldn’t either.

Ex work buddy told many happy stories about the casino. One of his jobs was to value add on big winners. They’d try to sell them all kinds of crap asap when they were overcome with emotion.

He was good with the giant champagne bottle. Sold a few of those for $10k each.

All smiles and happiness, with a bit of luck the casino has robbed you of as much of your winnings as possible before you make it out.

World renowned money laundering services too lol.
 
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BREAKING NEWS - A celebrity encounter.

Queen Mary was almost knocked to the ground after being hit by a motorised scooter.

The beloved royal is currently in Greenland on a visit where she’s visiting some of the chilly country’s most famous sights.

The 52-year-old was seen greeting fans in the country’s capital city of Nuuk when she was knocked back by an electric scooter being ridden by an elderly fan.

Almost knocked to the ground.. it has been reported its likely she will survive. And go back to her duties making our planet a better place to live......
 
patwalker said:
Andrew Johns is one of the biggest wankers I've ever met. Just arrogant as hell. One of my good mates grew up across the road from him and his mum used to look after Matt and Andrew a few nights a week. The worst i've ever met though is John Williamson, just a vile human being. His poor wife used to walk around apologizing for his behavior everywhere they went.
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Pm me if you can but who what was your mates name?

I work with guys who lived near John's

And John Williamson?

Who is that?
 
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