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The most famous hand you have shaken?

The most famous hand you have shaken?

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GM Miechael Adams at the kilkenny chess congress in Ireland.

GM Alex Baburan, a good few times.


Bertie Ahearn, the taoiseach in Ireland (Prime minister)

Paul McGrath an old irish soccer player known as GOD by fans at his club, Aston villa. (at a soccer camp when i was small, have a picture also somewhere at home)



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Originally posted by mmanuel
... I feel a sub-thread coming on: Who is the most famous person you have given a PowerPoint resentation to?
Or how about "degrees of separation"? For instance, I can link myself through two other people to Wayne Gretzky and through three other people to the late Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart.

And no, I am not the least bit wealthy myself.

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It wasn't me, but a friend of mine got to meet and speak with Paul McCartney in LA a few weeks ago. He shook his hand and said Paul was a very graceous person. I thought that was pretty cool.

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Originally posted by Frank Burns
It wasn't me, but a friend of mine got to meet and speak with Paul McCartney in LA a few weeks ago. He shook his hand and said Paul was a very graceous person. I thought that was pretty cool.
I have exchanged emails with a woman who has talked on the phone with another woman who met three of the Beatles (all but George) at a club in London in the late 1960s.

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Originally posted by Paul Dirac
I have exchanged emails with a woman who has talked on the phone with another woman who met three of the Beatles (all but George) at a club in London in the late 1960s.
I met a lady who had seen the Beatles perform at the Cavern Club in the early sixties. She said if she had known at the time who they were she would have slept with one of them LOL! 😵

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The pope and
GM Peter Heine Nielsen

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if we're doing friends, i know lotsa people who've shaken prince willaims hand! i even know someone who's stepped on his toe...😉

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i met GM raymond keene. he used to go to my school and every year he comes back on founders day to play 40 simutaneous games! which is always very interesting to see. Freddie

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Originally posted by pendejo
nice one man. was this in recent years?

ive had the delight of shaking the hands of Stewart McKimmie AND Davie Hannah

About two years ago, he was shopping in Heals on Tottenham Court Road and I couldn't resist it. Was all a bit hero-worshippy kinda thing, but although he asked me if I was old enough to be a Led Zep fan he was really nice about being disturbed by a complete stranger 🙂

Also met Damon Albarn, Alan Rickman, Ray Winston, Nick Moran and a few B list celebs too (cough* name dropper *cough) The charity I work for does photoshotts with famous people to raise money.

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The nearest I get to any sort of claim to fame is the fact that my dad went to school with David Bowie, even went to one of his birthday parties I believe.
Peter Frampton went to the same school too, but he was a couple of years ahead of them.

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Johnny Ball when I was about 10. His daughter Zoe is slightly older than me. It is a shame that she was not with him. I would have got to know her and she might not have married Fat Boy Slim. 😉

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alex salmond, snp leader amny times, actor /director david hayman, and john reid who was an opponent when i was a westminster candidate.

some other various scottish/uk politicains and tu leaders.

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Brother Oral Roberts met a 900-foot-tall Jesus in Oklahoma back in the 1980s. Whether they shook hands, he never said. I was kinda hoping someone might have a similar story for us. 😵

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Shook hands with Jon Bon Jovi at Glasgow while filming "In these Arms" for a live link with Top of the Pops.

Drank a beer with Bruce Dickenson and Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden

Had a coffee with Terry Pratchett

Was taught guitar by Olga (lead singer and guitarist with the Toy Dolls) for 10 years

Edit:- Through my Mams line of work I have also met Brian Glover (british actor who starred in Alien 3), Jimmy Saville, Lisa Stansfield and we also had the guy who hosted Mr and Mrs round for tea, his name escapes me though (I was 5 when I met him)

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