I wonder if his recollection was similar.firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:57 pmThere was only one other guy in our part of the coach and we struck up conversation, it was Bill Wyman going to Roger Moore's funeral. I was lucky enough to share 5 hours chatting with him and while we didn't talk 'Stones all the way
Yeah, I didn't recognise him ... the jet black hair has shall we say gone 'lighter' and he readily confessed to having left before they started earning the mega money but that he was attending Roger Moore's funeral and having 2 Banksy originals acquired direct from the artist shows he has kept his foot in the door so to speak. I think we chatted so naturally for so long because he didn't stand on a Rolling Stones pedestal and we didn't swoon and keep on about the 'Stones, it was just a normal convo with a stranger on a train!gazuty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:28 amWow amazing brush with fame. I guess there are all sorts of people and bumping into anyone interesting (whether or not famous) is always the fun of travel. But bumping into an interesting Strolling Bone, I mean, that's gold.firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:57 pmI was taking the Eurostar to Marseille a few years ago. There was only one other guy in our part of the coach and we struck up conversation, it was Bill Wyman going to Roger Moore's funeral. I was lucky enough to share 5 hours chatting with him and while we didn't talk 'Stones all the way (he is a lover of Banksy's work and has 2 originals) he did share insights into their early career.
ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:04 amI wonder if his recollection was similar.firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:57 pmThere was only one other guy in our part of the coach and we struck up conversation, it was Bill Wyman going to Roger Moore's funeral. I was lucky enough to share 5 hours chatting with him and while we didn't talk 'Stones all the way
"I found a nice quite part of the coach to contemplate Roger and the purpose of life, and this geezer came over and chewed my ear off for FIVE hours! thank god he didn't just want to talk about work like the rest of them"
Just kidding obv firlands, apart from having different jobs these people are no different to you or I, I'm sure he enjoyed talking to someone just on a regular level otherwise you'd have got 5mins instead of 5hrs. They get surrounded by so many sycophants so if you just treat them like normal people they respond better than you'd think, as you found.
Didn't ask!
Just didn't cross my mind. I like the way he thinks of art and it's better he/she remains a mystery. The 'shredding' picture was brilliant, if I was Banksy I would have PMSL from the first thought to do it all the way through to the buyer's face when it shredded. I'm not into 'celebrity' very much so a poor fame gamer.
note to *self* - don't invite on pub quiz!!firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:07 pmI don't recognise many of the names of celebrity questions and programmes on quiz shows. As a Queen fan the only one I didn't have to Google was Brian May and even then I would recognise his hair more than 'him'. I confused Bonnie Langford with Bonnie Tyler, I recognised Martine McCutcheon from Love Actually but the name meant nothing and Anita Dobson is a name I have heard but again no idea who she is or what she did!
Good advicejimibt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:09 pmnote to *self* - don't invite on pub quiz!!firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:07 pmI don't recognise many of the names of celebrity questions and programmes on quiz shows. As a Queen fan the only one I didn't have to Google was Brian May and even then I would recognise his hair more than 'him'. I confused Bonnie Langford with Bonnie Tyler, I recognised Martine McCutcheon from Love Actually but the name meant nothing and Anita Dobson is a name I have heard but again no idea who she is or what she did!
I would be like that recent guy on 'Millionaire' who used 2 lifelines to get to £300! oh that would be some shame to have to endure... supermarket outings would certainly never be dull... *aisle get me coat*firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:31 pmGood advicejimibt wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:09 pmnote to *self* - don't invite on pub quiz!!firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:07 pmI don't recognise many of the names of celebrity questions and programmes on quiz shows. As a Queen fan the only one I didn't have to Google was Brian May and even then I would recognise his hair more than 'him'. I confused Bonnie Langford with Bonnie Tyler, I recognised Martine McCutcheon from Love Actually but the name meant nothing and Anita Dobson is a name I have heard but again no idea who she is or what she did!
