Shaking hands with famous/well-known people

[Dayvo]

I suppose most of us have shaken hands with some big names at some time or other.

Apart from a lot of pro cricketers from the mid 70s onwards, the 'most' famous/well-known, I suppose, were the Queen Mother and Prince Philip (on separate occasions).

I met some famous people when I lived in Stockholm, and previously in Norway. But the best to-date, was Jens Voigt last week!

Who've you wiped skin with?

 

[trustysteed]

i've shaken hand with the one-armed drummer from def leppard!

 

[User169]

Yehudi Menuhin - towards the end of his playing career. He made an awful racket, but was a hugely nice person.

David Gedge - manning the souvenir stand at his own gig

Brian Jacks once sat down next to me on a plane, but before I could shake his hand he was removed by the police.

 

[dmoan]

I don't know how particularly well known or famous (outside of punk/jazz circles, that is) but I shook the hands of Billy Ficca (Drummer from Television) outside of CBGBs in New York. Next night I shook the hand of Little Jimmy Scott at the Blue Note!

OK, not really well known at all!

 

[ACS]

Got a friendy cuff from Sir Henry Cooper once does that count?

 

[ianrauk]

The fella on the right met me last year...

 

[Dayvo]

The fella on the right met me last year...

The one on the left looks like a fat Nikki Lauda!

 

[Dayvo]

The fella on the right met me last year...

Anyway, visiting Madame Tusauds doesn't count!

 

[ianrauk]

cheeky bast

The one on the left looks like a fat Nikki Lauda!

 

[ianrauk]

cheeky bast +1

Anyway, visiting Madame Tusauds doesn't count!

 

[iLB]

shane warne, geoff hurst thats about it...

 

[Pottsy]

Mark Lester is a friend of mine, so a few times with him.
Redgrave and Pinsent at a rugby match.
Charlie Boorman on a train.
Rufus Sewell in a pub.
Sir Robin Knox Johnson at Southampton Boat Show one year.
Errr, that's all I can think of.

 

[Pottsy]

Oooh, look, 400 posts. That's taken over 2 years.

 

[User169]

Mark Lester is a friend of mine, so a few times with him.
Redgrave and Pinsent at a rugby match.
Charlie Boorman on a train.
Rufus Sewell in a pub.
Sir Robin Knox Johnson at Southampton Boat Show one year.
Errr, that's all I can think of.

Ah, forgot Pinsent. I met him when he was a student - he shared a house with a school mate. All I can remember is that he was effin' enormous and consumed something like two entire loaves of bread for breakfast (he had already been training though).

 

[Pottsy]

Ah, forgot Pinsent. I met him when he was a student - he shared a house with a school mate. All I can remember is that he was effin' enormous and consumed something like two entire loaves of bread for breakfast (he had already been training though).

He is a very big lad.
I forgot another one, Jason Leonard (rugby).