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Hmmm... I've met and known a number of "smaller" talents, but no one you'd consider a star. Closest would be David J, but unless you're a big Bauhaus fan, you probably don't know who he is (he does a great cover of "dope show" though...)

My sister has had a number of conversations with Patrick Swayze at horse shows. Apparently, he's a pretty down to earth guy.

I think where you get "stars" like Britney and some of the bad actions is that you're starting with young people who don't necessarily know how to handle themselves, and their suddenly thrust into a position that most folks no matter how well grounded would have a hard time handling. The end result is an apparently uncaring attitude towards their fans, when most likely all they're trying to do is get a little bit of their own life back.

Heck. How would you like it if everytime you walked down the street, hordes of "adoring" fans ran at you? I'm betting that would get really tiring really fast...

i've met Anthrax (the band, not the disease), Brian and Patrick from Filter (when they were the only two in Filter), the guys from Corrosion of Conformity, Biohazard, Monster Magnet, Bella Morte, The Cruxshadows (and the girls in that band too :) ).

I also met Dan Quayle when he was the running mate for the first President Bush.

Oh yea, I went to summer school with a couple of the Rappers from Three-Six Mafia.

I haven't apart from a few minor UK celebrities and sports stars (I was once trained by a UK international high jumper called Dalton Grant for example). A friend has met randomly in the last month: Kate Moss, Sean Connery and Craig David. Which is not a bad effort.

On a related note JRRTolkein went to the same high school as me.

I used to deliver Sooty's newspapers (Sooty) does that count????

No okay

Anne Robinson when to the same school I did - years before me of course ... okay so that does not count either then

so i guess the answer is

nope

I saw Rachel Hunter (Ex Mrs. Rod Stewart) on a plane a couple of years ago. She looked exactly as she does on TV, except you don't expect her to be as pale as she is. Not a wrinkle on her, though.

And there is, of course, my recent bursh with Laura Bush.

Edited, Wed Jan 7 09:45:59 2004 by Atomicflea

Toby kieth, and kevin costner. they both frequent my aunts shop in new mexico. tk, the kenedy compound and a resort are the only things abover her land. she has a house built into the side of the mountain, every room is a differnt wood.. it awesome how differnt the rooms can smell from each other because of that.

Did you mention that to him, Totem?

Back when I was a wee lad, I met the drummer from Kool & the Gang at a hotel in St. Louis. No, it wasn't a planned meeting, you freaks, rather me and the kids I was hanging out with at midnight down by the pool saw him go to the vending machine. One swore it was him, we said he was crazy, the kid asked and it was. He was pretty cool about it and gave us a brief tour of the tour buses and we met some of the other musicians from the Gang. No Kool though. We were offered free tickets to their show, but we were leaving the next day. Ah well, bask in my reflected glory.

Bruce Hurst and my dad went to the same junior college together. Since my dad was the main editor/journalist/writer/etc for the college paper he got to interview Bruce a handful of times. They were never really close but were on a friendly first name basis.

Fast forward to when I was a teenager. My dad got the opportunity to go from Walla Walla to Seattle for some kind of newspaper convention/meeting/somethingorother and since my parents were at each others throat I got to go instead or mom. While there the Red Sox were playing the Mariners and my dad got a press pass. Although he wasn't writing anything or doing coverage he did take me as close to the locker room as he could get me and when Bruce came out he got his attention. My dad introduced us to each other and while I was slack jawed at meeting "The Rocket" they chatted for a few minutes.

From what I remember he was a nice down to earth guy but being an extremely shy myself and awestruck at the time he could have hit me in the head with a fastball and I would still think he's one of the best guys ever (regardless of playing for the Texas Rangers).

I've met lots of famous people. I work in the Hamptons where I've met Roy Scheider, Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, all the Baldwins, Kim Basinger and lots of others I can't recall just now.

I used to work in NYC where I met Bill Murray, Darryl Hannah, Woody Allen and Les Paul. And when I was a kid my father introduced me to John Wayne.

Sat next to the one and only, Ricky 'the dragon' Steamboat, at a cafeteria in Charlotte NC.

Oh, the glory days.

In my youth i was a pretty good rugby league player and was in the same county squad as the grat britain captain Andy Farrell </em watches the tumble weed as the americans ask what the hell Rugby league is > he was so much better than me it was humiliating

ok real famous : David Beckham used to train at my collage with Gary Neville, Robbie Savage, Nicky Butt and i think Paul Scholes

other than sport i have met Richard garfield <maker of Magic the Gathering> and numerous artists for that side of things Pete Venters <if you have played Magic you will know him> being the best and most friendly and Clyde Cadwell was pretty cool too.

Famous People in EQ i hear that Bob Salvatore has permission to play Drizzt Do'Urden on one of the servers so if you see a dark elf Ranger that prolly him

pffft i know who Andy Farrell is rugby is my favorite sport to play.

and i would die to meat david beckham.

and im a dumb american :P