I used to work for a magazine publisher and once won an internal baking competition for Woman's Own, winning two stages, one for best chocolate cake and one for first overall. I was the only man to enter, much to the annoyance of the middle-aged women there. It was judged and presented by Edd Kimber, former Great British Bakeoff Winner and my prize was a Kitchenaid mixer, a signed book from Edd Kimber, as well as some other accessories. I even got a rosette. The wife (who definitely didn't bake it), was ecstatic.
Having a bad day at work whilst working in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. A voice commented behind me that the panel I was commissioning looked "complicated and a mess" I replied without turning round, "you can fucking say that again"
When I did turn round it was Prince Andrew with a flustered body guard.
In my late teens, sitting outside a pub in the summer during my brief smoking days. The fag was nearly down to the filter, I thought I was being cool by just flicking the lit fag away towards the pub, just then my mate walked out with two pints in his hand, the fag spun through the air and landed filter first on his lips, I shit you not, he put one of the pints down took a puff on the ciggie said cheers and stubbed it out.
When I was 16 I was working in Kensington Gardens, I was planting some wool flowers, a bit of mud went in my mouth - I immediately spat it out, at the very same moment Princess Diana was walking past.
In my late teens, sitting outside a pub in the summer during my brief smoking days. The fag was nearly down to the filter, I thought I was being cool by just flicking the lit fag away towards the pub, just then my mate walked out with two pints in his hand, the fag spun through the air and landed filter first on his lips, I shit you not, he put one of the pints down took a puff on the ciggie said cheers and stubbed it out.
I once threw a swimming hat at my mate in the pool and it landed, perfectly, and opened up on his head. Freak accident and one we couldn't repeat.
I once spent 2 hours chatting with/up JK Rowling in the Green Room/Tent at the Edinburgh Book festival. She was waiting for her time to talk on stage about her first book, soon to be released, called Harry Potter and something. I often wonder what became of her.
Me and a mate we're having a race on st Peter's street bridge in Maidstone. He was running over the roundabout and I was lagging it through the subway going under the river
When he saw I was winning, he jumped from the bridge into the underpass as it rises by Maidstone crown court and landed on his head and somehow broke both his legs
I need to be reminded or inspired to recall other events that have involved me, that's the most impossible/implausible one I can think of
When Sir Boris was Mayor of London he knocked my wing mirror off of my car near London Bridge with his bike.
He stopped and offered to pay for the damage, but I politely refused, telling him there was no way I could take money from the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
I'm currently working on a holiday house and have been using the housekeeper's keys to get access every day, stashing em under an old metal bucket in the (big) garden every evening. This last weekend, the housekeeper and her husband had to get access to the property to do some bits for when the family arrive this weekend, so she called me about getting her keys back, I explained where I'd left em in the garden and left it at that. Anyway, she called again yesterday and said she found some keys, but wanted to know where were her's and where did I get my set from? Turns out she went to a bucket that is being used as a planter and found a completely separate spare set of keys under it, that had been left there by someone else (she thinks it must be the owners parents, who haven't been to the property for at least 4 years as the mother passed away 5 years ago). This garden is a very big and there are planters and flower pots everywhere, which makes the fact that she went straight to a different bucket and found a completely different set of keys even more unbelievable. My Mrs weren't that taken aback when I explained it to her last night, but I think it's weird
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When I did turn round it was Prince Andrew with a flustered body guard.
I'm just glad Chizz added '' 's dog' '' to the sentence
They were filming at University of Greenwich and my fiancée worked there in the summer as an events co-ordinator.
She was waiting for her time to talk on stage about her first book, soon to be released, called Harry Potter and something.
I often wonder what became of her.
Me and a mate we're having a race on st Peter's street bridge in Maidstone. He was running over the roundabout and I was lagging it through the subway going under the river
When he saw I was winning, he jumped from the bridge into the underpass as it rises by Maidstone crown court and landed on his head and somehow broke both his legs
I need to be reminded or inspired to recall other events that have involved me, that's the most impossible/implausible one I can think of
He stopped and offered to pay for the damage, but I politely refused, telling him there was no way I could take money from the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.