People have been sharing their weakest claims to fame – these 19 are delightfully tenous

11.

I sold Nigel Havers a shed.

— Art In Lockdown 2; The Lockening! (@ArtSteventon) November 2, 2020

12.

As a child I went to the wedding of 2/3rds of Rod, Jane & Freddy.

— Johnfromsoho (@johnfromsoho) November 2, 2020

13.

My mate Ady went out with the Tiswas Phantom Flan Flinger’s daughter.

— Phillip Smith Esq. Grouse Hunter (@PhilAtCreamCow) November 2, 2020

14.

I once had a pee at the urinal next to Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. When we got back to the bar he bought me a pint.

— Paul (@PaulOnBooks) November 2, 2020

15.

Thom Yorke’s aunt is my children’s former teacher and my (later) ex-colleague. We shared a Year 4 class for a year.

— Polly (@Paper_Polly) November 2, 2020

16.

I once lived across the road from Gazza's mum and dad.
Never saw them but every Geordie cab driver who ever dropped me home told me they lived there. https://t.co/rOtiAOKfkS

— Connor Byrne (@connorjbyrne) November 2, 2020

17.

Kylie Minogue shook Kevin Webster's hand at my grandad's scrapyard https://t.co/UWQXUSCw2o pic.twitter.com/xNGEF4m0yL

— Major Charles Innocent (@JoeStephenson96) November 2, 2020

18.

My ex partner's stepmum was Suzi Quatro's midwife https://t.co/HBeFd4wqhU

— Bruce Gorrie (@bsgorrie) November 2, 2020

19.

Des Lynam stroked my dog. #NotAEuphemism https://t.co/BOUDukGQ9F

— Tattooed mummy 😷 (@Tattooed_Mummy) November 2, 2020

Finally, this weak claim to fame was even weaker than Russ thought, and it was all the better for that.

I used to think I was at school with Mick Hucknall, but it turns out I missed him by a couple of years, and just happened to know somebody ginger and annoying. https://t.co/wx4nNnC5qI

— Russ (@RussInCheshire) November 2, 2020

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