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[Jono]

So this morning Laura admitted to not knowing who Heather Mills was. Bexy just revealed she didn't know who Kofi Annan was. Which famous person didn't you know anything about or knew existed?

[goldengirl]

Shilpa Shetty!!! Yet now she is everywhere! What is that woman all about?

[Grace]

I was suprised at the amount of people my age who don't know who the Chancellor of the Exchequer is. I have a fair idea of who most people are, but up until recently I thought Sinn Fein was an actual person.

Oh and I never knew who John Simm was until a few weeks ago. I've seen him in things but never put the name and face together.

[Kelly]

but up until recently I thought Sinn Fein was an actual person.

Haha! Oh god, that's hilarious! Seriously, if some of the people that lived near me read that, they'd probably collapse laughing. Sorry, I shouldn't laugh. I had no idea who John Major was until a few weeks ago!

[Jono]

I thought Sinn Fein was an actual person.

I think that's probably quite common with people outside of Ireland.

[Lucinda]

I have a fair idea of who most people are, but up until recently I thought Sinn Fein was an actual person.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that. I was put right at the age of about 11 though by my dad, who knows everything.

There's loads of TV personalities I've never heard of. I'd never heard of (Dr?) Gillian McKeith before she was on X-Factor with Moyles and the chances are I won't have heard of most of the people on any celebrity TV show you care to name. I also hadn't heard of Barry Scott of the Cillit Bang adverts until last year. A lot of the time I just pretend to know who these people are while looking them up in Wikipedia. I blame my parents, for not bringing me up with TV properly. I've only ever watched about 1 TV programme with my parents.

When it comes to politics though, I am pretty knowledgable because my family are into that kind of thing and I read the papers.

[Grace]

Barry Scott of the Cillit Bang adverts

He's not a real person, is he?

[Lucinda]

He's not a real person, is he?

No he isn't, but I'd not heard of the Cillit Bang product either. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Burgess is the person who plays Barry Scott, apparently.

[Riz]

I dont know who the Chancellor of the Exchequor is. And i also though Sinn Fein was a real person.

In fact, pretty much anyone remotely famous through politics, i dont know who they are. Excluding big ears and his right hand man.

[Jono]

Until Big Brother I hadn't heard of Donny Tourette. Then again, I doubt many other people had either...

[Lucinda]

I dont know who the Chancellor of the Exchequor is

Gordon Brown ring any bells? Doesn't smile much, and wants to take over from TB...

I did A level Economics, so I had to know that.

If you want to know more: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/ministerial_profiles/minprofile_brown.cfm

[Riz]

Gordon Brown ring any bells? Doesn't smile much, and wants to take over from TB...

I did A level Economics, so I had to know that.

If you want to know more: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about/ministerial_profiles/minprofile_brown.cfm

Ooh. I know him, thats who i meant my Tony Blairs right hand man. I never actually knew what he did though, i thought he was just there to nosey himself into Tony Blairs job.

[sebdevlin]

Gordon Brown ring any bells? Doesn't smile much, and wants to take over from TB...

Also the police want to speak to him about a raid on pensions funds which has just come to light. Bit of political satire there my names ben elton good night

[Jono]

Aside from celebrities, what about around the work place? Especially at school. I often wonder what half the people around there do. I think they make up job titles for people at school like some bloke sorting 'community relations'

[Lucinda]

Not to be confused with John Prescott, who does basically nothing except play croquet and have affairs. He's the huge fat one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott

This is like a proper political education lesson! I know basically nothing about TV presenters and celebrities of entertainment though so I might need them explained to me.

[Lucinda]

Aside from celebrities, what about around the work place? Especially at school. I often wonder what half the people around there do. I think they make up job titles for people at school like some bloke sorting 'community relations'

In the Hall I live in at University (can't say which one) we had, until February, a Warden. I have no idea what the purpose of the Warden was, except to get grumpy if people walk on the grass or get dropped off on the wrong side of the Hall in a taxi. Anyway, the Warden has been removed on kiddy porn charges (it's not official, but we have heard from reliable sources). Now it is obvious just how little purpose he has. There's already a Hall Manager, and annoying woman who runs the place on behalf of the corporate profit-making side of the University, and a Senior Tutor who hands out fines to people like my neighbour. So the Warden has no purpose, that I can see, and we're much better without one. I only saw him about twice anyway, and can't actually think of what he looks like.

[Monitorabbit]

Until Big Brother I hadn't heard of Donny Tourette. Then again, I doubt many other people had either...

I had and so had a lot of people on the Camden music circuit. Towers have a very loyal band of followers, almost cultish. They have a record deal and had a TV show on Bravo, sort of rockumentary. I swear Jono bad mouths Donny just to annoy me...

I'd never heard of highly influential blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn until this year, I'm embarrassed to admit. Also could not name any captains of England at any sports or Prime Ministers or Presidents of non-European countries (except the tragedy that is Bush that is). :oops:

[dstrkzn]

Me too thought Sinn Fein was a real person.

[jembie]

I remember when I didn't know who Orlando Bloom was. All the girls on this other forum were swooning over him and I had absolutely no idea.

Now I have a crush on him and my best friend has been for coffee with him :oops:

[Monitorabbit]

Not the euphemism sort of coffee??? As in - "would you like to come in for....coffee?"

And what sort of best friend is she if she didn't introduce you to him, I'd like to know? Was it a meeting through her work or something?

[jembie]

LOL It was as in "There's a coffee shop down the road, wanna go for a drink"

My friend is male and they met on a buddhist retreat last year.

My friend said that he is so down to earth and just like a regular guy. I am sure they swapped numbers but my friend denies it and any time I have tried to get hold of his phone to look he is so on to me (He probably has him under an Alias anyway)

[Rac.]

Who's Sinn Fein? :confused:

[sebdevlin]

Who's Sinn Fein? :confused:

There were the political wing of the IRA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_fein

[Kelly]

B'stards. That's what they are. Along with the DUP, UUP, and any other political parties in Northern Ireland.

[Jono]

Let's not get political... mooove on!