Reply With QuoteThe only driver to single-handedly win Le Mans!Originally Posted by PhilipK
Rosalind Franklin
Richard Feynman
The only driver to single-handedly win Le Mans!
"A man of little significance"
Billy Connolly, Christopher Hitchens & David Bowie.
Dank je wel , I will, always do.
Trump and my wife's ex-husband.
Alexander Fleming and Billy the Kid.
I would like to shake the hand of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has been a tireless force for progress during the 2000s. Besides serving as governor of California for two terms, Schwarzenegger has been a vocal leader in combating climate change, in finding and funding alternative power sources, in avidly promoting health and sports, and eliminating the crippling gerrymandering that has been plaguing the U.S. for the past 20 years or more.
This billionaire (?), who contends with serious health issues as well, rejects a comfortable easy life in favor of making the world a better place. I would definitely like to shake his hand!
Captain Lawrence Oates.
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Ada Lovelace
Charles Babbage
The Dalai Lama.
T.E. Lawrence
Horatio Nelson
Barry Sheene
Mohamed Ali
John Lennon
One live one Jack Nicklaus
I feel I must withdraw my original nomination.
Past and gone - Randy Rhodes
Here and now - Sir Alex Ferguson
Obvious choices, David Attenborough and the Queen.
Recently listening to desert island discs on my commutes, from which I’ll add David Nott
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Shake hands with Her Majesty?
You pleb. Know your place and bow respectfully!
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Again, we are in agreement. What an unfortunate close to the particular chapter.I feel I must withdraw my original nomination.
Indeed. I've heard she favours the fist bump.Shake hands with Her Majesty?
You pleb. Know your place and bow respectfully!
Sir Bobby Robson, a true gent
I would shake the hand of my great grandfather who fought and died for this country that we all live in.
Showing my age but this is my shortlist (not in any order):
Peter Ustinov, Stanley Baker, Gerry Anderson, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Michael Caine, Dave Allen, Richard Briers, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More, Edward Woodward, John Mills, Hayley Mills (first crush!), Clint Eastwood, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, Churchill, Elizabeth I, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninoff, J S Bach, James Mitchell (Callan), Ian Fleming, Alistair Maclean, Agatha Christie...
You are showing your age....
;-)
Douglas Adams
Jeremy Beadles
RIAC
Then so would I.
Khabib. He'd get a hug too
Great concept for a thread, a few names have taken me to interesting Wikipedia pages.
Bringing it back down... a California local these days... "No Way" Hans Rey - my youth was spent trying to emulate his tricks with limited success. Legend.
The man who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong
Was it the same guy who put the bop in the bop bop she bop?
I believe so. Probably also responsible for the dip in the dip da dip da dip.
These two fellows would certainly be near the top of my list:
Perhaps it might be easier to say who you would not shake hands with (who is still alive).
Gary Glitter and Jerry Adams spring immediately to mind.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I’ve had my hand well and truly shaken almost crushed by Laurence D’
He’s a big bugger to say the least, hate to think how big Martin Johnson is in real life
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He bought me a pint in the late 80’s in a pub near Epping that was his localtop man and chatted like we were long list mates.
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Buzz Aldrin!
David
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
...and Michael Collins.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
Absolutely!
I was turning my house upside down over the weekend as I can't find my copy of Carrying the Fire signed by Michael Collins. I've got quite a few of the Apollo astronaut autographs but I've got a horrible feeling this has found its way into a skipAbsolutely!
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Agreed.
That was certainly one very moving episode of Desert Island Disks!
What a shame! Signed or not, it's a magnificent book isn't it? That's the TakeTime watch in the photograph.I was turning my house upside down over the weekend as I can't find my copy of Carrying the Fire signed by Michael Collins. I've got quite a few of the Apollo astronaut autographs but I've got a horrible feeling this has found its way into a skip
I was very pleased to be able to shake the hand of Jack Lousma during the summer, famously CAPCOM during the Apollo 13 mission and recipient of the "Houston, we've had a problem" message. As well as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 9, 10, and 13 missions he was the pilot for Skylab-3 and spacecraft commander on Shuttle mission STS-3, totalling 67.5 days in space. He also completed two spacewalks, with 11 hours floating outside the Skylab space station.
As the kids say; "Respect!"What a shame! Signed or not, it's a magnificent book isn't it? That's the TakeTime watch in the photograph.
I was very pleased to be able to shake the hand of Jack Lousma during the summer, famously CAPCOM during the Apollo 13 mission and recipient of the "Houston, we've had a problem" message. As well as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 9, 10, and 13 missions he was the pilot for Skylab-3 and spacecraft commander on Shuttle mission STS-3, totalling 67.5 days in space. He also completed two spacewalks, with 11 hours floating outside the Skylab space station.
LOL I shook hands with him (and Sir Clive Woodwood) when they gave a motivational presentation at my old company.
He really is huge (reminded me of Herman Munster) and he handshake reflected it. Crushed!
Lawerence is about 4" shorter than Johnson, but is broader.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Though probably not the man who put the c**t in Scunthorpe.
Or the tw*t in wristwatch...
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