# Brushes with fame

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushes-with-fame/102409>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushes-with-fame/102409 "2002-04-08T02:37:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushes-with-fame/102409/1 "2002-04-08T02:37:16Z")

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Right.  
My Dad was the stagemanager for a Harry Balafonte concert.  
My Mum got to meet him too.  
The Queen Mum (may she rest in peace) said hello to my sister who was a girl guide, when she opened the new wing of the British school in Tehran (the queen mum, not my sister). I was only a brownie; damn hierachy.  
The Finn brother’s (Crowded House) Dad lives next door to my parents. I have always seen them around 'cause they go home for Christmas when I do too. I remember seeing Tim Finn with Greta Scatchi once - didn’t recognise her at all without make-up etc on. In fact Neil came round to chat with Dad the other day when I was home. He needed mood lighting for a relative’s wedding marque.  
I’ve met many other famous New Zealanders, even share a gym with some of them but they probably won’t mean anything to you.  
I’ve also been on Japanese TV and radio but ditto.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brushes-with-fame/102409/2 "2002-04-08T02:47:32Z")

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I think this wants to go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107853).