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RC Vikings · 07-03-2008, 01:08 PM

Slick Watts (played ball with him when I lived in Seattle at the Supersonic club)

Gus Williams (i was in the shower with him at the club and we talked about the draft that day)

Andre the Giant (I worked for United in Boise and he was flying out one day and I checked him in)

Dirk Kempthorne (I fixed his sprinkler system also while I was in school)

Bernard Hinault (At Interbike he saw our product and stopped and said hi)

Hot Rod Hunley (Sat next to him on a plane this spring. I think the dudes put down to much alcohol in his day)

Davis Phinney (Before a race in SF I had an issue of Winning that he hadn't seen and we talked about the Giro for a couple of minutes)

Spencer W. Kimball (set my Dad apart to be a HC)

Angus Young (see Andre the Giant)

Greg Kite (Played in a pick up game with him down in Provo)

Indy Coug · 07-03-2008, 01:11 PM

Meadowlark Lemon (ball boy for him for the weekend they were in town)
LaVell Edwards (multiple times)
Steve Young
Bruce R McConkie (sang for him with my siblings)
Roger Reid (cleaned his office, 2nd counselor of my BYU ward)
Danny Ainge
Liza Minelli (brother ran her over at Laguardia)
Shawn Bradley (dated my sister’s roommate)
Orson Scott Card
Joel Meyers (broadcaster on a flight with)

myboynoah · 07-03-2008, 01:14 PM

George Bush I
Barbara Bush
Joe Liberman
Tom Foley
John Chafee
Howard Baker
Nancy Kassebaum
Buzz Aldren
Fred Smith
G. Gordon Liddy
Steve Young
BatGirl

Huh, mostly political. There may be more. I did have the chance to meet Bill and Hillary but opted out.

DrumNFeather · 07-03-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by RC Vikings

Andre the Giant

Yes, of course! I almost forgot. I used to play soccer with Big John Stud's son.

Archaea · 07-03-2008, 02:20 PM

Ronald Reagan
George Bush's brother
Kathy Ireland (she wanted me)
GBH
SWK
Gordon Monson (talked to him about his son who went to New Zealand)
George Foreman
Rex Lee
Dallin Oaks
Several of the strip entertainers
Several Chinese Vice "premiers" or whatever they're called
Bruce Willis
John Cusack
Angeli Jolie

SteelBlue · 07-03-2008, 02:28 PM

1. Pete Rose. My friend's father opened a sports hall of fame and he paid Pete to come and sign autographs on opening weekend. Since I was a friend of the owners kid I got some decent time with the hit king. He was kind of a dick.

2. Steve Young.

3. Jeff Chatman. He was famous in 1989.

4. Patrick Duffy. That's right Babs, you may have met Tom Selleck, but I met Bobby from Dallas. Sadly for Patrick he was flying coach as his Dallas days were long gone.

5. Pres. Faust while crossing a street in downtown SLC. He chatted me up and I thought that was kind of him when he was so busy.

6. The drummer for Iron Butterfly. I have no idea what his name is but he was standing in my living room.

7. Orin Hatch. I was dating his daughter's best friend/roommate. The good Senator came to visit the girls one evening whilst I was watching TV in the living room. I'm pretty sure I saw him give a disapproving look to my girlfriend as if to say "why are you wasting your time with that mullet sporting loser"?

8. Ken Griffey Sr. I went to Jr's very first pro ball game when he was playing single A ball. The Bellingham Mariners were playing the Medford A's. Sr. was sitting right behind me and he gave me his autograph. When Jr. broke his bat during one at bat he walked to the dugout and chucked it in the trash can located right next to us. My little brother was smart enough to go fetch it and he got it signed after the game.

9. Ken Griffey Jr. Same story

10. The entire Portland Trailblazer team in 1985 or 6, I can't quite remember the year. In those days you could hang out right outside the locker room door outside. We waited for the players as they made their way in from the parking lot. I had a cast on my arm and every player signed it on the way in. They were all very cool and Clyde Drexler was my favorite player but Sam Bowie was by far the nicest one. Perhaps he was sympathetic to the broken bone thing, but he spent a lot of time talking to a couple of punk kids.

SoCalCoug · 07-03-2008, 02:30 PM

Stu Lantz (before Lakers/Clippers game)
Mike Smith (in my stake)
Peter Vidmar (my bishop - now in stake presidency)
The girl who played Julie in the Saturday's Warrior movie (dated my brother who is now gay)
One of the members of Manhattan Transfer (our kids had an acting class together)
Clarence Thomas
Neal Maxwell (set my father apart as M.P.)
Howard Hunter
Zach on CB (

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Also, on my mission, I taught a discussion to a guy who claimed to be one of the original Harlem Globetrotters.

I'm still waiting for my brother to introduce me to Chester Bennington (Linkin Park's lead singer), who is a good friend of his.

SoCalCoug · 07-03-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Several of the strip entertainers

Does sticking a dollar in a g-string really count as "interacting" with?

marsupial · 07-03-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

John Cusack

Babs, did you see this? You met someone who met John Cusack. Now, I can't even say that.

MikeWaters · 07-03-2008, 03:05 PM

Well, I am going to top all of you:

JFK Jr.

07-03-2008, 01:08 PM	#21
RC Vikings Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Rexburg, Idaho Posts: 2,236	Slick Watts (played ball with him when I lived in Seattle at the Supersonic club) Gus Williams (i was in the shower with him at the club and we talked about the draft that day) Andre the Giant (I worked for United in Boise and he was flying out one day and I checked him in) Dirk Kempthorne (I fixed his sprinkler system also while I was in school) Bernard Hinault (At Interbike he saw our product and stopped and said hi) Hot Rod Hunley (Sat next to him on a plane this spring. I think the dudes put down to much alcohol in his day) Davis Phinney (Before a race in SF I had an issue of Winning that he hadn't seen and we talked about the Giro for a couple of minutes) Spencer W. Kimball (set my Dad apart to be a HC) Angus Young (see Andre the Giant) Greg Kite (Played in a pick up game with him down in Provo) __________________ "I always rode to my limit. If I won by three minutes, that's because I couldn't make four." Eddy Merckx Last edited by RC Vikings; 07-03-2008 at 02:40 PM.

07-03-2008, 01:14 PM	#23
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	George Bush I Barbara Bush Joe Liberman Tom Foley John Chafee Howard Baker Nancy Kassebaum Buzz Aldren Fred Smith G. Gordon Liddy Steve Young BatGirl Huh, mostly political. There may be more. I did have the chance to meet Bill and Hillary but opted out. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

07-03-2008, 02:20 PM	#25
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Ronald Reagan George Bush's brother Kathy Ireland (she wanted me) GBH SWK Gordon Monson (talked to him about his son who went to New Zealand) George Foreman Rex Lee Dallin Oaks Several of the strip entertainers Several Chinese Vice "premiers" or whatever they're called Bruce Willis John Cusack Angeli Jolie __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

07-03-2008, 02:30 PM	#27
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	Stu Lantz (before Lakers/Clippers game) Mike Smith (in my stake) Peter Vidmar (my bishop - now in stake presidency) The girl who played Julie in the Saturday's Warrior movie (dated my brother who is now gay) One of the members of Manhattan Transfer (our kids had an acting class together) Clarence Thomas Neal Maxwell (set my father apart as M.P.) Howard Hunter Zach on CB () Also, on my mission, I taught a discussion to a guy who claimed to be one of the original Harlem Globetrotters. I'm still waiting for my brother to introduce me to Chester Bennington (Linkin Park's lead singer), who is a good friend of his. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

07-03-2008, 01:11 PM	#22
Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	Meadowlark Lemon (ball boy for him for the weekend they were in town) LaVell Edwards (multiple times) Steve Young Bruce R McConkie (sang for him with my siblings) Roger Reid (cleaned his office, 2nd counselor of my BYU ward) Danny Ainge Liza Minelli (brother ran her over at Laguardia) Shawn Bradley (dated my sister’s roommate) Orson Scott Card Joel Meyers (broadcaster on a flight with)

07-03-2008, 02:28 PM	#26
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	1. Pete Rose. My friend's father opened a sports hall of fame and he paid Pete to come and sign autographs on opening weekend. Since I was a friend of the owners kid I got some decent time with the hit king. He was kind of a dick. 2. Steve Young. 3. Jeff Chatman. He was famous in 1989. 4. Patrick Duffy. That's right Babs, you may have met Tom Selleck, but I met Bobby from Dallas. Sadly for Patrick he was flying coach as his Dallas days were long gone. 5. Pres. Faust while crossing a street in downtown SLC. He chatted me up and I thought that was kind of him when he was so busy. 6. The drummer for Iron Butterfly. I have no idea what his name is but he was standing in my living room. 7. Orin Hatch. I was dating his daughter's best friend/roommate. The good Senator came to visit the girls one evening whilst I was watching TV in the living room. I'm pretty sure I saw him give a disapproving look to my girlfriend as if to say "why are you wasting your time with that mullet sporting loser"? 8. Ken Griffey Sr. I went to Jr's very first pro ball game when he was playing single A ball. The Bellingham Mariners were playing the Medford A's. Sr. was sitting right behind me and he gave me his autograph. When Jr. broke his bat during one at bat he walked to the dugout and chucked it in the trash can located right next to us. My little brother was smart enough to go fetch it and he got it signed after the game. 9. Ken Griffey Jr. Same story 10. The entire Portland Trailblazer team in 1985 or 6, I can't quite remember the year. In those days you could hang out right outside the locker room door outside. We waited for the players as they made their way in from the parking lot. I had a cast on my arm and every player signed it on the way in. They were all very cool and Clyde Drexler was my favorite player but Sam Bowie was by far the nicest one. Perhaps he was sympathetic to the broken bone thing, but he spent a lot of time talking to a couple of punk kids.

07-03-2008, 03:05 PM	#30
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Well, I am going to top all of you: JFK Jr.